Dumb shit that got popular but makes no sense

basically what was said above, but a few more to add:

Hipsterdom - doesn't really need explanation because it played itself.

Final Fantasy VII - at least I played it and can confirm it isn't actually a bad game, but it got way more popular than it should have and other RPGs are way better than it.

every shitty meme ever.

I can somehow tolerate the "HEY YOUTUBE" chat spam from a livestreamer's live stream's clip out on Youtube. It's kinda annoying and pointless; do you spammers have friends over at youtube who envy you for being in a stream as the audience? Do you want someone to come over now? What is the purpose?

But what is absolutely stupid is the presence of memes. Memes. I can tolerate some, say, the "Steamed Hams", that is kinda creative and I gotta give credit to all those people who make their own versions where Seymour and Chalmers sing together, or where Chalmers is a bit more investigative, or where Seymour has to climb a mountain to get hamburgers, it's a good practice in creativity and design, as long as it isn't the only thing they do.

That does not justify the existence of other memes though, nor would any meme ever make up for the shit other memes make and have. Dank memes look like a life-wrecking drug to me, why aren't they limited to inside jokes or something? I don't have time to go through every negative aspect they have, but I can tell, the "profit" they "bring" is being outweighed by a shit-ton of "cons", and in general, isn't worth the time, space, money, energy, whatever.

Also, another fad which had been fucking me up: the popularity of "incels" (people who "cannot get laid" and are agitated about it). Just... why?! Why stress over for sex?! Or, the lack of sex?! Why base your lifestyle on that lack? Isn't that, like, the number one rule of things: "If you stress so much about it, you won't get it" or something? What is worse is the reason the whole "incel" movement became a thing. Apparently, it's "normal" for people to have sex at 16 or 17, and it's considered "abnormal" or something to "not". I am putting the blame on tabloids which also recommend committing adultery and want you to buy exotic condiments from two continents away. Now a lot of teenagers (mostly males) are freaking out over the fact that they didn't get laid already and now there is a movement and now it's just a bunch of bull.

Like, 95% of guy friends I know in my life are definitely virgins (it's the way country works, ya know, youth not being polluted that much), maybe 90% because I don't know some guys that well, but I am still sure they are. And what is happening to them? Are they turning into fedora-tipping neckbeards who play copious amounts of LoL or DotA and scream at normies? Nope. They are all fine lads who are in no rush. Internet, I guess, wants you to think otherwise. Linked to this is the concept of "friend zone" which got popular in the 2'10s. Like, seriously? Ugh. I also want to grab and shake all my "internet friends" who keep making a fuss out of all of the points I made above (maybe not the first two paragraphs because that is my opinion), or are shown to only be engaged in such vices.

I don't have to talk about politics bc yall kinda know my opinion on it, so yeah, not gonna bother you with that.

I never accepted the fact that it's okay to say "meme" now. I remember the time when using that word made you look like a retard from 4chan with no life, and I'd prefer it to stay that way.

One word: trends.

Unfortunately this is how an annoyingly large amount of people seem to work. It's enough for something to become popular and a few critics or people to recommend that certain thing, be played by a streamer/youtuber and bang, shit gets viral. Just like Fortnite, PUBG, and CS:GO got so damn popular after all, the first one I never played myself and never will, so I've got nothing to say about it, but the last 2 I did, CS:GO extensively, and they're trash imo. There's vastly superior games out there and yet these get all the attention. Fine by me, let the tasteless herd flock to the greatly overrated titles and the ones who search for quality not be counted among them.

^ hEy dId yOu kNoW tIdE pOdS tAsTe lIkE cHeRrY jUiCe???????
I once drank detergent as a kid btw. 15 years before it became mainstream!

WTF lol

It's literally just jokes, man.
How can you waste time, space, MONEY, energy or anything else on that?
OK you do lose bandwidth, but on the other hand you GAIN a lot of Positive Giggle Energy. At least I do.
It's not like anyone takes those jokes seriously, even the Nazi/paedophilia/mysogyny/incest ones. Everyone just Giggles and Moves On. So should you.

Uh.
Most of the time it's just people bitching about it for the sake of bitching, not because they actually feel the overwhelming urge to PUT PAINIS IN BAGENE. It's a meme!

IDK maybe because nature bases every human organism on sex and all that?? Nah that's a stupid idea!

Very important point. There are no real people on the internet. NOT ONE OF US IS A REAL PERSON! But many people forget or dismiss that. It's essential for a person to realize that the Internet is full of freaks, and therefore you should act accordingly.
What I mean is that you shouldn't apply anything the Internet says to your real life _{provided you have one.}



No u

It has nothing to do with the internet. People who take everything seriously, regardless of how they're accessing it, are flat out buzzkills at best and lunatics who call for the removal of rights at worst.

showing your age with that one dn, rofl. So glad that annoying crap went out of vogue. Seems like it took a lot longer for that to happen back then, things last weeks rather than years now, or maybe my perception of time is just that different now.

I was never good at advanced mathematics, what does that formula say?

99% is doing it wrong then

Also I'm surprised to see that someone remembers the Ugandan Knuckles meme in April.

Coincidence? i think not...

Doom, duh