LWDT 7: The Earth and Heavens Tremble.

[Liriena]

"NPC"

"Saying NPC over and over is kinda NPC-ish, tho"

"That proves it's funny!"

Uh... yeah, as I said: huge self-own.

That's not even the meme, friendo.

The meme isn't just repeating the phrase "NPC" over and over.

I know. Think of the "NPC" there as a shorthand for "avalanche of image edits made with Paint".

Also, friendly reminder that the NPC meme was born from /pol/tards buying into a combination of dorky gamer LARPing, some weird spiritualistic stuff about the world having a limited supply of souls and (as usual) misunderstanding science. It's the meme equivalent of sticking a "kick me" sign on yourself.

[Yusseria]

That's not even the meme, friendo.

The meme isn't just repeating the phrase "NPC" over and over.

I know. Think of the "NPC" there as a shorthand for "avalanche of image edits made with Paint".

Also, friendly reminder that the NPC meme was born from /pol/tards buying into a combination of dorky gamer LARPing, some weird spiritualistic stuff about the world having a limited supply of souls and (as usual) misunderstanding science.

I, uh, don't really dig that deeply into the history of memes.

[Yusseria]

I gotta say I've pretty much gotten numb to being called a fascist and a Nazi. Doesn't really even phase me anymore.

It's almost like when someone has a really weird name and people constantly mispronounce it. You just stop caring and tune out the noise.

You'd think that's the case...

Well, maybe not for everyone. My name is somewhat weird and is mispronounced fairly often. I stopped caring years ago.

[Crysuko]

Trust me, those of us with weird names never "just stop caring and tune out the noise".

Well, some if us do. My brother has what would be thought of as a "weird name" - at least in America - he just lets peeps call him by the 1st letter of his name. Me on the other hand, no. I correct people when they say my last name incorrectly.

is it the typical american thing of having 2 surnames. I once met a guy called Carter Wheeler.

[Uiiop]

Making a joke involving Nazism doesn't inherently mean it makes nazism the butt of a joke.
"I made a dog do a bad thing. Umad." regradless of his right to make it doesn't quite the same punch as "Nazism will come back again under a wimpy flimsy disguise." Does it?

British propagandists literally had marching Nazis do the quadrille (or some other dance) by re-editing scenes from Triumph of the Will.

Their propaganda wasn't really high-brow.

Seeing as Monty Python wasn't highbrow "Boncentration Bamps, Mr Bimler etc." i don't know whether or not this is meant as criticism or a comment.
I would say that the propagandist put more more effort with how the edit was done and (Assuming that this was one piece of a short film) other such things to say something than the original maker.

[Conserative Morality]

That's not even the meme, friendo.

The meme isn't just repeating the phrase "NPC" over and over.

I know. Think of the "NPC" there as a shorthand for "avalanche of image edits made with Paint".

Also, friendly reminder that the NPC meme was born from /pol/tards buying into a combination of dorky gamer LARPing, some weird spiritualistic stuff about the world having a limited supply of souls and (as usual) misunderstanding science. It's the meme equivalent of sticking a "kick me" sign on yourself.

If you know more about the meme, you're some sort of obsessive loser. If you know less about the meme, you don't understand its transcendent glory. =^)

[El-Amin Caliphate]

Well, some if us do. My brother has what would be thought of as a "weird name" - at least in America - he just lets peeps call him by the 1st letter of his name. Me on the other hand, no. I correct people when they say my last name incorrectly.

is it the typical american thing of having 2 surnames. I once met a guy called Carter Wheeler.

No, we have 1 surname. Well, non-Hispanic Americans do. I think it's more a Hispanic thing to have 2 surnames (though this isn't always the case, and Hispanic peeps, correct me if I'm wrong).

[Uiiop]

How?
You can make a joke about it and still take it as the fucked up atrocities they are.

Making jokes of situations inherently lightens the weight those situations carry in people's minds. It goes back to the fact that repetition makes an idea more palatable to people. Even if your intent isn't to lighten the impact of the Holocaust, constantly making light of it will have that exact effect on people, even if they themselves don't realize it.

"Of course, the researchers caution, these results are fairly preliminary and further researcher is needed to understand exactly how and why repetition biases judgement."
It seems like a self-own on this end.

[Liriena]

I know. Think of the "NPC" there as a shorthand for "avalanche of image edits made with Paint".

Also, friendly reminder that the NPC meme was born from /pol/tards buying into a combination of dorky gamer LARPing, some weird spiritualistic stuff about the world having a limited supply of souls and (as usual) misunderstanding science.

I, uh, don't really dig that deeply into the history of memes.

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

[New haven america]

I know. Think of the "NPC" there as a shorthand for "avalanche of image edits made with Paint".

Also, friendly reminder that the NPC meme was born from /pol/tards buying into a combination of dorky gamer LARPing, some weird spiritualistic stuff about the world having a limited supply of souls and (as usual) misunderstanding science.

I, uh, don't really dig that deeply into the history of memes.

Then do it.

[Crysuko]

I, uh, don't really dig that deeply into the history of memes.

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

/pol/ is interesting in the same way a tumour ridden lab rat is.

[Liriena]

I, uh, don't really dig that deeply into the history of memes.

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

I mean... leave it to the leaders of the extremely online culture wars to further drive the public image of epic gamers to the ground by categorizing real human beings based on RPG terminology.

[El-Amin Caliphate]

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

/pol/ is interesting in the same way a tumour ridden lab rat is.

That...sounds depressing

[Yusseria]

I, uh, don't really dig that deeply into the history of memes.

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

I used to spend time on /pol/. Lost interest after a while.

[Byzconia]

Making jokes of situations inherently lightens the weight those situations carry in people's minds. It goes back to the fact that repetition makes an idea more palatable to people. Even if your intent isn't to lighten the impact of the Holocaust, constantly making light of it will have that exact effect on people, even if they themselves don't realize it.

"Of course, the researchers caution, these results are fairly preliminary and further researcher is needed to understand exactly how and why repetition biases judgement."
It seems like a self-own on this end.

I don't see how. Even Gobbels, the father of modern political propaganda, said, "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth." (And I'd say he's worth listening to, given he was extremely adept at manipulating people.) Sure, psychological evidence is still forthcoming (and that's a fair critique--though, it should be noted that almost everything we know about the brain at this point is still considered "preliminary" due to how little knowledge we have of it), but historical evidence has demonstrated that we should definitely take heed.

[Crysuko]

/pol/ is interesting in the same way a tumour ridden lab rat is.

That...sounds depressing

it means "we must dissect it in order to rpevent this disease from spreding" kind of way

[Greater Westralia]

Seeing as Monty Python wasn't highbrow "Boncentration Bamps, Mr Bimler etc." i don't know whether or not this is meant as criticism or a comment.
I would say that the propagandist put more more effort with how the edit was done and (Assuming that this one piece of a short film) other such things to say something than the original maker.

It's not a criticism, I think its hilarious, its merely an observation that British Nazi humour was on the same level of maturity as making a dog do a Hitler salute. Humour involving Nazis doesn't have to be sophisticated in order to discredit and make fun of them.

[Liriena]

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

I used to spend time on /pol/. Lost interest after a while.

I had more than enough online toxicity to last me a lifetime back in my days of surfing through Youtube comments sections, so not even morbid curiosity can get me to visit /pol/.

[LiberNovusAmericae]

It's actually a very neat case study in the duality of /pol/ - always a bit frightening in its overt fascistic malice towards the rest of the world, but also consistently good at creating unintentional comedy through the unrelenting dorkishness of its basement dwelling community.

I used to spend time on /pol/. Lost interest after a while.

/pol/ is mostly low quality shitposting.

[Byzconia]

Source?

Look at Twitter, Youtube, or any site that has politics involved not moderated as well as NS.

So nothing to be particularly concerned about. Got it.

[El-Amin Caliphate]

That...sounds depressing

it means "we must dissect it in order to rpevent this disease from spreding" kind of way

I know what you mean, I'm saying that that mental image of seriously ill animal is very sad to me.

[Byzconia]

"Disagreeing with me on one specific issue means you're literally worse than Stalin!!!!!!" (since I'm assuming your intent is to make "far-gone" worse than "far-left")

Wanting to put the Monty Python crew in jail is pretty bad, imo.

Look at that, it's Mr. Strawman again!

[The Xenopolis Confederation]

Wanting to put the Monty Python crew in jail is pretty bad, imo.

Look at that, it's Mr. Strawman again!

What's the difference between Dankula and Monty Python?

[LiberNovusAmericae]

Let us abolish all jokes. The Far-Left has decreed it!

Why, hello, Mr. Strawman, fancy seeing you here! (Also, under no definition of the phrase does a liberal socialist qualify as "far-left.")

Well you did it to me Mr. Hypocrite. Don't play the victim now.

[Crysuko]

Look at that, it's Mr. Strawman again!

What's the difference between Dankula and Monty Python?

one was well written humour and the other is some edgelord thinking he's the next George Carlin