• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I still don’t really get how the “no one” tag works.

    This meme works perfectly fine without “no one” preceding it.

    Most “no one” memes do.

    Why add the no one in front?

    Is it like nobody asked to be told about this?

    Thank you for your time

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      1 year ago

      Is it like nobody asked to be told about this?

      Kinda, as if the idea the meme talks about came out of nowhere, unrequested

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      1 year ago

      It’s a riff on the meme formats that go:

      My cashier: …

      Me: …

      “No one:” represents something coming out of the blue, completely unprompted. It’s definitely getting overused, but that’s just an inevitable part of the lifecycle of a meme.

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        I don’t mind it being used if it makes sense, but it seems unnecessary most of the time, drawing attention away from the meme.

        I’d also like to point out that almost every answer about the no one memes describes a different reasoning for what it is used.

        This implies its unnecessary quality. Subjective, important placeholder.

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          1 year ago

          I agree that it usually doesn’t add anything to the meme, especially nowadays. It’s a pretty low-effort template.

          I like Know Your Meme’s description:

          a phrasal template used to mock people who strive to attract attention and tend to provide unsolicited opinions, as well as for observational humor.

          I think its original usage in mocking attention seeking was funnier. It’s basically generalized into any observational humor though, which is when it becomes unnecessary.

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            1 year ago

            That makes sense to me where it would work. The memer would have to have an accurate sense of humor instead of just scatter shooting the phrase all over the place, but that’s difficult, so we end up with these. Thanks

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      1 year ago

      I hate it as much as I hate punchline images that tell you how to feel about it.

      DESTRUCTION 100

      (Face of a meme guy)

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      1 year ago

      THANK YOU! It has become a pet peeve of mine. I think it’s supposed to reference “no one asked”. But if that’s the case, the meme should be

      Nobody: “Hey I’d really like every music video to be shot with a fish-eye lens”.

      or

      Everyone:

      It doesn’t make sense.

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        1 year ago

        I think this is the first explanation I found searching, “no one asked”, but yea, if that’s correct, it is not super clear and is often redundant