rediscover: (eeesh what gives)

[personal profile] rediscover 2018-07-11 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
you're missing the entire point of the meme!
meteorman: (9 | and yet to see you)

[personal profile] meteorman 2018-07-11 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
In my defense the point isn't exactly crystal-clear.
rediscover: (jinkies!)

[personal profile] rediscover 2018-07-12 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
says you!! it's pretty obviously a play on people who are confused about what a meme is in the first place!
aren't you like a genius :P
meteorman: (15 | oh so tight)

[personal profile] meteorman 2018-07-12 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
That much is obvious, yes. But the use of a Beautifly in particular must have some reasoning behind it. I assume that man is someone specific. The context of this particular brand of joke is what makes it funny. For instance, the pictures of me insisting on bringing my Ninetales into inappropriate situations for a Ninetales to be in all hinge on the knowledge that this is something I have done before, publicly and on purpose. Without that context the joke is merely that a stranger is doing something stupid, which in and of itself isn't funny enough to make the joke more than once. For a joke like this, one which is repeated so often people intuitively understand the humor merely on sight, context is necessary.
Edited 2018-07-12 02:25 (UTC)
rediscover: (big grin)

[personal profile] rediscover 2018-07-12 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Foooooord! you are WAY overthinking this!
the whole point is that it's like a fun inside joke! for fun!
meteorman: (35 | ribonucleic acid freakout)

itt grandpa argues about a thing that doesn't need to be argued about

[personal profile] meteorman 2018-07-12 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
And inside jokes require context. That is my entire point.
rediscover: (steady gaze)

grandpa PLEASE

[personal profile] rediscover 2018-07-12 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
but maybe if you need context....
that means you're not in the inside!
meteorman: (16 | with triangles)

it's like highschool all over again. anna is the new crampelter. ford's having flashbacks

[personal profile] meteorman 2018-07-12 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly! So it then becomes wildly unfair to mock me for not immediately parsing the joke when I don't have the necessary information to do so.
rediscover: (shit y'all)

[personal profile] rediscover 2018-07-12 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
woah woah woah!
i'm not mocking you!
i think...maybe you just need to know things on a way deeper level than I do!
you should try to just enjoy it for what it is!
it's not a meme, it's a beautifly! that's why it's funny!
meteorman: (37 | long halls of science)

[personal profile] meteorman 2018-07-12 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Actually thinking about it further, by the very nature of its usage the Beautifly is a meme.
rediscover: (woah buddy)

[personal profile] rediscover 2018-07-13 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
...yeah! exactly!
see? now you're getting it! c: