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
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Is it like nobody asked to be told about this?
Kinda, as if the idea the meme talks about came out of nowhere, unrequested
Weird. Thanks.
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.
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.
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.
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
I hate it as much as I hate punchline images that tell you how to feel about it.
DESTRUCTION 100
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His Ass Is Not A Mechanic 😂
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.
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
No one
could've said it better.
Is it like nobody asked to be told about this?
Correct.
"MTV turns 30 today and we would like to thank them for 5 years of music videos."
MTV is 42. Somehow though the 70s were only 30 years ago. These facts are simultaneously true.
It was virtual insanity.
or was is Missy Elliot? We went a little H.A.M. on the fish eye lens back then.
Busta Rhymes was the biggest offender of fisheye.
Courtesy of Hype Williams (Harold Williams) the director of all these music videos.
From wikipedia:
Awards Williams has received for his video work include the Billboard Music Video Award for Best Director of the Year (1996), the Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996) for Busta Rhymes' "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check", the NAACP Image Award (1997), the 8th annual Music Video Production Association Award for Black Music Achievement (1997), MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rap Video (1998) category for Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video (1999) for TLC's "No Scrubs", and the BET Award for Best Director (2006) for Kanye West's "Gold Digger".[4]
Well, people did get their freak on.
It was intergalactic planetary.
Planetary
Planetary
I like my sugar with coffee and cream.
Actually it was more like this -
Everyone: give us freakin cool looking videos
Video industry: *delivers*
Virtual Insanity
Never forget what they took from us.
feat. Timbaland
Uhn. Yeah. Uhn.
I really miss old school MTV though. I feel like, for a time, bands were doing some crazy music videos that were as much works of art as the music itself.
I do too. I remember for a short period, you'd go over to anyone's house and they'd just have MTV on a TV somewhere playing video after video.
It was immensely popular, and it was a fun way to passively see a bunch of artists without any effort.
Puffy
Also Missy Elliott.
I think missy actually started it first and the Puffy s videos was similar
Missy Elliot videos were the best
What’s the rent on that cheese grater?
It's a lot of cheddar
Goddamnit. Take my upvote and get out
Surely that's just a present-day cheerleader with a cartoon character stuck in it.
"Damn it, Jerry. We bought this computer and we sure as hell are going to use it!"