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himbeaux-on-ice · 2 years

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looking for the presser for that Reavo quote led me back to one of my favourite underratedly delightful 2021 pressers, ft the usual suspects (coming off an OT GWG and eight (8!!) combined points between them), which I have now watched like five times for serotonin

the highlights:

Mark's mic being broken/disconnected to start

Mark getting confused about whether he should talk bc of that.

Max (mid-hiccup) noticing the mic problem and silently turning his own mic towards Mark a little bit to 'help' while looking directly at whoever's behind the camera ('Is- is that good? Am I helping?' you are not, but it's the thought that counts honey):

our old friend Chris Chapman asking a question that references a prior inside joke (reference to an old football movie) that Mark and Max made with each other in a different presser like two months before. good job Chapman you're being so normal about it. relatable.

disembodied tech support hands reaching into frame to unplug and re-plug the mic at one point.

Max looking over to Mark with a deferential "correct me if i'm wrong" about something he said which he definitely seemed to already know was true, twice (also giving us a great side view of his floofy hair):

Mark's mic still being out halfway into this session despite best efforts

Max at this point very visibly trying not to laugh at whoever's behind the camera trying to fix the mic, while Mark is stoically giving some heartfelt answer about the fans despite having been asked basically the same question like two or three times (sound on for the additional comedy of Stoney's monotone impassioned word-salad rambling in the background lmao):

a trademark 'our captain is fantastic and the very best no i'm not surprised that he had five assists tonight and obviously he set up my game winning goal that was all him he's amazing' speech from Patch, bc what is a presser without one

Mark still doing his usual 'nah it was all on the shooters to get open, I just found them with the puck, they did all the work' humble schtick after a match in which he set a new franchise record for assists in a single game with FIVE primary assists, setting up every goal Vegas scored. unbelievable. I'm gonna shake him.

some cat behaviour:

Max saying he felt like he was gonna throw up if he had to skate up the ice one more time trying to chase down one of the Wild's rookies with his "old legs" in three-on-three OT before he finally scored lmao

(honourable mention even tho it's not in this clip to the fact that when the GWG is scored you can hear Mark just fucking screaming in the mostly-empty arena lmao)

these half-second screencaps I accidentally paused on which I'm keeping as reaction memes:

Mark saying it was a "first place game and we had to play like it" and then getting asked about that same answer later and saying basically yeah it was pretty good except for the second period where we kinda sucked real bad

Max being super fidgety most of the time and then zoning the fuck out with a stock-still thousand yard stare for a good fifteen-twenty seconds twice in the last minute or so of the presser, presumably out of sheer tired

Mark abruptly sounding like he's gonna cry mid-answer and then you realize he was just trying not to burp lmao

what a couple of fools, bless <3

#sad content? no. living in the past is what we will do. i have decided.#vegas golden knights #mark stone #max pacioretty #6167 #long post #i thought about putting it under the cut but decided it's my blog and u all have to put up with me #other biggest takeaways is maxpatch handsome and stoney has such absurdly delicate wrists. and also a blinking tic but we knew that

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aegor-bamfsteel · 2 years

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Hello Bamfsteel, thank you for answering my question about Aegor and Daemon's names! Now I feel like fighting Rogue Prince for stealing my man's name haha, and I love your suggestions for Aegor, Benedict and Raylon I already thought myself, but Bors is a welcome addition since he is Garth the Greenhand's son as well.

(Referring to this post)

Ugh, tell me about it. Now that the new show “House of the Dragon” has come out, some people have tagged their Daemon Târgaryen screencaps with Daemon Blackfyre (a tag which I track) and while I politely tell them they’re different characters, I also imagine this meme:

(That’s a joke, antis. I mean no hate to anyone innocently tagging the wrong character.)

The show-only watchers may be confused, but one died while protecting his children, whereas the other was complicit in child murder. They are not the same. godihatethisfreakingcat and I are so annoyed by the Smug Prince we pretend Daemon Blackfyre was named after a Velaryon relative, as Daemion/Daemon are more common in their family than the Targaryens (also, because Smug Prince being Daemon’s namesake is an annoying retcon to make him relevant to the later history despite never being mentioned in the main series).

Annoyance about That Other Daemon aside, I’m glad you liked my suggestions for renaming Aegor. His first name is really representative of how the Brackens tried to appease Aegon IV, and I’d like a name that actually fits his mother’s culture that won’t make him feel like as much as an outsider at Stone Hedge. I headcanon that his cousins gave him a nickname, and most people called him by Rivers initially (but that carries the illegitimacy stigma? GRRM gives him no breaks) But any male Bracken names that’ve previously been used and/or fit the B theme with the Bracken sisters could fit.

Thanks for the follow up ask. You’re very welcome.

#ask #name significance #anti daemon targaryen #daemon blackfyre #aegor rivers #memes #asoiaf

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unhingedhearties · 10 days

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This Looks Like It'll Be A Productive Discussion

I know yesterday I said I try to not make boomer jokes, but today was a challenge.

don'tmakefunofthesizedon'tmakefunofthesize

I had to double check that the person who posted this wasn't a man because this is straight up incel moid behavior. I'm surprised she didn't refer to this as Elizabeth's "body count".

Hey look! It's Jennifer

May.

LOLOLOLOLOL YOU NEED TO SHARE IT WITH TPTB

I have a funnier idea, people need to share this screencap of your own Facebook page with you every time you get assblasted.

"Do you know the musical 'Six'?"

No, but I just looked it up and it looks like dogshit. Garbage in, Garbage out I guess.

I'm a little confused. How does a real historical event regarding one piece of shit, fat ass man using patriarchal oppression to kill his wives once he got bored with them/pissed of that they didn't birth him a son relate to a fictional woman being tangentially related to various degrees with a handful of men?

This is what we call a red flag and this person's internet history needs to be checked ASAP.

I may have receipts on this blog of both sides making asses of themselves, but at the moment I've only seen Team Lucas people being gross and weird in regards to the child actors*, so make of that what you will.

*(Never as bad as this post to be fair, it's usually people throwing a temper tantrum on social media posts involving the child actors where they could easily see it).

Sondra's being a lot more generous than I would have been by assuming she's married.

I looked at Kerri's photo (because boomers can't help but post their full names and photos everywhere online) and I'm going to guess that number is 0-1.

And that's not by choice.

Rebekah's just saying what I've been saying this whole time. I'm sure it will fall on deaf ears.

GUYS I'M LITTERALLY ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY ASS OFF

Here grandma, I dug through my 20 year old hard drive to dig out an archaic, unfunny meme to match your humor:

"Whoever came up with this ridiculous idea is a toxic and unloved person, devoid of good feelings, the only thing a person like that deserves is pity."

Here, I translated it since I have a feeling they're the kind of people who see "not English" and skip over it instead of taking the two seconds to hit "translate post".

Wow, this is awkward. I don't form weird, parasocial relationships with celebrities online, but if I did, I'd do everything in my power to not embarrass myself in a way that they might see.

Like... do you really think Chris will see this and laugh or do you think he'll see it and cringe at all the 60 year old women lusting after him.

But remember, Team Nathan fans are "Team Mean".

"They sure loved E before the break up though."

Actually, that's a good point. Funny how they didn't mention this trail of... men Elizabeth knew that had things happen to them when they thought they were getting that wedding.

#when calls the heart #wcth #hallmark #fandom drama #hearties #unhinged fans #team lucas #team nathan

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iturbide · 6 years

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2 for the feh asks!

What was the first 5* hero you ever summoned?

My best baby girl Lucina ;v; I wanted her so bad I uninstalled and reinstalled the game at least 25 times just to get her on one of the free summons and when I finally got her I screamed.

If we’re counting the five stars I rolled during my reinstall quest for Lucina, though, I think it might have been Marth. I joked with a friend that since Lucina went by ‘Marth’ as her pseudonym in Awakening and this was the guy whose name she borrowed, I was summoning the ‘wrong Marth.’

#answered #chynandri #fire emblem: heroes #meme #i love lucina so much #the joke continued in the first tempest #when i yelled at my friend #(who did not play heroes)#that i finally got the right marth #she was very confused because i'd summoned the other marth before that #she understood once i sent her screencaps

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popatochisssp · 3 years

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I need memes for the new boys. Meme me, Poppy. Meme me.

As always, I am ashamed at how well-equipped I am to answer this question...

Meme Fluent: Ash (Undergloom Sans), Ell (Horrorswap Papyrus), Sunny (Gastertale Sans)

Can At Least Ask Where The Bathroom Is In Meme: Brick (Horrorfell Sans), Nemo (Horrorswapfell Papyrus), Aster (Gastertale Papyrus)

Meme-blivious: Yrus (Undergloom Papyrus), King (Horrorfell Papyrus), Merc (Horrorswap Sans), Pitch (Horrorswapfell Sans)

Ash (Undergloom Sans): Very savvy and up on all the most popular memes, scrolling through memes is an activity very low on the ‘activity’ part and great for when he’s feeling a little too tired to do anything else. He’s very into tiktoks, which help him keep up to date on the latest meme songs-- some of which he might try to learn to play on his own. In general, he’s also into memes with funny or weird-looking animals (frogs, possums, axolotls, etc), no specific kind of meme, the presence of a goofy-looking creature in it is usually good enough to get a smile or a chuckle out of him.

Yrus (Undergloom Papyrus): Not all that up to date on the meme scene, he’s usually busy with other things... but! He really loves relatable memes, especially ones about procrastination or not being able to focus on work or having to do chores, everyday mundane irritations that everybody can relate to! He also thinks reading comprehension errors are great harmless fun (i.e., “my bad i thought u said moths”), just silly misunderstandings that make for confusing interactions until someone realizes.

Brick (Horrorfell Sans): Doesn’t always remember every meme, but he gets the gist of most of them. His favorites are the MS Paint memes, usually the more poorly drawn, the better (but a fan of pretty much every catcrumb image he sees, those chaotic little cats are great). He can also be caught laughing himself to wheezing and banging on the table over completely bizarre and out of context interactions--for some reason, they just hit right on the funny bone and he has no defense against them. (The ‘Nyquil Detroit Become Liquid’ post nearly killed him, but he would’ve thanked it.)

King (Horrorfell Papyrus): Not too interested in memes. He’s peripherally aware of them but rarely knows the latest trends or cares to know them. He does have a slight fondness for evil memes--ones about being evil or having an evil lair or just have the word ‘evil’ as an adjective in front of something else seemingly incongruous--he finds them silly and they can usually win at least a smirk out of him when he happens to come across one. If you want a laugh, though, find him some of those screenshots of old newspapers from the 30s-50s, formally written humor that still holds up even now (like The Windsor Star, Ontario, November 1, 1958, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio, February 21, 1947, or Barnard Bulletin, New York, December 20, 1935). Sensible chuckles abound from those!

Merc (Horrorswap Sans): Not too into memery, he’s definitely got a lot of other things going on and isn’t always online. Still, he is a fan of stuff like one-time-i-dreamt and other accounts of peoples’ dreams or thought processes. He thinks it’s interesting, the little peek into the wandering, strange, and sometimes funny subconscious, or how people think about love and tenderness and nostalgia and remind others to appreciate those things, too. It’s a very niche, wholesome sort of enjoyment for sure... but not to worry! If you’re looking for something more mainstream and ‘haha funny,’ he also got very into the whole ‘Surprise! It’s cake!’ meme trend that was going on for awhile and is still delighted to find a video where a realistic object is cut into and turns out to be cake. He’s definitely going to make one himself, maybe as a social media marketing thing for his home business...

Ell (Horrorswap Papyrus): Very meme savvy and tends toward some of the maybe darker types of humor--stress and anxiety memes, introvert memes, et cetera. Animated text is a big one he likes, with enough of a mix of pessimist and optimist memes that he doesn’t come away from checking it actually bummed out or feeling bad, a fine line to walk to be sure. He also likes coding and programming humor! He’s still kinda teaching himself, so he definitely doesn’t get them all, but it gives him a little sense of accomplishment and community when he does, which he really likes.

Pitch (Horrorswapfell Sans): Not interested in memes, and a lot of them are heavily based on visuals which, unfortunately, he’s going to miss the context. Still, he does get a hell of a kick out of brazen and blatant misinformation--the smooth sharks post, facts-i-just-made-up, and the like--and finds it hilarious when someone insists something that is obviously untrue, especially if a lot of people aren’t getting the joke and are trying fervently to convince them of their wrongness. He’s also a little bit evil, so whenever he learns a new piece of whatever slang is popular and in at the moment, he’s going to use it incorrectly, or use outdated slang to induce cringe in those around him. ‘Totes yeet yo’? Yes. ‘That is so pog, as the kids say’? Of course. ‘It’s lit, fam’? Definitely, who do you take him for? The cringier, the better, he revels in the discomfort of others when he throws one of those babies out.

Nemo (Horrorswapfell Papyrus): Definitely knows a little bit about memes, not always the latest trends but his base knowledge is pretty good, and of course has his favorites. He loves John Mulaney references and reaction images, they just Speak to him, y’know? Outside of that, he’s very fond of day-of-the-week memes, Tuesday Again?, Out of Touch Thursday, Fat Fuck Friday and so on. Aside from being a useful reminder of what the hell day of the week it is, he likes the consistency and recurrence of it, just a silly little moment to look forward to at some point like, “oh yeah, it’s el muchacho monday, nice!”

Sunny (Gastertale Sans): Pretty wise to the meme scene overall, loves the fun and creativity of it all. If you want him to absolutely lose his shit, though, show him a terrible picture of an animal--by which I mean, poorly photoshopped, blurred, in mid-panoramic, as long as the end result is an absurd or very screwed up image. Why are things like ‘buff half cat’ and ‘dog but very, very long’ his sense of humor? He has no idea, but the worse it looks, the harder he laughs. He has a bit of a fondness for ‘gotcha’s too, like a Rickroll but really anything where you go into it expecting one thing, and get trolled by receiving something else. (If Megalovania memes were a thing in his universe, he would be all over them, if that gives you an idea of the kind of gag he thinks is funny!)

Aster (Gastertale Papyrus): Aware of memes, but not all that invested in them. He likes corporate and office/business memes a lot-- the kind that roast bosses and unnecessary meetings, translate ‘polite’ corporate phrases, anything to do with emails--because they can be very relatable. He also likes seeing screencaps of people on Facebook or Twitter getting dragged for misinformation, or trying to act like a pompous jerk and getting shredded (for legitimate reasons of course, not just random unprovoked cyberbullying). He...may be involved in a bit of that sometimes himself: he may not be working in a scientific field, but he is half of a scientist, and just petty enough to spend a few hours of his free time looking up and reading through a few credible sources to cite in a strong and well-crafted rebuttal argument if someone is being especially, dangerously wrong about something. Not everyone has the time and resources to do it, so why shouldn’t he? 😇

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ms-demeanor · 5 years

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I don't know if you'd prefer this here or at your psyops page, but have you seen not-safe-for-democracy and if not may I garner your opinion on legitimacy? I followed it bc they don't talk too much (less drama for a low braining app) but some of what you said made me question myself. It's minimal, but tagged, screenshots but links if article, etc. Since you seem to dig into this I thought you'd have a better feel than me. If you have spoons I'd appreciate your opinion.

Okay, so I looked through the blog.

First off, folks, if you DO suspect a blog please send it to me off anon or through a DM so that I can respond without publishing the post because if at all possible I’d prefer not to publish any names that I suspect until I’ve got a significant body of evidence against the blog.

BUT the reason I’m okay with publishing this is because not-safe-for-democracy falls in with liberalsarecool, thetrumpimpeachment, and berniesrevolution as blogs that I consider “feelgood facebook spammers.”

Congratulations, you hit a nerve because blogs like this have been irritating the shit out of me for years now.

I don’t necessarily think that these blogs are malicious and I’ve not seen them reblog much misinformation (though sometimes they exaggerate and a lot of their content never had any context in the first place - they do definitely pattern-match in the “original content is largely screencapped offsite” category) but they’re just kind of useless yes-man blogs that I kind of tend to think of as hopelessly democrat.

They focus a lot on russigate and collusion and how the election was stolen and impeachment and.

You know what it reminds me of? The John Mulaney “horse in the hospital” bit. Midway through the bit he says something like

“And then you go to brunch with people and they say ‘there shouldn’t even BE a horse in the hospital’ and it’s like ‘YEAH, we’re way past that.’”

These blogs give me significant “pwning the republicans” vibes. They feel smarmy and self congratulatory and useless. I am reminded of the friends I have who still call Trump “Cheeto Hitler” or “45″ or anything other than his name as though that’s a meaningful protest.

These blogs all have “Resist” bumper stickers on their cars but roll up their windows if there’s a homeless person in the crosswalk. These blogs own “Nasty Woman” tee shirts and are glad Backpage got taken down.

Sometimes the things they post make you smile, sometimes they make you angry and want to get out and vote. Sometimes they’re lacking the nuance that you’d really need to make a cogent argument or have a good discussion.

They’re like political cartoons.

They’re irritating but probably pretty harmless and I’m not finding any evidence of misinformation or (extremely weird) networking or posting patterns.

BUT - a handy point of comparison!

Useless-Anti-Cheeto blogs reblog from each other, take content from other sites, don’t write much commentary, and minimally tag but they do not self-reblog at high rates, reblog much from noticeably human tumblr users, or reblog meme/cute animal/awesome art viral posts, which are some of the hallmarks of the kinds of blogs I’m talking about. They’ll totally make fat jokes or talk about how Obama was a “real man” but they’re not pretending to be the private blog of a real person and they’re not carefully constructing the conditions for virality.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, you know what! This is some data I need! If you have been followed by liberalsarecool, makedonalddrumphagain, berniesrevolution, republicansareterrorists or any of these types of blogs please let me know!

One of the things the other blogs I’m tracking do on a regular basis is like/reblog/follow regular tumblr blogs which gets them lots of follow-backs and there are several people who have commented “yeah, I initially followed blackqueerblog because it followed me and liked some of my posts but then I got irritated with all the reblogs and I was confused about if we were actually mutuals” - as yet I have *not* seen that kind of behavior from Useless-Anti-Cheeto blogs and if you’ve been followed by one or interacted with one I’d like to hear about it!

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wobbuffet-propaganda · 5 years

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Steer clear of the pokeganda discord server.

Hi everyone! Former member and mod of the ‘ganda server, here. If you’re any form of marginalized identity, I would recommend you stay far away from it.

In this post I’m gonna be talking about my experiences with it. While I so fucking wish I had receipts to prove a lot of this, the server had an incredibly weird obsession with “avoiding drama” and if you ever got into any kind of disagreement with another member, you were pressured pretty quickly to delete all your messages on the matter so other people weren’t exposed to them. So I didn’t end up saving a lot, unfortunately. You’ll have to take my word for it, although I did get a few screencaps at the end as I realized how south things were going.

TL;DR: the mods of the pokeganda server are incredibly tyrannical, more or less play by their own rules, and are far more concerned with a “peace and love for all, even abusive people! we don’t want to be mean!” environment than one where the most vulnerable people actually feel protected.

So! I joined the pokeganda server through lea / leavanny-propaganda, and it was pretty standard as far as servers go. Open to all, shitposty and friendly, def my cuppa tea.

Some time into this, i wanna say a few months (weeks? idk) I had a disagreement with another user (Nix of granbullyganda) they used some cissexist language and I asked them to not do that. They egged me on a little, I got a little mad, and after a few hours of them talking to me like a 4chan troll and thinly implying i sounded like a crazy SJW, mods intervened and they were banned for abusive language. Pretty much everyone in the server was on the same page at this point, and Lea elected to call for some more mods.

I applied, having modded like a million other pokemon servers, and got in. Sheep, the original owner of the server, turned tail and left quietly and none of us really noticed. Lea’s a minor and still in school, so naturally they needed some extra hands.

For the most part things just kinda carried on, modding didn’t entail much beyond asking people to format their intros correctly and cleaning up vulgar or offensive posts that slipped the minds of members posting. Until a week or so ago.

I can’t remember who, but a member of the chat posted a meme that referenced drug use, and Steph (absol-propaganda) said something like ‘don’t do drugs, love yourself instead.’ I, a recovered addict and absolute beacon of self-love, joked--‘Bold of you to assume I can’t do both.’

Steph then started going off on a much more serious tangent about how she lived with an abusive addict, talking about how much of a piece of shit the addict was, phrased in such a way that it was very very clear she was blaming this person’s abusive behaviour on the drugs. I was... shocked, honestly. I thought it was a joke at first. My initial response was kind of an incredulous “woah, okay, please don’t fucking say that!” it definitely could have been more polite, but I was. Kind of unable to get my bearings, I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me.

Eric of magikarp-propaganda then jumped in with a similar story to Steph’s of an abusive addict they knew. I tried to explain to them that this talk was making me uncomfortable. I also tried to keep a level head and explain to them that addiction was literally a disability, a disability that I had, and told them that what they were saying was like implying that I’m abusive because I’m autistic, or abusive because I suffer from chronic pain (two other disabilities I have, don’t worry!)

To her credit, Steph backed out but Eric kept on. I was getting visibly agitated and yeah, I lost my temper and got emotional and probably shouted some. I didn’t say anything abusive or terrible to Eric but I was just short of begging them to please stop saying what they were saying. Lea cut us off and I went back and (regrettably) deleted all my posts.

Steph then left the server without a word. We had a brief DM session after that, where I gave her a piece of my mind for what she had said to me. Steph was one of the only people in the server who openly defended me, previously, and I was heartbroken that now she saw me as sub-human. In this interaction, she told me--an addict--bluntly, that despite what psychology, science, and common sense say, addiction is not a disability. She told an addict that people do drugs because they want to, and no genetic predisposition has any effect on this. Then she blocked me, as I was breaking down at the horrible shit she was saying.

I asked the other mods what was to be done about Eric. They said nothing to them, even though they had been horrible to me. Regardless of what you think of our disagreement, I kept asking them to stop saying something that was triggering me, and they refused. I slept on it.

I woke up the next day and nothing had changed. There was nothing in the admin chat about what consequences Eric’s actions would have. I asked if anything was going to be done. They kept asking me what I personally wanted done. I told them that I had no say in the matter, because I was literally the victim in the situation, and for me to decide what happened to my perpetrator would literally be an unethical use of mod power. They pushed back against me.

At some point, we reached a consensus that Eric was to be given a warning for their behaviour. None of the mods wanted to give this warning, almost all of them claimed they were “too nervous” about “being mean” and “constantly reminding people of the rules. I tried to bring up the point that this was... LITERALLY our job as mods. This was literally why we existed.

Rather than any of us giving Eric the warning, one of the mods who IS FRIENDS WITH STEPH, A PERSON WHO IS AN ENEMY OF THE VICTIM IN THIS SITUATION, literally HAD STEPH MESSAGE ERIC THE WARNING. You heard that right: A mod, who’s job is to MOD, asked someone who is no longer in the server to mod for them. This was when I started feeling like I was literally going crazy. I pointed out how unethical this was, how sketchy this was, how uncool this was. I was more or less immediately villainized. The mod in question then started acting like a child who’d been caught red-handed and tried to guilt trip me. I’m paraphrasing, but they said something like ‘Fine, maybe I’ll just LEAVE. I’ve been wanting to, anyways!’

Because I called out a super fucking sketchy thing they did. There were NO rules at this point. No one in this chat could be bothered to tell anyone that something was not okay. This was the last thing I sent before my termination. No one in the mod chat responded to it.

Maybe it’s the autism, but I don’t see anything wrong with what I’ve said here. What the mods were doing in this server, if I may use an analogy, reminded me of in politics when someone will say they “can be friends with anyone regardless of beliefs.” On it’s surface, it sounds sweet--peace and love for all, right? But if you actually think about it, nothing about it is good. It leaves the vulnerable vulnerable and the bullies bullies. It means you stand for nothing. It’s equality but not equity.

Another member of this server literally implied I was born an abuser because of something I cannot help, and I did what you are supposed to do--I asked the mods for help, I asked the mods what was being done about it. I received nothing.

This was their response to my above message. To literally take my privileges away because I questioned their authority. I did not use my mod power to abuse anyone, control anyone, harm anyone, anything like that. Even when I could’ve taken the wheel and just banned Eric for acting shitty to me, I acted not as a mod but as a normal user in the server with no more power than anyone else. And they literally took my influence away because I dared to question them.

“you took the situation too far”-- I did not. I got emotional because my trauma was literally public forum, quickly realized it was unproductive, deleted my posts so they would not reach any more eyes, and asked the mods for help.

“harassing us for not doing anything”--I did not. You can see my messages above. I asked for clarification on what they meant by this. They refused to tell me. If it was just that I sent a lot of messages, I don’t really know what to say to that. I ramble and overexplain and ask a lot of questions when I’m scared and confused. I’m fuckin’ autistic.

“harrassing messages I sent Steph”--Steph sent me harassing messages, and apparently either cherrypicked them in such a way that it made me look like the inciter or doctored them. I asked them to show me these messages. They did not.

“inappropriate post you made on your blog”--I did not make an inappropriate post. On my personal blog, a blog not at all affiliated with my work as a ganda blog, a blog that very few people from this side of tumblr follow, a blog that at one point was INCREDIBLY active in the addiction community, i made this post.

It is not inappropriate. It is a post about an unsafe person that I made so other addicts who might be emotionally compromised/triggered in the way I was can preemptively block them/avoid interacting with them. I said nothing about the situation on this blog, not wanting to incite any drama but wanting to keep my friends safe.

None of this breakdown I am describing was public. It was all behind closed doors and I literally did everything in my power, short of being a fucking dictator myself, to get the mods to lift a single finger about it. They couldn’t. They couldn’t even give an abusive person in their server a warning. They had to get someone else to do it.

I asked them why they were doing this. They refused to clarify. They just kept saying “it’s for the best.” They made a private chat to decide this behind my back. I was given no say in my own case. I was given no voice to defend myself. I questioned their authority and they took my voice.

The ‘answers’ were not answers and the chat was short lived. Here’s what I got.

This was a little under an hour ago. They have not replied, and I doubt they plan to.

Right before this, I went to the server to say goodbye to all the friends I’d made there. I didn’t make a big deal, just said I was heartbroken and needed to step away. Invited them to join me on my own pokemon servers, of which I have plenty.

The mods removed me before any of my friends could say goodbye. I was not allowed to even keep in touch with any of them. I did not see a single goodbye before I was banned.

So yeah. This is apparently what happens if you speak out against anyone in this server, no matter how politely, professionally, and calmly you do it. They will not only take your voice but they will erase you entirely and cut you off from the community. I am literally just a marginalized person who asked the mods for help in dealing with some oppressive language and a person who wouldn’t let it go, and I got my privileges revoked and about a hundred of my friends stolen from my hands.

I applied to be a mod in this server because when Nix started attacking me, I realized that a community had been fostered where they felt it was acceptable to do that. I wanted to change that. I have a loving heart and a firm hand and I wanted to use both to help settle disagreements and let the most vulnerable know they had someone in their corner. It seems, however, that was a futile effort. Historically people see me as an angry bitch because I speak my mind and when I see someone I say something. But you can’t have one angry bitch in power, because when she’s the victim, she stops being an angry bitch and starts being a crazy bitch in all her hysterics. There weren’t any other bitches on the mod team, and you know what they say about representing yourself in court.

You may draw your own conclusions from this. Do not harass any of the people mentioned in this post, do not send them asks or any violent rhetoric. In my heart I do not want to hurt anyone, and that is why I am making this post. If someone had told me this was the community I was getting myself into, I would have never joined and got attached. I want to spare people from what I went through.

I am also not looking to discourse. My mind is made up on the way I was treated, and more importantly, the way I saw others treated in my time as a mod. I do not intend to change my mind. I intend to protect.

In my heart, I am a pacifist, and I will not pick a fight with anyone who does not deserve it.

Mirror Coat.

#pokeganda

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smeelio · 5 years

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Okay so

I’m only writing this down here because I’m scared I’ll forget about it one day and I can’t ever let myself forget this, but a good few days ago I had an afternoon nap (I didn’t sleep well the night before okay?) and it only lasted a couple of hours instead of, like, the rest of the day as my naps usually do, but in that short time I had the WORST dream that wasn’t technically a nightmare that I’ve ever had, and that’s saying something because (not to sound edgy, I promise,) of all the dreams I actually remember I only EVER have nightmares, or at the very least very ominous dreams...

And basically it was just the same thing over and over, I can only imagine it lasted for the whole 2 to 3 hours I was asleep- but first, before I entered this loop, it all started when I went online in the dream and saw some generic game news website posted that Bigweld from Robots was added to Smash as a DLC fighter (BEAR WITH ME,) and then after THAT the repeated rest of the dream was me going around to everyone I knew, even people who are way too far for me to realistically meet in person, even people who are DEAD in real life, even people who don’t know what a videogame is let alone Smash, and telling them about it!

Because for some reason, despite the surprise announcement of a Smash DLC fighter, and despite how fucking stupid and off-the-wall the character was, NO-ONE was talking about it, Twitter and Tumblr and Reddit and all those shits I usually check were radio silent apart from like that one article, and I half-remember also checking Nintendo’s website to confirm if the article was a joke and it wasn’t a joke so why weren’t people talking about it? In the dream world it was a complete, base, human truth that Bigweld was in Smash, yet no-one but me, the one journalist who wrote the article, and some poor game dev(s) in Japan who created the DLC were burdened with the knowledge

And then, and then, none of these people (including people who would DEFINITELY knew who he was in real life) knew who Bigweld was in the dream, even if they were interested to hear about a new Smash DLC fighter. So cue me trying to jog everybody’s memory about who he was (”You know, that weird animated movie from the mid-2000s? He was the ‘jolly fat guy’ trope but he was a robot so he was a ball! He was the stereotypical hero inventor of the protagonist, and liked dominoes? Come on!”)

Cutting in for a moment, just so anyone reading this knows, if I suddenly drop off the face of the earth in the next few days or something, it is because of this dream. When I woke up from it I was mostly just confused, hence “dream” and not “nightmare,” but in the past days more has happened. One of the reasons I’m posting this here, apart from how horrific it is by itself, is because for the past few days I have been seeing, I just KEEP seeing, Robots and/or Bigweld everywhere, across multiple websites and fandoms and even in real life, despite no-one I know (and no-one online) ever even mentioning Robots since it came out more than a decade ago, I’ve never even seen a meme made from any part of it, this is beyond Baader-Meinhof or at least it feels like it. Bigweld is out to get me and I need to write this epitaph NOW

But I finally digress to the WORST part, the worst part, which was that every encounter (and there was a LOT of them, one with practically everyone I’ve ever known) ended the same way- I convinced people to look up Bigweld, since they didn’t remember him and I couldn’t remind them of who he was. Surely seeing him would make them remember? But in every single picture of him on Google images, promo shots of him standing alone, screencaps of the movie with him in it, fan-art even, you name it, he didn’t look like he was supposed to, he didn’t look normal (as far as mid-2000s stuff can be normal,) no, he looked like this:

#smash #robots #bigweld #dream #nightmare

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mojavescr1pt · 6 years

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can i be obnoxious and ask what in fuck is happening? (pls feel free to ignore me heavily if you are overloaded!!) i have always found shelby to be one of the nicer people to me in my old neotag age, and hearing all this stuff is really, idk jarring? and i guess i'm confused with all the screencaps and (is that a discord server?? omg i am ancient). i just want to make sure everyone is okay and that i understand what is happening /: sorry to be a bother ahh

hey there, you ain’t bein obnoxious. believe you me its rough to be in a drama situation and have nowhere to turn.

before i get into my side of shit, the best place ive been following for this stuff is neotag-dogma. they’re apparently new?? as in tonight new?? and r reblogging the receipts and making posts abt what’s happening. more explanation under the cut.

for a quick tldr re: the discord situation: Gil and Tor, among the other major mods, ducked out from the Discord to handle irl stuff (i think, this was before my time). Shelby was promoted to mod and shortly thereafter started making major changes to the discord. i myself had found the atmosphere hyper controlling and i didn’t feel welcome in there, mostly bc i was on the Blacklist and could tell (more on this in a moment).anyway, skip forward several months, and Tor and Gil return. Tor makes a joke about another mod of the server, Jack sneezing into their mouth (a neotag meme at the time). Shelby swooped in and started rep reprimanding Tor. now what’s important to remember is that Tor was the owner of the server at the time. and Shelby was a low-level mod, talking about how Tor needed to behave in the server, talking about how she was making the server “better” and that Tor was “ruining” how good she was making it. it’s important to note the server was nigh dead at this point. and then what ensues is what’s in that imgur album of the server meltdown, where it’s revealed that instead of making a private channel, Shelby made an entirely new server for the mods, didn’t communicate to said mods, make 12 additional unnecessary chat channels---some of which were barely used, and overall made the environment hostile.

now as for what’s going on tonight; ppl are starting to post abt shelby’s behavior. i’ve mostly been posting abt what’s happening to me bc im a lil conceited when it comes to people lying about me; primarily something that’s a huge revelation is that there actually IS a Blacklist ran by Shelby; a ton of artists ive spoken to noticed that shelby never reblogged their art, which at first was fine, everyone has their own tastes. but then they started mapping it back and we slowly started to realize she was intentionally walling people out bc she didn’t like them. this theory was dubbed the Blacklist, and a ton of people pushed back against it and claimed there was no Blacklist. but surprise! there is/was one. this was revealed in one screenshot on neotag-dogma’s blog where she goes out of her way to message a new member to the tag, completely unprompted, telling them to avoid me, and my friends, and that i was a bully/enabler.

now not to sound cliche but; i dont think i rightfully fit that bill.

i think what stung most of all abt that revelation is that i was recently trying to re-befriend her. i was forgiving her for shutting me out, isolating me, making me self-conscious and anxious about my own art. and yet she was doin’ this shit. i sorta wish i had the self restraint to not go Hog Wild and scream on my main bc i would’ve loved to see how long she would’ve been able to pretend that nothing was wrong.

and this isn’t even touching on what happened to Em (gelertassassin). i reckon you’ve read that post already, and if not it’s probs the one directly below this post.

and this isn’t even touching on the people still compiling receipts. there’s so much shit that’s been hidden under the surface, that’s now coming up; i dont blame you for feeling like its jarring. maybe less than a day ago i had positive feelings towards her. but now? man its mixed as hell but i can’t say any of ‘em are positive.

shelby may have been a nice person at one point, but she’s turned sour and it’s sorta terrifying at how good she is at hiding this dark side of herself.

oh! and its never a bother to explain stuff like this

#ok to reblog #ask a bean #im super tired so sorry if its rambly #i hope i could help hgbhfbghfbg #venuquin

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huntypastellance · 6 years

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Once this whole mess with vorgtron is cleared up (or as cleared up as it'll get lmao) do you think you could make a recap post? I'm still confused on what was/wasn't an elaborate hoax and what was/wasn't a distasteful "joke"

We’ll recap everything in a post later tomorrow. Right now, we (general “we”) are still compiling screencaps & archived links into the imgur album as proof that yes, vorgtron DID harass the staff. Both directly & indirectly (indirectly as in slandering them with the vowels in their names starred out).

Also, as We have said many times before, the actual vorgtron account tweeted at Karen: “LISTEN VORGTRON VORES @KLANCE SOOOOO HARD” which IS sexual harassment.

So even if the whole “Keely got arrested by the cops!!!! XD” was a joke, the fact is that the members of vorgtron saw Karen being harassed by klancers, (not klance shippers, but “klancers” = the awful crazies), as an unfunny meme for a YEAR & decided to join in on it & add sexual harassment to it.

And now they’re complaining about the shaladins being “stupid” enough to believe them when

a) people (both adults & teens) HAVE gotten arrested for twitter cyberbullying before (just google “twitter arrest crimes” for literally hundreds of news reports dating back to 2012 & earlier)

b) vorgtron’s members have a history of harassing the staff

c) vorgtron’s members didn’t even apologize to Karen for harassing her or for making her the butt of an inside joke that literally only the vorgtron members knew about otherwise they wouldn’t have had to make a clarification video for their clueless followers in the first place!*

Seriously, by the time that vorgtron joined in on @ing Karen, other Klancers had already called her things like “bitch”, “middle-aged” & “ugly”. (Not to mention calling her “white” in a snide judgemental tone along with those insults, like “white ugly bitch” or “white bitch”). Vorgtron even made excuses that Karen, as a “white real estate agent with a family & who makes millions” wouldn’t CARE about being @ed constantly on her work twitter by a bunch of “uwu innocent minors”.

???? You don’t know her, why the fuck would you be that callously judgemental to her & make baseless assumptions about her when YOU were in the wrong & she was the victim here????

Btw, she was clearly active on her twitter, she just doesn’t use it every single minute, but more like every couple of months or so. So it’s not like she hadn’t used the account since 2010 or something. People spamming her KNEW that she was active & her account wasn’t dead.

And that was BEFORE they decided to pretend that Karen tried to call the cops on them for harassing her & faked twitter DMs to “prove” it.*

*Seriously, if they admitted to faking the screencaps, the video could have easily been a huge fat lie about not getting arrested. And they won’t give us any actual concrete proof that they didn’t lie about not getting arrested.

Also, We have temporarily changed the tag “klance” to “klantis” on Our blog due to multiple complaints & requests We have received about Our tags in Our inbox.

“Sheith” -> “She/th” (will be changed to “She1th” later for easy tag searching on Our blog)

“Kallura” -> “Ka//ura” (will be changed to “Ka11ura” later for easy tag searching on Our blog)

#klantis #vld discourse #pro-shaladin #tribute #anonymous

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growinstablog · 4 years

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10 Things Meme Accounts Get Right About Instagram Marketing

Does it feel like meme accounts are taking over your social media feeds? The format is everywhere these days, including Instagram, where accounts like and have amassed millions of followers and become brand names.

While these accounts seem silly and aimless, like that goofy stoner from your high school, many are actually strategic and successful—like when

Here are a few marketing lessons you can learn from the dankest meme accounts on Instagram.

10 things meme accounts get right about Instagram marketing

1. They know the value of a great caption

Instagram captions drive engagement when they’re done well, and this is an area where meme accounts succeed.

Their captions tend to be short and simple, which make them easy to read even while scrolling through the feed. Brief captions are also always fully displayed, which means users can take in the whole post without clicking out of the feed.

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Me? Texting my ex? Neverrrrr

A post shared by Lola Tash and Nicole Argiris (@mytherapistsays) on Feb 10, 2019 at 8:14am PST

Meme captions also often adding another layer to the joke in the photo or video.

Many accounts use longer text to tell stories or connect with followers, with some even in their captions. While long captions can be effective, they also require more investment from your audience. Meme accounts prove that short captions can work just as well for engagement.

2. They have broad appeal

This seems inherent to the concept of a meme, which is defined by its popularity. But meme accounts excel at turning obscure or niche source material into an accessible, widely appealing joke.

For instance, combines fine art pieces with relatable captions. Even if you don’t know much about art history, you can still laugh at this post.

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A post shared by Classic Art Memes (@classic.art.memes) on Feb 27, 2019 at 10:19am PST

That doesn’t mean that you should try to appeal to everyone and create the broadest possible content. But all brands should think about who their target audiences are, and ensure that they’re making content that speaks to their interests and knowledge.

3. They have a consistent aesthetic

The meme aesthetic is instantly recognizable: usually familiar images or goofy photos, with text overlaid or above the image.

Sometimes they’re just text, or screencaps from Twitter or Tumblr. But whenever you see one, you instantly know it’s a meme.

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“Grandpa, I’m a social media disruption specialist for a multi vertical gender fluid dating app!” said the 26 year old girl at Thanksgiving dinner to her grandfather who lost his hand in Korea and thinks Hillary Clinton worships Satan, who nods approvingly, yet is deeply confused and upset. (@broazay)

A post shared by thefatjewish (@thefatjewish) on Nov 20, 2018 at 8:34am PST

The recognizability of meme posts proves that consistency is important in building your brand on Instagram. Ideally, you want your followers to know they’re seeing a post or Story from you before they even check the account.

Some meme accounts are now applying a more typical “Instagram” aesthetic, resulting in a hybrid style: meme-and-theme accounts. They’re like beautifully-wrapped gag gifts, and are especially popular among teens.

Meme-and-theme accounts also suggest that some creators are looking to stand out from their fellow meme-makers by cultivating a more distinctive look, something a little prettier than Lisa Simpson and her coffee.

4. They know their audience

Meme accounts definitely have mass appeal, but they’re also targeted to a particular audience. Broadly speaking, it’s Millennials and Gen Z-ers who spend a lot of time online, consume a lot of media, and have a sarcastic sense of humor.

But meme accounts also carve out distinct identities that align with their audience. riffs the challenges of “” for women with memes about work and relationship anxieties, while skews to younger teens (but still female). Some are more niche: makes memes for astrology lovers, which are a surprisingly large demographic.

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happy pisces season idiots whom is ready to get emotional #astrology #horoscope #sunsign #sun #moon #moonsign #aries #taurus #gemini #cancer #leo #virgo #libra #scorpio #sagittarius #capricorn #aquarius #pisces #dailyhoroscope #instastrology #astrologyfacts #astrologymemes #astrologyreadings #retrograde #space #memes #astrology101 #zodiac

A post shared by ????♎️???? (@jakesastrology) on Feb 18, 2019 at 5:30am PST

While some meme accounts are managed by businesses (), most became popular because they are making content for their peers, who had similar senses of humor and pop culture tastes.

This authenticity helped them avoid the “?” awkwardness that arises when corporate brands try to sound like teens.

That doesn’t mean companies can only successfully reach audiences who are just like them—but it does mean that real understanding is necessary for connection.

5. They stand out

If you ever get deja vu scrolling through your feed, you’re not alone. , thanks to the power of visual trends.

This has been powerfully documented by , an account that documents popular themes on the platform. Canoes are a big one:

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Canoe PT. IX

A post shared by Insta Repeat (@insta_repeat) on Dec 4, 2018 at 9:13pm PST

Meme accounts break from this formula. Their posts may not be pretty, but they grab your attention because they don’t look like anything else. In fact, the unattractive look of meme posts is often intentional, an Instagram version of “.”

This helps them stand out even from posts with similar content. You’ve probably seen a million cute dog photos on Instagram. But how often do you see one like this?

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@mimamimalife

A post shared by ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????? (@chillwildlife) on Dec 25, 2018 at 2:16pm PST

A windblown beach dog may not make sense for your brand, but the lesson applies: standing out from the pack can pay off.

6. They create shareable content

Every brand wants their content to spread. Most try to achieve that through quality: great blog posts (hello!), pretty images, informative newsletters.

But meme accounts mostly rely on accessible, immediately recognizable silliness.

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I CANT EVER UNSEE THIS. Had to share.

A post shared by Violet Benson (@daddyissues_) on Feb 4, 2019 at 9:45pm PST

Their jokes work because they’re relatable, and they draw from a well of popular culture that most of their followers understand. Almost 75,000 people liked this post from because Friends and Nicolas Cage are common cultural ground.

In addition to racking up positive engagement, this is also a smart strategy for audience growth. The comments on meme posts are filled with users tagging friends who will also find them funny. Those friends are likely to hit follow once they’re finished laughing.

7. They make use of FOMO

A constant struggle for brands is how to ensure their audience sees their content. This has long been an issue on Facebook, where organic engagement has declined sharply. Many expect the eventually.

There are plenty of tips for increasing your organic engagement on social media. But some meme accounts are using an ingenious and surprising tactic: making their accounts private.

Private accounts are exclusive by nature. This triggers FOMO among Instagram users on the outside, who naturally want to find out what they’re missing.

With a public account, you’re less incentivized to follow because you can check their feed at any time. But with a private account, you need to opt in.

As a result, new followers are excited when their request to follow is accepted, while existing followers get to feel special for being on the inside all along. It builds a sense of loyalty and community, which reinforces engagement.

8. They partner with brands who match their values

It might surprise you to know that meme accounts can (and do!) post sponsored content. With their huge, highly-engaged audiences, they’re desirable partners for brands. What’s more, they do sponsored content really well.

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That’s fine…I’d rather go watch @IsntItRomantic anyway ????‍♀️. Go watch it in theatres on 2/13! #ad

A post shared by Lola Tash and Nicole Argiris (@mytherapistsays) on Feb 8, 2019 at 2:09pm PST

Their sponsored posts always fit into their overall content strategy. That’s because meme accounts are skilled at identifying partners who fit with their values.

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Y the hELL havent u downloaded @hinge yet #ad

A post shared by Kale Salad (@kalesalad) on Mar 14, 2019 at 2:12pm PDT

And since meme accounts post so frequently, the sponsored content never dominates their feed. Instead, they offer a good balance of original content and the occasional ad.

9. They’re topical

On February 19, happened during a college basketball game. The next day, — an account that specializes in jokes about uncool brands and products — riffed on the event with a post about Costco sneakers:

While many brands are , meme accounts succeed by quickly turning every new cultural event into content. The Marie Kondo show on Netflix, predictably, sparked a wave of memes:

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Nothing has ever been more true about me ???? #mariekondomemes

A post shared by Marianna Haggard (@detroitrw30) on Feb 2, 2019 at 6:14am PST

Meme accounts are always on top of pop culture in part because they’re small operations— often run by a single person— which means no marketing team having to review and sign off on each post.

This lets them move quickly and test out a joke format to see if it works for audiences. If it does, it’s likely to be replicated across the meme universe (do you even remember life before ?)

The takeaway? Be nimble and run lots of tests on your content. It’ll help you learn what your audience likes, and you might even catch that next meme wave before it’s over.

10. They’re mysterious

More than ever, brands are open and communicative with their audiences. Customers expect from companies in exchange for their loyalty. And many brands have found success by adopting increasingly casual and familiar tones on social media, like .

However, this approach can backfire when audiences start to feel like brands are getting too personal on social media:

At the end of the day, consumers are people. And people crave authenticity. It’s what they look for in their relationships, their entertainment, and, yes, their brands. Which is why the orange juice account pretends to have depression now, and everyone likes it, and it’s good. pic.twitter.com/9fNOLZPY1z

— Brands Saying Bae (@BrandsSayingBae) February 4, 2019

This is another area where most meme accounts have taken the opposite approach. They’re largely anonymous, and in some cases their secrecy has only made them more interesting to fans. acquired millions of followers while (which has ).

There’s so little mystery left on the Internet. Even the people running brands are as influential as the brands themselves (the ). So it makes sense audiences would find an enigma compelling.

It’s not possible (or even a good idea!) for companies to try and mimic this strategy. But it’s worth remembering, when launching a new campaign or product, that a little mystery goes a long way.

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lindarifenews · 5 years

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10 Things Meme Accounts Get Right About Instagram Marketing

Does it feel like meme accounts are taking over your social media feeds? The format is everywhere these days, including Instagram, where accounts like Kale Salad and Daquan have amassed millions of followers and become brand names.

While these accounts seem silly and aimless, like that goofy stoner from your high school, many are actually strategic and successful—like when that stoner grows up to be Steve Jobs.

Here are a few marketing lessons you can learn from the dankest meme accounts on Instagram.

Bonus: Download a free checklist that reveals the exact steps an adventure photographer used to grow from 0 to 110,000 followers on Instagram with no budget and no expensive gear.

10 things meme accounts get right about Instagram marketing

1. They know the value of a great caption

Instagram captions drive engagement when they’re done well, and this is an area where meme accounts succeed.

View this post on Instagram

Me? Texting my ex? Neverrrrr

A post shared by Lola Tash and Nicole Argiris (@mytherapistsays) on Feb 10, 2019 at 8:14am PST

Meme captions also often adding another layer to the joke in the photo or video.

Many accounts use longer text to tell stories or connect with followers, with some even sharing blog-like content in their captions. While long captions can be effective, they also require more investment from your audience. Meme accounts prove that short captions can work just as well for engagement.

2. They have broad appeal

This seems inherent to the concept of a meme, which is defined by its popularity. But meme accounts excel at turning obscure or niche source material into an accessible, widely appealing joke.

For instance, @classic.art.memes combines fine art pieces with relatable captions. Even if you don’t know much about art history, you can still laugh at this post.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Classic Art Memes (@classic.art.memes) on Feb 27, 2019 at 10:19am PST

3. They have a consistent aesthetic

The meme aesthetic is instantly recognizable: usually familiar images or goofy photos, with text overlaid or above the image.

Sometimes they’re just text, or screencaps from Twitter or Tumblr. But whenever you see one, you instantly know it’s a meme.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by thefatjewish (@thefatjewish) on Nov 20, 2018 at 8:34am PST

4. They know their audience

But meme accounts also carve out distinct identities that align with their audience. @mytherapistsays riffs the challenges of “adulting” for women with memes about work and relationship anxieties, while @journal skews to younger teens (but still female). Some are more niche: @jakesastrology makes memes for astrology lovers, which are a surprisingly large demographic.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by ????♎️???? (@jakesastrology) on Feb 18, 2019 at 5:30am PST

While some meme accounts are managed by businesses (@journal is one), most became popular because they are making content for their peers, who had similar senses of humor and pop culture tastes.

This authenticity helped them avoid the “How do you do, fellow kids?” awkwardness that arises when corporate brands try to sound like teens.

That doesn’t mean companies can only successfully reach audiences who are just like them—but it does mean that real understanding is necessary for connection.

5. They stand out

If you ever get deja vu scrolling through your feed, you’re not alone. Photos on Instagram are starting to look the same, thanks to the power of visual trends.

This has been powerfully documented by @insta_repeat, an account that documents popular themes on the platform. Canoes are a big one:

View this post on Instagram

Canoe PT. IX

A post shared by Insta Repeat (@insta_repeat) on Dec 4, 2018 at 9:13pm PST

This helps them stand out even from posts with similar content. You’ve probably seen a million cute dog photos on Instagram. But how often do you see one like this?

Bonus: Download a free checklist that reveals the exact steps an adventure photographer used to grow from 0 to 110,000 followers on Instagram with no budget and no expensive gear.

Get the free checklist right now!

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@mimamimalife

A post shared by ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????? (@chillwildlife) on Dec 25, 2018 at 2:16pm PST

A windblown beach dog may not make sense for your brand, but the lesson applies: standing out from the pack can pay off.

6. They create shareable content

Every brand wants their content to spread. Most try to achieve that through quality: great blog posts (hello!), pretty images, informative newsletters.

But meme accounts mostly rely on accessible, immediately recognizable silliness.

View this post on Instagram

I CANT EVER UNSEE THIS. Had to share.

A post shared by Violet Benson (@daddyissues_) on Feb 4, 2019 at 9:45pm PST

Their jokes work because they’re relatable, and they draw from a well of popular culture that most of their followers understand. Almost 75,000 people liked this post from @daddyissues_ because Friends and Nicolas Cage are common cultural ground.

7. They make use of FOMO

A constant struggle for brands is how to ensure their audience sees their content. This has long been an issue on Facebook, where organic engagement has declined sharply. Many expect the same thing might happen on Instagram eventually.

There are plenty of tips for increasing your organic engagement on social media. But some meme accounts are using an ingenious and surprising tactic: making their accounts private.

Private accounts are exclusive by nature. This triggers FOMO among Instagram users on the outside, who naturally want to find out what they’re missing.

With a public account, you’re less incentivized to follow because you can check their feed at any time. But with a private account, you need to opt in.

8. They partner with brands who match their values

View this post on Instagram

That’s fine…I’d rather go watch @IsntItRomantic anyway ????‍♀️. Go watch it in theatres on 2/13! #ad

A post shared by Lola Tash and Nicole Argiris (@mytherapistsays) on Feb 8, 2019 at 2:09pm PST

Their sponsored posts always fit into their overall content strategy. That’s because meme accounts are skilled at identifying partners who fit with their values.

View this post on Instagram

Y the hELL havent u downloaded @hinge yet #ad

A post shared by Kale Salad (@kalesalad) on Mar 14, 2019 at 2:12pm PDT

And since meme accounts post so frequently, the sponsored content never dominates their feed. Instead, they offer a good balance of original content and the occasional ad.

9. They’re topical

On February 19, a freak Nike shoe “explosion” happened during a college basketball game. The next day, @middleclassfancy — an account that specializes in jokes about uncool brands and products — riffed on the event with a post about Costco sneakers:

While many brands are struggling to keep up with the rapid meme lifecycle, meme accounts succeed by quickly turning every new cultural event into content. The Marie Kondo show on Netflix, predictably, sparked a wave of memes:

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Nothing has ever been more true about me ???? #mariekondomemes

A post shared by Marianna Haggard (@detroitrw30) on Feb 2, 2019 at 6:14am PST

Meme accounts are always on top of pop culture in part because they’re small operations— often run by a single person— which means no marketing team having to review and sign off on each post.

This lets them move quickly and test out a joke format to see if it works for audiences. If it does, it’s likely to be replicated across the meme universe (do you even remember life before the Distracted Boyfriend?)

The takeaway? Be nimble and run lots of tests on your content. It’ll help you learn what your audience likes, and you might even catch that next meme wave before it’s over.

10. They’re mysterious

More than ever, brands are open and communicative with their audiences. Customers expect authenticity and transparency from companies in exchange for their loyalty. And many brands have found success by adopting increasingly casual and familiar tones on social media, like Wendy’s infamously sarcastic Twitter.

However, this approach can backfire when audiences start to feel like brands are getting too personal on social media:

At the end of the day, consumers are people. And people crave authenticity. It's what they look for in their relationships, their entertainment, and, yes, their brands. Which is why the orange juice account pretends to have depression now, and everyone likes it, and it's good. pic.twitter.com/9fNOLZPY1z

— Brands Saying Bae (@BrandsSayingBae) February 4, 2019

There’s so little mystery left on the Internet. Even the people running brands are as influential as the brands themselves (the Jenna Lyons effect). So it makes sense audiences would find an enigma compelling.

It’s not possible (or even a good idea!) for companies to try and mimic this strategy. But it’s worth remembering, when launching a new campaign or product, that a little mystery goes a long way.

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The Top Whatever: The season’s 6 days old, and I’m already tired of Alabama

It’s time to rank only the exact number of teams you feel like ranking.

1. Alabama. America’s unfunniest program did have one funny moment in an otherwise dismal, anticlimactic, sludge-slow, 24-7 processing of Florida State. At one point during the broadcast, the production switched to the standard in-booth shot of “the Alabama offensive braintrust,” the coaches watching from the booth upstairs. It looked like your standard group of tense men wearing dry-fit golf shirts, chewing stuff, wearing headsets, and looking down at the field like someone they loved was about to die. Standard coaches, really.

The funny part: the next shot was of the adjacent box, stacked full of Alabama’s bank of “analysts,” including Chris Weinke, the former Florida State quarterback and Heisman winner, and Dan Werner, the quarterbacks coach for Miami’s NFL farms of the early 2000s. It looked like an entire other coaching staff, all with heads down, taking notes and watching intently.

I don't think Alabama has enough assistant coaches http://pic.twitter.com/FwEueWjloO

— Don Juanson (@donjuanson34) September 3, 2017

At no point did they show Alabama’s actual offensive coordinator, Brian Daboll. He’s down on the sidelines, and maybe hard to find in all the traffic (at a glance, you could spot him by saying “the dude who looks like Hodor’s younger brother”). He might not matter; it’s really hard to tell who does what at Alabama, so it’s hard to blame him for the offense. Daboll might be a paid actor meant to hide Alabama’s real offensive coordinator behind a character called “Brian Daboll.” Nick Saban is a step ahead at all times, so don’t rule it out.

The point is that Alabama’s vast, corporate, overfed, overstaffed, organizationally bloated, overfunded, hopelessly paranoid, and utterly successful football company only gained 269 yards against Florida State, struggled to move the ball for long stretches of the game and had to rely on special teams to generate field position and points. I’m sure Saban will get it fixed, probably by calling in at least three different consultancies to evaluate weaknesses over the next couple of weeks. The Rand Corporation ain’t cheap, but when you need to figure out why your blocking schemes ain’t working, it takes a village to put together that PowerPoint. (A very expensive village.)

The defense is basically perfect already, so much so that it made me feel bad for Florida State. Do you know, in this day and age, how bad that had to be, to make anyone feel bad for Florida State? Deondre Francois didn’t deserve anything that happened to him Saturday night, and the FSU defense played really well, and they still lost by 17 points.

That’s a land speed record. It’s Week 1, and I’m already tired of Alabama.

2. Ohio State. Who knew J.T. Barrett would ever throw for 300 yards against a Power 5 opponent again? Turns out that if you throw short passes to fast people, those fast people run past slower people for touchdowns, as Parris Campbell did against Indiana, a team with a solid defense and enough offense to keep Ohio State engaged for the better part of three quarters.

A 49-21 win over the Hoosiers does sort of leave out that Ohio State got off to a crap start and let Indiana lead. Still: of all the teams in the first week and a half, Ohio State seems to have come the farthest in terms of what it needed to fix, i.e., an offense that scored exactly zero points against Clemson in the Playoff, looked sluggish all season, and struggled to put players in a position to succeed.

THE BAND HAS MEMES http://pic.twitter.com/76CA3QyU6y

— Shakin the Southland (@STSouthland) September 2, 2017

It helps to have a massive war chest of talent, like freshman J.K. Dobbins at running back and an offensive line that looks alive for the first time in a year.

The secondary might be an issue, since Indiana tallied 410 yards through the air, but you’re an adult, and it’s time we told you the truth: Indiana’s offense might be good when it lets Richard Lagow pass 65 times.

There’s another truth here you’re big enough to handle. The Buckeyes aren’t done improving, has at least two gamebreaking pieces for Barrett to get the ball to, and finally has an offensive coordinator who knows how to do that. They’re officially scary again and fun to watch, and we could all be forgiven for plotting out just what this team vs. Alabama for the title could look like in January, both because these might be the two best teams in college football already, and because there are really only like eight or 10 teams capable of winning the title anyway.

Oh, and this, which was called back because it was not a fumble, but was breathtaking in more than one sense of the word.

Robert “B.B.” Landers, that glory counts in our hearts, if not on the scoreboard.

3. USC. Beat Western Michigan, 49-31, and didn’t really lock the game up until late.

Ways in which this is good: Western Michigan is the reigning MAC champion, and unlike some teams, USC actually scheduled a real team in week one. If you’re gonna throw up a clanker, let it be in Week 1.

Ways in which this is bad: You struggled against Western Michigan and need to work on your rush defense, which allowed 263 yards on the ground to a non-option MAC team.

Ways in which this is about Ronald Jones II being a violent, awesome runner: Ronald Jones II is a violent, awesome runner, somehow underrated despite being a running back at USC.

P.S. Should be below Michigan, were it not for Michigan playing a team with no offense.

4. Michigan. Honestly, the only thing Michigan earns a demerit for after a dominant, 33-17 defeat of Florida is that it played Florida’s offense. The results might be misleading, given the Gators having one of the worst offenses in college football

Handing Florida two pick-sixes was only sportsmanlike, really. Without them, this is a 41-3 game or so, a complete wash, an elimination. Michigan’s chief concerns coming into the year were finding playmakers down the field. Tarik Black and Nick Eubanks did that serviceably enough, particularly so when you consider that Wilton Speight didn’t really have a great game and that the run game took a minute to lock in a stranglehold.

In sum, this Michigan team has great bones, is a handful along the defensive line, has two running backs capable of following an mean offensive line down the field, and has a quarterback who needs help from all that. But really, who doesn’t need a team? And who, among Michgan fans, will ever question the team? The team, the team, the team?

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P.S. Should be above USC, but played a team with no offense.

5. LSU. Beat down a punchless BYU, 27-0. BYU’s offense might be Florida bad, but give LSU ample credit for holding it to under 100 yards of offense, being efficient on offense itself, and running the clock so that the audience had to watch as little of BYU’s offense as possible. Coach O is a giver like that.

Ooh! Bonus points for this completely unnecessary dickery on the part of offensive coordinator Matt Canada.

test http://pic.twitter.com/uj6c5FedST

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 4, 2017

That’s exactly what we like offenses to do: aggravate and confuse for no reason whatsoever, then run the hell out of the ball until you cry.

6. Clemson. Taking down Kent State, 56-3, doesn’t mean much, but the Tigers did it as emphatically as possible, and that’s all you can do when you have Kent State on the schedule. See “next week against Auburn” for better data, particularly on new starter Kelly Bryant at quarterback.

Fun fact! You had exactly one less passing yard than Kent State did on Saturday, even if you didn’t play a down of football.

7. Wisconsin. Struggled early against Utah State in a 59-10 win, but Wisconsin is the fat man of college football, and talented fat men don’t wake up quickly. When they do, it’s over, because they are hungry and prone to rampages.

It’s so reassuring to watch this Badgers team. They will start slow. They will, when cornered, begin headbutting out of anger. They will, at the end of all that headbutting, do something like score 59 unanswered points and go destroy three plates of food afterwards before settling in for a 16-hour nap.

8. Oklahoma State. Tulsa’s no joke, so putting them away in a 59-24 blowout is solid, if not particularly revealing. Cowboys QB Mason Rudolph had a nearly perfect day, throwing for 303 yards, completing 20 of 24 passes, and accounting for three TDs through the air.

Rudolph had the advantage in almost every way over Tulsa’s QB, save one: His name is not “Chad President.”

Screencap from University of Tulsa Athletics

nothing but respect for my chad president

9. Oklahoma. It’s no insult to UTEP to say that a 56-7 win by Oklahoma felt like a scrimmage. Baker Mayfield went 19-of-20 and appeared to be throwing against air, and the Sooners had 35 first downs, and yeah, this was a glorified scrimmage. Still: Blowout scheduled, blowout delivered, and all in time to face Ohio State this coming week in Columbus.

10. Penn State. 52-0 over Akron. See category of “blowout scheduled, blowout delivered.” Saquon Barkley had 172 yards and two TDs on just 14 carries. This is a bold statement, but it has to be said, if Barkley continues to average over 10 yards a carry, that might be a problem for opposing defenses. This is expert analysis, provided for free.

11. Auburn. See “Clemson, but with a different team to blow out as effectively as possible.” In a 41-7 win over Georgia Southern, the Tigers only allowed 78 yards and handed Georgia Southern its only points via a fumble returned for a TD. Bad opponent or not, something good is happening when the only chance the opponent has is the one you literally hand them.

12. Stanford. Didn’t even play this week, which is good, because they’re all still probably sleeping off a 14-hour plane flight to Australia in Week 0. Burly, smart, and popped out of the gate ready to fight, even if they’ve only beat Rice so far.

ALSO RECEIVING CONSIDERATION, BUT WITH SOME TERRIFYING WARNINGS ATTACHED

Washington. Pro: Won 30-14 over Rutgers. Con: Could not block Rutgers, which is a horrifying thing.

Georgia. Lost longhaired QB Jacob Eason in a 31-10 win over Appalachian State and replaced him with a shorthaired guy named Jake Fromm. We don’t know if this win has any analytical value other than giving us an opportunity to float the conspiracy theory that Georgia is trying to mess with opposing defenses by sending in its old quarterback with a fake name and a new haircut.

Louisville. Purdue might be a lot better, but when Purdue takes the Cardinals to the wire in a 35-28 nailbiter, Louisville fans have to have some concerns about the defense and life as a whole.

Virginia Tech. Who knows what beating West Virginia 31-24 is, considering no one’s exactly sure what’s up with the Mountaineers. Hokies QB Josh Jackson is going to be a PROBLEM for the rest of the ACC, though.

Maryland. Just kidding ahahahaa they only beat Texas.

Trash can. Very iffy on Tennessee. Very bullish on the Trash Can, though.

Now that the game's over, let's kill that trash can. #Vols #GTvsTENN http://pic.twitter.com/iuh357Hsnx

— 3HL4LIFE (@3HL4LIFE) September 5, 2017

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