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[–] [email protected] 80 points 11 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it like nobody asked to be told about this?

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Weird. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was a bad meme from the start

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Got it, thanks

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

His Ass Is Not A Mechanic 😂

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months 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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No one
could've said it better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Is it like nobody asked to be told about this?

Correct.