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[–] 80 points 2 years ago (14 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

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "MTV turns 30 today and we would like to thank them for 5 years of music videos."

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    or was is Missy Elliot? We went a little H.A.M. on the fish eye lens back then.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Busta Rhymes was the biggest offender of fisheye.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    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]

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Actually it was more like this -

    Everyone: give us freakin cool looking videos

    Video industry: *delivers*

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Virtual Insanity

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Never forget what they took from us.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Futuristic cheese graters will be anti-gravity, and so will toasters. You'll really have a hard time keeping your breakfast and lunch down in the world of the future.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Missy Elliot videos were the best

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    "Damn it, Jerry. We bought this computer and we sure as hell are going to use it!"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Surely that's just a present-day cheerleader with a cartoon character stuck in it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What’s the rent on that cheese grater?

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