What explains that old cartoon clip meme and why is it so funny now?
#1
I keep seeing this specific clip from an old cartoon with a weird, distorted face everywhere, and now my friends are sending it back and forth with new, unsettling captions. I don't really get why this particular image is so funny now or what we're even supposed to do with it.
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#2
That distorted face from an old cartoon hits different now because it unsettles the usual expressions, and then captions push it into absurdity.
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#3
I watched it a few times with no captions, then with captions, and the second version felt lighter, like the joke traveled through our group chat rather than landing on me.
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#4
I tried to tweak a caption myself and it just sat there, nothing, so I kept scrolling until someone else pasted it with a different line and the mood shifted.
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#5
Do you think the real thing is the repetition itself or the way we all suddenly expect a punchline?
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