4 ms·

Strong agree on that. One person doing so was possibly amusing, everyone else jumping on the wagon is just irritating noise, and I’m not even responsible for tr

Strong agree on that. One person doing so was possibly amusing, everyone else jumping on the wagon is just irritating noise, and I’m not even responsible for trying to sift through that for legitimate feedback.

shadowgovt 3y ago
The point of the joke is that it's a bandwagon joke.
- DonHopkins 3y ago
  I disagree that it's a joke, because they're absolutely nothing funny or clever or original about it, but you're right that the point is to jump on a bandwagon, and it's intentionally ironically disrespectful of everyone's time and attention, which is also the point. It's really just a spammy childish 4chan troll. All Due Respect: Press F for Farce. Recently, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare became roundly mocked when images showed a funeral event where the player is asked to “Press [F] to Pay Respects.” https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/all-due-respect-press-f-for-farce https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/all-due-respect-press-f... >On the other hand, Call of Duty forces the player to Pay Respects for the game to proceed. It’s a mission objective just like any other, complete with an interactive reticle floating above the coffin. Furthermore, it’s embarrassing to ask the player to take this action explicitly. This is a military funeral! What else would you do, blow a raspberry? It’s no wonder players feel insulted. Ludonarrative Dissonance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance >Ludonarrative dissonance is the conflict between a video game's narrative told through the story and the narrative told through the gameplay. Ludonarrative, a compound of ludology and narrative, refers to the intersection in a video game of ludic elements (gameplay) and narrative elements. The term was coined by game designer Clint Hocking in 2007 in a blog post.
  - shadowgovt 3y ago
    It makes strangers type seven paragraphs when someone uses it. That one letter to seven paragraphs ratio is pretty funny when it happens.

shadowgovt 3y ago

The point of the joke is that it's a bandwagon joke.

DonHopkins 3y ago
I disagree that it's a joke, because they're absolutely nothing funny or clever or original about it, but you're right that the point is to jump on a bandwagon, and it's intentionally ironically disrespectful of everyone's time and attention, which is also the point. It's really just a spammy childish 4chan troll. All Due Respect: Press F for Farce. Recently, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare became roundly mocked when images showed a funeral event where the player is asked to “Press [F] to Pay Respects.” https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/all-due-respect-press-f-for-farce https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/all-due-respect-press-f... >On the other hand, Call of Duty forces the player to Pay Respects for the game to proceed. It’s a mission objective just like any other, complete with an interactive reticle floating above the coffin. Furthermore, it’s embarrassing to ask the player to take this action explicitly. This is a military funeral! What else would you do, blow a raspberry? It’s no wonder players feel insulted. Ludonarrative Dissonance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance >Ludonarrative dissonance is the conflict between a video game's narrative told through the story and the narrative told through the gameplay. Ludonarrative, a compound of ludology and narrative, refers to the intersection in a video game of ludic elements (gameplay) and narrative elements. The term was coined by game designer Clint Hocking in 2007 in a blog post.
- shadowgovt 3y ago
  It makes strangers type seven paragraphs when someone uses it. That one letter to seven paragraphs ratio is pretty funny when it happens.