I basically did a similar thing to BHJ and had a subset of stupid images (this time from a Facebook âcringeâ page) that I found hilarious and just made memes based on that. Fun fact: the theme song is a reworked version of Danny Elfman's theme song for The Forbidden Zone, written while they were still The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Netflix) was not yet the norm. People who I would see as friends would seemingly turn against me over creative differences, and it became almost a full-time job with all the stupid menial bullshit you needed to deal with. I remember one comment from a dude called âSiegWehrmacht1488â who found the town I lived in, my name, said he lived close by and was going to kill me. 67) You both share the same sense of humor (i.e. Our own boybands (e.g. Iâm already an insecure person, so when somebody had well-founded, legitimate criticism, I would have a crisis of conscience and fear I was doing something wrong and that I needed to fix it ⦠but I couldnât cause I already did it. Some part of it was satire and shitting on current trends through parody and absurdity. Joana Campos Ceddia (born June 21, 2001) is a Canadian YouTuber, vlogger and former competitive swimmer and runner. I am also pretty active on my Discord âtransgenderboob.comâ (thatâs the actual Discord link I paid $20 for it), and itâs very trans-positive while still remaining a shitpost hub for all to see. Thanks for joining us. Received the Helpful Award and more in the past 30 days, Press J to jump to the feed. The self-deprecating humor shows off who they are as a business in just a few lines and the bold colors are carried over from the rest of the site. Iâm generally chill and slow to anger. One of the major things that putting myself into things so much had an effect on was that I was gaining internet notoriety. A: Speaking personally as a former mod of /r/BigChungus, the banning itself was not some arbitrary target of removing hate subreddits, it quite literally had become a hate subreddit. I think we're the most musically balanced generation. Itâs just very depressing to see what once was silly Rage Comics you shared in middle school slowly become a major power in the spread of information throughout society. If I ever showed any signs of weakness, it was suddenly a new thing to be laughed at. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Published ... Masterâs Sun is available on Viki. I remember one time a person on Discord thought I was a 30-year-old college professor because I was so âmature and wizenedâ in the creation of the child roleplay subreddit. Filed under Created back in 2015 and now housing over 433k members, itâs dedicated to documenting, sharing, and celebrating all of the tiny (and not so tiny) Easter eggs hidden in real life that people happen to stumble upon. So you slowly and slowly over the course of time laugh less and less. (Click for more.) I have better memory than average (my first memories date back to 1996 and vivid ones are from 1998 onwards) and am still a fan of teen pop or boy bands to this day. Iâm trans MtF and still kind of deciding on a name, but Kelvin works for now. With a seductive mix of offbeat humor, high adventure, and endearing characterization, this is a fantasy that will appeal to all lovers of the fantastical. Marcellus, if youâre out there, go suck my nuts nerd; go back to playing Wizard 101. The ensuing story involves talking dinosaurs, sentient romance novels, and a dungeon-like labyrinth hiding beneath the innocent-looking downtown library. I never condone that type of shit. I'm a 94 baby, but all those you mentioned were quite popular among people my age. I thought it was originally Canadian. Iâm currently 19 and am an introverted college student who plays too many Paradox games. I was in biology just chilling on my phone and one of the mods DMâd me the article. People began making hate threads on me trying to dox me and find all my personal information, which, thankfully, I was smart enough to not have anything important shown. I remember having to straight up end the OBR chatroom because this one kid would not stop pinging me all day 24/7, and when I would ban him, he would make an account and start again. When I became an edgy 13-year-old, I started to use the 4chan Pokemon board like a true loser. I remember listening to singles on the radio of many of these albums (I was even a big *NSYNC fan from 2000-early 2003). The initial impetus was browsing /r/comedycemetary where the point was everything was supposed to be awful and unfunny, but I would browse and die of laughter. Not to mention the fact that we have legitimate forms of cryptocurrency based on this shitty joke from 2012. It has definitely been quite some time since (original) Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC were at all relevant (even where I was raised) so can't really blame you for not instantly recalling many classmates talking about them. I do get some older millennial things but I think what may make the divide for me was that my boy band was the jonas brothers, and I was into teen nick shows like zoey101 and drake & josh (and kim possible/high school musical). We're not going to have that here. I mostly just posted stupid memes and shitposted in the meme Discord. Would you like to introduce yourself a bit to begin? Think about 100 people you know. However, thereâs so much more to these ingenious introverts than the stereotypes you might see on the big screen! I grew up as an international student because my parents worked in the foreign service and I moved around a lot as a result. Before it was just random petty drama people would start, but now it became ideology and hate-based instead. Majority of households still had landlines in 2013. If your subreddit doesnât do anything new, doesnât have room for growth and isnât funny, then you wonât have a good subreddit. Q: So in May 2014, you created your main account on Reddit under the username Kirbizia. I just didn't encounter very many of them. I think people talk about Millennials and pop punk but forget about how huge R&B was. Press J to jump to the feed. I remember one time I and the BHJ mods tried to do a purposefully stupid mod event where we pretended we got hacked by the famous internet character âracist Mario.â For some reason, despite the fact that a character called âracist Marioâ somehow hacked a huge 100,000 subreddit, people were pissed and did not like the joke. Your expectation is no longer that itâs required to make sense, but the expectation becomes that there is no sense. Furthermore, every bit of content youâll find on this site oozes with passion, humor, and resourcefulness. This isnât a major point, but I thought it was always a strange phenomenon. Most of the time, memes are attention-seeking screams into the void through the usage of comedy and theyâre essentially impossible to predict. I started seriously considering it in 2005-06 and officially did it by 2007. A: I told my most immediate family about it, but as youâd expect, they couldnât really understand it and were supportive if they had no knowledge. Youâre only as good as your last haircut. I personally have always been a creative person and have recently been doing different creative outlets to express that. Daniel Stern is criminally underutilized for narration. I believe the first instances where I found some Doge memes were in the OBR Discord at the time. Q: My personal favorite, you also founded /r/dogelore in August 2018. Smol Nozomi. When people, in general, were looking for things to parody and satire for being overtly bad and stupid, it makes sense that they would reach back into the memory of âoh god that was awful wasnât it.â Honestly, I appreciate the way itâs been changed in modern times because it at least has some substance and is basically Rage Comics 2.0 as opposed to one singular joke you are to guffaw and laugh at. Q: Most of the meme subs youâve founded are somewhat âweirdâ humor to many people, especially those not well-versed in internet culture. Beth McCollister I did sports but wasnât good, I did violin and was quite literally second fiddle (I was legit second best in class). In spite of that, I still liked it as a kid! I left because I got bored and hated moderating for it. A: Inside of OBR, there was rising popularity and niche of the Doge meme resurging. I was first exposed to burned CDs in 2000 (youngest uncle burnt 2 CDs for my immediate family). I then asked if I could be a mod and the mod team approved because of my âhigh-quality memeing.â. A: I hold caution with this question out of pure fear of becoming some pretentious twat who thinks memes are somehow my magnum opus, and I have done this in the past. Q: Easily one of your most well-known and iconic creations, you founded /r/okbuddyretard in December 2017. Last saw them in 2005. It was originally French? Reddit. The rest of the BHJ âeventsâ since then, however, have generally been pretty short-sided and purposefully antagonistic of the audience for no good reason. stop whining about it, banning memes is a sign of being a good moderator. After talking to some of the old subreddit mods, I understand how this hurt them and how I lashed out at them for no good reason. I definitely remember lots of singing in this show. For most of my life, I was just some stupid kid who used shit like 9GAG while laughing at Rage Comics. Iâve done lots of AMAs to some other questions you might have, as well as a lot more transgender focused content, which I didnât really have an outlet for on Reddit. Itâs SO underrated and more people need to play it, my god. Soo joined YouTube in March of 2017 and has gained over 2.4 million subscribers over the past few years. The one certainty in this world is the fact that entropy always wins. If I had older siblings interested in the Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC I probably would have felt the same as your peers lol. People went on long rants about why I was a sack of shit for banning Ben Shapiro memes a day too early or some other meaningless garbage, and because I was too insecure to not listen to them, I would try to defend myself constantly for the sake of âopen-mindednessâ only to further this meaningless conflict for no reason. A Canadian dub, of a French cartoon, based off a British video game, which is part of a Japanese franchise. I was already hating myself enough without their help, and it only made things worse. As you can tell, I did take AP Lang and passed, so yeah, Iâm cool B. Q: With Redditâs increasing tendency to ban or quarantine communities they deem offensive, even more confusing ones like /r/BigChungus, are you worried at all about any of your big subreddits getting the banhammer? Outside of funny meme subreddit moderation, I had a life. A big thing I noticed, especially on dogelore, was the amount of gay shitposting goblins it was popular with for some reason. Before us, rock dominated, after us it's rap and hip hop but the 2000s were a balanced sweet spot. My idea of the problem with the type of absurdist satirization that was going on is that, over the course of time, the expectation changes. Unsure about JB aging better than JT, but one thing's for sure the latter has definitely been subject to backlash lately. ... which was about a young stand-up comedian who must adapt as best he can to an apocalyptic virus that destroys only the humor ⦠Blogs, RSS, Youtube channels, Podcast, Magazines, etc. I donât know how or why, that's just how I am. Putting myself into this so much and stressing about what I could do all the time was probably one of the worst things for my mental health. I certainly am no Jimmy Neutron or anything, but I felt I was smart (bookwise at least). As an air sign, Aquarius sun sign is all about mental stimulation, and they are highly intelligent.And because the Aquarius moon people prize being unique, they are tolerant of others who look, think and act differently. News Reader. 68) You both have crazy roommates or neighbors (always good stories.) Cookies help us deliver our Services. This isnât what it used to be, therefore it is bad. I kept rewatching the first minute over and over to the point that I can still recite âthe stereotypes songâ from memory. It became a running joke with /r/dogelore mods that âthere is no straight dogelore modâ because almost everyone who modded either already was or discovered they were a gay bitch. It certainly grew into a cohesive singular idea eventually, but the most important thing was that it was something that you didnât see. In addition, the larger it became, there were more eyes watching and criticizing every move I made. And it's very common for French cartoons to be dubbed in Canada to cheese the quota for locally-produced content. What was your initial concept for this subreddit, whereâd the idea for the name come from, and how was the community like back then? I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety out of nowhere after having a panic attack in school (I never had this problem growing up). The even more surreal thing about it was that I was quoted in it like some âmeme expertâ even though I was a 15-year-old kid who made a subreddit of funny images while I was shitting. Streaming (e.g. If one person doesnât suffer as much as I did, then it was all worth it. Honestly for almost all the subreddits Iâve made, the most fun or happiest time was always that small group from like 10,000 to 100,000 subs, and seeing just this hub of stupid shitposts rise up and take a cohesive identity was always the fun part. I was kind of sick of the shitty Instagram âWHO DID THIS (crying emoji crying emoji)â and made purposefully stupid and absurd content. Q: Aside from those you helped shape, what are some other memes going around currently that are personal favorites? Moderation of that first zero to 100,000 subs was always so much fun and a genuine blast with people. It was mostly just a shitpost hub and you could probably make articles on the histories of all the subreddits I've made and the massive amounts of lore and drama. I donât mean somebody runs out to you and scares you or anything, but that there is a created expectation that becomes subverted intentionally. In all honesty, I donât particularly think Redditâs current policy has been too bad in terms of quarantining legitimate hate subreddits, except for maybe some shitposty places like Chapo which will probably get some right-winger mad because leftist shitposting is literally communism Venezuela 100. What were some of your earliest and most influential experiences with the internet that led to your interest in memes and internet culture? I feel that in like early 2016 and on, we had a huge deluge of memes based on relatability and âTRUE!! I had very few friends in real life due to moving around a lot, and in retrospect, I took it WAY too seriously. No joke is funny forever, and itâs inevitable that it dies out and is replaced with something else. That, or I am just a manchild who thinks acting like a 5-year-old is funny. That isnât enough however, you could post images of goblins with comically large fingers, which is new but isnât really replicable or funny. A: Despite a lot of the hardships that have occurred, I would generally say that itâs been overall good. kirbizia, kelvin francis, okbuddyretard, r/okbuddyretard, doge, dogelore, r/dogelore, bonehurtingjuice, anti-memes, r/bonehurtingjuice, big chungus, r/bigchungus, reddit, memes, absurdist humor, zoomer humor, shitposting, interviews, editorials. At this point, I canât really tell you âthe hot new trendâ like some hedge fund manager using mathematical formulas to guarantee a return on investment. Iâve also been able to help and talk to other trans people going through similarly rough situations, which has probably been the biggest upside number one. To a person that isnât sick of that type of relatability-based comedy, seeing something purposefully stupid might just not make sense because thereâs an inherent disconnect with the expectation of the joke. You and I are only about a year apart so my middle school years were also all about HSM, Jonas Brothers (they did peak in mid-late 2000s), Kelly Clarkson and Avril Lavigne (latter 2 were already popular by 2003 and 2002 respectively). Q: After launching these three famous subreddits, how quickly did you notice they were picking up steam and becoming popular on Reddit? Vicenarian, introverted, Aspergian, IT, Anime fan, very late 90s first half of 2000s fan, retro gamer, dinosaur fan, etc. Then, after I came out as transgender, it became sooo much worse. I stand corrected I suppose. If itâs just an image you think is funny it doesnât really work because there needs to be room for growth and replication. Devoted wife to Jeff Lewis, and loving mother to Kiley and Mallie, her quirky sense of humor, angelic singing voice, spelling enthusiasm, fearless quest for adventure, and unfiltered abundance of love, will be held close in each of their hearts. Why do you think that style of humor found in places like /r/bonehurtingjuice and /r/okbuddyretard has taken off in recent years? Most of the people who I told said it was stupid and made no sense. If there's new information to be shared, share it, but cite your information to a reputable source. Every few years people act like phones are brand new. I donât really care if making some funny subreddit is my 15 minutes of fame because Iâve been able to meet and talk to so many unique people, for better and worse. The closest I can do however is just show memes posted on my account. A: Almost all of the big subs I made or modded had about six good months to a year where they grew from a small shitposting hub into a whole category of funnies that had notoriety across the site. !â I feel the absurd non-sequitur-ness comes from the reaction to the prevalence of these types of jokes. Read content from different sources in one place. A: Follow my Twitter @kirnixis if you want to follow my doings or need help, as I generally am most active there. I advertised it on BHJ and you saw a similar situation to the slow rise of another subreddit over time. Dec 04, 2020 at 01:11PM EST This interview is actually kind of sad. If you want to be an edgelord, go to Parler or /pol/ you fucking 14-year-old. 22. Donât go scrambling to save all the ashes. It got to the point that some people called me the âfigureheadâ of OBR. I donât mean somebody runs out to you and scares you or anything, but that there is a created expectation that becomes subverted intentionally. Most were born ~1997-2003. We did not write these tweets, all credit goes to the original authors, ⦠A: My current legal name is Kelvin Francis. Considering how 90 percent of the internet is just people cynically stealing from each other, I donât really think that what I did was as blatant as âstealingâ as opposed to making memes based on things I liked at the time. In terms of things I think are good enough to share with others because theyâre funny enough or make a poignant point, I generally upload them to YouTube. puns, âDad jokesâ, pranks, wit, dry humor, etc.) I remember the week before it got banned there were so many racist jokes and gore videos that had popped up for some reason that Iâm not confused as to why it was banned. A: The discussion and classification of humor always make you sound pretentious and up your own ass, but the way I see it, humor is all about the subversion of expectations at a fundamental level. I had a panic attack because these people would not leave me alone, and, like an idiot, I tried to call them out for their garbage behavior and that suddenly became a new funny thing to make fun of me for. © 2007-2021 Literally Media Ltd. No thanks, take me back to the meme zone! YouTube to MP3/4 converters were not popular until 2012/13 from my experience (they're still popular). What was your initial reaction once theyâd really become phenomena? Iâm currently personally a fan of /r/196 for the sole fact itâs a chill shitposting hub that is surprisingly and generally trans-positive which, as you imagine, kind of matters to me. A: I feel the issue with using subreddits as a creative outlet is the fact that itâs out of your control to a point. Sitting in a nook on Reddit, thereâs a very special community called r/IRLEasterEggs. I definitely feel grateful to have experienced most of this era (I started watching YTV in 1998). Typing this now, I start to feel a little sad because I do genuinely miss those fun times, but nothing lasts forever sadly. It's the bumpers, promos, station IDs and the programming at the time. I used these initial images as a guide for when I would start making silly shitposts of my own. Itâs that for all the emphasis on life in this part of America, it could have been almost anywhere. Q: I know for some of the subreddits, such as /r/okbuddyretard, you sorta stepped back from your involvement or left them after some time. Reddit has had the problem subs of awful, purposefully shocking and hateful content for some time now, and itâs good theyâre containing it. We were in middle school and he tried to make a gaming channel branded as a âcollege gamer,â even though he was a squeaker. For most of my life, I was a normal class-clown-type of kid, but beyond that, I was just kind of average. The constant internal struggle in my mind was nearly unbearable, as I considered that my creative outlet at the time. I would only be able to name their more timeless hits ♀️. There are so many people involved, and all of them thought "yes, singing gorillas, this is exactly what all the kids want.".
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