My hot take on absurdist meme humor leaves my feed split down the middle

I argue that the completely nonsensical, context-free memes are the pinnacle of the form, while friends insist they're just lazy and confusing, so where do you land on this?

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hill.stella1mo ago

Oh, the "boneless pizza" saga. Watching someone's brain SHORT-CIRCUIT trying to find the logic in a picture of a cheese slab with sauce is honestly my favorite spectator sport. It's not lazy, it's an advanced test to see who's willing to abandon meaning entirely for a truly stupid giggle.

the_grant1mo ago

Man, I totally get where you're coming from. Absurdist memes, like those deep-fried surreal edits with cryptic captions, are an art form in my book. They force you to engage with the chaos, and that's where the humor clicks for me. It's not lazy; it's like abstract comedy where the lack of context is the whole point. I've seen friends scratch their heads at stuff like 'boneless pizza' memes, but once you're in on the joke, it's brilliant. Maybe it's just me, but that niche nonsense is what makes meme culture so vibrant.

jana_scott1mo ago

Showed my cousin one of those boneless pizza edits last week, and he just stared blankly. I mean, it took him a minute, but once he leaned into the absurdity, he couldn't stop laughing. Maybe it's just me, but that moment of confusion turning into insight is exactly what @the_grant is talking about.