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A friend (who is among the readers of this 'ere blog!) noted earlier that he was concerned that he had lost his sense of humour… but realised that he was simply allergic to shitposts. I kind of feel the same way.
While sometimes it can be amusing to just post something silly, there are so many people on the Internet these days who make it a defining part of their identity that it loses their impact. And the real problem is that there are a lot of people out there who think they are hilarious comedians, when in fact they're just recycling tired old jokes for the umpteenth time.
You just have to look at any Twitter trend when it comes up. Browse through the latest tweets and you'll find hundreds, possibly thousands, of people making the same "jokes". This is particularly true when it comes to a universally hated person — someone like Piers Morgan or Donald Trump — but it also happens around events, too. You see the same GIFs, the same tired old "this you?" responses, the same old clown pictures. It's tiresome.
Some might argue that this side of the Internet has developed as a new twist on the way we communicate, and perhaps it has. But I can't help but feel like it loses a lot of the nuance and expressiveness of language if everyone is posting the same Shrek "this is going in my cringe compilation" image macro.
Perhaps I'm just too old for this shit. Or perhaps it really isn't funny. I don't know. But if you've ever found yourself feeling like you might be allergic to shitposts… rest assured that you most certainly aren't alone!
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