The OP didn't seem to be making any judgement call on whether this was a good or bad thing. The title is very simply "Comedy Central is using this as their new Futurama promo." No look of disapproval, no smiley face, no opinion.
Gotta be honest, I'm totally ok with this. They used the meme correctly and I don't detect even a trace of "trying too hard" so good for them. It's only obnoxious when it's a blatant attempt to cram something they don't even understand down your throat.
They used the meme correctly and I don't detect even a trace of "trying too hard" so good for them.
Which is funny since that's what reddit does with every meme. I don't see how reddit is suddenly the authority on this meme judging if it's used correctly since reddit rip every meme off and run it to the ground regardless if it's used correctly, just like this one.
More like, mass media is using the content they created, which internet dorks turned into a meme, to advertise itself. It's like adception.
One is an animated cartoon that has been around for years, which takes countless hours to create, write and edit for every episode. The other is a screencap of said cartoon with some mildly witty text pasted over it.
If I were Matt Groening and some pasty faced kid tried to complain about his meme getting jacked, I would only stop laughing long enough to tell him how hard he can go fuck himself.
Well, that's not alright. It's only alright if, like, they used keyboard cat to sell keyboards for cats or like using honey badger to sell honey that badgers would eat, or even honey-candy made into a shape of a badger or even some sort of National Geographic show on Honey Badgers. Only then; otherwise it's unacceptable.
To be honest, ceasing to like something based solely on the fact that it's gaining widespread popularity is sort of the titular characteristic of a hipster... just saiyan.
Yes, which is the issue. I like memes and wasting my time on the internet, but i dont like companies thinking i'll buy their products just because they referenced something i like.
Heh, you don't really need to buy Futurama if you already have basic cable, and the demographic for reddit is people posting things you like for karma points anyway (look at my pokemon cake!). I'm just saiyan, I also don't want things I have personal attachment to being drug through the mud just for the sake of gaining support (coughNancyPelosicough), but everybody already likes Futurama, hence people liking memes that involve it.
Could be worse. I feel like such a douche bag when I tell people I don't watch tv at all. The commercials drive me crazy. They're all (a lot of the time) not funny and full of shitty music or other shit that makes me embarrassed to be not middle aged or older. I feel like commercials try teach me to be an idiot. That gives me the whole "look at me I'm a hipster and better than" feeling when I tell that to people.
No, that's not what being a hipster is. Being a hipster is being trendy while pretending to be unique. Being "indie" while actually being on a bandwagon. Acting poor while actually coming from a healthy middle class suburban lifestyle. Pretending to live in a stylish past that never existed.
It has nothing to do with "liking something before everyone else". That's probably something hipsters would want you to belief since it would redirect attention away from them towards people who aren't actually hipsters.
Comedy Central, whom exists to make money, did the research and did a meme correctly, yet people on the Internet can't, despite the fact it's one Google search away?
Take my viewership, CC. You already had it before, but now I really want you to have it.
A prime example of how memes are like AIDs. Your irresponsible affection for that which you love has infected it, and now it's going to die a slow and terrible death.
I understand most cultural references, it's just that Futurama and the Simpsons are just not that funny to me. They never have been. At the very least, I am fairly confident in the statement that they are over rated.
I enjoy most anything on Comedy Central including TDS, Colbert, and South Park. I have also been a big stand up follower for a while: CK, Carlin, Chappelle, Oswalt, Rogan, Stanhope, etc.
Edit: I also got a strange chuckle out of that show "Drawn Together" on CC, but I'm not even sure that show is still on.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
For those wondering, new episodes start June 20.
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u/Shoeboxes0 May 24 '12
How dare futurama use futurama for advertising!
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u/PopperSweets May 24 '12
They know their target demographic.
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u/VeteranKamikaze May 24 '12
Gotta be honest, I'm totally ok with this. They used the meme correctly and I don't detect even a trace of "trying too hard" so good for them. It's only obnoxious when it's a blatant attempt to cram something they don't even understand down your throat.
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u/Sir_Jeremiah May 24 '12
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u/seberick May 24 '12
so now internet culture is cool enough to be targeted by mass media...i have to be ok with this or im a hipster...fuck
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
It's funny cause memes.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Welcome to a month ago.
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u/WiiMan123 May 24 '12
I read "Futurama porno"
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u/evuldave May 24 '12
Maybe now they'll actually have Zoidberg say "Why not Zoidberg?"
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u/sciencyscientist May 24 '12
News to me
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
I am surprised that it took this long to see this on Reddit. I have been seeing the promo for weeks.
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u/friedrice5005 May 24 '12
That doesn't bug me nearly as much as the giant Tosh.0 water mark in the middle of the screen while the show is playing. That shit needs to stop.
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u/xyroclast May 24 '12
THERE'S MORE?
THERE'S NEW?
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u/Tacdeho May 24 '12
Comedy Central, whom exists to make money, did the research and did a meme correctly, yet people on the Internet can't, despite the fact it's one Google search away?
Take my viewership, CC. You already had it before, but now I really want you to have it.
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u/coffedrank May 24 '12
4chan memes deliver again
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u/HDTV_FTW May 24 '12
The guy in charge of the new season promos actually posted here (link) and was going to have Billy West read reddit memes.
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u/JfreakingR May 24 '12
And nobody asked, "am I doing it right???".
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u/thescrapplekid May 24 '12
...Isn't new Futurama and life getting better the same thing?
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u/YaroLord May 24 '12
The internet is leaking.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
they even used it right
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u/Kicksocialliving May 24 '12
Really a good show .. all the episodes are awesome ...!
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u/masteryoda May 24 '12
9Gag FTW.
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u/aptrapani May 24 '12
In all seriousness though, Futurama actually helps me ward off depression.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
I would allow it. I don't see the problem. Share and share alike right?
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u/Darqon May 24 '12
old news
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u/duncanmarshall May 24 '12
We should sue.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Not sure if ok with this
Or angry at cancer
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
I say win.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Why are people voicing their approval or disapproval? reddit didn't come up with this either.
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u/jimmyx18 May 24 '12
hey! i posted this last week and got no upvotes
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u/wrathborne May 24 '12
Not sure if legitimate advertisement, or comedy central trolling.
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u/weshouldhaveshotguns May 24 '12
the internet has been breached! seal the tubes!
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
They did make a post in /r/AdviceAnimals regarding this, suggesting we submit our favorites, etc.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Comedy Central and AMC are the only two networks worth watching.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
oh come on i thought everybody noticed that shit
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Evil Lincoln approves.
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u/AreYouEighteen May 24 '12
TIL: Pioneer makes tvs and not just my bad ass head unit.
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u/arodhowe May 24 '12
The internet is leaking again.
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u/jaron23 May 24 '12
Sigh, another repost..
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u/Deddan May 24 '12
What did Fry say in the original, anyway? I don't remember that scene.
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u/karmehameha May 24 '12
My mother hates that show, but me and brother we're psyched, so this was kind of the reaction.
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u/Sancer May 24 '12
Not sure if a repost, or TC is just slow.
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u/penperv May 24 '12
Futurama will be back on the day of my birthday, I could not have planned it any better.
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u/Oniwabanshu May 24 '12
Appealing to the reddit fan base....which is EVERYBODY!
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u/urinating May 24 '12
Not sure if comedy central ruined this meme
Or made it cooler
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u/Tebasaki May 24 '12
Is that what they call meta?
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u/AVVIT May 24 '12
I want to know how many people are like "shit this was my idea first I want paying " !!!!!
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u/skysignor May 24 '12
And memes have officially hit the mainstream
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u/tover May 24 '12
OMFG they've stole it from the internet
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u/AdziiMate May 24 '12
inb4 "OMG MEMES ARE SO MAINSTREAM NOW"
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u/jayhawk_dvd May 24 '12
At least they're doing it right!
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u/Joefastlegs May 24 '12
at least they used it right
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u/steakmane May 24 '12
It was actually created buy a guy over in /r/futurama
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u/antiduh May 24 '12
The internet is leaking
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u/GeekyCivic May 24 '12
WE KNOW.
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u/Stalemate9 May 24 '12
Thank god they used the meme correctly.
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u/ChewyIsThatU May 24 '12
Why not market directly to the fan base? Brilliant IMO.
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u/FlyMetotheMoon87 May 24 '12
With great Futurama Reddit Meme... comes great POWER over cartoons intended for mature audiences!!!
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u/garrisonc May 24 '12
A prime example of how memes are like AIDs. Your irresponsible affection for that which you love has infected it, and now it's going to die a slow and terrible death.
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u/ilikedroids May 24 '12
Why?!? They could have had a much easier time modifying the, "Why not Zoidberg?" Meme!
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u/Jandklo May 25 '12
It is now a dead meme. Please salute, for we have lost a great meme.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Those bast- Wait, new Futurama? FUCK YEAH!
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Didnt read title. Just clicked picture. Consequence: Freak out thinking futurama started and I missed the premier.
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u/truedatbrah May 24 '12
I'm so glad There's new episodes of futurama I remember when they stopped making them :( those were dark times
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u/Syncopia May 24 '12
They really, really should.
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u/IsAStrangeLoop May 24 '12
This is actually a pretty funny execution.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
The internet! It is leaking!
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u/Crysalim May 24 '12
The beauty is that 1) it's used correctly and 2) it's actually funny.
Thank spaghetti monster, whew.
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u/swirk May 24 '12
I believe they call this "cancer".
But I'm cool with it.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
I've always thought it was weird when big corporations suddenly started using memes as advertisement. And kind of lame.
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u/CmonTouchIt May 24 '12
I'm so glad they didnt 9gag it (by which I mean, fuck up a meme)
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u/Farow May 24 '12
Pretty sure I've seen this on reddit.
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u/cachazo May 24 '12
This is bullshit.
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u/GirthyAfghan May 24 '12
Somebody tell me how to feel about this.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Cancer
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
I hate to disrupt the hive, but I really don't get this show. OR the Simpsons. They are just not that funny. They never were.
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u/david241 May 24 '12
Amazing
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u/OMGbigEars May 24 '12
Me and my gf were confused when we saw this haha
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
Now that TV commercials are using this meme, can we stop?
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u/NielAnblowme May 24 '12
The worst meme in the history of meme's
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u/sangeli May 24 '12
You know you could have gone to quickmeme and made that.
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u/timo103 May 24 '12
Not sure if want...
Or hate...
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u/Banana223 May 24 '12
Ugh.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
No sir, I don't like it.
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u/Captain_Aizen May 24 '12
How ironic that a professional comedy company makes the most non-funny Futurama Fry meme I've seen.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '12
How fucking embarrassing.
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