Review. The internet's sense of humor

Being the kind of guy who spends much of my free time doddering around on the internet and hanging around with people who actively uses such humor in their day to day dealings. I'm in a better position then most to discuss such things. Depending on where you are at any point on the world wide web you might be starring at a few different types of humor. Blogs and the like make use of witty lines and ironic humor and although this might be the type most people are familiar with it is by no means the kind which the internet at large has been come to be known by.

By and by the internet has by its own hand become infested with the endless repetition of forced jokes, commonly called memes. These jokes are ether a line or a picture which is posted ad nausiume throughout the endless list of forums and message boards. Normally these memes are taken from a real even or quote from a popular medium like a TV show. Occasionally it will be taken from one of the posts on these message boards. The most common offender being 4Chan's "/b/" board.

the /b/ board is commonly described as the cesspool of the internet. Originally used as the 'random' board on 4Chan, it has devolved into a hell hole of offensive escapism and trolling. Due to its level of anominimaty posters are able to post any view or opinion. Most of the jokes are based around the degradation of women and black people. /B/ is also the home of the "internet hate machine" Anonymous, who's campaign against Scientology caught the media's attention in 2008. Yet despite the media's over reaction. The protests where rather light hearted. Showing the softer side of the meme. However that dousn't mean to say that the internet's idea of fun is always soft. For example, trolling.

Trolling is another popular past time of the internet humor, one user somewhere will make a post with the express purpose of making someone extremely angry. They then sit back and "lerk". At some point someone will reply. The fun then starts as the troll starts an ever escalating argument.

Fun it seems is sparse on the internet, it seems.



Probably be the reason I wrote this then...


Swings and roundabouts I guess.