• Squorlple@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I never understood why this particular meme needed to be told from within the SpongeBob universe

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        4 months ago

        More effort for the creator to edit? Possibly isolates audiences unfamiliar with the franchise, particularly those who wouldn’t know that the fish is a newscaster or that the stylized TV is a TV? Also, the wojak is underwater and as a human presumably wouldn’t be able to breathe (boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder).

        I’m also just now noticing that a real life photo of clothes has been edited onto the cartoon wojak. It seems like there’s too much hyperstylization in the visuals in contrast to what is supposed to be a generic idea in the message.

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      4 months ago

      Same reason shitposts from 20 years ago use cartoons from 30 - 40 years ago.

      Most people in their 20s (who grew up with any sort of western cultural influence) have memories of watching spongebob as a kid.

      Its literally one of the most influential and popular children’s series of the past 20 years, if not ever.