This is precisely the kind of climate in which a meme format like the American Chopper meme is uniquely positioned to stand out, because it allows meme creators to present both sides of a debate.īut “Is it a pigeon?” and its cousins may be serving as a counter to the American Chopper meme because they allow the meme creator to frame an issue completely through the static image they’re presenting. The current sociocultural moment is rife with uncertainty, ideological polarization, and large-scale tools of deceit. That’s fitting as a reflection of the cultural moment, in which reality itself often seems to be operating on multiple levels of irony. Like other memes, this one works because it’s relatively simple and easy to understand - but it’s also pliable and able to function on many levels. Now, the whole meaning of the meme itself is being commented on. By satirizing the idea of image-based captchas being used as a way to ward off bots, the meme-maker is pointing out that the way we create meaning from images can sometimes veer into absurdism. In this next version, everything has been replaced, including the original idea of the subject accidentally mistaking one thing for something else. Pramila Jayapal May 9, 2018įinally, we arrive at the point where the meme’s original meaning is completely altered. Redditįrom this basic concept, it’s easy to leap to total textual replacements of the idea: For instance, here it is being used with a literal replacement - Columbus mistaking North America for India. The meme’s point is simple and easy to parse: An oblivious dude comically mistakes one thing for another thing. In fact, this meme has been making the rounds for years, in various iterations - but it’s surfaced over the past month or so in a specific form, as part of a specific contemporary trend in meme-making. look, you get the idea) has emerged as the meme of the moment thanks to a mix of social media drift and an odd cultural zeitgeist. If this describes you, then you’re not alone: “Is This a Pigeon?” (alternately dubbed the Anime Butterfly meme, Confused Anime Dude, Oblivious Anime Guy, or. And at times you might be so discombobulated that the only way you can express your nebulous sense of disorientation is with a screencap of a male anime character pointing confusedly to a butterfly, inexplicably asking, “Is this a pigeon?” KYM Reality manipulation and fake news are rampant. Teddyloid also composited the song Fly Away, Stocking's main theme song.We get it. ME!ME!ME! song was composited by Teddyloid.The MeMeMe girls are based on the appearance of Stocking, one of the two main titular protagonists from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.During this time they acted as villains, they tried to kill Syu several times within his own mind. When they turned the secondary villains, they helped Fallen Hana to show the reality that Syu lived, and slowly destroyed his sanity using his own life. When they were brainwashed by Fallen Hana, they became the secondary antagonists. Later it was discovered that Hana was the salvation of Syu which was abandoned by Syu with his lonely otaku life, and she was crying because she can not help Syu to escape from the seductions of Memes that led him to destruction. However, when Fallen Hana entered Syu's world, the Memes shown to Syu that they and Fallen Hana were not giving "pleasure" for Syu lifestyle, but take his life the complete destruction using his solitary life. They served as a "reward" for Syu's poor lifestyle. They are mysterious girls who were probably fruit of imagination that served as Syu's servants mental for "pleasure". Memes first appear as girls who represented the "daily life" of Syu stuck in the virtual world.