A lot of hype has been going around on Facebook about “memes,”
particularly in State College, the Penn State Memes. They’re hilarious. Some of them make fun of
freshman, some make fun of Temple, some complain, others merely make statements
that the majority of us take for granted.
The idea in general is pretty interesting. Take an
interesting action picture, usually of some sort of pop culture character, and
apply a caption that many people can relate to.
Schools all across the country are picking up on the trend.
In fact, there are even memes – to make fun of other people’s memes. This makes
for quite an entertaining newsfeed.
Several of the Penn State Memes are dedicated to the “issues”
that took place on campus this year. There are memes about Sandusky, memes Paterno,
and memes about how we all don’t like outsiders who bring up Sandusky and
Paterno in the same sentence.
One of the memes though that relates to this subject, I find
particularly funny – and particularly rhetorical.
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| meme created by Joe Drelick |
It is a picture of Phil Knight, chairman of Nike, speaking
at the Joe Paterno Memorial that took place just a few weeks ago at the Bryce
Jordan Center. The caption, “The truth… #sorryimnotsorry” is hilarious in my
opinion. Not only is it found in the new fad of these “memes,” but it also
alludes to a popular Twitter trend of “sorrynotsorry” – applying to instances
where a person feels strongly about what they believe in and doesn’t care what
anyone else thinks (obviously).
This image does an especially good job of this because, as
anyone who heard the speech knows, Phil Knight pretty much stuck it to the
national media and public opinion. He flatly stated what he, and the entire
Penn State community, believe.
And, surely, none of us are “sorry” for believing it.
These meme's are amusing because they are true. More than once I've burst out laughing calling my friends to look at one because its something we all relate too like the willard preacher or the Catabus. But this one was one that I found more true than humorous. while its still funny I think that its main purpose is to continue knights origional purpose which is telling the truth no matte the backlash.
ReplyDeletei was actually going to do a post about this! i love the memes, theyre hilarious. its really annoying when the "trolls" come online though and try to relate literally every single post to something Sandusky. the cata bus ones are by far the funniest because theyre all so true haha
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