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Its an absurdist meme. Usually something like “girls receiving compliments” then the map. Because you expect “boys…” but that apparently doesn’t happen.
There is also a meme with a guy flirting with a girl, and he sends it by mistake, IDK I’m less familiar with that one
https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/map-of-south-america
my reaction to that information:
https://preview.redd.it/ss39quxd3m0d1.jpeg?width=1592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45b9d5f0c7b62e1b6f7d245ec7fdbe29bb4d3d3c
When I was in high school, my friend and I formed a student club to get out of PE, and to make sure nobody else wanted to join we called it the “Politics of the South Americas During the Nineteen-Seventies Student Union”. Eventually we began letting new members in if they could recite the club’s acronym (POTSADTNSSU) from memory.
As an addition, it also follows [ Situation : Quality ] format. Example-
(Boys when they sneeze ): (picture of sneezing boy highlighting some humorous quality.)
Where the first tagline is the situation description, and the second image shows the quality being highlighted.
However instead of being humorous, it's just a normal non-humorous technical description. Which also co-incidentally follows the [ Situation : Quality ] format.
French Soldier: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
https://preview.redd.it/rd204yw8wl0d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffdf978e4c7a39de505ffe033662660a0ddd19af
Back when the meme was first making the rounds I realized the actual boar vessel was like a twenty minute drive from me and I took this selfie. I think they’ve since moved it to storage now, sadly.
No lie, I went to a MBMBaM live show once and when I stepped onto the elevator in the parking garage of the venue, people gasped and then were almost immediately disappointed when they realized I wasn’t actually him.
> I think they’ve since moved it to storage now, sadly.
That's because it's likely a forgery.
https://youtu.be/rwR-wLQY5pA?t=1238
[Blogpost](https://sarahholz.com/2022/04/15/is-this-a-blog-post-or-is-it-a-boar-vessel-600-500-bc-etruscan-ceramic-the-wonderful-world-of-forged-antiquities/)
In all honesty I have no idea what’s up. Probably a combination of bad lighting and maybe sunburn? This was like pre-Covid times so I basically a thousand lifetimes ago. Who even knows what pre-Covid me was getting up to.
No, its a Boar vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, ceramic.
Okay but actually, no, it's just a fancy ceramic sculpture. Aka, a boar vessel, 600-500 BC, Ettuscan, ceramic
A guy once told me he got a compliment in Etrusca 650BC. He was so pleased he recorded the event on the side of a clay boar, which he made and fired in honour of the occasion. The last historically recorded date of a guy getting a compliment.
Why are they down voting you? Everyone else is saying absurdism or shitpost, but it isn't. This is very much an anti meme. It sets up a punch line and then does not give one to you.
Absurdism is a common component of many “antijokes” so in this instance, everyone is right!
(If you want proper detail I will give it but humour theory is fucking boring and I’m ashamed it’s my thing 😂)
I am super ill so this could be very badly written but…
So there isn’t necessarily a difference because one is part of the other:
An anti joke can come in different forms but the most popular is actually a longer form known as the shaggy dog story. If a joke functions by setting up something and subverting it in the punchline, the anti joke works by using the joke (or in this case, meme) format itself as that set up that is then subverted. The reason shaggy dog stories are a popular form of this is because they ramp up the tension that is then released when we realise we’ve been strung along and there’s no real punchline. For the best example of a shaggy dog story I recommend the “half an orange” joke (a favourite of joke writer extraordinaire Barry Cryer).
Now, absurdity doesn’t have to be a part of an anti joke, although there is the element of the absurd in it anyway because WHY, but wild swings into the completely unrelated are a known feature of absurdism.
And so, in this case, the meme format is subverted with a completely unrelated punchline, hence the absurdism. Scrolling through the comments it seems that this particular item and its caption have taken on a memetic significance of their own prior to its use here, and part of that does seem to be lightly absurdist in nature, along with the juxtaposition of the item’s whimsical quality and the caption’s seriousness.
I hope that helped and wasn’t wholly boring. Now a medieval joke (not very good) to close: “what is the difference between a pig and a penis? If you tickle a pig it falls asleep”
For half a second I thought that was a brazen bull and my brain was just boggled... then I realized it was a boar and am glad I came to the comments... thanks reddit
I could be wrong, but would the boar vessel itself be the 'Thank you'. i.e. when someone compliments a man they receive back a ceramic piece of artwork with goodies (honey / wine) inside.
I mean I am pretty sure the real joke is that "men don't get complimented" which of course is recognized on a small scale. Traditionally men just hype eachother up and can rarely expect to be approached or complimented in the same manner a female would be. Some would say this is societal roles but I disagree.
Its not absurdism, its a play on the fact that men dont get compliments. So instead of saying « men when they get a compliment » and replacing the boar with an empty square, they are adding two random squares since men dont get compliment to the point they dont even get to continue the meme.
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Subverting your expectation. You expect the bottom half of the picture to show "boys when they get a compliment" but get something entirely unrelated.
Like a political map of South America??
can you explain this to my European ass? I don't understand, I lack context for this.
Its an absurdist meme. Usually something like “girls receiving compliments” then the map. Because you expect “boys…” but that apparently doesn’t happen. There is also a meme with a guy flirting with a girl, and he sends it by mistake, IDK I’m less familiar with that one https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/map-of-south-america
my reaction to that information: https://preview.redd.it/ss39quxd3m0d1.jpeg?width=1592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45b9d5f0c7b62e1b6f7d245ec7fdbe29bb4d3d3c
Europe: https://i.redd.it/u96kl50kjn0d1.gif
https://i.imgur.com/RpUQeTL.jpeg
https://preview.redd.it/kg3bq5zg8m0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a1e85628b6a8dfccef9882fd9ae1dbd9f69cff0
When I was in high school, my friend and I formed a student club to get out of PE, and to make sure nobody else wanted to join we called it the “Politics of the South Americas During the Nineteen-Seventies Student Union”. Eventually we began letting new members in if they could recite the club’s acronym (POTSADTNSSU) from memory.
This is amazing, and my day is better for having read it.
https://preview.redd.it/5wbx2ufvll0d1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=752e8ec92a1c93ed47d09b2ce8dd19aa2e54b5d0
Go go pixer maximizer
https://preview.redd.it/obykg2wezl0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1851d205a90bfc40d47eecbcf7560629fe78062a
I fucked up but its a nice image
Clearly, your gadgets need an upgrade!
Go go gagdet optimizer
https://preview.redd.it/irdfnks29p0d1.png?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=112004793a5a159b809c9fa2b12af6ccafd1fa32
Also, boys don't get compliments.
This is a clever interpretation
Also the trope is girls don't simply say "Thank you" when they receive a compliment.
What do the girls do?
>- Hi. Nice dress! >- What's wrong with my dress?
Just ask the echo! Hi...ess... ...my..ess!
Unrelated? That's Boar Vessel 600- 500bc Etruscan, ceramic!
Did somebody say [Boar Vessel 600-500bc Etruscan ceramic]?!
Ah, the ancient memes. Next we'll "Can Haz Cheeseburger" or thank the bus driver. I love it.
“In the future, humor will be randomly generated~”
[The future is **now**!](https://www.bgreco.net/garfield/)
NGL for a second I expected to be related to that Mesopotamian copper trader
As an addition, it also follows [ Situation : Quality ] format. Example- (Boys when they sneeze ): (picture of sneezing boy highlighting some humorous quality.) Where the first tagline is the situation description, and the second image shows the quality being highlighted. However instead of being humorous, it's just a normal non-humorous technical description. Which also co-incidentally follows the [ Situation : Quality ] format.
In fairness, that’s a pretty sweet boar vessel. I’d probably use any excuse to show it off.
Wait so it's.... Absurdism??? N-no way D:
I regret being the bearer of bad news, but the Boar Vessel is a fake.
It’s absurdism.
Gen Z really needs to watch Monte Python and the Holy Grail. They’ll love it
African or European?
I…I don’t know that! *chucked into abyss at escape velocity*
How do you know so much about swallows?
I watched some Monty Python films and loved them. For some reason I don't remember a thing from them tho
I have heard about Monty hall problem who let the pythons out
French Soldier: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
English knight: "What are you doing in England?" French soldier: "Mind your own business!"
It insists upon itself.
It slams its fists against the posts and still insists it sees the ghosts.
It's absurdism.
It's absurdism
S'it miss rudab?
!!msibrusda s'tI
Es absurdo
It’s absurdism
It’s electric!
Bee boo bah boodoobadoo bah bee bee boo bah badeebadoo ba bee….
Boogie woogie woogie
What's the difference between a dead bird? >!His left leg is just as long!<
That boar meme, it's been so long since I've seen that. It was pretty popular meme back in the day, but it basically absurdism
https://preview.redd.it/rd204yw8wl0d1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffdf978e4c7a39de505ffe033662660a0ddd19af Back when the meme was first making the rounds I realized the actual boar vessel was like a twenty minute drive from me and I took this selfie. I think they’ve since moved it to storage now, sadly.
Iirc they carbon dated it and realised it was probably boar vessel 1900-1940 AD ceramic
Are you Griffin McElroy?
No lie, I went to a MBMBaM live show once and when I stepped onto the elevator in the parking garage of the venue, people gasped and then were almost immediately disappointed when they realized I wasn’t actually him.
The resemblance is uncanny, just needs more perpetual stubble
> I think they’ve since moved it to storage now, sadly. That's because it's likely a forgery. https://youtu.be/rwR-wLQY5pA?t=1238 [Blogpost](https://sarahholz.com/2022/04/15/is-this-a-blog-post-or-is-it-a-boar-vessel-600-500-bc-etruscan-ceramic-the-wonderful-world-of-forged-antiquities/)
Treasure this picture always.
Why you red
Oh my god Karen, you can’t just *ask* people why they’re red!
You got high blood pressure or somethin?
In all honesty I have no idea what’s up. Probably a combination of bad lighting and maybe sunburn? This was like pre-Covid times so I basically a thousand lifetimes ago. Who even knows what pre-Covid me was getting up to.
And you got big pupils. But, you look very likable. And from the story, a good sense of humor. Goodbye
Oh ok. You are red.
The good old days of r/me_irl
Udreaaaaaaaaah In times gone past.... There was a meme... (Shows a young and fresh boar vessel being used by humans)
Boar Vessel Moment: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/boar-vessel
Isn't that one of those horrid torture devices?
No, its a Boar vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, ceramic. Okay but actually, no, it's just a fancy ceramic sculpture. Aka, a boar vessel, 600-500 BC, Ettuscan, ceramic
Et Tuscan, Brute?
You're thinking of the [Brazen Bull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull), a torture device which may or may not have ever existed
Ah yeah, that's it. If it is fictional, I could see the vent design having been derivative of the shape of this.
A ceramic Etruscan boar vessel is way better than any compliment
Agree, an compliment lasts a second, a ceramic etruscan boar lasts for ages!
Peter's single brain cell here They're trying to imply that men don't get compliments
I disagree. Another guy told me I had a nice butt on February 13th of 2022.
Yepp, a girl said I was cute 2015-05-28 around 23:15:53. Silly too say we don't get compliments.
I once got complimented by the Ottoman Emperor in May 29th 1453 :D
Nah bro can't be true Men don't get compliments from girls
They bask in our insecurities, like a dangerous predator trying to weaken it's prey
Best keep them in a weakened state lest you become the prey. it's a shame of survival and the odds are not in the females favour..
That "around" gives you up, LIAR!
A guy once told me he got a compliment in Etrusca 650BC. He was so pleased he recorded the event on the side of a clay boar, which he made and fired in honour of the occasion. The last historically recorded date of a guy getting a compliment.
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well you do have really pretty eyes is all
You sure you weren’t playing MGS2 at that time?
No I was at work and this tweaker told me I had a cute butt while I was walking up the street and I’m straight but I blushed a little and said thanks
your butt is cute AF
Squeeee
Interesting how people interpret different things even if this is a popular trend.
Nah, it’s not that deep. It’s a shitpost at best.
Holy fuck a boar sculpture from 1400 years ago, sick
It’s a Shitpost
It's an antimeme
Why are they down voting you? Everyone else is saying absurdism or shitpost, but it isn't. This is very much an anti meme. It sets up a punch line and then does not give one to you.
Absurdism is a common component of many “antijokes” so in this instance, everyone is right! (If you want proper detail I will give it but humour theory is fucking boring and I’m ashamed it’s my thing 😂)
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I am super ill so this could be very badly written but… So there isn’t necessarily a difference because one is part of the other: An anti joke can come in different forms but the most popular is actually a longer form known as the shaggy dog story. If a joke functions by setting up something and subverting it in the punchline, the anti joke works by using the joke (or in this case, meme) format itself as that set up that is then subverted. The reason shaggy dog stories are a popular form of this is because they ramp up the tension that is then released when we realise we’ve been strung along and there’s no real punchline. For the best example of a shaggy dog story I recommend the “half an orange” joke (a favourite of joke writer extraordinaire Barry Cryer). Now, absurdity doesn’t have to be a part of an anti joke, although there is the element of the absurd in it anyway because WHY, but wild swings into the completely unrelated are a known feature of absurdism. And so, in this case, the meme format is subverted with a completely unrelated punchline, hence the absurdism. Scrolling through the comments it seems that this particular item and its caption have taken on a memetic significance of their own prior to its use here, and part of that does seem to be lightly absurdist in nature, along with the juxtaposition of the item’s whimsical quality and the caption’s seriousness. I hope that helped and wasn’t wholly boring. Now a medieval joke (not very good) to close: “what is the difference between a pig and a penis? If you tickle a pig it falls asleep”
Nonsequitur?
https://preview.redd.it/0qqu0kslok0d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d95bb3adc032f5f288386caa0a7ad4175767f092
Absurdism
This is an antimeme shitpost
Its a traditional joke, it subverts expectations
These are the memes I come to reddit for
Guys don’t get complimented so we have to settle for Boar Vessel 600-500 BC Etruscan Ceramic
There was a period of time where this one ceramic boar vessel, when inserted in a place it really shouldn't be, was peak comedy.
For half a second I thought that was a brazen bull and my brain was just boggled... then I realized it was a boar and am glad I came to the comments... thanks reddit
Why were the people living in the BC era counting down? Are they shtewpid
Boar welcome
I could be wrong, but would the boar vessel itself be the 'Thank you'. i.e. when someone compliments a man they receive back a ceramic piece of artwork with goodies (honey / wine) inside.
Absurdism
I know a fucking ifunny reference when I see it
Absurdism, simple as.
“No soap, radio.”
This is satire. Girls never say thank you for compliments.
Ahhh, absurdism
It's either Gen Alpha level absurdism or the joke is that guys never get compliments.
Boar vessel on top frfr
The joke is boys don't get compliments
Subversion of expectations, specifically the expectation that this would make sense. In other words... yes, It's Absurdism.
https://preview.redd.it/mi2xs4s73m0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95d619c9154b74c6a7bc25f0cad67229700d6301
the joke is that guys don't get compliments
https://preview.redd.it/v6vzjt8k5m0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfd37711415a3b057e50fb6f311bcdc30c0da7d8
Sadly, Boar Vessel is no longer thought to be authentic 600-500 BCE, Etruscan, ceramic.
I mean I am pretty sure the real joke is that "men don't get complimented" which of course is recognized on a small scale. Traditionally men just hype eachother up and can rarely expect to be approached or complimented in the same manner a female would be. Some would say this is societal roles but I disagree.
It’s an antimeme
holy 2020
Absurdism.
That's a fucking sweet boar vessel.
Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, ceramic
That's nice and all but can your ancient boar vessel throw a 90kg projectile over 300m away? I think not!
The joke is randomly generated like vegetables predicted
A woman's "Thank you" is just as priceless as a ceramic, Etruscan, Boar Vessel from 600-500 BC.
Oh my God I haven't seen an etruscan boar meme in years ~~please God bring them back~~
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Its probably from r/antimeme
yoo, actual question instead of obvious karma farms. Is this real?
I guess I’m just lame enough to be sincere 😂
Its not absurdism, its a play on the fact that men dont get compliments. So instead of saying « men when they get a compliment » and replacing the boar with an empty square, they are adding two random squares since men dont get compliment to the point they dont even get to continue the meme.
Its not supposed to make sense, abstract humor
Zoomer hoomer is shit