[gasps softly]

a freudian analysis of shitposting would be the most Masterful Shitpost of All

i am a big enough psych nerd to consider this

A Psychoanalysis of Internet Meme Culture

how would one say define “shitposting” academically lmao

i’d have to also explain mastodon / the fediverse in my intro or maybe even make it its own section ? if i’m taking this seriously (which i am)

“user (one of y’all shit posters) said that in order to ‘shitpost’ you just ________”

would shitpost have to be in quotes each time, or just once? is there a better term for this lmao

@gingerrroot for double pretention points tho a slightly different direction - i've seen shitposting considered as a contemporary variant of dadaism

e-dada or cyber-dada are the terms i'm most fond of using there, since modern dada is like... post ww2, because "modern art" is a bit of a fucky term

also gives you an excuse to just put this image as a full page in your paper