[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
gonna have to swing this idea by my art historian friend tbh lmao
@gingerrroot i think it works pretty well because like
reaction to fuckery of ww1:dada art ::
reaction to fuckery of economic recession/trauma of current life : shitposting
@wigglytuffitout fUck that’s a cool way to think about it tbh
also i will Absolutely include that in my paper lmao