1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. 2 Oh, that I had in the desert a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers, a crowd of unfaithful people. 3 “They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the LORD. 4 “Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver,and every friend a slanderer. 5 Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. 6 You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD. 7 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people? 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them. 9 Should I not punish them for this?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?” 10 I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds have all fled and the animals are gone. 11 “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.” 12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross? 13 The LORD said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. 14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”
15 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water. 16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.” 17 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them. 18 Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids. 19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How ruined we are! How great is our shame! We must leave our land because our houses are in ruins.’ ” 20 Now, you women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. 21 Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares. 22 Say, “This is what the LORD declares: “ ‘Dead bodies will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.’ 23 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, 24 but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the LORD. 25 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places. For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
Aww I was hoping they might get close enough to touch the words of God... but I appreciate your kind helpful spirit. The clutch of the warning is 4-6 but I love the whole chapter and couldn’t settle... too much?
The graphic is very sharp, high quality. I think the grotesque aspect will turn people away before the words and meaning get into them. For me it's a turn-off. Not sure if you're asking for suggestions, but if you could make the visuals less disturbing it might get more "transmission." Something like finding a way to incorporate a snake from the caduceus slipping into a person's body or head. But it looks sharp.
For me the horror we are facing, mixed with the mental deterioration often leading to aggression in the injected leaves the image a fitting symbol in terms of threat. I hear the idea of making a less aggressive version for broader audience engagement. I think there is merit to the consideration of such an idea. Thank you for taking the time to respond.
Yeah, I was thinking more like a softer anime version. The Demonslayer anime has really good art, and even the gross stuff seems less disturbing by the way they draw it. But that said, my thought is that the idea is what should challenge or surprise people, not the image itself. And for me the gross stuff just makes me reject the meme before I can even digest the message. Usually. Art's a subjective thing, by nature hard to define.
I am not familiar with Demonslayer. I look forward to checking out the reference.
the idea is what should challenge or surprise people, not the image
Interesting idea. Would you say this is a property of a successful meme? Or a successful way to engage the audience to get the concept in... without popping a bubble unwanted to be pooped...
Contemplative gears cranking again gratitude for your perspective.
If I were a successful memer, I would tell you. I'm just some guy, a lit major with a lot of non-artistic writing experience. But most good jokes are good because the audience is given an expectation, and then their expectation is destroyed, with something that's true in a different way. Example: Aaron Freeman, a political comedian, ended most of his shows like this: "Thank you very much. But folks, as much as I love to take credit, I don't write these jokes. I only vote for them like everybody else." Or Rodney Dangerfield "My wife screams when she's having sex. Especially when I walk in on her." Not all memes are jokes. But I do think that they all have easy entry, trope expectation, surprising truth different from expectation. U/RooftopTendie had meme classes. I'm sure he'd give you solid advice. He might even have numbers to back up his opinions.
The anime is aptly called “Parasyte.” They even made it into a live action. The artistry has always intrigued me. The serious is not new and started as a manga.
Trailer link: https://youtu.be/dcVuEbnq-8Y
So you don’t have to look up:
Jeremiah 9 (NIV)
1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. 2 Oh, that I had in the desert a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers, a crowd of unfaithful people. 3 “They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the LORD. 4 “Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver,and every friend a slanderer. 5 Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. 6 You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD. 7 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people? 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them. 9 Should I not punish them for this?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?” 10 I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds have all fled and the animals are gone. 11 “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.” 12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross? 13 The LORD said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. 14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.” 15 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water. 16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.” 17 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them. 18 Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids. 19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How ruined we are! How great is our shame! We must leave our land because our houses are in ruins.’ ” 20 Now, you women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. 21 Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares. 22 Say, “This is what the LORD declares: “ ‘Dead bodies will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.’ 23 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, 24 but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the LORD. 25 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places. For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
Aww I was hoping they might get close enough to touch the words of God... but I appreciate your kind helpful spirit. The clutch of the warning is 4-6 but I love the whole chapter and couldn’t settle... too much?
Ooo 4-6% comes to mind
The graphic is very sharp, high quality. I think the grotesque aspect will turn people away before the words and meaning get into them. For me it's a turn-off. Not sure if you're asking for suggestions, but if you could make the visuals less disturbing it might get more "transmission." Something like finding a way to incorporate a snake from the caduceus slipping into a person's body or head. But it looks sharp.
I appreciate hearing your take.
For me the horror we are facing, mixed with the mental deterioration often leading to aggression in the injected leaves the image a fitting symbol in terms of threat. I hear the idea of making a less aggressive version for broader audience engagement. I think there is merit to the consideration of such an idea. Thank you for taking the time to respond.
More than welcome. I'm lousy at graphics, so I'm grateful to those who make the visual memes.
I can make them but can’t seem to land any conceptually.
Like this one from dec 2020: https://files.catbox.moe/bpv0ut.jpeg
Or this one: https://files.catbox.moe/sz4ti2.jpeg
I think maybe my brain doesn’t work for the language style. Trying to learn the meme school of hard Knox
I guarantee the second one would be a hit if you could make it an animated gif. First one ... too much text, and all the text requires thinking.
Thinking text bad, got it. I’m doomed hehehehe I feel like simple epic titles/captions is one of my strongly lacking areas.
Hahahaha animated GIF would be cool, too bad I don’t specialize in making things move. Darn. Great idea though, fun to imagine.
The meme is a harder art form than it appears. Deceptively simple.
Ooo there are other clips from the show when the Parasyte enters the body... still pretty gross...
Yeah, I was thinking more like a softer anime version. The Demonslayer anime has really good art, and even the gross stuff seems less disturbing by the way they draw it. But that said, my thought is that the idea is what should challenge or surprise people, not the image itself. And for me the gross stuff just makes me reject the meme before I can even digest the message. Usually. Art's a subjective thing, by nature hard to define.
I am not familiar with Demonslayer. I look forward to checking out the reference.
Interesting idea. Would you say this is a property of a successful meme? Or a successful way to engage the audience to get the concept in... without popping a bubble unwanted to be pooped...
Contemplative gears cranking again gratitude for your perspective.
If I were a successful memer, I would tell you. I'm just some guy, a lit major with a lot of non-artistic writing experience. But most good jokes are good because the audience is given an expectation, and then their expectation is destroyed, with something that's true in a different way. Example: Aaron Freeman, a political comedian, ended most of his shows like this: "Thank you very much. But folks, as much as I love to take credit, I don't write these jokes. I only vote for them like everybody else." Or Rodney Dangerfield "My wife screams when she's having sex. Especially when I walk in on her." Not all memes are jokes. But I do think that they all have easy entry, trope expectation, surprising truth different from expectation. U/RooftopTendie had meme classes. I'm sure he'd give you solid advice. He might even have numbers to back up his opinions.
Eloquently stated points to ponder and digest. I can tell my brain is tapped out for the day to consume it. I shall return and likely many times.
Cheers fren
keeps a watchful eye out for more meme classes
If you missed the video. https://www.bitchute.com/video/zJDOVoHPTyBB/ DEEP MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS (VIALS CONTAIN GRAPHENE-OXIDE, PARASITES, HEAVY METALS)
The anime is aptly called “Parasyte.” They even made it into a live action. The artistry has always intrigued me. The serious is not new and started as a manga. Trailer link: https://youtu.be/dcVuEbnq-8Y
A fellow man of culture, I see
tips hat at a fren with similar tastes then tap dances away like any good frog in a top hat does