I think it’s meant to play with your expectations. Normally someone’s take being posted is to show them being confidently stupid, otherwise it isn’t as interesting and doesn’t go viral.However, because we’re primed to view it from that lens, we feel crazy to think we’re doing the math correctly and getting the “wrong answer” from what we assume is the “confident dipshit”.
I fell for it. It’s crazy to think how heavily I’ve been trained to believe everything I see is wrong in the most embarrassing and laughable way possible. That’s pretty depressing if you think about it.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
So it’s just an unfunny meme?
NewDark@lemmings.world 10 months ago
I think it’s meant to play with your expectations. Normally someone’s take being posted is to show them being confidently stupid, otherwise it isn’t as interesting and doesn’t go viral.However, because we’re primed to view it from that lens, we feel crazy to think we’re doing the math correctly and getting the “wrong answer” from what we assume is the “confident dipshit”.
There’s layers beyond the superficial.
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 10 months ago
I fell for it. It’s crazy to think how heavily I’ve been trained to believe everything I see is wrong in the most embarrassing and laughable way possible. That’s pretty depressing if you think about it.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 10 months ago
As most memes are.
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Not even a meme.
Klear@quokk.au 9 months ago
It’s engagement bait.
0x0@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
More like a sad realization of the state of (un)education in some parts of the so-called civilized world.
You laugh not to cry.