Submitted 4 hours ago by Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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I think the spirit of shitposting is in opposition to the spirit of taxonomy. And it’s super ironic to argue over the definition.
Precisely defining shitpost would annihilate it’s meaning and we’d be forced to use another word.
If you pay attention, you’ll notice that English is actually pretty bad at keeping slippery meanings contained inside her words.
Uh oh big man with big words coming in. Good to get your feedback though considering you’re one of the people I’m talking about not seeming to understand the concept.
If its deliberately provocative and offensive then its ragebait.
Is that a difference you draw or can they be both?
I think of them as different.
Shitpost are for laughs. Ragebait is mean spirited.
A shitpost should both entertain (via shock, absurdity, low-brow humour, etc) but also do so in such a way as to be a waste of time to actually read, time that could have been better spent on just about anything else.
I’d agree
My definition of shitpost is content with a joke that isn’t that good. It doesn’t matter that the media took 3 minutes to makes, or a month, or that it made you laugh for a whole minute, as long as the joke is simple and “stupid” that’s a shitpost.
This is a prime example of a shitpost. Lemmy Shitpost-17344908
The joke isn’t deep. It’s just that it wasted your time.
Another example is this www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CToEldwJdI
Despite being high quality and making me laugh hard when I first heard it, the joke is pretty shallow, thus a shitpost
It should fundamentally be deliberately stupid. It could be offensive, but if so it should be offensive in a stupid way.
Interesting
I take the Supreme Court’s line on shitposts. They’re hard to define, but I know it when I see it
Gang shit
Its not all about feces. There has to be something else.
Piss
Right, how could we forget! Piss. Truly a remarkable archivement by almost every human alive today.
Oh god I haven’t checked my posts yet…
gegil@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
Shitpost is a low effort humor.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s a quick easy definition.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
This is my understanding too