I'm clearly too old to get memes
I'm clearly too old to get memes
I'm clearly too old to get memes
oh wait, I think I get it. this is the same tactic that I use on the kids when they want something we don't want them to haveI'm clearly too old to get memes
Considering he is bragging lately about God giving him a $68 million dollar tax return this year, it doesn't really drive the selfless Christian giving point home. If I give 1/68th of my tax return to charity nobody gives a shit.Giving a million dollars to a worthy cause is still giving a million dollars to a worthy cause no matter the reasons behind it.
Haha yeah basically, here’s the background on the meme:oh wait, I think I get it. this is the same tactic that I use on the kids when they want something we don't want them to have
think of it this way:
I'm clearly too old to get memes
Me too... I don't understand this one at all
As one of the forum's resident millenials, I am something of a meme expert*. Therefore, allow me to explain.oh wait, I think I get it. this is the same tactic that I use on the kids when they want something we don't want them to have
That’s not *always* true. A lot of people who accepted Epstein money are struggling to make that justification right now.Giving a million dollars to a worthy cause is still giving a million dollars to a worthy cause no matter the reasons behind it.
I promise you the people who work the charity you are donating to give a shit. Every penny counts to these charities that are trying to make real change in the world.If I give 1/68th of my tax return to charity nobody gives a shit.
A) Kanye is not anywhere close to EpsteinThat’s not *always* true. A lot of people who accepted Epstein money are struggling to make that justification right now.
That’s an entirely different situation that has no direct comparison to Kanye, I know. Just saying that all philanthropy is giving, but not all giving is philanthropic.
As one of the forum's resident millenials, I am something of a meme expert*. Therefore, allow me to explain.
The nucleus of this meme revolves around the nostalgic phenomenon that lower-class children have often been subject to in which they are bewitched by something they have observed in a store of some variety. In awe of the nature of this item they are coveting, they naively express a desire to obtain the object to their parental guardians who, upon witnessing the outrageous price tag, must explain to their wide-eyed children that it would be preposterous - nay, ludicrous - to spend such an immense sum of money on an item that they have to some capacity in their household already. However, the child realizes that there is a rather large disparity in the quality of the item they had seen in the store and what awaits them at home. This contrasting is used to humorous effect in the piece above to illustrate how many followers of Kanye "Yeezus" West have expressed disappointment at the fact that the album Yandhi, which fans have procured leaks of, will never truly arrive and in it's place, West has bequeathed unto us Jesus is King, a much more divisive project and, one would dare postulate, one of a lower quality than desired.
You are now properly educated on this aspect of meme culture. For your homework, you are to demonstrate in essay form how this meme secretly illuminates the struggles of impoverished families and how the ways in which bootleg products of lower qualities affects the marketplace.
*I'm not
A) I know, I said that. I wasn’t commenting about Kanye’s giving, but about the idea that any/all giving is above scrutiny or questioning.A) Kanye is not anywhere close to Epstein
B)If Epsteins money did any real good for those charities that's justification enough.
Oh, I know, I just meant I don't think anyone could successfully use it to convince someone else I'm notably generous. And if I wanted to practice the good stuff that Jesus told people to do, I could do a lot more (I should do more anyway for reasons that have nothing to do with Christianity).I promise you the people who work the charity you are donating to give a shit. Every penny counts to these charities that are trying to make real change in the world.
Idk I'm not really trying to argue that Kanye is living by Christian ideals or that hes some great philanthropist, or that he cant do more (we can all do more) I'm just saying that the act of giving a million dollars to a cause that needs all the help it can get is in of itself a good act. Giving to charity should always commended and encouraged whether it's the most you can do or not, whether it's tax deductible or not, whether you tell people or not. It's all great. Give to causes you believe in.Oh, I know, I just meant I don't think anyone could successfully use it to convince someone else I'm notably generous. And if I wanted to practice the good stuff that Jesus told people to do, I could do a lot more (I should do more anyway for reasons that have nothing to do with Christianity).
It's something I'm admittedly bitter about because growing up in a church and being surrounded by people who define themselves by their Christianity I've realized that far too many of them are in fact selfish, judgmental, hypocritical bigots.
At the moment it seems to me like Kanye is making more money off of his newfound enthusiasm about his faith than he is giving, which is not exactly in the spirit of that faith. Saying he is massively overcharging on Jesus merch to "feed his [unfathomably wealthy] family" doesn't make it seem like that will change soon.
I hope I end up being wrong about that because he is rich enough to do a lot of good if he wants to.
Not possiblefor fucks sake dont put kanye on a higher pedestal than hes already put himself.