English Humor Assignment-Reflection

I was inspired to create satirical memes for my humor project because satire is the funniest style of comedy to me. It’s incorporated a lot of funny, comical, shows or movies. People can relate well to everyday situations in life like, being sick, walking the dog, working out, or studying for exams. Being able to relate to things keep s you interested and can make you laugh. It was very easy to create these memes because I related most of the circumstances to my own life, like grade 9 parties, and working out. The website we used was very simple and straight forward too. In creating the memes, I tried to be as accurate and relatable as possible, as well as add a comical spin to the memes. The only new thing I learned, in creating this project, was how to make memes, and how to laugh at myself.

   The project did not end in the way Maren and I intended it to. Originally, we had planned to create “whatshouldwecallme’s.” About half way through the project, we decided it was too complicated, and wasn’t working the way we had hoped, so we switched to making memes. I enjoyed making the memes a lot and Maren and I were laughing a lot, at our own memes, and at each other’s. It was amusing to make fun of myself and people like myself. I also loved finding the pictures to go with the captions I set out in each meme. I did not like how disorganized Maren and I were, and thought we could have done a more efficient job in the process of making this project.

    

  Maren and I’s meme creations are funny because everyone can relate to them, and anybody that knows how to laugh at themselves, will probably laugh at these memes. Our goal in making these memes was for people to look at them say “That’s me”, or “Story of my life.” Memes are satirical because they are using sarcasm and over exaggeration to show people what they really do when they go to the gym, or walk the dog for example. Everybody hides things because they are embarrassed and think they are the only one who does them. When they see that actually a lot of people are in the same boat as them, things lighten up, and they can kind of laugh at themselves for being so silly. The meme “When I go to the Gym”, is for people like Maren and I, who go to the gym, pick up a couple two pound weights, roll around on the ball, and go for lunch. Although not everybody will admit it, there are quite a few of those people out there. Of course this meme cannot relate to everybody because there are a lot of people who go to the gym and workout very intensely and seriously. Of course, they probably wouldn’t find our meme funny because they, themselves, cannot relate to it. Our memes incorporated a lot of sarcasm and exaggeration to try and really convey the satire in each meme.