A PSA on hipster edits:
If you just take a picture with a natural, inanimate object and some words and say, “Well LOL it doesn’t matter because you’re an inanimate object” or “LOL that is so true inanimate object”, is that funny?
If you take a picture of a “hipster girl” doing something, and add some words making fun of her, is that funny?
Here’s my opinion. It’s okay to reference the picture. It’s okay to imagine that the person making the quote is IN the location described. To use my first edit ever as an example, I put the character in the spaceship. Which, in my opinion, is much funnier than saying “Of course you don’t you’re a spaceship.”
So here’s a list of questions before you edit.
- Are you just personifying random objects?
- Are you responding to the person or the object?
- Are you putting words in a hipster’s mouth? If so, are you saying “LOL hey look I’m a hipster” or something more?
- If you’re editing the words, are you making references to things that are analogous to what’s already there?
- Are you adding to the value of the picture?
That last one is the most important. If you’re not adding to the picture, if you’re not making a stupid as hell hipster picture better, then you’re not doing hipster edits right.
I’m nilesarthur, and I approve this message.
