Generation

I pretty much agree with the idea that gifs and memes are slowly emerging to become the art of our generation. There are certain comedic elements preserved in these short clips or screenshots, that could be taken out of context and achieve an even greater effect. When I was scrolling through "Being An English Major, As Told By 'The Office'", I was pretty sure any English major students who saw this couldn't resist a smile (and a sigh, probably). Gifs and memes are efficient in that they immediately put people in a mindset that enables them to identify themselves with others, since the Internet is always moving in such a dazzling pace, gifs and memes quickly draw people’s attention to be recognized and approved with. They are also useful in communicating with others, I looked over my phone and realized I use at least one gif when I am with my friends everyday, only because it adds more color into our conversation, and now it almost became an instinct of me to look for appropriate memes or gifs when I’m chatting online. Since memes and gifs are so tightly intertwined with pop culture, there is a cultural difference between countries; although new trends pop up almost every day, in China the most popular and probably one of the earliest gifs I could find is this “panda with human face”(as my American friend called it), I’m leaving this one[[1]] here so if anyone came across this post, congratulations on your effort with this course so far!