Win pictures?
Fail pictures are a current, somewhat popular Internet meme. I first really came across them at the now no longer updated uncov, but there are other examples here or there.
Why is there no opposite meme - essentially images depicting success and triumph, rather than the failure and/or humiliation of some participant of a situation? Could there be?
February 26th, 2008 at 6:27 am
I’ll start:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/1/11/Spetsnaz.jpg
If that doesn’t qualify for “win” I don’t know what does.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:06 am
What’s going on there? Soldier flying over barbed wire about to throw a hatchet?
I still would not expect a widespread meme surrounding images likes this.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I think it’s because we get that schadenfreude-y sense of glee or amusement when we see someone “fail”. If someone “succeed” we’d may just end up jealous of their talents or luck; not quite as much fun.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
That’s too bad though, isn’t it? I suspect it would be much more productive for people, if it were more common to have memes of genuine appreciation for real accomplishments.