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Can someone explain what's up with the memes that start with "Nobody:"

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/614497

Can someone explain what's up with the memes that start with "Nobody:" - SDF Chatter

I don’t understand the “Nobody” part, especially since in most memes it’s just blank. It makes sense when “Nobody” was saying something that most people disagree with, eg: Nobody: I love slamming my fingers in a car door Ford: New F-150 now comes with a dedicated finger-slamming door That would make sense. It’s a joke about someone being out of touch with popular sentiment. But the ones where it’s: Nobody: Optimus prime taking a bath: Ahh, my electronics! It seems like the nobody part doesn’t relate to the meme in any way, except for being a common format for presenting things.

Jul 7, 2023 at 4:40pmWeb
Show threadtotallynotarobotJul 7, 2023
I think it suggests that the thing is unprompted, and nobody asked for it.
Show threadNolegjoeJul 7, 2023
Then shouldn’t it say everybody: instead?
Show threadRoll_4InitiativeJul 7, 2023
Oh, absolutely. This has always bugged me, but memes don't always follow logic once they've caught on.
Show threadtotallynotarobotJul 7, 2023
Logically, yes. But this is meme logic lol
Show threadrazdonovichJul 7, 2023
I’m pretty sure it’s implying that nobody asked at all; like, literally no one is asking about it. Knowyourmeme explains that it’s, “…a phrasal template used to mock people who strive to attract attention and tend to provide unsolicited opinions, as well as for observational humor.”
Show threadthanksbrotherJul 7, 2023
It used to make sense, like… people that need no provocation to go into something they won’t shut up about, or things like that. Lately it has just stopped being used in any way that actually makes the “Nobody:” part matter.
Show threadfuboJul 7, 2023
It’s a variation on “nobody asked for this”, “nobody asked you”, or “you know what nobody wants? Cars with DRM!”
Show threaddragnucsJul 7, 2023

When the “nobody:” part is blank, it means that nobody said anything, or nobody did anything.

As others have suggested, the meme means that some would say or do things without any trigger or nobody asking for it.

Show threadNobodyJul 7, 2023
Show threadIndisposedShakerCupJul 7, 2023
Ok I get your question but that’s a solid joke about Optimus prime
Show threadrarkgramesJul 8, 2023
At least I suppose they’re not memes that start “someBODY…”
Show threadMajorMajormajormajorJul 8, 2023
Once told me