I've always been a bit of a shitposting cunt who likes a bit of shock humour. Some tragedies are easy to make light of and exploit for meme shock.
The Manadlay Bay meme springs to bring.
The CHCH mosque memes feel too soon. I don't mean 'too soon' in a lightheaded sense to be that guy either. It feels genuinely uncomfortable. I thought about saving some, but even that feels wrong.
I've never felt this way about any terror attack. I am honestly shocked that it did happen here. It's a shame to be in a place where that thing didn't happen at all. We've had more terror attacks from the French than from Muslims. I feel like this is the start of something much more worse. Some Jihadi prick is seeking revenge right now, I bet.
I know this is a stretch, but memes are symbolism and religion incorporates symbolism. Again, a stretch, but the event feels like an act of violence committed by one religion towards another. What really makes this strange is that meme symbolism felt detached before this event. Prior to this reality played out and then the events were viewed through a filter that used meme symbolism to satirize the events. By incorporating the meme symbolism into the act and not letting the filter be applied in reflection much of the darkly comedic power is tainted.
Suppose this had been reversed and an Islamic terrorist had shouted, "Allahu akbar" before shooting. In a darkly comic twist someone could take the footage and splice in the shooter saying, "subscribe to pewdewpie." That was the realm of memes. It was reserved for a clearly alternative and absurdist filter applied to reality as a form of satire. To turn it into a reality just feels so wrong. I can't help but draw religious parallels.
Another ridiculous stretch, but say you and a roommate bought a stupid asian cat statue. You get drunk and make a joke about the statue being "money cat" and all success springs from money cat. You and your roommate keep the joke alive for a few months. Maybe you start to touch money cat for good luck before you leave the house or other stupid superstitions. Then one day you come home and your roommate has ritually sacrificed your real cat to money cat. That is what this feels like.
A satirical symbolic filter has begun to manifest as a form of religious extremism. This particular religion is bone chilling because while other religions work to create structure and hierarchy this religion is founded upon deconstruction. It is the court jester turned king. A perversion of the purpose of the role.