{"id":16391,"date":"2013-04-09T02:15:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T02:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=16391"},"modified":"2013-04-29T20:47:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T20:47:06","slug":"demotivational-posters-taking-the-motivation-out-of-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/demotivational-posters-taking-the-motivation-out-of-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Demotivational Posters: Taking the Motivation Out of Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the most exciting internet trends of recent years has been the rise of demotivational posters.<\/p>\n
To understand where these come from and why some of them are so darn funny we need to understand what a motivational poster is. These are, well yes, they are posters, you are right. And they are designed to motivate you. They might say stirring and patriotic things like \u201cYour Country Needs You\u201d or soft and fuzzy phrases like \u201cYou are Special\u201d. They usually build your self esteem and are always sober, earnest and never sarcastic or with huge amounts of vomit or butt cleavage in them.<\/p>\n
Demotivational posters, on the other hand, are designed to parody these motivational posters. They are often sarcastic, they reduce your self esteem and they often include horrific amounts of horrible body parts and weird stuff.<\/p>\n
Ok, that\u2019s enough of the theory let\u2019s move onto the practical part of the lesson.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We might as well start with this one, as it shows one which twists one of the most famous motivational posters with a bit of humour. You know the one where the cat is clinging on for dear life and it says \u201cHang in There Baby\u201d? No? Do you even watch The Simpsons? What do you do with your life?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yeah, when your car sucks and a better looking guy with a great car comes along and parks in an almost empty car park your horribly low self esteem will only let you do one thing. Come on, are you telling me that you have never done this? No? Am I the only one? Man, I need a better car.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hey, you should be thanking me here; I choose one of the less gruesome ones I came across. If you want gross then just tell me, as I can do that too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As in most walks of life, Star Wars has got to be there somewhere, hasn\u2019t it? There are lots of demotivational posters with Star Wars images and clever little captions on them. This is one of my favourites. There might be some Star Trek ones as well if you look hard enough.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Babies feature a lot in demotivational poster as well, although rarely in a cute, isn\u2019t he lovely kind of way. No, they are usually demonic, satanic little creatures who are out to cause bodily harm and untold mischief. A bit like real life then.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We\u2019ve all been there, haven\u2019t we? We\u2019ve all looked into loaded guns, put our head into ovens and wandered in front of nuclear missiles about to be fired. So why not laugh at other people doing it now?<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe So True It\u2019s Funny Poster<\/h2>\n
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The Gratuitous Body Parts Poster<\/h2>\n
The Geeky Science Fiction Poster<\/h2>\n
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The Not So Cute Baby Poster<\/h2>\n
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The What Happened Next Poster<\/h2>\n
The You\u2019re Doing It Wrong Poster<\/h2>\n