It always makes me think of black folks telling funny stories, like:

“Everybody was minding their business, ain’t nobody said shit. This fool walks in with a whole ass baked potato in his mouth like it’s normal…”

So I enjoy the memes from that angle, even if they’re not coming from the original intent.

That said, even that angle doesn’t make this one work.

Dungeon Crawler Carl vibes

Fully agree about the attention span stuff. I kind of think TV drove it initially, especially animation.

After a season or two The Simpsons started to pick up pace, and for its time it was kind of frenetic. South Park picked up that ball and ran with it. Then when Family Guy came along I thought this is nuts, and I wondered if there wasn’t an active effort to erode attention spans on a large scale.

There are plenty of other examples outside animation, but I picked those because they’re still well known.

I consider myself fortunate to have seen the progression first hand. And to have had an older boss way back who had an infectious love for well made art, particularly in films.

My grandparents’ beautiful wood console TV also had the more rare horizontal hold. I have many fond memories of watching Gunsmoke, Star Search, and Wheel of Fortune on the thing with my grandad.