Title: “Y Tho” (Why Though)
General Information:
- Word Games
- 5/17/2019
- English
- USA, Dartmouth College
Informant Information:
- James Brown
- 23 years old
- Grew up in Cheshire, CT
- Studies Computer Science at Dartmouth College
Contextual Data
Social Context:
- James said he first discovered this meme on instagram. He found it amusing because it’s based off of a piece of famous art that has been edited and has simple text superimposed over it.
- The contrast between a famous piece of art and simple misspellings lends to humor
Cultural Context:
- This meme is an edit of a painting of Pope Leon X by Fernando Botero. This meme was first spread in 2014 and has since seen many variants.
- This meme is typically used as a response to a comment or statement by another person, usually rhetorically to make a commentary that the person’s action, statement or behavior needs explanation as it is odd or out of the ordinary.