Feb 252013
Some memes are funny. Others… meh. “Harlem Shake” falls into the latter category. For those blissfully unaware, the idea is that a camera films a work environment, with people just going about their day, then some horrible music begins playing, and then all of a sudden the people are now in strange costumes dancing badly, having seizures or otherwise acting oddly.
Meh. To me it seems a long way to go for not much of a punchline.
This one gets the idea across:
[youtube 4hpEnLtqUDg]
I’ve seen two that present the appropriate response, however. Grumpy Cat:
[youtube yUHpWScJBHE]
And a longer-than-5-second 5 Second Films edition:
[youtube iST14CAy-fE]