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Why are there so many Minions on Facebook?

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Seriously, what's up with these strange minion memes. They aren't even bad because they exist, they're bad because they make no sense at all. I mean look at these.

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Now what do any of those Minions have to do with those jokes, none of this makes any sense to me.
 
Minions are hot right now. They're doing nothing but trying to keep up with the current trends. At another time it might be the girl from Frozen instead. Or a character from Harry Potter. Whatever has the buzz.
 
Minions are adorable. I love the Minions. But maybe it's because unlike everyone else, I'm actively trying not to overdose on them.

Also I've never seen Despicable Me 2 or Minions yet. Eventually I will.

Frozen on the other hand. I've never seen the movie but I already know how much I hate the shit out of it. Except the snowman, whose Beanie Baby sits high above the deli at which I work watching over all of us every day. All hail Olaf, God of the supermarket deli.
 
Seems more like people taking whatever is hot and slapping their own ideology and agenda onto it.

I love Minions, but these ones are not Minions.
 
They are playing on those e cards that had the same phrases in them with equally nonsensical pictures. It is kind of my thing to make fun of the pictures to them when the phrase and pic don't match and hopefully make the poster feel bad.
 
To be fair though I see a ton of Minions posted along with the right wing bs, and they are known to associate with evil in the movies...
 
To me they're a mime to whatever is animation. It's something for everyone to say, "this is cute, but it doesn't mean anything in particular". It's part of the social boredom that is style. It's just like how every other person was into Spongebob at some point in time. It represents the wonders of childhood and the beauty of animation. It's sorta sad everyone accepts these creatures while we still have many different people who put gaming back to the stone age or inside some kid's room.

They hit the market just right with super hero parents and minions who do whatever you tell them to. It's easy for parents to get on board with it. We're all some sorta slave to society. We are all hard working minions.

Edit: I've never seen the movie. I'm more into other things than this, but you can tell lots of non-gamers and the like love these films for their adaptive and dominating tones.
 
r/minionhate is filled with these things similar to what's in the OP. I'd say it's a pretty irrational hatred but if I had to see these on my newsfeed I'd probably go a little nuts too.
 
i always feel like i'm having some sort of weird fever dream whenever i see them, i mean i don't understand who takes the time to make them, and why are they always compressed to hell and back?? oh god i just don't know i think i'm going to have a heart attack
 
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