Hello Internet!
And welcome to behind the meme! where we take a look at the meaning and the origin of your
favorite memes and trends!
Today we have a look at Ear Rape!
Ear Rape!
This is by far the most highly requested topic I receive!
Many topics get requested pretty often by you guys, but ear rape is number 1! and I
don’t know why it has taken me so long to finally get to it but luckily the wait is
over and it’s time to learn about rape!…I mean earrape.
As always Thank you all so very much for your comments, I appreciate each and every single
one of you.
Who knows your request may be the next video!
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SO what exactly is ear rape?
From an outsiders perspective you may think it’s when a penis enters the ear without
consent.
Kinda like that one scene in scary movie.
Or you may even think its when you listen to a Justin Bieber song.
To be honest neither one of those answers is wrong, but this ear rape that we’re talking
about today is a bit different.Let me explain.
Ear rape is a term that refers to a popular practice online and especially in meme culture.
The term describes the trend of very loud and distorted audio clips, that often appear
in Youtube videos and memes.
The memes and videos in which it appears are vastly different.
It could literally be any video, or any meme, there is never a real pattern to their use
aside from the audio, meaning the practice of ear rape itself has become a meme.
Now Let me show you some examples so you can better understand what I’m talking about.one
last warning, I’m gonna lower the volume a bit while editing cause I don’t wanna
damage anybodys speakers, but you must understand it will still be loud because that is the
point of ear rape.
To make a video on ear rape I have to rape your ears in it.
Prepare your sweet little ear holes.
LOUD DISTORTED AUDIO
As you can see…or hear I guess in this situation, ear rape is loud!
Annoying!
And oddly humorous.
Some of the examples online even legitly aim to damage people’s ears,especially if you
have headphones on.
Hence the name ear rape.
One of the first known uses of the term ear rape used online came in July 2005 when the
user FelixFX of the website YTMND.com created a page using the term.
which he titled “I think something just raped my ears”and featured audio of singer
Avril lavigne singing a live version of the song Chop Suey, originally written and performed
by the band system of a down.
This version of the song is uhhhh…bad.
HORRIBLE SOUNDING MUSIC
You can clearly hear why he felt like his ears had been raped, it was loud and very
annoying but it wasn’t quite the ear rape that we know today.
At this point in the history of ear rape the loud distorted audio wasn’t used like it
is today, that practice started to begin in the following years.
Ear rape started to be heavily used in the genre of videos known as Youtube poop and
MLG compilations here on youtube.
Eventually becoming a defining trait of the genres.
Due to the popularity and audience of these types of video, the practice spread to a larger
audience.
Causing ear rape to move from a specific genre of video to becoming its own thing, spreading
far and beyond its original intention
It’s to the point now that ear rape is just a common occurrence that people deal with
and know is a part of the internet.
And surprisingly some people even enjoy it.
With many of the videos that use earrape and clearly define its use in the title of their
videos gaining hundreds of thousands of views.
If you regularly watch my videos you know how weird and whacky the meme world can be
so it makes total sense to the popularity of ear rape within that culture.
ear rape is like a type of prank, coming up at the most random of times and usually unexpected,
giving the creator of the video a type of power over the viewers.
It can be used as a type of trolling but with it’s current popularity it is more often
used as just a part of the language of the internet and memes.
So there you have it!
ear rape started off as a term to describe horrible music and has evolved into a trend
that is commonly used to destroy peoples speakers and ear drums.
You gotta love the internet!
But Hey!
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LOUD CAT SCREECH