Chinese Reaction Images Are Insane

[@Chamelionroses]

Each country has it's own meme culture. The history is interesting.

[@martinguillengonzalez1139]

Lessons*

[@MaoRatto]

Mostly language barriers, but these are convergent evolution with rage comics.

[@toyotaprius79]

Fleg

[@HonnePerkele]

Finnish memes the superior 💪💪💪😎😎😎😎🧖‍♂️🧖‍♂️🧖‍♂️🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇮 🇸🇪=🤓🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇪=🗿🇪🇪🗿🇫🇮

[@tuongtang8974]

As a Vietnamese, we know this since 2010 and is very popular in Vietnam

[@Nick-ij5nt]

The panda on a ventilator is literally just the Chinese version of the orangutan on a ventilator meme. I can't believe some people are saying "they don't get it" when some of these are nearly identical.

[@Daimaza]

I can definitely see the ventilator one being used for "copium"

[@osheridan]

Jokes on you, I don't understand either

[@thegodofclowns7494]

I didn't even need to think about any of it to start giggling uncontrollably. It just looks so scuffed

[@ghifariasoka8272]

I see it as their own version of the "they're beating your ass on the qrts" meme

[@kozakos_vt]

@@Daimaza Although the characters on the tanks are "medical-use oxygen".

[@Typell]

As a Chinese that's been in both communities, I can proudly and happily say I understand multiple humors others don't.

[@bigfart-xo7qj]

The best part is that the Chinese ones actually have some meaning and can be commonly applied to daily life, but the Western ones like the Spongebob one literally have no meaning at all. Ask a Chinese what any of the Chinese memes mean and the will give you answer, but ask a western what the spongebob or shark one means and its just stupid shit hahaha. But the western ones are funnier.

[@cyberalex1036]

Truly a blessing for us English understanding Chinese people

[@cyberalex1036]

​@@bigfart-xo7qj each has their own uses Sometimes when memes don't work well biaoqingbao's just do effectively

[@ciaolecrack4968]

As a man who speaks Chinese and hate China with a passion, those are the worst, unlaughable memes with pointless 表情包 I’ve ever seen and I hope myself don’t understand Chinese at all, adios !

[@PumpyGT]

Same

[@NotSoGenesiz]

it’s weird how even though the meme cultures throughout the world are so different, they’re so similar at the same time

[@MaoRatto]

I call it convergent ideas, like how convergent evolution exists where the same problem is solved nearly identically.

[@yiyangqin4527]

"human are extremly similar especially when comes to humor"

[@KoeSeer]

i think it's same like how ancient human have similar technology, though it looked different.

[@mikeoxlong31]

Bro I just had a deja Vu I stg I've seen this comment before

[@matthewbruns8613]

Humans were shitposting in ancient Rome

[@RockyRakoon]

These kinds of emoticons are very popular in Vietnam too. They just look really funny I guess. We do use a lot of western memes too so I think it all depends on one’s sense of humor.

[@JackLuong]

tbh as a Vietnamese I think wojaks are much funnier than the chinese stuff

[@redbloody946]

Chinese influence hit hard

[@shinigummyl1586]

@@redbloody946 nice pendulum pfp

[@shinigummyl1586]

@@redbloody946 Wow you also use muzz's music gahdam

[@2006HondaCivicD]

I wish these are as popular in the Philippines because they are undeniably hilarious

[@Prince_Of_Fish]

its kind of beautiful actually that these very similar memes developed simultaneously without influence on eachother.

[@dorudon7774]

convergent evolution

[@vincemarenger7122]

@@dorudon7774 lol

[@thestudentofficial5483]

convergent evolution

[@ghoulbuster1]

Memes, the DNA OF THE SOUL

[@rememberme3156]

convergent evolution

[@Lewisiaisoutofcontext]

Fun fact! Here in Sweden, a significant portion of our memes/reaction images are of our current king, Carl XVI Gustaf, lovingly referred to as 'Knugen' because of a misspelling of 'kungen', aka. 'the king' in Swedish, that this adorable man once happened to make because he's dyslexic. He's adorable, wears a lot of funny hats, and is an overall national treasure.

[@mishXY]

So that would mean something like 'the knig'? 😂

[@gary7846]

I know this fact lol

[@Lewisiaisoutofcontext]

@@mishXY YES exactly!! The knig 😍

[@meloncholy428]

Oh I love him and his sweet hats.

[@tankman5783]

@@Lewisiaisoutofcontext The Nig?

[@kamikaze418]

The fact that reaction memes have so much potential it's insane what we can come up with in the future

[@gigahalal]

wong sing Shu woi no yo

[@gigahalal]

bing chilling

[@dogidogediggidydogedd957]

雞巴阿洛克雞巴吸！這是格魯里烏斯中國說唱歌手，冰夏龍！

[@gigahalal]

@@dogidogediggidydogedd957 😢

[@gigahalal]

@@dogidogediggidydogedd957 bing xialog 😱😱😱

[@A_Dog_Named_Vox]

Correction: “表情”, or "Facial Expressions" in Chinese, refers to different things than “表情(Facial Expressions) 包(Bags / Packs)”. “表情” is usually emojis or emoticons, basically things that look like a face and convey emotions in more conventional ways. “表情包” is named with the additional "pack" since they can pack (concentrate) a lot of emotions at once. They are more akin to reaction images. So, yeah, the "Bao" makes a difference - but, still, thanks for the shoutout! As for other things about Chinese meme culture: We have similar terms to English memes, but used VERY differently. We also use "daddy", or “爸爸”, as a meme. However, it is not sexual at all in Chinese contexts. In fact, calling someone daddy is seen to be the a sign of ultimate respect and gratitude for the person (basically because of Chinese family cultures and whatnot). So, in many 表情包, you can find captions referring to the "fact" that the user is the receiver's dad. We also feature a lot of dogs, but in almost the opposite connotation as in English. If you call someone a "dog", or “狗”, it is a MASSIVE sign of absolute disrespect and means you want to stir up a fight. People often use 表情包 calling each other dogs as insults. Yes, even dog lovers use the word 狗 in this context quite liberally. In funny pet videos where the owner pranks the dog, a common comment is "I [the pet] might not be a human, but you [the owner] is a real dog", or “我可能不是人，但你是真的狗”. [TRIGGER WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES AND GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE AHEAD] We also make a lot of yomama jokes, but WAYYY nastier than "yomama fat". One copypasta insult, I remember, is very story-like description of how the receiver's mom is cremated while she is still alive, so she screamed and struggled in agony for three day straight, with the funeral directors tying her up with chains to mke sure she dies. After she is cremated, her ashes are simply spread on the streets before a street washer sent it all into the sewer while playing happy songs. So, yeah.

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

You we also have that in Arabic for dog. Saying somebody is a dog is like saying they're mean, evil, even inhuman. چلب But it's also a very light insult in the sense that even kids know it.

[@extrapathos]

I like the additional "pack" on reaction images since they're more ambiguous and convey complex emotions, smart

[@PhantomGato-v-]

Well, it's actually called pack bc They usually come in themed packs but the rest is on point lol

[@Hanhan_the_Dolphin]

In Chinese, dog is the most commonly used animal name for insulting. Calling someone a dog is more offensive than calling him/her a pig or a donkey

[@Haru-rs2su]

Damn, that last part got me shaking in my boots

[@penalties_]

This year a chinese guy joined my class. I once peeked onto what was he doing and man i saw that panda reaction image that got me laughing for some time. I'm not the only one that saw them it seems.

[@luisushi4052]

ngl that panda on copium got me dying of laughing for minutes

[@cyberalex1036]

As a Chinese when i saw the tweet in the video made about what context to use it in It was fucking hilarious to me lol

[@luisushi4052]

@@cyberalex1036 i think it would be extra funnier when you don't know Chinese. The random texts made me crack hard

[@haha-on5fd]

Shoutout to the panda having a pressure regulator for safe copium consumption

[@Vandarte_translator]

I knew the tank had copium inside. lmao

[@stare4539]

loool

[@OnlyGrafting]

What's funny is that for western people the easiest way to see the Inbetween of meme culture is to look at the memes out of Spain and Hispanic countries. You can tell they're western but they also are foreign too, and there's something profoundly funny about them even if they have a foreign language alongside.

[@RunningShovel]

Hispanic Evangelion memes are 🔥

[@MC-bo6ql]

@@RunningShovel Literally the best thing latinos have done wih Japansese media, anime shitposts, with Eva having the funniest content.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

​@@MC-bo6ql yeah

[@techissus7449]

@@MC-bo6ql Rei Chikita y Queso babon

[@k.umquat8604]

Turkish memes are funny as well

[@TheMasterOfCornedy]

the person that wrote "like what context do you even use this in" is probably the same person that uses 💀💀💀 on a regular basis

[@NexTDesigns]

average twitter user

[@strudelh]

They refuse to use even one brain cell to anything thats foreign, it's so funny. Like it's literally pepe/soyjack memes but Chinese lol

[@craftah]

copium

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

💀

[@noobiamyes4853]

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[@ballfish9661]

2:21 i like how the Chinese there is literally some random American google translating the english into Chinese such that other American can google translate it back to English

[@siyustuff213]

i love that you covered this, having spent a year in shanghai its really interesting to see the differences and similarities between the east and west ps, "Bao Qing Bao" means expression pack and is most commonly used to refer to wechat stickers, which essentially are copied and spread around friend groups and across the net

[@edenli9630]

I love how you progressively pronouce Biaoqingbao more accurately through the video

[@spriteonmeth1080]

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[@k.umquat8604]

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[@Kirby23232323]

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[@minecraftdork420]

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[@Playing096]

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[@Walker-84473]

The soul for Biaoqingbao is actually the caption, it can turn a random image into the most brutal roast you’ll ever seen. My favourite one shown in the video is: “the cemetery made a call, asking you the rareness of your mom” Also I think we can all agree here that your mom joke is universal gold

[@YuzuEdelweiss]

It's never unfunny to make fun of other people's mom

[@speedeespeedboi9527]

Ni mama

[@edenli9630]

@@speedeespeedboi9527 Only use one Ma for maximum effect, That's how we curse other people

[@futiffany8740]

you know ur mom jokes are good when you can trace it back a couple thousand years ago edit:it's 3500 years ago

[@LutasticLu]

@@edenli9630 Calling their moms old is even worse apparently

[@yaoalvin7635]

Fun fact: Biaoqing bao” is written as 表情包 in simplified Chinese and it is somewhat a slang that means “expression package” and the design of it is somewhat a figure/symbol/meme classic like Pepe the frog but in China is a way.

[@PhyNxFyre]

That makes no sense, 包 in this context means "pack" as in package, because the reaction images are typically downloaded in WeChat as a whole set with the same theme

[@irisblink]

it basically just means expression bag

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

@@irisblink expression pack

[@irisblink]

@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx what was the point of this reply

[@haharmageddontv6581]

more like wojak

[@aihtyncz5145]

Chinese person here. IMHO the reason why Chinese memes look quite different from western ones is not only due to the firewall, but also language barrier and cultural difference in general. There are many expressions that only make sense in Chinese, or rather, offer a better or stronger sense of emotion. For example, the biaoqingbao at 0:45 literally means “I need some oxygen”, which in Chinese, means being very, very overwhelmed. There is no equivalent slang in other languages (as far as I’m aware), which is why most non-Chinese people wouldn’t get it.

[@aihtyncz5145]

Btw, I guess a nearly equivalent emoji with 0:45 would be this: 😇

[@aihtyncz5145]

Also, there is a population bias, as this video only discusses the Chinese version of the rage comics. There are many different biaoqingbaos to choose from, and for me personally, I rarely use one of these comic or hand-drawn biaoqingbaos… it seems that those types of biaoqingbaos appear more often on public forums than private messages

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

biaoqingba equivalent is pepe dosing on copium

[@SparklingJoeYT]

Meme culture is our generation's dadaism but on a global scale, it's really heartening that even in the darkest of days absurdist and expressionist art will always resonate.

[@tastywater_]

Never thought I'd see the day LIMC say Biaoqing Bao with flawless pronunciation. Edit: The replies to this comment are a great example of people who do not understand satire.

[@fastmrpug637]

not really flawless but it's great pronunciation from someone that isn't familiar with the language

[@yesno8273]

me when i spread false pronunciations on the internet

[@Toleich]

He sounds Australian. The eastern cities are basically China at this point.

[@yeet6328]

@Infinity it's bing chilling

[@devd_rx]

@Infinity what's a qing billing ong

[@chongjunxiang3002]

Actual Chinese speaker that use their chat app here. Biaoqingbao shown in this video are just edge of iceberg what they use to communicate, there are more varient and style. It is not just a crop of face into a panda head. Other varient such as out of context anime screenshot with fake caption, Yajuu Senpai reference, manipulated emoji from both Unicode and baidu etc... Those things are prevelant in chat app, not only in social media. It is use as sticker to express your ironic reaction. And the trend change very fast. The one use in example are already out of fashion at least 5 years ago, right now you are more likely to see anime screenshot edit, doge, cat, and chat sticker similar to Line.

[@AndrewMystx]

Cat memes supremacy lmao I have at least 10 of those

[@angsern8455]

There's also memes made with faces of your friends

[@ironiiioxide6167]

I can imagine, there even is a big difference in meme culture from the US to Mexico

[@sillyworthy]

@@angsern8455yeah lol

[@Jadeddoxy]

Reaction memes are honestly one of the best thing for the internet to make

[@spunkiethejunkie]

Reaction images easily take the place of most enjoyable internet content for me. They never fail to make me laugh and they beautifully season my text conversations with my friends. I would legitimately be so lost without reaction images

[@elliotville7820]

I've been seeing these reaction images from CN artists that I followed on Twitter. Never fails to make me smile

[@extrapathos]

I saw the low resolution ones on Pinterest and assumed they were just usual reaction images before learning they were specifically Chinese. The strangling one got me 😭😭

[@BaSingh2006]

It'd be nice if these reactions spilled over here to us

[@dogidogediggidydogedd957]

公雞

[@thepowerofsand6180]

Nah, we already have enough unfunny reaction images

[@BaSingh2006]

@@thepowerofsand6180 the chinese ones are straight up fire tho 💥

[@flaregamer64]

​@@BaSingh2006 "Straight up fire" 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 moment

[@louie2747]

@@BaSingh2006 Nah

[@BruhMoment-cs6tj]

When the Great Firewall finally down, we will get the most scrumptious exotic memes ever.

[@kentam6891]

Most ppl in China already uses VPN, so the firewall coming down won’t change shit

[@FunctionallyLiteratePerson]

Or just get them from someone who uses wechat or weibo

[@zebimicio5204]

@@knightlypoleaxe2501 I mean, you can already see what koreans and japanese are capable of there, just imagine that but x100 lmao

[@angsern8455]

They use VPNs, plus, unless you speak Chinese, you probably can’t understand some of them.

[@RoflcopterLamo]

@@angsern8455 That’s part of the joke. Have you seen Spanish memes sometimes you understand what there saying and other times you have no idea but the meme is funnier because of it

[@jma0645]

I had a classmate in middle school how arrived from china just a year before being in my class and she would send this goofy reaction to the most normal messages ever like i would thank someone for the homework and she would reply with the panda doing something weird af Also the slap one at 1:55

[@NetBattler]

The amount of cringe....

[@osheridan]

That's strange but sweet lol

[@tibbygaycat]

I love it that's amazing

[@ma2tw683]

​@Another Style Gororo who hurt you as a child

[@cringe5393]

@@ma2tw683 i would say it's their dad but i don't think this mf have a dad at all

[@bananaborealis9515]

It’s so hilarious seeing someone analysing Biaoqingbao in such academic level of precision. As someone who’s exposed so western and Chinese memes from social media on a daily basis this is too funny to watch 😂😂😂

[@Thelostboots]

I love how LIMC uses academic citations. The videos are so thorough!

[@Hirotara]

Americans when they find out other countries have memes too

[@km099]

They stole Wojak from us Europeans anyway

[@km099]

@@Regarded69 FeelsGoodMan

[@cyberalex1036]

As a person who uses both as I'm a Chinese It's surprising how both memes and these reaction images are so different, sometimes memes don't really work well and then there's these to use

[@benjagamer745]

The SEA Chinese community enjoying the memes from both worlds

[@boiledbone3966]

Fr

[@sidekic1109]

Malaysian Chinese gang rise up

[@dustenekoes28]

The great thing about these kinds of memes is that they are almost always understood without need of translation. I can’t read the text, I don’t know Cantonese or Mandarin, but I understand how the panda laughing/crying while grabbing at his head feels

[@Cantbutlovestosing]

0:17 Nah man you good

[@spoopyd.8910]

FINALLY IT'S GETTING THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES. They also do fantastic edits of the stickmen from Groove battle.

[@OverStrive2008]

Pmanda

[@Zdfzrfdsfj]

Oh my god please don't mention that

[@deadwinter31]

Recognizing by Western media?

[@HiimIny]

also country balls animations! dude fr I swear, country balls produced in china always have so much animation in them, its insane.

[@grandiewandie]

@@deadwinter31Yes, attention they deserve in counties outside china, id say it’s a big achievement to create memes that people who don’t even the context or how to even read the text laugh at your memes.

[@scrubblesi1233]

I use these quite frequently but I’m surprised they got their own thing

[@ghifariasoka8272]

I'm not sure if it applies to other parts of Indonesia, but from my experience as an Indonesian, we text with *a lot* of reaction images. Some I believe were self made, others from local forums like kaskus or the internet

[@redline1916]

0:40 I use that reaction image when I am either A. Dying of laughter B. Actually in the hospital

[@argonianguy6226]

It's always so charming to see how every part of the world got their own local memes and jokes

[@spriteonmeth1080]

The panda memes are like the OG chinese reaction image, but by now it isnt really a meme anymore, just an everyday picture used to express emotions. The current national meme of China is the song 《只因你太美》sung by 蔡徐坤 (Cai Xukun). The meme has been around for at least 4 years now, and doesn't seem to be dying down anytime soon. The main gimmick is about how he gravely mispronounced his lyrics to the point where they seem completely different from what they were actually supposed to mean, as well as his goofy ass dance/ basketball moves. Here's a link for yall to see for yourselves kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6iwpWlrf56pgas

[@zhiychen1626]

厉不厉害你坤哥

[@egyptianpools]

who is that dude? is he an idol? i need more context aaa

[@soldatensieg]

@@egyptianpools i think cai xukun is an idol

[@crimson_koi1092]

@@egyptianpools He is. If you watched the video you might be impressed by his funny dance moves, and accordingly the internet made a shitton of memes based on him. Yet, he, or the company he belongs, later sued the platform, Bilibili where all the memes explodes, for the memes. The internet of course made more memes as a comeback.

[@spriteonmeth1080]

@@egyptianpools yea hes a chinese idol who everyone loves clowning on

[@utubecomtw13]

Correction BiaoQingBao consists of 3 words meaning Facial Expression(emotion) Bag(pack) due to the nature of these emojis usually comes in a pack as it is common in asian social apps to purchase set amount of emojis in a package from a specific creator such as AOT, Tokyo Ghoul, Crayon Shin-Chan packs.

[@rurimoto]

The panda face 💀💀

[@dogidogediggidydogedd957]

那個屁股布魯

[@909mcronald]

​@@dogidogediggidydogedd957nice profile pic sir🍷🗿

[@bethgerong186]

@@dogidogediggidydogedd957 Oi, That is a lavish dog ain't it?

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Regional type of memes are also amazing to look into. Here in Indonesia, most commons memes are reaction images / WhatsApp stickers of black men with captions such as: "sebaiknya jangan terlalu gegabah" (better not be too bold), "pake nanya 😂" (you're still asking?) "waduh 😅" (whoops) "di luar nalar coy! 👉😲👈" (it's not logical!) "mamah aku takut" (mommy i'm scared)

[@alphafuse9079]

My psychological teacher when they check my phone not knowing I have 1 GB stickers of black man and anime tiddies:

[@austinschwartz7424]

what's interesting is that I think that their reaction images are a lot like our early 2000s memes. The reaction images seem similar to our old emoticons and abbreviations like LMAO/LOL or pepe and troll face. I wonder that since the firewall is blocking western influence are they simply slower in their timeline? like, are they in our early 2000s era of memes and going through the same or at least identical eras we are. in 10 to 15 years will they be going through similar meme stages as we are today(barring the CCP doesn't collapse). If so then I need to go to china so that I would finally be up to date in my sense of humor.

[@user-ee5ll7dd2j]

No, you have to know that these memes existed in China more than ten years ago, and now there are more than these popular in China. Although there are many people on the Internet, it needs to take into account the different cultures of different places, so memes are relatively easy to understand, and The Chinese Internet does not need to consider these at all, so in fact, Chinese people will find it boring to watch many foreign memes, as if they were products of more than ten years ago. (hope google translate can understand me)😂😂😂

[@cokecan6169]

It's not that. Asians online have access to much of the same stuff via VPNs. But culture has a big influence on meme evolution. I look at both eastern and western memes, and one thing I've noticed is that a branch of American memes has went bizarro in recent years, for example pairing the letter E with a random deep-fried image, trying to deliberately subvert expectations, while Asians seem to prefer more literal memes that can be used in interactive context. So you won't find memes like "ahh yes, enslaved water" in use in Asia because it can't really be used in online conversation, while photo and video memes do find popularity because they can be employed in a variety of situations. Tldr people in Asia seem to be more materialistic with their memes still while a small portion of the west that has been hyper experimenting with memeing as an abstract art form have inadvertently shaped the nonsensical sense of humor of a generation.

[@blueiguana430]

the captions convey so much more than just lmao..you’ll have to be Chinese to get it though

[@vibraniumpotato6493]

0:39 my reaction when the math quiz is tomorrow

[@V0W4N]

the original "what context do you use this in" image is literally pepe copium lmfaoooo

[@hamp1.051]

Glory to MAOZEDONG

[@yellowteaspoond5507]

💀

[@Vertex_vortex]

​@@yellowteaspoond5507 💀

[@dogidogediggidydogedd957]

中共最棒

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

Long live the CPC.

[@striker7469]

Wtf?!

[@Fu_XiaoChen]

Fucking crazy for me as a Chinese watching a Western explaining the Chinese meme to other Western people with his understanding.

[@mohammad8147]

Nyhao! i have a question from you China and india both have large populations and we can see indians in every social media and comment sections and... but that's not same about china and it's very rare to find a Chinese in comment section or social media environment in general. Why is that?is western apps banned or what?im just curious

[@Fu_XiaoChen]

@@mohammad8147 Lel CCP banned those western apps with internet censorship methods.

[@jskjs6547]

​@@mohammad8147bilibili = KZbin ，贴吧 ＝Reddit，微博=Twitter

[@greenlink445]

1:21 that guys pfp gives me insane nostalgia

[@Ibloop]

And that’s why the chose ut

[@saltysalt844]

What is that

[@greenlink445]

@@saltysalt844 old cartoon show I can't remember the name of

[@croma2068]

That meme of the bear on life support makes total sense to me - it's copium! It might also be similar to "deadge", the Roblox oof and others.

[@Chinesetakeout382]

I think it would really be interesting for either you or another channel to catalog meme culture in other nations.

[@km099]

Time to open the meme silk road to China

[@seft8101]

Thanks for this info. I've always wondered why my Chinese CSGO teammates have that picture

[@Vitoguro]

Yankies when they realize that maybe they are not the only culture present on the internet: 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯

[@supercool1395]

ngl im spy of bilibili and i saw these images everyday

[@bimobd3449]

i got liveleak video type shit on bilibili

[@True-man0124]

Pov : This is actually Chinese version of rage comic.

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

I still find it funny that we went full cicle with "Rage Faces" went from loved to hated and now Wojacks are the new cool

[@creatrotera]

im glad that this turns out quite wholesome as people share their culture and memes XD

[@lampoilropebombs0640]

As an actual Chinese person, all of these images are either outdated or classic. The new ones are only crazier than these shown.

[@noro329]

The panda in the hospital made me think of the meme: “He tried they/them pussy”

[@Just_Denis2006]

Now I know the name of this cursed panda images

[@Pandope616]

There's something nostalgic that I can't explain with these images

[@GjoobAndSkarmory]

me too bro

[@ChilledBacon]

I saw one in an anime and thought it was hilarious. Didn’t realize it was an over seas meme

[@Jyryp]

What is even more intresting is the ways chinese internet users evade censorship and that constant tug of war with government censorship

[@fangbozhu7379]

im from china and no one here probably knows this better than i do, but these emoticons are just 'slightly' out of date. the current social sphere of memes in china is much, much more complex than it once was

[@WoundPxnetration]

I thought youtube was banned in china

[@be7256]

@@WoundPxnetration vpns man

[@fangbozhu7379]

@@WoundPxnetration well you would be right

[@thememesterbutdifferentname]

I need that hospitalized panda reaction image

[@NastyAngel]

google 'hospitalized panda meme'

[@rainmanslim4611]

Chinese friend of mine has said the same about our reactions too. Love it

[@4nt0s]

Why does the life support panda look like chuck mcgill

[@MrKevinMeow]

I have a very similar panda expression that I occasionally use in QQ and WeChat. I use it when someone say or share a pic of something stupid, like it’s so dumb it sent me into a coma just by reading the texts. I hope this helps lol.

[@Wesyan1999]

it's interesting how those are similar to wojaks, both seem to be a way of transforming an image of someone into drawing, for wojaks you trace over them and for the pandas you just turn the face black and white and multiply over a hand drawn image

[@stanleyj9839]

This channel will be regarded as recorded history on meme culture for futures generations

[@cloudykid7278]

This just goes to show that memes in general can be weird if you have no prior context to seeing them

[@captaindoesyoutube7925]

There’s also this guy who draws Mokou from Touhou doing various things with intentional Engrish captions

[@The360MlgNoscoper]

Lol

[@SiPakRubah]

This just felt like how ancient Chinese managed to grow without any Greek or Roman empires influenced, yet they managed to be as civilised as them

[@CallmeAlexey]

i always saw this as a pfp on steam, or just memes on some sites. it was weird, cringe even, yeah. but after thinking, i realized anything would be weird without the context, and just like how we respect cultural differences, meme context is also a part of culture, so its no big deal. its good someone finally pointed this out, and also explained about the meme too lol.

[@breekii69x]

yeah thought so too.

[@snackeries]

This is indeed one of the chinese best inventions of all time

[@kingbaltazar7974]

You'll see this meme in csgo like every match

[@zhenyuyuan7699]

these images are so old. I remember using them 10years ago.

[@fallenflower101]

One another important reason of these funny emojis or meme have been developed is the strict rules of posting text on CN sosical media, every single sentence which contains "forbidden characters" would be automatically replaced with random ***, so using images to bypass those shit Internet rules are very popular among chinese young people :)

[@gmr6924]

0:43 "what context do you even use this in?" well that image seems very copium to me

[@xann2681]

1:46, bruh, showing emotions in china isnt banned

[@nahoj.2569]

it might mean that it is seen as uncouth, like in japan. stoicism is a big thing in the east, no?

[@cyTerms]

hearing limc pronouncing "bao" is funny asf lol

[@artyom1264]

This meme exist literally like years ago and now the meme community finally know about it It is known a lot in both china and vietnam

[@smorf1385]

biao qing bao (表情包) basically mean a pack of these emojis that you download on your phone to use in messaging apps or websites, biao qing meaning facial expressions, bao meaning pack, combine to mean a pack of emojis. the memes though aren't call biao qing, they usually called 貼圖 (Tiētú) or what we know as stickers. * note that 表情包(Biǎoqíng bāo) and 貼圖包(Tiētú bāo) work interchangeably ** edit. biao qing bao means more emoji and Tiētú bāo is more for memes, but still they work interchangeably

[@birdcooles7799]

Ok

[@ded4ss]

0:33 my guy said🥚

[@DaKingKayden]

Nah he said 🥦

[@Shahzad-ss1jq]

It'd be great if you did this for other countries

[@Blaqw00D]

"standing here, I realize you were just like me"

[@LiquidSoapDrinker]

"Shitpost Diplomacy" I love it

[@LPTV84]

Cool to know how each country has their own meme culture

[@jonh101]

Since my family is Chinese I see these all the time which is very funny

[@ok-wi7kt]

We humans have more in common than not

[@ReifinDFanchon]

I visit Chinese and Korean website in almost daily basis, it's fucking hilarious every time I see shit like that. Forcing my brain to go overtime trying to understand the hell is happening in the forum.

[@d4rln_snstr534]

This video just made me realize how amazing reaction memes are. I serious can't imagine what the internet would be like without them

[@Spring_32]

Every culture has its own memes. For instance, Italian memes are mostly based on 90s/00s commercial TV icons and modern day politicians, those who are not into italian culture would get a heck out of them. We also still retain cultural influences from films like "Fantozzi", that basically created its own "memes" in the 80s, literally meme culture ante litteram, and 99% of the foreigners don't understand "Fantozzi" because is something that is so much written from italians to italians. Every culture has its own meme landscape, argumenting on "how absurd they are" is just blatant ignorance. Everything looks absurd from an outsider perspective.

[@MaoRatto]

The way your own language is, it's the most culturally... Unique perspective compared to a standard romance language. The sentences are WEIRD from my perspective. It's strange for a Romance language, it's not like most Vulgar Latin.

[@soledesertion]

it isn’t that deep

[@_Devil]

Really goes to show just how similar us humans can be. China is stuck behind the aforementioned Great Firewall, theoretically completely isolated from the entire West, and yet they still developed very similar Pepjak-style images for reaction memes. This imo is why Shitpost Diplomacy will become an actual art in the 21st century

[@migaloo364]

Well a quarter of all Chinese people have access use VPNs to access the outside world, so I'm pretty sure that a lot of these are at least somewhat inspired by memes that are foreign to them.

[@VoxelMusic]

i notice a lot of chinese memes suffer a language barrier that western memes dont. even though there is way more liguistic diversity in western meme creators, they usually rely on visuals and keep text to a minimum meaning most people can understand them without needing to know the language.

[@hopped1359]

fun fact, the early days of baoqing bao had a green tint to the image, cuz people kept reposting it on WeChat and it automatically optimize the resolution and weirdly it slowly turns greener and more blurry.

[@ashiagefa646]

The panda man is inhaling from two cans labeled "Medical Oxygen Can", it is indicated the man almost fainted from the unbelievable things he just saw, or it could use in extremely hilarious situation where one laughs out of breath.