WTF is up with these?

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

Every second thing on Facebook is some picture of them inlcuding a clever message. I've seen the film and... they were not that clever. A side-act. Who in the world decided they were perfect to accompany smug shite?

[ursus arctos]

WTF is up with these?

The minions of our capitalist overlords

[linus]

WTF is up with these?

It's an amalgam of masonic mainstays crammed into a cartoon character, including the all-seeing eye, the blue apron worn at the waist, and the masonic god symbol "G".

[EIM]

WTF is up with these?

The last place I worked at had them plastered everywhere, for no apparent reason. It was very odd.

[DCI Harry Batt]

WTF is up with these?

What is it?

[ursus arctos]

WTF is up with these?

A "minion" figure from the Despicable Me franchise

[DCI Harry Batt]

WTF is up with these?

Ah right. I've not seen it. Them. Whatever. It looks vaguely familiar.

[Stumpy Pepys]

WTF is up with these?

linus wrote: It's an amalgam of masonic mainstays crammed into a cartoon character, including the all-seeing eye, the blue apron worn at the waist, and the masonic god symbol "G".

Oh, what? It's just more illuminati symbolism, indoctrinating our beautiful children?

[Fires up davidicke.com]

[San Bernardhinault]

WTF is up with these?

The most bizarre thing about the memes that have minions with quotes is that the minions (as far as I can tell) never say anything at all.

[Fussbudget]

WTF is up with these?

I believe they say "bottom".

[Guy Profumo]

WTF is up with these?

Pietro Paolo Virdis wrote: Every second thing on Facebook is some picture of them inlcuding a clever message. I've seen the film and... they were not that clever. A side-act. Who in the world decided they were perfect to accompany smug shite?

Oh come on. Lighten up.

You are not their "target demographic"

[Incandenza]

WTF is up with these?

[G-Man]

WTF is up with these?

Guy Potger wrote:

Every second thing on Facebook is some picture of them inlcuding a clever message. I've seen the film and... they were not that clever. A side-act. Who in the world decided they were perfect to accompany smug shite?

Oh come on. Lighten up.

You are not their "target demographic"

PPV is setting himself up as the grumpy old man of OTF who gets awfully upset by the most innocuous things. Throw in a few swearwords for effect. It's his shtick.

[3 Colours Red]

WTF is up with these?

I can't be the only one who'd rather watch a whole month of the minions than another second of Bloody Frozen (that capital B is not a typo, it's now officially part of the name).

[Various Artist]

WTF is up with these?

Ditto. I finally heard that Bloody Song from it only a month or two ago (Let It Bloody Go) and was (mildly) amazed to discover just how bloody bad it is. I honestly thought I must have missed something, given how inexplicably globe-gobbling it's been and continues to be, as it was so stultifyingly mediocre it sounded like any old number from a second-rate stage musical. My brother pointed out to me that this is (partially, at least) down to how it apparently has to be able to work translated into any of the gazillion languages Disney will attempt to flog the product in across the globe, so anything resembling linguistic invention, wordplay, etc. is ruled out, leaving us with a mere outline of vague optimism and generic 'empowerment'. I'd contend that this still doesn't explain why it's got such a shit tune, mind, but there we go.

[linus]

WTF is up with these?

Did you have daughters to take to watch that, or were you coerced by your GF/spouse?

[3 Colours Red]

WTF is up with these?

No, but I do have a young niece and a working Blu-Ray player.

[Incandenza]

WTF is up with these?

Velvet Android wrote: Ditto. I finally heard that Bloody Song from it only a month or two ago (Let It Bloody Go) and was (mildly) amazed to discover just how bloody bad it is. I honestly thought I must have missed something, given how inexplicably globe-gobbling it's been and continues to be, as it was so stultifyingly mediocre it sounded like any old number from a second-rate stage musical. My brother pointed out to me that this is (partially, at least) down to how it apparently has to be able to work translated into any of the gazillion languages Disney will attempt to flog the product in across the globe, so anything resembling linguistic invention, wordplay, etc. is ruled out, leaving us with a mere outline of vague optimism and generic 'empowerment'. I'd contend that this still doesn't explain why it's got such a shit tune, mind, but there we go.

I actually completely disagree, it works really well in the story and there is plenty of wordplay dealing with ice and freezing. The first time I saw it (I think my daughter was the only girl in America not to see it in the theater) I understood why it was so popular.