Lebron James is popping up in Chinese videos shouting "What can I say?" - Is this a Chinese meme? (www.bilibili.com)
from atro_city@fedia.io to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 06:55
https://fedia.io/m/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world/t/3144284

I don’t speak Chinese so it’s a little bit confusing to see this pop up on my feed in GrayJay. Was LeBron James some kind of idol in China?

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thenose@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 07:45 next collapse

Is this some rage bait? Lol

atro_city@fedia.io on 13 Dec 08:48 collapse

Why would it be rage bait? Those videos look like commercials, but I don't know what they'd be advertising.

thenose@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 14:56 collapse

Idk saying it’s a LeBron ad while the vids show Kobe, or I ended up on the wrong video?lol

atro_city@fedia.io on 13 Dec 16:20 collapse

Sorry, I don't watch basketball. All I knew was that he was famous basketball player and LeBron was the first name that came to mind. Now I have to look up who LeBron is.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 08:02 next collapse

What can I say?

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website on 13 Dec 08:42 collapse

6-7.

I don’t know about the origins of this meme but I know basketball and the NBA are insanely popular in China.

atro_city@fedia.io on 13 Dec 08:49 collapse

6-7?

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website on 13 Dec 10:34 collapse

6-7.

atro_city@fedia.io on 13 Dec 12:30 collapse

"It has no fixed meaning".

Great, I can ignore it then.

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works on 13 Dec 13:02 next collapse

No, the official meaning is 碌柒

(cuz I said so)

Venator@lemmy.nz on 13 Dec 23:30 collapse

Seems like an example of childlore, which describes a specific species of meme that only propagates among children.

early_riser@lemmy.world on 16 Dec 14:18 collapse

didn’t even know childlore had a name or academic interest associated with it. until last year. When I was a kid I always wondered who came up with things like JIngle bells batman smells or those paper fortune teller thingies or the candyman/Bloody Mary or the game Doorknob and so on. I never saw adults doing or saying those things, so I figured some kid somewhere had to have made them up at some point and it just spread from there.