It began with LOLCATS, then swamped tumblr, and now produces services like capn.me.
The human capacity for smart-arsed remarks literally knows no bounds. Witness that the web is fast becoming little more than a repository for and endless sea of hack snaps topped or tailed with yet another bon fucking mot, and you'll be forced to agree.
That description makes it sound easy. If you think that's the case, take a look at this post, for example, or this tumblr blog (written by a copywriter), and be swiftly disabused of your delusions.
Hilarious captioning isn't exactly rocket science, but it does take some adroitness with language and, well, humour, as well as taste—restraint is key.
If you're the kind of person who thinks 140 characters is an unworkable limit, try captioning. If you think you're a master of the witty one-liner, try captioning.
Me? Knowing full well that (as I informed The Designer last week) short copy is my shortcoming, I'm not trying captioning. In fact, I'm staying the hell away from it. But if you see, or make, something as witty as this, send it to me.
P.S. As an imageless addition to this post, see this title. Oh, humour.
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