Party at Meridian?
Badass. Thats the first word that comes to my head when I look at this facebook meme. For those of you who do not understand what this meme is talking about, it is indirectly talking about the new rules and regulations that have been set in the Meridian apartments at Penn State downtown. After much wreckage that occurred after the official Penn State holiday, State Patty's Day, rules were changed in the Meridian that they could not have any more parties.
This meme portrays a two to three year old girl on a pony saying that she will throw a party. This picture gives out a message of refusal and rebelling. It is extremely ironic how a little innocent girl was used to give out such a badass message. But I believe that this was all done on purpose. The use of the little girl arouses pathos because one comes to think that someone that naive will never be able to actually do something that hardcore and break the rules that one has signed in a contract. Overall though I find this meme hilarious and interesting. Obviously it's funny because of the two contradicting things put together...the picture and the text. It is also very complex and interesting because it has me wondering what will happen next in the Penn State Partying scene. Will the Meridian, one of the largest apartment complex's in downtown, be able to stop partying altogether or will the Meridian 3 always remain that one place that everybody is attempting to shuffly and find when they are at a high level of intoxication on a friday night?
This meme portrays a two to three year old girl on a pony saying that she will throw a party. This picture gives out a message of refusal and rebelling. It is extremely ironic how a little innocent girl was used to give out such a badass message. But I believe that this was all done on purpose. The use of the little girl arouses pathos because one comes to think that someone that naive will never be able to actually do something that hardcore and break the rules that one has signed in a contract. Overall though I find this meme hilarious and interesting. Obviously it's funny because of the two contradicting things put together...the picture and the text. It is also very complex and interesting because it has me wondering what will happen next in the Penn State Partying scene. Will the Meridian, one of the largest apartment complex's in downtown, be able to stop partying altogether or will the Meridian 3 always remain that one place that everybody is attempting to shuffly and find when they are at a high level of intoxication on a friday night?
I think this meme accurately portrays the attitudes of the residents at the Meridian. For people who were living there for many years and are used to throwing constant parties...how are they going to be able to just stop? I think this rule was very brash and a little too intense and somehow I think that with so many apartments and so many residents, the complex will not be able to fully stop partying.
ReplyDeleteWhile it definitely sucks to be told to stop partying, I do understand where the apartment complex is coming from. Ultimately, they own it and they make any rules they want to, within reason, for the tenants living there. I would say that this new regulation might backfire, but with off-campus housing close to campus at a premium they probably think that they will have no problem finding people to rent from them.
ReplyDeleteI was actually working that Saturday night for the auxiliary police when everything occurred. On my five hour shift it was the only exciting thing that happened. They called in two fire trucks, fire police and everyone had to evacuate the building. It was a nice break from just being out in the cold, walking. As for people having a good time on the weekends, I doubt it will stop, but I think it will kept to low key gatherings until the end of the semester.
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