indigominoskyridehttp://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/grasping+at+strawsgr8stalinskyrideIsn't that just hilarious though? Like obviously "raise your pauses" isn't that funny, but the fact you can get so many people to do it?
I just don't see what people think Twitch chat should be? It's like going to a Football match and complaining that people are screaming and shouting instead of having incredible in-depth discussions about the latest metagame and shoe building materials.
But this ISN'T the equivalent of going to a sports game and hearing a chant. I cannot find a more accurate term than memespouting to describe what the chat is. It's not going "LET'S GO YANKEES LET'S GO" or a pocket of people chanting "DEEEEEEFENSE, DEEEEEEFENSE", it's idiots parroting a horrible ascii catchphrase because it's "funny" to flood a chatroom. There's actual passion in the former, there's none in the latter.
Twitch chat SHOULD be the equivalent of going to a sports game and joining in on relevant chants and talking with other spectators about the game, not watching a PewDiePie/Two Best Friends Play/Totalbiscut/Whatever completely retarded e-celeb LPer you like youtube video and reading the comments section.
It's just people being excited. If you actually think about "let's go yankees", its actually a totally meaningless statement, but tons of people say it and just rolls of the tonuge really easily when you're excited because it's only like 4 syllables. It's like the irl equivelant of CTRL + C CTRL + V.
"Let's go yankees!"
Go where? What are we doing there? How are we going to get there?
http://bit.ly/13HWxFT
I dunno, you tell us.