So recently in a viral meme trend is the Find The Panda meme. Its kind of like Where's Waldo, but with a panda.... This is going to just be sort of a review of the meme cause I have a sort of love/hate relationship with it and I feel like other readers of this blog might feel the same way.
Why I love it
I love Where's Waldo and I love the idea of using current pop culture to do a Where's Waldo. They have a find the Panda in the group of stormtroopers. There's a find the panda in a group of metal heads... its really fun and I can't wait to see what else they come up with. So far I've only seen those and the yearbook photo where someone is holding the panda. I think its a really fun idea to just hide the panda in anything you can think of. Whoever came up with these are really clever.
Why I hate it
Hate is a strong word really... but what I don't like about it is that it is less challenging than Where's Waldo. Maybe that's just for me... idk but I feel like they made it easier for adults and for the digital world. Where's Waldo has huge scenes with lots of colors and lots of characters and some red herrings and its just challenging to find Waldo. The Panda pictures aren't as challenging because the pictures aren't that big, there isn't as much going on in the background... everything is the same color, there are no real red herrings... or in contrast everything is a red herring and the pandas are all pretty big in comparison to the tiny drawings of Waldo. The only exception is the yearbook photo one has a tiny panda. Other than that... I feel like they could make something slightly more challenging.
And I'm not saying its easy to find the panda... I just don't think the people that made the memes are as committed to these things as the artists of the Where's Waldo books. For some people maybe because of the lack of color its more difficult. Maybe this will be a new learning test. Seeing if Where's Waldo or Find the Panda is more challenging. Maybe its like in high school where they say if you like this book you won't like the other one... but idk. For some reason I'm thinking us looking at screens trying to find a panda isn't good.
That being said... I also kind of don't want the magic eye pictures to make a comeback. I can never see the big picture. And when everyone looks at them they're like "you have to look at them without really looking at them and I'm like "huh?" I guess I can't look at something without really looking at it.
There is also a panda hidden in this post... can you find it.
PS- There is no panda hidden here.
Byeeee!
-Shannon
Why I love it
I love Where's Waldo and I love the idea of using current pop culture to do a Where's Waldo. They have a find the Panda in the group of stormtroopers. There's a find the panda in a group of metal heads... its really fun and I can't wait to see what else they come up with. So far I've only seen those and the yearbook photo where someone is holding the panda. I think its a really fun idea to just hide the panda in anything you can think of. Whoever came up with these are really clever.
Why I hate it
Hate is a strong word really... but what I don't like about it is that it is less challenging than Where's Waldo. Maybe that's just for me... idk but I feel like they made it easier for adults and for the digital world. Where's Waldo has huge scenes with lots of colors and lots of characters and some red herrings and its just challenging to find Waldo. The Panda pictures aren't as challenging because the pictures aren't that big, there isn't as much going on in the background... everything is the same color, there are no real red herrings... or in contrast everything is a red herring and the pandas are all pretty big in comparison to the tiny drawings of Waldo. The only exception is the yearbook photo one has a tiny panda. Other than that... I feel like they could make something slightly more challenging.
And I'm not saying its easy to find the panda... I just don't think the people that made the memes are as committed to these things as the artists of the Where's Waldo books. For some people maybe because of the lack of color its more difficult. Maybe this will be a new learning test. Seeing if Where's Waldo or Find the Panda is more challenging. Maybe its like in high school where they say if you like this book you won't like the other one... but idk. For some reason I'm thinking us looking at screens trying to find a panda isn't good.
That being said... I also kind of don't want the magic eye pictures to make a comeback. I can never see the big picture. And when everyone looks at them they're like "you have to look at them without really looking at them and I'm like "huh?" I guess I can't look at something without really looking at it.
There is also a panda hidden in this post... can you find it.
PS- There is no panda hidden here.
Byeeee!
-Shannon
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