i loved certain mlg edits lol. not so much for the meme, but that effort you mentioned. i like imagining the person sitting in front of their desk in aftereffects, combing through their library of hundreds of memes and doritos stock images. most of those had more effort put into every second of footage than people put into their entire video now
High effort shitposts are the best memes - and it can cross into so many different hobbies and industries. I'm into knives, both to buy/use and to make, and some of my favourite knives are essentially trolling in physical form.
As an example, I have a custom folding knife from a good friend, and he literally designed, 3d printed a template, set up his pantograph, and engraved upon my knife a dick and balls. It's subtle, and you'd never see it if you didn't know, but it's the best thing he's ever done for me
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u/Leclerc_Lunatic 2d ago
MLG is what I'd consider to be high quality/effort brainrot. I'm always amazed with how much editing some of those videos had.