Fouklaring (explanation)
This submission will make an attempt to explain the following meme:
What can be seen here is philosopher Michel Foucault. He is wearing a jacket and is outside. He appears to be standing in front of a crowd who appears to be demonstrating. What makes this picture classify as a meme is the text that has been added. The text is Danish and it reads: "Det' for koldt".
To understand this text and the humor related, it is necessary to translate the text to English. This is difficult as the meaning is ingrained within the Danish language the text has been written in. However, it is possible to explain the two meanings which exist in this text:
One way of translating the text to English would be: "it's Foucault". This translation seems to exemplify the idea that the text is making an obvious statement of who is in this picture. This is however only one of the two intended meanings.
The other way of translating the text would give the following result: "its too cold". By positioning this text into a context of a picture that features Michel Foucault, one can draw the meaning that it is as if Foucault himself is the speaker of the text. This can be considered due to his demeanor seen in the picture and the setting: combining such elements gives the impression that Foucault is freezing and has chosen to state this point. That he by this logic would be stating it in Danish would of course be odd as Foucault was not Danish and this is why such an observation is irrelevant as it ruins the joke.
The reason for having written this in Danish is in order to maintain this dual-meaning since "Foucault" and "for koldt" both look and sound similar.
To understand this text and the humor related, it is necessary to translate the text to English. This is difficult as the meaning is ingrained within the Danish language the text has been written in. However, it is possible to explain the two meanings which exist in this text:
One way of translating the text to English would be: "it's Foucault". This translation seems to exemplify the idea that the text is making an obvious statement of who is in this picture. This is however only one of the two intended meanings.
The other way of translating the text would give the following result: "its too cold". By positioning this text into a context of a picture that features Michel Foucault, one can draw the meaning that it is as if Foucault himself is the speaker of the text. This can be considered due to his demeanor seen in the picture and the setting: combining such elements gives the impression that Foucault is freezing and has chosen to state this point. That he by this logic would be stating it in Danish would of course be odd as Foucault was not Danish and this is why such an observation is irrelevant as it ruins the joke.
The reason for having written this in Danish is in order to maintain this dual-meaning since "Foucault" and "for koldt" both look and sound similar.
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