I hate meaningless memes that are supposed to be funny, aren't funny, and survive in pop culture for too long a time thanks to unfunny people. I'm talking about the #whitepeopleproblems, the #epicfails, and the lives of most hashtags. Just stupid. But even those don't burn me quite like planking, the fad where you lay across some sort of funny divide (a pair of park benches, between two roofs, whatever), and photograph yourself. Oh, it is dumb! Big and dumb. And now folks like Kyle Gallner are taking a stand at Funny or Die with a new -- if not funny, then just necessary -- protest video.
In fact, they should've eschewed humor altogether on this one. This is a grim, compulsory mission, and laughter just kills its potential for planking's utter annihilation. The presence of Kyle Gallner, a quirky weirdo on Veronica Mars and in Jennifer's Body, makes the message even more urgent. Stop with the planking, everyone. Get the hell up.
[via FoD]