But in all seriousness, this art piece encapsulate what every soldier and civilians alike that has experienced war/combat sheds light to the egregiously horrid trait that humans have in nature: the will to kill for self preservation, even if it has to be done in the most morbid manner.
@@p-__ you came into a really serious comment and just said "My farts are better than Lessons In Meme Culture’s farts 💨" you seriously went off-topic way too fast
Every animal will kill for self preservation. We’re different from most because we will kill just to kill. Like Cats will kill for fun. War isn’t killing because you want to however you have to. Survival is part of it but so is duty, fear, and the will to protect the man or woman who is fighting next to you. It’s more complicated than “human bad because we kill things”.
The thousand yard stare is very fitting when you go to sleep at night but then your brain gives you the genius comeback for the argument that you just had in the morning.
It is a perfect reaction image that can be applied to almost anything, but we must also never forget the horrors that lead to it in the first place and the brave souls who fought through them.
the lesson to take from soldiers enduring horrors isn't "wow those soldiers must have been really brave to endure horrors" it's "wow the military is/was organized torture"
The soldier's expressionless stare is like a contrast of Edvarch Munch's _The Scream._ Unlike the guy who hollers around the pier like Kevin McCallister, that poor soldier just screams inside of his head from the terrors of the war he faced, which sums up the quote, _"Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"_
Seeing such a powerful painting being turned into a meme is like when your favourite song ends up in a TikTok trend. Personally I don't mind it but I can see some people getting absolutely livid at this.
Yeah the painting portrays a powerful message about war and using it as a meme can diminish its significance. But at the same time, the use of the painting as a meme can intrigue many to research about this painting and learn about its message whilst doing so.
Why would anyone take issue with their favorite song or art piece gaining virality? I've found some of my favorite songs because they became tiktok trends, so i want others to find my favorites too.
@@piccoloatburgerkingIn getting that popular, sometimes the meaning of it gets lost and it creates a divide between those who like it(it's certainly crossable, but if how fast trends like this come and go applies, there isn't enough time before a new trend shows up for some to look into it).
One of the best uses of this painting is the remake that has the uses the Lorax. Especially because his mustache makes him look like a WWI British Officer. But the actual painting just gets more unnerving the longer you stare at it and the more historical knowledge you have of World War Two, particularly in the Pacific. The Japanese held onto some of these islands for months at a time, often turning these battles into wars of attrition. Even Japan's "last stand," The Battle of Okinawa, when they were supposed to be on the verge of surrender and starvation, still turned out to be the bloodiest battle in the Pacific. One can only imagine the sounds, sights, smells, etc. that were behind this painting, and then there is this man; so used to it all, that he no longer has any emotional reaction to it at all - he's just there, going through the motions.
@@niceman2665 sort of, PTSD is a sort of umbrella condition that can encompass a wide range of reactions to a wide range of stressors and traumatic events, including those not relating to combat. Shell shock, can’t remember it’s modern term, is a subset of that umbrella that deals specifically with the effects of being in an environment with a lot of explosions going off around you and near you, with the caveat that those explosions could have potentially lead to your death. It’s also theorised that the constant exposure to moments of high pressure from the exposure helped to worsen the psychological effects via a form of brain damage though I’m uncertain of its truthfulness. But nevertheless shell shock refers specifically to the type of PTSD that can come from combat, and is typically preceded by combat fatigue, a precursor condition that, although not as severe as ptsd initially and can be a temporary condition, can develop into its more permanent form of ptsd and shell shock if treatment isn’t administered.
I did not know this famous art piece became a meme. The Battle of Peleliu, which is depicted in the art piece, was no rainbows and sunshine. It was god awful and sadly is a somewhat forgotten battle. But thanks to media like COD WaW and The Pacific miniseries, those that fought there are now remembered.
Been waiting for you to cover this since September. The 1000 yard stare and it’s variants (like the ren and stimpy guy waking up) have quickly become my favorite meme
It's really interesting that you're having to explain such an old meme! Not because I think people should know it, necessarily, but because it's so old and entrenched in the way we talk I'm kind of surprised it's had such a specific resurgence. Neat!
This is one of the few LIMC videos where I belly laughed every time an example of the meme was being demonstrated, just goes to show how effective it is at conveying its message
I find it kinda funny that this has become a meme now, since the first time I saw it it was in a Ruben Sim video and at the time it doesn't blow up (at least not for me) and I only discovered this recently.
That comment about stumbling on horrific images/videos is so damn true. I've been on the internet for a long time, and some of the stuff I've seen has never left me, and I'm convinced I'm a different person because of it.
I remember learning in Military history class (yes, it’s a real class) the professor said that a soldier is only effective in combat for around 80 days. After that the soldier is too weary in body and soul to be of any use.
When I saw the title of the video was called 1000 Yard Stare, I immediately thought of the 1000 Yard Stare from Call Of Duty World At War from one of the mission's intro where I was laughing more than I should at single frame of a soldier staring fairly distant with a caption that says 1000 Yard Stare because I thought it make a pretty good meme and felt like it had a meme potential, thus I wish it was an actual meme. Now I'm here in one of Lessons in Meme Culture's video watching a meme review of The 1000 Yard Stare. It felt like I just fulfilled a prophecy. For some reason, I'm just so happy that the 1000 Yard Stare became an actual meme after laughing at it as a frame from Cod WaW and not believing it would actually be recognized as a meme.
Well, it’s a very popular sniper rifle that originated in the first Destiny game, then was brought back in Destiny 2 as part of the Bungie 30th anniversary pack, as a drop in the dungeon Grasp of Avarice- Oh you’re talking about the meme
i think all quiet on the western front is a great example of this, considering i have had the two hands scene stuck in my head for days now. but mostly the old one.
It's pretty much a funny meme. But let's get this straight, the art portrays a traumatized soldier in the middle of a war, it might be after the war, and that soldier survived, had painful flashbacks of watching his comrades die by enemies, nature, etc.
I'd have Shell Shock too if I was thrown in the battlefield/trenches and somehow survived. Or ya know, saw something I shouldn't have seen in the internet.
Never saw it. A screenshot before it happened. Before the gun was shown. I remember it looking like a soyjack or something..... it sounds like that one scene from scanners (1982)
I hope that the soldiers know that they passed in the most disgustingly traumatic way possible, just to be painted into a meme and reaction image, but at the same I hope they don't know and can do whatever tf you do as a dead person in peace.
Its a great reaction gif and itself is a fantastic art piece by Thomas Lea whose a great artist. With the 2022 adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front blowing up and the memes it works well. Stalingrad 1993 would also be a fantastic war film though which was also made by Germans. *I would love to discover who the marine was that Thomas Lea painted here though especially if a professional team investigated and made a documentary to find out who it was.* But great video again LIMC
You forgot to mention where the term came from. It was first mentioned in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket when the Marines in Vietnam were discussing it as a rite of passage.
Me looking at the 500000000th “sus amogus” meme in the group chat (I always pretend to laugh and type “haha so funny” so that I don’t hurt other people’s feelings):
Hey LIMC, I know you’ve covered Neco Arc in the past but recently there’s been a large quantity of Neco Arc AI song covers popping up, I think it’d be great for you to cover
So... When discussing the artist Tom Lea III it's pretty important you mention the last part because his father Tom Lea Jr. was a member of the KKK and mayor of El Paso, TX from the years of 1915-1917 which is a brief tenure, but also important because he laid the groundwork for a monument to the cities legacy of racial oppresion in the form of the Juan De Onate statue that sits in front of their airport. Thomas C Lea III, on the other hand saw firsthand what the cost of war was on the everyman and strived to display that in his art. He has a muesuem dedicated to him in El Paso, but the Calumet Park Feildhouse in Chicago has a few of his public murals commisioned through the new deal. Remember Tom Lea II, horrible racist. Tom Lea III, treasure of the southwest
Welcome to Stare-Hub We got: the 100 yard stare the 200 yard stare the 300 yard stare the 400 yard stare the 500 yard stare the 600 yard stare the 700 yard stare the 800 yard stare the 900 yard stare And finally, drum role please...... the 1000 yard stare!!!
i'm happy this meme is taking off as a LOT of kids are getting propagandad into beliving "war is actually really based" because of little dark age compilations, hopefully it will act as at least a little bit of a counter balance, a lot of people are done with countries sending them into a meat grinder just because
It's odd given My Little Dark Age is far from an endorsement of war. It literally is about someone struggling to get out of depression because of the turmoil in the world.
I have always though of the 1000yard stare not as PTSD specifically, but a "lighter" form of combat exhaustion mixed with experience as to not focus on anything specific. A soldier faces you and may be interacting with you but he is also looking through or around you watching for the enemy off in the distance...
The painting is actually of a Marine that Tom Lea had witnessed during the battle of Peleliu, who he said was "staring stiffly at nothing." During the battle of Peleliu, the Marines had fought on jagged, steep and barren coral ridges collectively named Bloodynose ridge, which can be seen in the painting's background. The Japanese fought from these ridges from caves and interconnected tunnels where they'd fire maghine guns, mortars, rockets and artillery down on to US Marines and Soldiers below. At some point, the Marines suffered 400+ casualties daily and were advancing only in feet and yards. The ridges were practically a vegetationless, confused moonscape of peaks, cliffs, ridge walls and sinkholes. The air was thick with coral dust, heavy smoke, huge swarms of flies and the ground covered in thousands of bodies. The Japanese did not surrender and only left their caves at night to slit the throats of sleeping Marines and Soldiers. By the end of the battle some 8,000+ Marines and Soldiers had become casualties in these ridges and 10,600+ Japanese had been killed there, and 33 Japanese survivors did not surrender until the spring of 1947. Needless to say, just a dew days in that environment drove US survivors to have a 2,000 yard stare.
@@anonymousadam8950 If I remember correctly, those 33 Japanese had been persisting on food that they stole and ate from discarded US rations and it wasn't until one of them picked up a discarded American newspaper that they learned that the war had ended. The US Marines and Soldiers there knew that there were likely still some Japanese soldiers still in the mountains, and often tried getting the Japanese to leave by speaking out surrender messages by bullhorn, but it only really worked on Koreans and Paluan natives who'd been pressed into Japanese military service. At some point in the spring of 1947 though, the 33 Japanese holdouts attacked an American patrol with grenades and rifle fire, but somehow tensions calmed down enough so that the Japanese would surrender. A formal surrender ceremony was held and the commanding officer turned over his sword in what some historians refer to as "the last formal surrender of WW2."
But in all seriousness, this art piece encapsulate what every soldier and civilians alike that has experienced war/combat sheds light to the egregiously horrid trait that humans have in nature: the will to kill for self preservation, even if it has to be done in the most morbid manner.
@@p-__lemme spread your cheeks
@@p-__ you came into a really serious comment and just said "My farts are better than Lessons In Meme Culture’s farts 💨"
you seriously went off-topic way too fast
Either its a bot or some guy making parody comments on bots like this on probably the worst comment they could have
Every animal will kill for self preservation. We’re different from most because we will kill just to kill. Like Cats will kill for fun. War isn’t killing because you want to however you have to. Survival is part of it but so is duty, fear, and the will to protect the man or woman who is fighting next to you. It’s more complicated than “human bad because we kill things”.
@@fabuloushetero1228saving this
This is not the 1000 yard stare, this is the 2000 yard stare
This is not the 2000 yard stare this is the 3000 yard stare
@@DjXavier189This is not the 3000 yard stare, this is the 4000 yard stare
@@SomewhatannoyingThis is not the 4000 yard stare this is the 5000 yard stare
2000 Albanys
@@potatoes_yumm this isnt the 5000 yard stare, this is the 6000 yard stare
The thousand yard stare is very fitting when you go to sleep at night but then your brain gives you the genius comeback for the argument that you just had in the morning.
For fucks sake there's a new JustAGuyWithAMustache account. Lord give me strength every time I go into a comment section from now on
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@@p-__YOU'RE HILARIOUS HERE'S AN AWARD😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉WOW SO FUNNY 😂😂😂😂YOUR SUCH A COMEDIAN WOW WOW
@@p-__noone gives a sh
@@p-__ur actually so funny
It is a perfect reaction image that can be applied to almost anything, but we must also never forget the horrors that lead to it in the first place and the brave souls who fought through them.
Agreed
Very true.
the lesson to take from soldiers enduring horrors isn't "wow those soldiers must have been really brave to endure horrors" it's "wow the military is/was organized torture"
@@symmetricpositivedefiniteNaive 14 y/o take. That's not even what OP said anyway. Learn some history.
@@dirtypure2023I mean there is history of military forcing their men to join a war involuntarily
The bottle falling down the stairs, missing the bed of spikes and watching all his fellow bottles get punctured right in front of him, is true horror.
Textbook survivor's guilt.
The cat is staring into people's soul like he just fought a great battle against dogs.... wait a minute
@@p-__ Why won't you stop? Only you concider this funny at this point
Battle cats?
Battle cats 💀💀💀
@@kqlolll2618Average meatshield survivor after the battle😭😭😭
@@p-__
Who
Cares
The soldier's expressionless stare is like a contrast of Edvarch Munch's _The Scream._ Unlike the guy who hollers around the pier like Kevin McCallister, that poor soldier just screams inside of his head from the terrors of the war he faced, which sums up the quote, _"Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"_
True
I would say, that behind that stare there's only dark void of sadness beyond any comprehension...
The Marine just woke up as well, according to Tom Lea’s story for the painting.
He finally did a lesson on this
that's cap, bro can u stop spamming
@@Ghostee69 no
@@felixgamingboiiii3597 my bad, i was talking to @p-_
@@p-__ stop copying bro
@@Ghostee69 no
Seeing such a powerful painting being turned into a meme is like when your favourite song ends up in a TikTok trend. Personally I don't mind it but I can see some people getting absolutely livid at this.
Yeah the painting portrays a powerful message about war and using it as a meme can diminish its significance. But at the same time, the use of the painting as a meme can intrigue many to research about this painting and learn about its message whilst doing so.
@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 I wish people had the same mindset when music becomes part of a meme...
And it being used in a LIMC video. As if the Thousand Yard Stare needs any explanation
Why would anyone take issue with their favorite song or art piece gaining virality? I've found some of my favorite songs because they became tiktok trends, so i want others to find my favorites too.
@@piccoloatburgerkingIn getting that popular, sometimes the meaning of it gets lost and it creates a divide between those who like it(it's certainly crossable, but if how fast trends like this come and go applies, there isn't enough time before a new trend shows up for some to look into it).
One of the best uses of this painting is the remake that has the uses the Lorax. Especially because his mustache makes him look like a WWI British Officer.
But the actual painting just gets more unnerving the longer you stare at it and the more historical knowledge you have of World War Two, particularly in the Pacific. The Japanese held onto some of these islands for months at a time, often turning these battles into wars of attrition. Even Japan's "last stand," The Battle of Okinawa, when they were supposed to be on the verge of surrender and starvation, still turned out to be the bloodiest battle in the Pacific. One can only imagine the sounds, sights, smells, etc. that were behind this painting, and then there is this man; so used to it all, that he no longer has any emotional reaction to it at all - he's just there, going through the motions.
I don't think LIMC mentioned it, but shell shock is another reason for soldiers having the thousand-yard stare
Pretty sure Combat Fatigue and Shell Shock are the same thing.
@@BX56_YT They are. The effect goes on, only the name changes.
@@niceman2665 sort of, PTSD is a sort of umbrella condition that can encompass a wide range of reactions to a wide range of stressors and traumatic events, including those not relating to combat. Shell shock, can’t remember it’s modern term, is a subset of that umbrella that deals specifically with the effects of being in an environment with a lot of explosions going off around you and near you, with the caveat that those explosions could have potentially lead to your death. It’s also theorised that the constant exposure to moments of high pressure from the exposure helped to worsen the psychological effects via a form of brain damage though I’m uncertain of its truthfulness. But nevertheless shell shock refers specifically to the type of PTSD that can come from combat, and is typically preceded by combat fatigue, a precursor condition that, although not as severe as ptsd initially and can be a temporary condition, can develop into its more permanent form of ptsd and shell shock if treatment isn’t administered.
A great lesson to learn from a traumatized soldier
I did not know this famous art piece became a meme. The Battle of Peleliu, which is depicted in the art piece, was no rainbows and sunshine. It was god awful and sadly is a somewhat forgotten battle. But thanks to media like COD WaW and The Pacific miniseries, those that fought there are now remembered.
Glad I'm not the only one that recognized it.
I still remember clearing the bunkers with a flame thrower...
“Somewhat forgotten” Imma keep it a buck 50 it was hella forgotten
Been waiting for you to cover this since September. The 1000 yard stare and it’s variants (like the ren and stimpy guy waking up) have quickly become my favorite meme
Cant wait to see kids that make military and sigma edits actully try to go to war lmfao
They won't.
@@p-__least annoying bot on TH-cam:
@@NetBattler facts fr
It has become more of a propaganda than anything, and it shows as these people hate the concept of propaganda for being "woke" or some sht
We are making it out of gaza with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
It's really interesting that you're having to explain such an old meme! Not because I think people should know it, necessarily, but because it's so old and entrenched in the way we talk I'm kind of surprised it's had such a specific resurgence. Neat!
This is one of the few LIMC videos where I belly laughed every time an example of the meme was being demonstrated, just goes to show how effective it is at conveying its message
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@@trientertainment7628Could you explain what the heck this guy means?
Now this is not just 1000 yard stare
Now this a Millennium stare
@@p-__okay nerd
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the 100+ year old meme is finally featured on limc lets go! we makin it out of the horrors of war with this one!!! 💀🔥💣☢😱
isnt it 80 years old?
@@doopist Well we kind of getting it mixed up with All Quiet On The Western front, shell shock is what OP should had meant.
aight@@TheGamingMotionTGM
@@doopist yes, this meme could only logically come into existence when the germans invented war during _world war 2_
@@slyseal2091 hey maybe cut the attitude because it’s settled internet beefer
Finally the video explanation I've waiting for
I find it kinda funny that this has become a meme now, since the first time I saw it it was in a Ruben Sim video and at the time it doesn't blow up (at least not for me) and I only discovered this recently.
You just saw firsthand how memes spread, that's kinda cool.
That comment about stumbling on horrific images/videos is so damn true. I've been on the internet for a long time, and some of the stuff I've seen has never left me, and I'm convinced I'm a different person because of it.
This is what it feels when you’ve seen anything in real life 😬
My literal reaction:
😳 - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 yards
I remember learning in Military history class (yes, it’s a real class) the professor said that a soldier is only effective in combat for around 80 days. After that the soldier is too weary in body and soul to be of any use.
Unfortunately this is one of those memes where it's all fun and games but if you've seen the real thing it becomes a lot harder to enjoy.
1000 quota stare
0:14 My Sibling about to use the bathroom looking at me after I just demolished the toilet with the worst case of Tummy hurt
When your stuck in a math question
"this is Todd, and this is Todd's mom, in a second Todd's mom will see his sons internet browsing history..."
When I saw the title of the video was called 1000 Yard Stare, I immediately thought of the 1000 Yard Stare from Call Of Duty World At War from one of the mission's intro where I was laughing more than I should at single frame of a soldier staring fairly distant with a caption that says 1000 Yard Stare because I thought it make a pretty good meme and felt like it had a meme potential, thus I wish it was an actual meme. Now I'm here in one of Lessons in Meme Culture's video watching a meme review of The 1000 Yard Stare. It felt like I just fulfilled a prophecy. For some reason, I'm just so happy that the 1000 Yard Stare became an actual meme after laughing at it as a frame from Cod WaW and not believing it would actually be recognized as a meme.
Funny enough, the painting depicts Peleliu, which is where the majority of the American campaign is located
@@Ducky27_ That's crazy, I didn't even know that. Love it.
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I got a military recruitment add on this video.
Irony.
Is that a BF5 profile pic?
@@DakotaofRaptors
That's what people keep telling me.
Well, it’s a very popular sniper rifle that originated in the first Destiny game, then was brought back in Destiny 2 as part of the Bungie 30th anniversary pack, as a drop in the dungeon Grasp of Avarice-
Oh you’re talking about the meme
@@p-__you're a disgusting freak
Lmao I was so confused for a second, nice destiny meme, Sir
i think all quiet on the western front is a great example of this, considering i have had the two hands scene stuck in my head for days now. but mostly the old one.
0:06 this is why I have the 1000 yard stare
I do the thousand yard stare at my brother every time he aims a nerf gun at me.
It's not even 1000 Yard, it's 2000 Yard. It's 2 times worse xD
Oh hi
It reminds me of the dog that was being thought not to eat cupcakes than gets a 1000 yard stare
Its crazy how we are able to pump out new memes every week.
Thousand quota stare when there's more than 1 coil head
Honestly though, nobody should have to suffer the horrors of war
pov: me walking to school after summer break
It's pretty much a funny meme. But let's get this straight, the art portrays a traumatized soldier in the middle of a war, it might be after the war, and that soldier survived, had painful flashbacks of watching his comrades die by enemies, nature, etc.
Now it’s the 1000 quota stare
I'd have Shell Shock too if I was thrown in the battlefield/trenches and somehow survived. Or ya know, saw something I shouldn't have seen in the internet.
I was shown the uncensored Ronnie Mcnutt footage 2-3 weeks ago and I feel exactly like the 1000 yard stare
i feel you, i once saw someone send it on discord with the headshot being synced to the beat drop of astronaut in the ocean
Never saw it. A screenshot before it happened. Before the gun was shown. I remember it looking like a soyjack or something..... it sounds like that one scene from scanners (1982)
not WaE related : i saw a gif of ronnie's death and it terrified me.
@@iam.pomika what does wae stand for?
@@amandastill5124 it stands for "We are Eternal" which is a fan project made by The Caremaker
I've always loved Tom Lea's work since I was a kid, I'd be lying if I said they didn't haunt me
My face when i see my friends head get blown off in Arma
I hope that the soldiers know that they passed in the most disgustingly traumatic way possible, just to be painted into a meme and reaction image, but at the same I hope they don't know and can do whatever tf you do as a dead person in peace.
Bro dodged mentioning Miracle Musical as much as he could lmao
i wonder why people hate this guy like he just explains memes origins and their rise in a silly and entertaining way
0:53
Thousand Yard Stair
Fun fact I was writing a story about ww2 and then I got a notification for this lol
What's the story?
this is not the 100 yard stare, this is the 1000 quota stare (i'm traumatized)
0:37 IS THAT SCHLATT?!
Maybe
Naw that's his grandpap.
Aloone at the edge of a universe humming a tune
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Its a great reaction gif and itself is a fantastic art piece by Thomas Lea whose a great artist.
With the 2022 adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front blowing up and the memes it works well. Stalingrad 1993 would also be a fantastic war film though which was also made by Germans.
*I would love to discover who the marine was that Thomas Lea painted here though especially if a professional team investigated and made a documentary to find out who it was.* But great video again LIMC
I think my all school have 2000 yard stare i talk to them they stare to nowhere and dont answer me.
You forgot to mention where the term came from. It was first mentioned in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket when the Marines in Vietnam were discussing it as a rite of passage.
Me looking at the 500000000th “sus amogus” meme in the group chat (I always pretend to laugh and type “haha so funny” so that I don’t hurt other people’s feelings):
Don't be people pleaser
the 1000 quota stare:
Pomni when she searches he name on the internet:
let's be honest,we all had a 1000 Yard moment
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nothing beats witnessing 1 man 1 jar as a child
that name gave me a 1000 yard stare irl
I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE VIDEO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING
Hey LIMC, I know you’ve covered Neco Arc in the past but recently there’s been a large quantity of Neco Arc AI song covers popping up, I think it’d be great for you to cover
Darkness, imprisoning me
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1000 yard stare is just me looking into fridge at 3 AM
4F lanretE era eW tsuj s'ti ro
Oh cool he's standing infront of an LVT(A)(1) with what seems to be an M8 HMC turret
So... When discussing the artist Tom Lea III it's pretty important you mention the last part because his father Tom Lea Jr. was a member of the KKK and mayor of El Paso, TX from the years of 1915-1917 which is a brief tenure, but also important because he laid the groundwork for a monument to the cities legacy of racial oppresion in the form of the Juan De Onate statue that sits in front of their airport. Thomas C Lea III, on the other hand saw firsthand what the cost of war was on the everyman and strived to display that in his art. He has a muesuem dedicated to him in El Paso, but the Calumet Park Feildhouse in Chicago has a few of his public murals commisioned through the new deal.
Remember Tom Lea II, horrible racist. Tom Lea III, treasure of the southwest
I have family in El Paso
when your having 1000 yard stare your just seeing every traumatic when your a solider
#0:58 Bro Has ptsd
imagine the first guy that had the thousand yard stare
Welcome to Stare-Hub
We got: the 100 yard stare
the 200 yard stare
the 300 yard stare
the 400 yard stare
the 500 yard stare
the 600 yard stare
the 700 yard stare
the 800 yard stare
the 900 yard stare
And finally, drum role please......
the 1000 yard stare!!!
2000 yard stare
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But in all non-seriousness 0:57 WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY
i'm happy this meme is taking off as a LOT of kids are getting propagandad into beliving "war is actually really based" because of little dark age compilations, hopefully it will act as at least a little bit of a counter balance, a lot of people are done with countries sending them into a meat grinder just because
I love Lockheed Martin!!! Glory to the military industrial complex!!!
It's odd given My Little Dark Age is far from an endorsement of war. It literally is about someone struggling to get out of depression because of the turmoil in the world.
@@extantfellow46 It's just a few dumb kids on the internet though.
when you're staring at a coil head and a snare flea falls on your head
You know What times it is boys.
This accurately describes the feeling I get when I remember the incident
So are we just making fun of PTSD now or?
You should check the Persian turtle meme from about 5 years ago and see what the it actually meant. Or remember the submarine thing.
What do you expect from the internet?
There are tons of memes try to make fun of sad things
I have always though of the 1000yard stare not as PTSD specifically, but a "lighter" form of combat exhaustion mixed with experience as to not focus on anything specific.
A soldier faces you and may be interacting with you but he is also looking through or around you watching for the enemy off in the distance...
The painting is actually of a Marine that Tom Lea had witnessed during the battle of Peleliu, who he said was "staring stiffly at nothing." During the battle of Peleliu, the Marines had fought on jagged, steep and barren coral ridges collectively named Bloodynose ridge, which can be seen in the painting's background. The Japanese fought from these ridges from caves and interconnected tunnels where they'd fire maghine guns, mortars, rockets and artillery down on to US Marines and Soldiers below. At some point, the Marines suffered 400+ casualties daily and were advancing only in feet and yards. The ridges were practically a vegetationless, confused moonscape of peaks, cliffs, ridge walls and sinkholes. The air was thick with coral dust, heavy smoke, huge swarms of flies and the ground covered in thousands of bodies. The Japanese did not surrender and only left their caves at night to slit the throats of sleeping Marines and Soldiers. By the end of the battle some 8,000+ Marines and Soldiers had become casualties in these ridges and 10,600+ Japanese had been killed there, and 33 Japanese survivors did not surrender until the spring of 1947. Needless to say, just a dew days in that environment drove US survivors to have a 2,000 yard stare.
I wonder how they convinced those 33 to give up
@@anonymousadam8950 If I remember correctly, those 33 Japanese had been persisting on food that they stole and ate from discarded US rations and it wasn't until one of them picked up a discarded American newspaper that they learned that the war had ended. The US Marines and Soldiers there knew that there were likely still some Japanese soldiers still in the mountains, and often tried getting the Japanese to leave by speaking out surrender messages by bullhorn, but it only really worked on Koreans and Paluan natives who'd been pressed into Japanese military service. At some point in the spring of 1947 though, the 33 Japanese holdouts attacked an American patrol with grenades and rifle fire, but somehow tensions calmed down enough so that the Japanese would surrender. A formal surrender ceremony was held and the commanding officer turned over his sword in what some historians refer to as "the last formal surrender of WW2."
@@liltoaster7308 that’s incredibly interesting! Thanks for taking the time to write in such detail
Average Pomni Stare fan VS Average Thousand Yard Stare enjoyer
When your friend says there's something inside of the ship in Lethal Company
Once I was messing around on the internet when I was like 10 and I came across a bunch of gore images. That soldier was me the following week or 2.
Bro was a thousand year late to this meme
he uses internet explorer, give em some time
My face when I'm trying to sleep but my brain thinks of my top 10 most embarrassing moments for the 50th night in a row:
Yup. Ive seen horrific things on Facebook that even a decade on, i can't forget.
Thousand island stare
Now lesson in meme culture has to cover the Vanessa stare and the universe will be complete.
Meme has cane full circle. Tbh.... it never left.
Ngl it's low key rendition of an art piece on media, and it's great seeing when internevoes creative, as each inspired memes were
Vets pressing the pause for Call of Duty in Real Life
I still hear the voices…. The memes.. I can’t unsee them…
The scariest thing of all time is going to get a snack but finding out it's a scary snack
Ok small child
its a joke comment@@l.psimer6124
In Canada it's called the 914.4 meter stare
"To be honest, I saw things" -Two Thousand Yard Stare Soldier
The red rim around the soldiers eyes in the painting says it all
that chainsaw decapitation did fuck me up. im not gonna lie. i just ruined my appetite saying this cause it brought back the memory.
The Rest of the World:
"WHAT THE FUCK IS A YARD?"
*No Gun Fire sounds*
*No Bald Eagle sounds*
*Just Silence*
The British actually used yards pretty extensively in WW2
@@DakotaofRaptors 2023:
When you at the opps function and you hear them say "pass bro the evil blunt"
"There's something in the ship..."
A 90 rpm Void Sniper Rifle from Destiny 2 which is earned through Grasp of Avarice Dungeon from 30th Anniversary DLC