As you open your social networking account, you will get used to seeing funny images shared by everyone. These images may be real, while others are only edited and created to produce something that can capture viewer’s attention and spark an idea. It can be a spoof of a controversial issue person or just about anything serious that can be turned into something hilarious. Almost anyone can post funny images. These may be one’s personal photo or from another one of his or her contacts. These photos may make a person smile even for a while, which makes social networking advantageous. Using this concept, social media can be put to good use if the objective is merely for the fun of it since most people use social networking as recreation.
There is nothing wrong about creating funny images for as long as you use it for fun and not to ridicule or humiliate other people or entity. There is always a downside to everything and social networking is not exempted from it. We can really never control what other people do. For as long as they want, they use their creativity and imagination to edit photos to express something funny. We can never control if some people do it to put others down. But it is everyone’s responsibility to use social media in a responsible manner, and that includes posting of photos. It is not right to post something that might degrade a person, so everyone should be aware of that responsibility.
Creative minds use funny images to express something significant. Caricatures may show something humorous, but as you dig deeper, there is something worth pondering about the image that sends something important to the viewers. Using funny pictures in this way can is putting it to good use. It is because creativity is used to spark idea that can initiate awareness and change. Examples are editorial cartoons found in editorial pages of newspapers; these are drawings that express hot issues through a humorous image. If people are able to create funny photos to ridicule someone, why not use it to create awareness about something very important. Sometimes people are aware of an issue and catching their attention is what matters and this can be achieved by showing them something that will not just draw their attention, but also leave them thinking.
People may have different reasons why they make or share funny pictures. However shallow the reasons are, what they should be mindful of is their responsibility to post something that wouldn’t be harmful especially to young viewers. Funny images can be really funny if no one is being disgraced from it.