# Latest meme I don't understand: "lobotomy" songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865 "2024-02-21T04:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/1 "2024-02-21T04:17:11Z")
Basically taking a innocent children’s tune like Mary Had A Little Lamb, Old MacDonald Had A Farm, etc. and adding a bizarre score of notes to it. Plus, what the heck is the “fire in the hole” references got to do with it? Also: YouTube has now apparently replaced mouseover preview with mouseover autoload the page- extremely annoying because maybe I didn’t WANT to leave the page I was on! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/2 "2024-02-21T04:31:32Z")
You thinking of I’d rather have a bottle in front of me. Or Teenage Lobotomy? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/3 "2024-02-21T05:10:27Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Basically taking a innocent children’s tune like Mary Had A Little Lamb, Old MacDonald Had A Farm, etc. and adding a bizarre score of notes to it. Plus, what the heck is the “fire in the hole” references got to do with it? > > Also: YouTube has now apparently replaced mouseover preview with mouseover autoload the page- extremely annoying because maybe I didn’t WANT to leave the page I was on! This is the latest OP I don’t understand. Can you post a link to what you’re talking about or explain it better? Where are you encountering this? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/4 "2024-02-21T05:41:57Z")
It sounds like you’re talking about those meme bad scores. Like the ones that say they are so bad they failed music theory class. Those tend to be part playing with the software and experimenting with humanly impossible sounds, and part throwing in every musical meme. I would consider them them the music student version of YouTube Poops. > **[YouTube poop](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_poop)** > > A YouTube poop (YTP) is a type of video mashup or edit created by remixing/editing pre-existing media sources often carrying subcultural significance into a new video for humorous, satirical, obscene, absurd, or profane—as well as annoying, confusing, or dramatic purposes. YouTube poops are traditionally uploaded to the video sharing website YouTube, hence the name. > YouTube poop is a subset of remix culture, in which existing ideas and media are modified and reinterpreted to create new art an... ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/5 "2024-02-21T15:48:26Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > This is the latest OP I don’t understand > Can you post a link to what you’re talking about or explain it better? Where are you encountering this? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AI42fnhoyx0/maxresdefault.jpg "Mary Had A Lobotomy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI42fnhoyx0) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SydDUDW9vKA/maxresdefault.jpg "Old MacDonald Had A Lobotomy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SydDUDW9vKA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ulwWawC1HXQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Lobotomy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulwWawC1HXQ) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/6 "2024-02-21T23:11:08Z")
Because some people are 12, and it’s fun to play with audio editing software, right? I did it myself, though not on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/7 "2024-02-21T23:18:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Also: YouTube has now apparently replaced mouseover preview with mouseover autoload the page- extremely annoying because maybe I didn’t WANT to leave the page I was on! Mouseover being equivalent to a click? That’s awful. That is going to make doing anything online annoying and extra-time-consuming. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-meme-i-dont-understand-lobotomy-songs/997865/8 "2024-02-21T23:34:09Z")
Take a deep breath, and as you slowly exhale, repeat the following: It’s not important to understand idiots on the internet It’s not important to understand idiots on the internet It’s not important to understand idiots on the internet It’s not important to understand idiots on the internet This is a close cousin to [this kind of thinking.](https://xkcd.com/386/)