Men Only Have Four Moods

Text on the meme

MEN ONLY HAVE FOUR MOODS CAPITALIST REALISM NOSTALGIA FOR LOST FUTURES POPULAR MODERNISM ACID COMMUNISM

What it means

A four-panel meme presents “men’s” moods as capitalist realism, nostalgia for lost futures, popular modernism, and acid communism. The images pair political unrest, a monumental modernist structure, a Hyperdub logo, and colorful abstract lights, jokingly reducing complex political and cultural aesthetics into relatable mood categories. EN: A four-panel meme presents “men’s” moods as capitalist realism, nostalgia for lost futures, popular modernism, and acid communism. The images pair political unrest, a monumental modernist structure, a Hyperdub logo, and colorful abstract lights, jokingly reducing complex political and cultural aesthetics into relatable mood categories.

Objects

police officers / полицейские riot shields / щиты для разгона беспорядков metal cage / металлическая клетка crowd of people / толпа людей apartment building / жилой дом brutalist monument / бруталистский монумент circular monument window / круглое окно монумента mountains / горы grass field / травяное поле Hyperdub logo / логотип Hyperdub black background / чёрный фон colorful abstract lights / разноцветные абстрактные огни modernist architecture / модернистская архитектура political protest / политический протест