Paid £5 to Be Mildly Inconvenienced

Text on the meme

paid 5 great british pounds to be mildly inconvenienced in the dark

What it means

A camera rides through a dimly lit haunted attraction or dark ride, passing shadowy rooms, colored lights, a skeleton and startled-looking figures. The caption jokes that paying five pounds for a spooky experience results in only being mildly inconvenienced in the dark, while the grand opera aria “Oh, mio babbino caro” makes the cheap, underwhelming scare ride dramatically overblown. It works as a reaction to a disappointing or barely frightening experience.

Sound

♪ Katalin Pitti, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra & Ádám Medveczky — Gianni Schicchi (Forzano), Aria of Lauretta: "Oh, mio babbino caro"

music / музыка

Objects

dark ride vehicle / машина тёмного аттракциона red ride car / красная кабинка аттракциона metal cylinder / металлический цилиндр skeleton / скелет person in striped shirt / человек в полосатой рубашке shadowy figure / тёмная фигура haunted attraction interior / интерьер комнаты страха colored lights / цветные огни blue lighting / синее освещение red lighting / красное освещение black darkness / чёрная темнота metal walls / металлические стены exposed wires / оголённые провода spotlight / прожектор