Yes, I’m old, but I really want to believe that at some point the rest of the world is going to figure out that there’s nothing particularly fun or funny about weaponized propaganda formatting, and go back to sharing actual information.
MUCH older. Shakespeare made a ton of contemporary references, and was referenced in turn by others during his days. Those were memes.
Medieval writers included strong biblical references, and we have some “entertainment” that is purportedly extremely funny and popular, that’s basically the medieval equivalent of Loss.
Remember Bad Luck Brian, Scumbag Steve, and socially awkward penguin? If you don’t recognize those characters and know what they represent, the text around them won’t make nearly as much sense.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but memes.
Yes, I’m old, but I really want to believe that at some point the rest of the world is going to figure out that there’s nothing particularly fun or funny about weaponized propaganda formatting, and go back to sharing actual information.
meme’ing is older then color film, it will probably be a thing that last longer then you want. It communicates a subject that goes beyond language
MUCH older. Shakespeare made a ton of contemporary references, and was referenced in turn by others during his days. Those were memes.
Medieval writers included strong biblical references, and we have some “entertainment” that is purportedly extremely funny and popular, that’s basically the medieval equivalent of Loss.
Most memes, probably.
Me when I old and some one shows me a meme I created:
They’ll always exist in some form. You could say comics in the newspaper were a version of memes before memes.
I’m ok with memes. What bothers me is the low effort reuse of meme formats over and over and over again.
I think you’re right with some specific formats.
Remember Bad Luck Brian, Scumbag Steve, and socially awkward penguin? If you don’t recognize those characters and know what they represent, the text around them won’t make nearly as much sense.