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 Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 2:21 am
Internet memes: I'm referring to those amusing little things that permeate the internet (which is not a dump truck, it's a series of tubes!) and the general public consciousness, be they {url=http://www.hamsterinthewheel.com/fatalfury/walrus-bucket.html]pictures, flash movies, or annoying "how well do you know your friends?!?" quizzes. Sometimes, they get so popular that meta-memes begin to emerge that refer to other memes - for instance, this xkcd comic. I've been thinking about this kind of spontaneous creation of little things that end up permeating the public consciousness. Like, how does it happen that a picture of a cat (of which there are, I assume, millions, on the internet) suddenly becomes famous because someone affixed a caption to it? Why did this never seem to happen before the internet? What kind of sociolical implications does this have? Psychological? For that matter, political? The more I've been thinking about this, the more I realized, there's actually a lot to discuss when it comes to internet memes. I'll post some of my wild theories and pithy observations in a little while, I guess. I'd like to see what other people say first - I'm wondering how convergent our ideas will be. So ... thoughts?
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:01 am
And so we have the printing press, radio and television... all having similar implications to public conceousness as the internet. The difference with the internet, though, is that it is more public than anything before. People can become online-famous without changin their... social standing in their hometown.
More than anything, we are turning to be a text-based society. Literacy more than ever before will be a needed skill.
Thouh, I think both those answers sort of missed your question. Oh well...
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 12:07 am
Most of the good memes seem to come from 4chan (/b/ specifically), and trying to understand /b/ is just completely useless.
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:21 am
Perhaps it stimulates us psychologically the same way masterbation does. It gives us that quick fix of euphora of entertainment through that small caption that is related to the picture. *shrugs* Or perhaps it is a sign that mankind has become more nullified to other source of entertainment that we turn to these memes to cure our boredom. *shrugs* the human mind is something a wonder and at times, I think the answer to its riddles will never be answered.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:33 am
I think it's more of a personal problem then anything else.
What they basically say is, "Look at me! I'm special! I'm important! I'M AFRAID TO BE FORGOTTEN!"
To me, they're just another type of ad. Just ignore them. They won't go away but they won't affect you unless you want them to.
As for political? To be totally blunt, I couldn't care less. But then again, I don't care about politics anyway.
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:52 pm
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:00 pm
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:11 pm
andraela Internet memes: I'm referring to those amusing little things that permeate the internet (which is not a dump truck, it's a series of tubes!) and the general public consciousness, be they {url=http://www.hamsterinthewheel.com/fatalfury/walrus-bucket.html]pictures, flash movies, or annoying "how well do you know your friends?!?" quizzes. Sometimes, they get so popular that meta-memes begin to emerge that refer to other memes - for instance, this xkcd comic. I've been thinking about this kind of spontaneous creation of little things that end up permeating the public consciousness. Like, how does it happen that a picture of a cat (of which there are, I assume, millions, on the internet) suddenly becomes famous because someone affixed a caption to it? Why did this never seem to happen before the internet? What kind of sociolical implications does this have? Psychological? For that matter, political? The more I've been thinking about this, the more I realized, there's actually a lot to discuss when it comes to internet memes. I'll post some of my wild theories and pithy observations in a little while, I guess. I'd like to see what other people say first - I'm wondering how convergent our ideas will be. So ... thoughts?
This thread is relevant to my interests!
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:02 am
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:01 pm
/b/ is massive enough that they post it and the lot of them spread it everywhere and we end up thinking it's funny. Eventually /b/ will be our MTV. eek
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:25 am
I swear to God, I am going to go VTech the next time someone says "4chan's /b/".
IT'S NOT THE ONLY ******** ONE.
Seriously people, there are like 100 *chans.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:02 pm
I hate meme's in that way you say hate but just mean strongly dislike.
It makes idiots all over the internet think they're funny by repeating the same dead and beaten joke for the billionth time.
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The Resurrection Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:59 pm
I find it all quite amusing; one can literally watch the evolution of collectively held ideas.
As for the implications, I am of the opinion that they will be minimal. All the internet has done is to rapidly accelerate the rate at which trends are generated, spread, and forgotten, and enable any idiot with an internet connection to be a progenitor of a meme.
Now, what I'd really like to know is how we all started refering to them as memes, which is the technically correct term. To me, the notion that the word was already a part of most of its users' vocabularies seems a bit far fetched.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:29 am
Aiko_Kaida Most of the good memes seem to come from 4chan (/b/ specifically), and trying to understand /b/ is just completely useless. Wrong. All the s**t memes come from 4chan. Get your information right.
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