DW Meme Thread

Please explain where we are going wrong. I have no clue either.....
 
Here we go. I tried especially hard to make a better one just for the two of you. And I'm out.
 

Attachments

  • dwthread.jpg
    dwthread.jpg
    117.5 KB · Views: 1,801
not a meme, and I just don't care

harmony_zps58eab6f8.jpg
 
Here we go. I tried especially hard to make a better one just for the two of you. And I'm out.
I thought it was fun before you told us we were doing it wrong which is whay I asked for direction. sorry.
 
I don't get it... This is a fun thread, right? So what's the problem? Terminology police? This can't be true.
 
Memes are memes. Funny pictures with captions are not memes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme

An Internet meme (pron.: /ˈmiːm/ meem) is a concept that spreads from person to person via the Internet.[1] The concept of a meme was defined and described by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, as an attempt to explain the way cultural information spreads;[2] internet memes are a subset of this, specific to the culture and environment of the internet.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meme
: an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meme
A 'meme' doesn't have to be funny, provocative or even make sense. Most memes fall into one of three categories:

- 'Quirky' stuff that isn't funny.
- Pathetic stuff that fills you with vicarious despair.
- Revolting pictures that could be presented to some alien jury as evidence that humanity is cancer.

Thus by definition, a funny pictures with captions can indeed be a meme, as it is a way of transmitting a cultural concept, idea or behavior from one person to another.
 
I thought it was fun before you told us we were doing it wrong which is whay I asked for direction. sorry.

Wasn't directed at you, Dad, it was at the self-proclaimed Meme Cops.
 
Back
Top