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The speed at which the media have rounded against this meme is breathtaking. Are some memes inherently powerful and just need to be controlled? Why are they pow
by anjc 8y ago
The speed at which the media have rounded against this meme is breathtaking. Are some memes inherently powerful and just need to be controlled? Why are they powerful? How much longer can 30 year old boomers be let sip Monsters outdoors? It's not right.
- adamnemecek 8y agoMemes are propaganda on steroids.
- 706f6f70 8y agoCould say the same about most journalism today as well.
- OldJackHinson 8y ago"NPC meme" is to 2018 as "Common Sense" is to 1776.
- fenwick67 8y ago"30 year old boomers"?
- andun 8y agohttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-year-old-boomer https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-year-old-boomer
- patrickg_zill 8y agosiiiippp
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- jobigoud 8y agoYes some memes are more powerful than others. Like biological replicators, they score on longevity, fecundity and fidelity. For example many religions have a clause where if you stop believing you go to hell. Or if you don't teach it to your children you are a bad person. Very powerful mechanism.
- anjc 8y agoOk but what makes a certain meme have enough power that it then has fecundity/fidelity? There must be a resonance between powerful memes and 'human nature' or else they surely wouldn't propagate (e.g. fear of death, in the case of the 'hell' meme). I suppose what I'm wondering is: is this meme making people fret that they might actually be NPCs? It must be resonating with people or else there wouldn't be uproar.