Donald Trump Jr. raised eyebrows after he posted a photoshopped image of his father, President Donald Trump, throwing a dildo off the White House roof.
I think a gene that exists only once (from a mutation) and is not passed on is still a gene. Junior intended it for sharing, even if he’s not particularly good at it, so I don’t think the terminology is incorrect.
Does this mean all shared jokes are memes? Only private jokes that don’t escape their original audience stay jokes?
Are all amusing paintings memes? Or just the ones that are reproduced?
Memes don’t have to be funny. That’s what I’m actually noticing I think. How “funny” and “joke” often get labeled as meme instead these days. Not always. It’s not fully inclusive. But it has taken over a large percentage.
In the end I’m just grousing at the evolution of language. But, maybe I’m just noticing how memes have displaced other cultural things in the public sphere?
How is it a meme if it isn’t being memeticly shared and reproduced?
I hate now lazy we are with modern words.
A silly photo ≠ meme upon creation.
But it’s a meme now? Because he shared it? I guess so. Bleh. I just find the way the word is used to be poor.
I think a gene that exists only once (from a mutation) and is not passed on is still a gene. Junior intended it for sharing, even if he’s not particularly good at it, so I don’t think the terminology is incorrect.
Does this mean all shared jokes are memes? Only private jokes that don’t escape their original audience stay jokes?
Are all amusing paintings memes? Or just the ones that are reproduced?
Memes don’t have to be funny. That’s what I’m actually noticing I think. How “funny” and “joke” often get labeled as meme instead these days. Not always. It’s not fully inclusive. But it has taken over a large percentage.
In the end I’m just grousing at the evolution of language. But, maybe I’m just noticing how memes have displaced other cultural things in the public sphere?
I really need a nap. Don’t mind me.