Rubisco

joined 11 months ago
[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 days ago

A meme (/miːm/ ⓘ; MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures. In popular language, a meme may refer to an Internet meme, typically an image, that is remixed, copied, and circulated in a shared cultural experience online.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Gives me a chuckle every time.

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Memes don't have to be funny to be a meme.

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Was this before or after the 3rd season of Westworld?

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You just can't get away from them.

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 15 points 4 months ago

"People are taking the piss out of you every day. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs."

Banksy

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago
[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nonsense. You got this. I believe in you.

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