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Fundamental Concepts In International Meme Studies: Jjalbang, the Korean Meme

The importance of the 2010's to meme history was not in its novelty but its scale. During the 2010's, the world reached a cultural boiling point as the underground spilled out irreversibly into the mainstream and destroyed the boundaries between the two.

Our goal with this build is simple: Slutty Uncanny Valley Cosplay. We want a costume that captures the uncanny both conceptually and materially. It’s Canning The Uncanny Valley In 5 Easy™ Steps.

Admins of Trolley Problem Memes recently participated in a Memes as Public Philosophy workshop at the Public Philosophy Network conference.

All memes are from the future: the literate memer anticipates that the meme will spread and change in meaning depending on where it gets reposted.

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Like a panel in a highly networked version of the Infinite Canvas, every meme is both a potential bottleneck and a possible choice. Since the sense that every meme has a preceding meme is essential to the appreciation of memes, the memetic bottleneck works in the inverse direction of the narrative bottleneck, generating potential pasts. To choose a meme to post is to choose which game to play with the audience. More significantly, it is to choose which save file to load up: it's scenario editing of history, conditioned on current mood.

You Won't Be(lie)ve What Came Out.