Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
the term meme was used all over the place to describe stupid cat macros way before 2009/2010
Meh, my general point remains. Internet history kinda blurs together for me, to the point where I actually forgot lolcats were five fucking years ago already. And lolcats were (besides ORLY/YARLY) kinda the first phase of popular image macros to follow the current archetype of "take picture, plug shit in, profit" that everyone got in on and made their own versions of.
I accidentally found one of those articles while googling for something the other day. I was kinda weirded out that it'd show up on the first page of a search.
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ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
the term meme was used all over the place to describe stupid cat macros way before 2009/2010
Meh, my general point remains. Internet history kinda blurs together for me, to the point where I actually forgot lolcats were five fucking years ago already. And lolcats were (besides ORLY/YARLY) kinda the first phase of popular image macros to follow the current archetype of "take picture, plug shit in, profit" that everyone got in on and made their own versions of.
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
Memeis Vulgaris.
Memeis Nobilis.
????
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
Actually, that's the other thing that really bugs me: the use of the word meme to describe shitty image macros and one-liners.
The original definition, as per Richard Dawkins (though my favorite discussion on meme theory is still Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, which was actually written a couple years before the coining of the term), is one of the coolest words ever because it covers the idea that cultural ideas are transferred and evolved, which covers language and religion, along with things like Bart Simpson t-shirts and Kilroy Was Here, not to mention the cornucopia of shit that is the internet. The more vulgar definition didn't really catch on outside of 4chan until really only about two or three years ago.
the term meme was used all over the place to describe stupid cat macros way before 2009/2010
Meh, my general point remains. Internet history kinda blurs together for me, to the point where I actually forgot lolcats were five fucking years ago already. And lolcats were (besides ORLY/YARLY) kinda the first phase of popular image macros to follow the current archetype of "take picture, plug shit in, profit" that everyone got in on and made their own versions of.
A batch of YouTube videos shows teenage and adolescent girls sitting expectantly in front of their computer monitors and asking Internet trolls for their “honest opinion,” a modern day version of “mirror, mirror on the wall.”
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
A batch of YouTube videos shows teenage and adolescent girls sitting expectantly in front of their computer monitors and asking Internet trolls for their “honest opinion,” a modern day version of “mirror, mirror on the wall.”
A batch of YouTube videos shows teenage and adolescent girls sitting expectantly in front of their computer monitors and asking Internet trolls for their “honest opinion,” a modern day version of “mirror, mirror on the wall.”
This article is part of a series where I try to get hired at Kotaku as a gaming columnist.
“Beep, beep, beep.” My Pikachu alarm clock goes off on my nightstand, but I’m already awake. I feel just like Nathan Hale in Resistance. (Or at least Joe Capelli.)
I don’t know why I love video games as much as I do, but I do. Oh sure, I got the lectures from my dad about how they were a waste of life. “You know what’s a waste of life is when you realize you’ve been trying to beat the Dragon God from Demon’s Souls the wrong way,” I would always retort. That quieted him down. Whether it was gaming, anime or collectible card games, I wonder if my dad worried exactly which fandom rabbit-hole I’d be lost down forever, like poor Alice.
But not Lewis Carroll’s Alice. American McGee’s Alice.
Even though I phonetically memorized the lyrics to the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme song (true story!), it wasn’t anime that would punch my geek card. It was video games. Each day, I put on my Ex Officio underwear (Give-N-Go Aztecs, $30 a pair — the only underwear I will allow to cradle my family jewels), my RVCA jeans, my beat-to-hell Chucks, a silk vintage bowling shirt and a pair of taped-up Oakleys I punched the lenses out of.
Shirt? No need.
Today is Video Game Day… and a shirt would only get in the way.
I approach the obsidian altar that is my PS3 and mount up. (My bedroom has seen a fair amount of mounting, in its day — I’ve bedded at least four different women in my life, but that’s a different kind of game. U MAD BRO?) Today’s gaming sesh: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. All day. Until it’s done.
When you’re me, it’s that easy.
My HTC Amaze 4G is crazy-ringing off the hook. (No weak Apple “sauce” here, bro.) It’s one of my friends from my college group of bangers. We called ourselves the Hard Boys. I’m a hard boy for life and I’d love a night out of buds and suds. But not today. Not today. Because it’s Video Game Day.
Guess I’m the best.
Kris Straub is a hard boy who’s down to get rude. He is a writer, actor, musician, chef, and will teabag the living f out of you in Killzone 3.
I hope I got all the elements right. I know authenticity is crucial, and I’m worried I didn’t mention enough games and brands.
Ubikoh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by thenRegistered Userregular
man i don't really have anything to add to them but, as an outsider, i find the discussions currently happening in the MLP and FG communities fascinating
Tossrocktoo weird to livetoo rare to dieRegistered Userregular
there was an article on the new Penny Arcade Report thing about it, apparently they're super sexist and unpleasant and now the community is split between people who think being super sexist and unpleasant is part of the community and those who think it's a bad thing
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Whittier_Frees_-_What's_Delaying_My_Dinner.jpg
circa 1905
:rotate:
I accidentally found one of those articles while googling for something the other day. I was kinda weirded out that it'd show up on the first page of a search.
Well played.
Memeis Vulgaris.
Memeis Nobilis.
????
Valar Dohaeris.
In Flam Grav
https://www.paypal.me/hobnailtaylor
Appreciatin' this post, Weaver.
:^:
Nope.avi
i admit that I may have shooped a whoop back in my youth
but i didn't inhale
There are buttloads of free shards out there though
teenage girls are just the dumbest
nearly as dumb as grown-ass men who spend their spare time posting comments on the internet
how would it come to be that a human being could decide
what if
Just go to :33
I hope I got all the elements right. I know authenticity is crucial, and I’m worried I didn’t mention enough games and brands.
http://chainsawsuit.com/2012/02/28/guess-im-the-best-how-games-made-me-sexy-and-great/
I love Kris Straub.
This is fucking golden.
https://www.paypal.me/hobnailtaylor
Coran Attack!
what's going on with fighting games?
Edit: Or maybe you meant seperately, not like MLP + FG, whoops.
I don't know why I'm surprised
like I get that it'd be a nearly impossible distinction to enforce but like
I worry that it's like man this guy is having a really rough day/week! gonna cut em off from one of their primary social networks for like a month
I know that's why we have infractions obviously but still
and I know the system ain't really broken but still
I think I'm just gonna close
this window
Oh, so I'm not funny, Tossrock??!