Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage

[Loz]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> Wikipedia:

> "A meme is an idea, behaviour, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. 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."

Considering most internet memes are rather short-lived, doesn't this somehow go against the whole gene analogy?

[El Pibe]

> Considering most internet memes are rather short-lived, doesn't this somehow go against the whole gene analogy?

"I guess analogously the internet is more like th edeep rainforests where genetic markers spring up and dissappear rapidly in aplace of high fertility and competition."

And then chuck in things like recessive genes meaning old ideas resurface etc i guess it still holds water.

Not sure how useful it is as an idea though, other than as a useful word.

[ruffers]

I've been away this week with barely any internet and I get back to this Ice Bucket thing and I have no idea where it came from. The TLTTCMIR part is that these memes are apparently important enough to be on six o'clock new on Radio 4.

[KalamityKel]

The Ice bucket thing in general

[KalamityKel]

"face plant"

:-|

[jctg]

People who don't put the 'Next customer please' sign behind their shopping on the conveyor belt in supermarkets.

Men who drive with the seat reclined really far back trying to look hard.

[Alan Medic]

Establishments which fly the St.Georges Cross flag and leave until it gets filthy and falling apart. It shows more disrespect to it than any respect intended in the first place. Not that it's my flag, but if want to show who you are then do it justice.

[El Pibe]

Flags, all of them frankly do my nut in. Some more than others admittedly.

[wee quinnie]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Flags, all of them frankly do my nut in. Some more

> than others admittedly.

I don't think this is at all irrational!

[wee quinnie]

People saying, "true dat" in a stupid voice.

ARGH! Please stop.

[jctg]

Children with made-up names. Seren, Beauden and many many more.

What's wrong with Mark or Philip?

[numbers]

The solitary sweetie left in the box on the kitchen table at work.

It's been there for over a week. I wish to fuck that someone would eat it!

[Otta]

And you don't eat it because?

[numbers]

Because I've already tried one & didn't like it. Would feel guilty sneakily binning it as my colleague brought them back from holiday. I am so tempted though! I can't believe that the fact it's still there isn't bugging the hell out of anyone else....!

I appreciate that makes me sound irrational & a bit weird :)

[Pickle]

People eating bananas and chewing to an extent you can hear their teeth banging together. It's a banana, it's soft, why chew so vigorously?

[Alan Medic]

Manchester United..........for a while anyway.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Sending holiday postcards to work.

[KalamityKel]

comments such as "ah man this website is well broken by us, it's ridiculous I can't get anything to load, they're really rubbish" whilst having as many devices as possible open trying to load the same page... really?

[Zebedee Tring]

Continual use of the phrase "to die for".

"A Baked Alaska to die for". No, you want to eat the bloody Baked Alaska and then continue living. Unless of course you have received medical advice that if you eat another Baked Alaska or another very sweet pudding, you will probably die, and you then choose to ignore that advice.

[LadyNorwood]

Those little polystyrene packing "quavers" - they irritate the hell out of me....

[KalamityKel]

The "wotsits" surely LN?! Especially when they get wet...

[LadyNorwood]

Sometimes I get 'wotsits', yesterday I got green 'quavers' - and, yes, when they get wet they irritate me even more (if that's possible)!

[Otta]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[LadyNorwood]

Otta Wrote:

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> I have no idea what you're talking about.

these......

http://www.directa.co.uk/image/cache/data/products/polystyrene-chips-768x600.png

[Otta]

Ahhhh, okay. Yes, can see why they annoy.