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Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage

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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

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> 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

ruffers

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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.
Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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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.
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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 :)

Zebedee Tring

Zebedee Tring

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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.

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