• idunnololz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Memes are going through a cycle similar to art I feel. We started with just basic memes of text on random pictures. Then we got really good at those and we started making meta memes. Then we started contemporary memes: memes that challenge what it even means to be a meme (b and big chungus). And now we are tired of contemporary memes and moving back towards basic memes.

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      1 year ago

      I wonder if meme studies will be a legitimate field of research for future anthropologists that study the digital age.

      Hi, future people!