https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/memes-that-defined-the-2010s
Buzzfeed: Memes that defined the 2010s
memes are about the context you put them in. they provide and express a visual and visceral emotional potency in cyberspace; a realm otherwise devoid of these characteristics. communication relies on body language; yet communication technology is devoid of the body, so we simulate the body through memes (the majority of memes are people doing faces, sometimes animals). so posting a meme without any context
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Barty said something once about modern pop signifying emotion instead of evoking emotion or containing actual emotive substance and I think that that's what memes have become. Jokes that signify comedy but are detached from any real source of humor or fun.
Saying "lol" instead of actually laughing.
Saying "lol" instead of actually laughing.
i do that a lot actually but I feel like it's taken on a meaning of its own distinct from the meaning of a laugh