So what does meta irony actually mean?

>>1752488
Shitposting

>>1752507
but how is that different from normal irony

people always talk about how the shift from irony to meta/post irony was this big cultural shift that changed 4chan forever

how does it manifest itself? How were shitposts different before?

I found 4chan in 2013 if that helps

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>>1752488

>>1752515
You know that thing when you don't know whether you're sincere or not and neither does the other person because you lives have become an extension of meme creation whereby your very real emotions have become (however freely given) commodified for something akin to entertainment on a Taiwanese jam packing discussion group?

Post-ironic memes are the death rattle of western civilisation.

>>1755476
This is also the reason why Trump can credibly run for President.

I can't explain it but I know it when I see it

>>1755476
interesting
where can I read more about this

>>1755476
>You know that thing when you don't know whether you're sincere or not and neither does the other person
you just described my life

>>1755555
Baudrillard?

>>1755555
David Foster Wallace's nonfiction

Also a good point to start with Wallace anyway

>>1755476
but people were always doing that on 4chan

rambling about obscure hobbies with an absurd amount of commitment and passion is everything this site was built on no?

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>>1755584

This site was built on a fairly sincere appreciation of Chinese Cartoons.

Then Jokes

Then Memes

Then Ironic Memes

Then Post-Ironic Memes

Then State Sponsored Post-Ironic Shit Posting Quasi-Serious Revivalist Nationalism with Frog Deity Sympathetic Magic Deciding the Outcomes of the Actual Leader of the Free-World.

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>>1755746
Its not that the memes are real - its merely that they have somehow become the strongest predictor of the future.

>>1755746
source on the pic?

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>>1755750
>Its not that the memes are real
You are a fool
There is only the Meme