anybody here old enough to remember a time when "meme"

>>34802986
i was actually just thinking about this last night

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I remember a time before memes. Fads.

>>34802986
I wat thinking about the depth of the old memes as well, the culture they create, how they used to be a symbol of bonding and lore specific to a group. Knowing a meme used to be like a password to get into a private bar, it was a sign that you were a part of something, and dedicated enough time to understand, and possibly create the memes

can all work and no play make jack a dull boy?
well that's really just the sign of the t

>>34803086
will memes ever be in the history books? id say theyre pretty fucking influential, almost like propaganda at times

>>34803135
Now they will, thanks to pol taking back pepe. There are uni classes on pepe and hate speech and memes

>>34802986
I saw a TED video years ago talking about another kind of memes

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Old school meme thread?

rigin

>>34802986
i think about this a lot. now normies think that any picture with a caption is a meme. ugh

>>34803231
mgs2 talked about memetics

>>34802986

sure do

doubt anyone's ever going to wise up on it again though

>>34803068
Ha, I'll do you one better.
I remember a time before the internet.

does anyone have the "they re waiting" noose pic of pepe and wojak??

thnkx

when normies on facebook started bastardizing advice dog into the million deviations we have today is when the meme was lost forever

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> image macros

ok grandad calm down

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>>34802986
You're not the only one thinking about this, pops.
http://thephilosophersmeme.com/2015/12/17/the-ironic-normie/

>>34804376
>http://thephilosophersmeme.com/2015/12/17/the-ironic-normie/
tl;dr?

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>>34804572
Normies don't evolve memes, we do. The fact that the image macro thing went viral doesn't mean that our culture stopped there.