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Shane Melaugh's avatar

Beautifully written! I love the important nuance that it's really about thought terminating cliches and memes are just one of many possible formats these can take. And also, not every meme is a thought terminating cliche. The midwit meme specifically was a real upgrade for me. "Wait, am I midwitting this right now?" is a valuable question to ask, imo.

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Paul Millerd's avatar

I think you’re right that memes are mostly to connect with others. I think people miss this because it mostly happens in the dark forest of the internet.

Nadia asparhouvas new book antimimetics on this is really interesting so far. Reading it now

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