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miz1q2w3e said:

   

   

Not right making a VGChartz meme thread and not mentioning these lol

There where much more that are mentionable ;P



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KylieDog said:
I don't think people understand how to do memes, since most of what is posted are just captions. Using existing meme theme pictures and doing getting it wrong a lot also.


So there are rules on how to make a proper meme?

I'm not finding any rules

"A meme (play /ˈmiːm/; meem)[1] is "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture."[2] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate and respond to selective pressures.[3]

The word meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme (from Ancient Greek μίμημα Greek pronunciation: [míːmɛːma] mīmēma, "something imitated", from μιμεῖσθαι mimeisthai, "to imitate", from μῖμος mimos "mime")[4] and it was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976)[1][5] as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples of memes given in the book included melodies, catch-phrases, fashion and the technology of building arches"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

I think the word meme is stupid and if I failed at making a proper one then fuck it who really cares?



JoeTheBro said:

 


lol so ture



 

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KylieDog said:


A picture with a random caption is just a picture with a caption.  Memes, the type intended for this thread at least, are images that follow a specific theme, regardless of text though for some memes a portion of the text may remain constant while the rest changes (but theme remains), or in reverse case, the fixed text from one meme is used on a new image.  Posting established meme images and not following that theme at all is completely wrong.  Posting random images with a random caption isn't even getting a meme wrong, that is being wrong on all bases.

It isn't like VGC doesn't have material for memes to be made, just that pretty much nobody is using it in this thread.   Simple rule:  If you're making it up as you go along, it isn't a meme.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. 



Can I just say, this thread is brilliant - tagging, may add something later on haha



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sethnintendo said:



LMAO for the longest time I read it as badge gnome



Marks said:



LMAO for the longest time I read it as badge gnome


Same here I believe I admitted to it on his wall recently.  Not sure why but it just seems to happen that people misread his name.  Badge Gnome would have been a pretty good name when they were still giving out badges.  Now badges just seem to be neglected since they don't update them anymore.  It would be nice to see the badges return or function properly.



sethnintendo said:
Marks said:



LMAO for the longest time I read it as badge gnome


Same here I believe I admitted to it on his wall recently.  Not sure why but it just seems to happen that people misread his name.  Badge Gnome would have been a pretty good name when they were still giving out badges.  Now badges just seem to be neglected since they don't update them anymore.  It would be nice to see the badges return or function properly.

Lol yeah I kinda was wondering whatever happened to badges. They just fell off the earth. 



Marks said:



LMAO for the longest time I read it as badge gnome

I still do; it's a much better name.

And now I need to post a meme:



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