Sorry for seeing someone slap their “crypto” name on a screenshot while not adding any value to it and assuming they were a crypto bro and not related to any field of science

Why is a crypto dork included in the screenshot when they just copied the first Tumblr comment

Uhhh didn’t Chinese people start the Pooh Bear thing? Pretty sure it has nothing to do with “yellow” as a racial slur.

The dhole: matched only in power by the dgead, surpassed in stench only by the bhole

Image posts should be banned on all news communities. Just post the link to the article. We don’t need a screenshot of the headline.

Ah yes, science_memes

Someone added that clipart to the thumbnail and thought it was a good addition. I feel so embarrassed on their behalf

Why speak the truth so sarcastically?

The lesser of two evils is still evil but in our binary voting system, abstaining IS giving your vote to the greater evil. It’s the trolley problem and the default position of the lever is sending it at the worse outcome.

But if not pulling the lever makes you sleep better at night, I’m sure all the additional people suffering will understand…

Can’t even see that link because it won’t let me view it without using Telegram.

Yeah… I’m definitely gonna download an app to read this…

How are you getting these summaries? I’m trying to get my own silly results like this but it doesn’t show up anywhere I’ve tried.

I tried on Android and PC then tried a different Google account in Chrome on my work laptop. I even made sure AI Overviews were enabled on the Labs page

Let “bigger is better” people waste their money like they already do on other products. It makes things cheaper for the rest of us while opening up new avenues for display technology in the future.

I agree that 1000hz is ridiculous, I have a 165hz monitor and can’t tell the difference past 120 or so. But that’s not really the point…this will never be a mainstream product but the technology may lead to useful advancements in the future

Recently?

Tech has always been about pushing boundaries. And that’s not a bad thing

This kind of misrepresents the argument anti-choice people use so while it’s kinda funny, it’s like…hollow. The anti-choice people are shitheads but not because they think Plan B is dangerous

Autocorrect got me! I meant virality. Like they’re being made for the upvotes. To become viral and be seen by as many people as possible or to be monetized by a meme account on Instagram.

Alternative and in the same vein, people rush to make the obvious joke… Not because it’s a good joke or even one that has to be told. Just because they want to be the first one to say it

The disconnect for me happened when memes started being made for the masses and I don’t mean that in a “I liked them before they got popular!” way. I mean when they changed from being in-jokes to attempts at virality.

Does that make sense? Genuinely asking because I don’t know how exactly to phrase what I mean. Like a meme made for your group chat is an in-joke and one made “for the public” is…content. I’m not asking anyone to agree with me but I’m hoping my point is understood

[Edit] fixed autocorrect changing virality to vitality

Really if I had to make my opinion more concise, it isn’t just that it “doesn’t feel right” - it’s that it feels like the word choice was used not to better express their idea but to be flashy and trendy. It’s not that a writer used a pop culture reference, it’s why the writer used it.

I’d have a very similar opinion if the trend was to use wacky typefaces or colors for the title. It serves no purpose other than to catch your eye (hence my clickbait analogy) and I think academia should be held to a higher standard than buzzfeed

Yeet is an example of a word or idea that fits the original description of meme, though. My “issue” (using that word lightly) is the overuse of image templates in place of words

I’m not sure how to phrase this well but I feel like you’re giving memes way too much credit by comparing them to idioms. There is nothing being added to the message when paired with a generic meme template so it’s not as much a method to express yourself as it is an attempt at giving the reader a dopamine hit when they recognize the image. It’s also different than words or phrases evolving because it’s the image template, not the words, giving the dopamine hit.

I think my issue with them can be described as this: Most memes aren’t made to communicate an idea, they’re made to get attention. They’re the visual equivalent of a clickbait headline and I don’t think they’re adding to or changing our language. If what you have to say is too banal to be said without an image template, why make it if not for those sweet sweet upvotes?

I’m not necessarily arguing here, just trying to find the right words to express my feelings on it.