First Step to Using Memes to Influence
I’ve seen too many people try thinking about what memes to spread and use, but what you’re doing is putting the cart before the horse. Marianasweb.org is a very small website with very few people compared to the other large media sites. In order to be able to use meme magic or influence with memes in general, you need to first spread the meta meme of us having that power in the first place! We ought to first be focusing on how to popularize dank meme magics in trusted, smaller groups before trying to do anything. Stuff like how good troll groups work, government interest in memes as propaganda, and the general examples of memes influencing reality ought to be distilled into meme form so we may first grow in power!
Memetics I feel is not particularly magical, although “Magic” may be a useful metaphor to help craft the philosophy outlined in this blog series. I think the dissemination of memes into the public sphere a (i.e. memes designed to subvert growing insanity in society) is our best step forwards. If we can humorously (it has to be humor conveyed or the memes won’t catch on) put memes into society, which quietly contest the narratives of MSM, while maintaining esotericism in our own ranks. We can do a great deal here. That said… it will not be easy, and I do not think psychic phenomena are real and ought to be relied upon.
In addition, I feel subversive and subtlety are our best tools. Memes that mock and deride current narratives, in a palatable and comedic sense are our best tool. We need to manipulate “the normies” a little in a slightly la-li-lu-le-lo manner. By providing new contexts, we can show up the ludicrousness of the world’s growing insanity, by using these methods to establish widespread societal sanity. We have to be the patriots.
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Meme Warfare 
3zF6p-oy4XE 9:23 am on March 27, 2020 Permalink |
Now you see, while I wholeheartedly agree with the content of your post…I do have a few problems.
1) “Memes” as in the humorous image definition and not : a video, funny image or paraphrase are at large widely random and randomly created. This, in turn doesn’t always predict what may come next. I’ve found there are memes for mostly everything but that doesn’t mean the particular “meme” you are looking at has gone mainstream.
2) The original definition of “Meme” in Standard English refers to it being an idea, and along with the word “Memetic” the successful spread of an idea and propagation throughout a society or community. BUT! What both of those words don’t immediately mean is the internet-spread humorous image conveyed with *Impact* bottom & top text. See what I’m saying here? Everyone widely assumes “meme” and “memetics” to mean : le funny doge haha laff.
When it shouldn’t be like that at all, people are destroying Standard English and making it harder for people learning the language to understand. As well as deriving meaning into words that don’t belong there.
3)I feel as if for a good “meme” to be created AND continue to be created, there needs to be: an event, funny drama and an willing community. Once you have all those three things, you can achieve the things YOU outlined in your post.
Those are my only key-points, other than that you are correct in most of what you say. I wish there was more people dedicated to creating “memes” or more people aware of politics and what effect it could have on their life in the future.
L.E.
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Anonymous 9:43 am on March 27, 2020 Permalink |
To be honest. I really enjoyed this comment. You do touch on a few things that I want to cover down the line. You mentioned how an internet meme(like a funny pic or vid) is not the same as what the word traditionally meant. This is true. There are few reasons I talk about internet memes. The first reason is that they are the most common and most used by people. They are cheap and easy to do, as long as people like your post. I’m not saying there aren’t people trying to be funny on the internet, and failing. Also the internet is one of the fastest ways to spread information, whether it is in a joking meme, or something more formal. This is the primary function of the internet. Memes didn’t start with the internet, but it sure did increase their effectiveness.
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