There is nothing like a good meme in this day and age to help get you through the day. After all, humor is the best medicine, but it’s also a pretty good feeling to know that thousands of people out there might feel the same way as you.
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As “every day” and perhaps “dumb” as they might seem, memes are an all-in-all fascinating concept. Simply put, it’s an element of culture, usually a thing with some meaning attached to it, that gets passed from person to person like a viral infection. The internet has simply allowed this to happen a lot faster.
At the same time, the ability to create and spread memes so quickly also contributes to their lack of longevity. Most memes come and go in a matter of months if not weeks, as formats and topics change and evolve.
I worked as a temp for a temporary company that the insurance outsourced it paperwork to. I was just regular admin, but the of the workers who talked to the doctors about claims informed me that the instructions that came down the line from the insurance company were, “deny, deny, deny, deny, until the doctors screams some more, does a c**p-load more of paperwork, and then maybe approve it.” I kid you not. If you still think universal healthcare is a bad idea, please don’t get seriously ill.
Often, memes are a classic way to convey in-jokes in a community. After all, most professions, areas, fandoms, and demographics all have meme pages set up specifically for their own use. Remember, a core component of memes are the common points of reference, that allow most people to get the necessary information out of what often amounts to an image and a little bit of text.
The idea of a meme as a sort of virus is actually quite old. Indeed, the very word, at least as we know it today, comes from Richard Dawkins's 1976 book “The Selfish Gene.” He was arguing about aspects of culture that are passed around, mutating and changing, but keeping a recognizable form. But it would only be around the time of the internet when memes truly took off.
It always annoys me that we can sleep wrong. Seriously, body, how is that so difficult?
After all, with digital tools, now everyone can pass around and create memes. While in the past, access to broadcasting tools and media was highly limited, now, with the right moves, anyone can go viral from the comfort of their bedrooms. This has created a sort of meme golden age, where there is new content being created daily.
It's a vicious cycle really, but curious how they got this photo of me?
Maybe they have PTSD from an incident involving a Great Dane coming into their house and eating the leftover Taco Bell that was on the table. Said Great Dane then proceeded to bark very loudly and wake up the OP, who was taking a nap. They thought that there was some sort of wild animal in the house, so they hid under the covers. The dog then left and OP checked the security cameras to see what it was. The OP then got angry because they were saving that Taco Bell for later. Since that day, they have never liked dogs.
We did just that for our 9 year old Shih Tzu. 2 years later, she’s happier and has more pep in her step.
I’m pretty sure me making faces and playing peek-a-boo has something to do with it. Why do we not consider it odd to engage stranger babies?
Engaging with stranger babies is one of my favorite things. Ok all babies actually, but that's not what we were talking about.
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babies stare at anything that looks like a human face. it's instinct. before their eyesight is developed, they will stare at random objects that look vaguely like a human face. they're like facebook trying to tag random background items in your photos.
Yes this is true. Anyone who's studies child development or psychology will have read about studies of presenting face like objects to babies and measuring how long babies with gaze at them. People with high contrast faces are liked the best (dark skin / light hair or light skin / dark hair).
Load More Replies... I played peek-a-boo with a kid in the car across from me yesterday and it was THE cutest thing! I was waiting for my groceries and noticed him peaking out from behind the seat in front of him in his car so I immediately ducked and he laughed when I came back up. Eventually his dad noticed and they both started playing it. Made my day!
Never start a game of peekaboo with a baby at the *beginning* of a long flight.
lol, Uncle John, it sounds like you may not be used to babies/toddlers. They will want to do the same thing 700 times. They don’t tire of it like we do. But all you have to do is start the practice of telling them “okay, this is the last time” and then actually stick to it. If you do it again you’re screwed but if you stick to it they learn you mean it when you say it and will drop it, but be disappointed of course. Lol
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I have green hair. I either get this face: 😳, or this face: 😮, from babies. No in between
I wear glasses, and always thought it was because the babies saw the faces of a baby (themselves) reflected in the lenses and were fascinated by them.
I remember reading when I was studying psychology and childhood psychology that glasses? I'll look it up again but it's because they think that the person wearing glasses has big eyes.
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Met my friends’ twins this past weekend. One of them started staring at me before I even had a chance to interact with him, and then he got super adorably smiley and happy when I did start engaging with him. Nothing quite so magical as getting a baby to smile at you 😭
In actual studies they measure how long a baby looks at something. How they decided this meant they find people beautiful idk. I know if you show them a red ball, then a red ball, then a red ball, then a blue ball. They stare longer at the blue ball because it surprised them/they weren’t expecting it. I always thought the more logical interpretation was that they found whatever they were staring at interesting. Not good, not bad, just interesting. I mean people stare at car wrecks and I don’t think any of us find them beautiful, but they do pull our attention.
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Try smiling or waving at them! Let the baby know you see them as well!
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Unless you have long hair. They wanna yank it and put it in their mouth.
That baby in the photo though - judging by their expression, they’ve seen something repulsive!
Still have no idea, but hey, no job interview has asked me how many days are in August. I think I’m ok for now.
No, work on your s**t, the other person doesn't have to suffer because you called it
I'm chubby and it's great. I actually look curvy in swimsuits
Please don't, I'm already having a tough time trying to figure out what the kids are saying these days, as it is.
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While you're headed to bed dogs, would you swing by chair cats and pick.me up some shampoo?
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While you're headed to bed dogs, would you swing by chair cats and pick.me up some shampoo?
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