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"I have acquired 10 million expired threads from 4chan’s history. Roughly half a decade’s worth.
Why? Because it’s part of online history, a study of the human soul when untethered by identity, a way to confirm statements made years ago… any range of reasons which I could not hope to compose out of the air for you. That’s not my job. My job is to save things. And now I’ve saved this."
Funny idea, lame results : memes can't be forced
meta meta
you can only meme once - as waxy said : "like the New Numa and Hamsterdance 2, you can't recapture the magic "
now a meme
mhhh...
Internet Memetics and Fads
"Snowclones are a type of formula-based cliché which uses an old idiom in a new context. These are roughly ordered by known year of original usage."
"_____ is the new black" is a catch phrase and snowclone used to indicate the sudden popularity or versatility of an idea at the expense of the popularity of a second idea. It is also the origin of a snowclone of the form "X is the new Y"
"An image macro is a picture with text superimposed, typically through the use of graphics software"
origin of the bloody expression and its 20000 variations
about "im in ur"
generates a map (or other visualizations) of your friends list - AJAX powered