/pol/, are memes real? Do they actually influence real life? Did we tap into something we don't even understand the power of?
>>55880932
Suppose you have a coin, and it's made of metal, that is a solid, physical substance. Upon it is stamped an image, non-physical substance of information. Such is energy. And E=mc^2, where E is the area of a circle, m is qt3.14, and the speed of light is the radius. What is the circumference of that circle. Now that should give you a headache for a while, go back to reddit.
>>55880932
It's been esoteric knowledge for millennia until now. Memes are acting as large-scale sigils, and we've become unintentional wizards. Shit's going down.
memes have been behind every political revolution since ancient times, wake up senpai
>>55881220
The sun?
>>55881220
>americans dont know what e=mc2 stands for
wow, it all makes sense now
>>55880932
no it's reality that influences the memes
lrn2causality
Memes are "cultural genes." Things like societal norms and laws are essentially memes born out of social interaction.
>>55881429
This
By dank memes the West will be reconquered
>>55881220
Or the golden mask of the rite?
Quick, somebody make a meme that promotes gender roles, nuclear families and virtue.
Why don't we make a new language only using memes, you know 1 meme = 1000 words
>>55881483
How exactly?
>>55880932
Yes
Except we do understand it. Some people just refuse to listen
>>55880932
>Do they actually influence real life?
GERMANWINGS FLIGHT 4U
>>55881640
Meme by definition are the things viral in people's communication medium, you alter the memes you change ideology for mass people.
Trump reads /pol/ therefore whatever you write here is as if you've whispered in the God-Emperor's ear
>>55881707
This is actually one of the things that got me thinking about it
this happened just yesterday. i was at the grocery store, and the pharmacy area was doing flu shots.
this 5-year-old kid came in and received his shot like a champ. he didn't even flinch.
"you're a big guy", says the nurse.
it took ever fiber of my being to resist walking up and shouting "FOR YOU!"
>>55882090
>u
>thinking
>>55881519
This goy is right.
Most things people do is based on memes.
The Internet became the next printing press for information and distribution has increased exponentially from even decades ago and the distribution changed to near instantaneously globally.
>>55880932
>/pol/, are memes real?
Yes, Ben Garrison explains memes in his new book. (Yes, THAT Ben Garrison)
>>55881866
Is that why you guys still don't have toilets yet? They tried to force POO as a meme, but it didn't really take off.
>>55881866
>If you alter the memes
Sounds like something straight outta matrix.
>>55882267
WHAT IS THE LAST ONE!!!
>>55882249
Dolan represents the ruined innocence of Disney. Mr. Disney used to hate Jews, now Jews have taken over his company.
>>55882259
Is /pol/ really the most popular board or does Garrison just monitors it the most?
>>55882526
Last I checked it was the second most popular, behind /b/ and slightly above /v/
>>55882526
i would assume it follows /v/. /b/, /v/, then /pol/
>>55882526
bretty sure b is but /pol/ is up there with a and v
>>55882458
I have the pdf if you want
Choose the option to dowload it through browser. Ignore that popup that asks you to install a downloader. You don't need it.
https://mega.co.nz/#!KxNFnLSK!RU7LubpS4Ib9DhuIQXwIEb-5viD95ydXod_v4Hblw84
>>55882283
I have a powerbook older than that.
It still works.
I'm old.
>>55882743
I wasn't born yesterday. But I have no clue wtf that face is called and it's been driving me crazy forever.
>>55882993
its the feels face senpai baka desu
>>55880932
>/pol/, are memes real?
Always have been since the beginning of humanity. That's how we managed to survive and build complex thought and societies.
Who controls the memes control thought, who controls thought controls history.
I sincerely think that the memes we have been producing here for years have had a profound effect on irl, yes.
People acrtoss the world are far more likely to laught at misfortune these days than they were 20 years or so ago, and I think it's largely due to the amount of dark humour that memes have exposed to the general public.
there's more but fuck you /pol/ you're a pool of seething shit
>>55880932
Memes do not mean "le funny internet joke". However, in that context they do have some bearing on reality. Kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Is the cross one of the first big memes of the world?
Everyone drew it everywhere wore jewelry of it it's been put on peoples lawns and set on fire people draw it on their forehead
They made it so that it scares vampires away and other spooky things
>>55881602
Egyptian hieroglyphs
>>55881588
that's what religion was. now that it's pretty obvious that past interpretations of god are nonsense, society is breaking down because hey, fuck it, nothing matters, let's snort coke and fuck bitches.
if you want a meme, you need an argument in favor of traditionalism based on science, in 140 characters or less.
to get you started, google "the beautiful ones".
>>55881509
Smart finnbro
Here at 4chan we're forever surfer boys
>>55880932
theres this faggot memer at uni i go to who says dank at the end of every sentence
>>55881588
>nuclear family
IT's the extended family you want anon, not the debased nuclear model.
Well I mean, /tv/ did summon some sort of dimensional demon that brought down the airplane in france, so yeah.
I'd bet my money that memes are the last remains of some sort of lovecraftian cosmic horror, and when we're using them we are not playing with fire, we are playing with a goddamn primed nuclear bomb
