{"id":10520,"date":"2016-05-30T15:29:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/a-co-creator-of-know-your-meme-explains-what-the\/"},"modified":"2016-05-30T15:29:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T15:29:16","slug":"a-co-creator-of-know-your-meme-explains-what-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/a-co-creator-of-know-your-meme-explains-what-the\/","title":{"rendered":"A Co-Creator of Know Your Meme Explains What the Hell a Meme Actually Is | VICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Co-Creator of Know Your Meme Explains What the Hell a Meme Actually Is | VICE<\/a><\/p>\n

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kenyatta<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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How would you even describe a meme in words? Like if I had to describe what dat boi is to my grandmother, what would I say?<\/b>
Have you ever tried it?<\/p>\n

No. It\u2019s just occurring to me right now. Would you be able to describe some meme to somebody who was completely unfamiliar with internet culture? <\/b>
It\u2019s a piece of culture that\u2019s recognizable to other people, that has a certain cultural meaning that you and the other people around you get. I wouldn\u2019t, say, use the word \u201cmeme\u201d to describe an image macro. \u201cMeme\u201d to me is more the process, the thing that happens with that media within a network. My grandmother would still probably look at me and say, \u201cThat\u2019s nice. I have no fucking idea what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like the golden age of rap music. You listen to rap music from the 90s, and half the lyrics were references to TV shows or commercials, or whatever, different cultural signifiers that meant something to them and to other people who may have had the same experiences as them. But if you exposed somebody to them now, they\u2019re gonna have no idea, they may not get those references. I think a lot of internet culture is like that. You need the context of the culture. It\u2019s like the virality of \u201cthe dress,\u201d you know, people giving different answers to whatever color they thought it was\u2013\u2013yes, that\u2019s interesting, but the thing that made it fascinating was the network.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I spoke with @vicemag<\/a> about memes and touch a bit on the history of @knowyourmeme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related: perhaps the interesting part of popular posts on tumblr isn\u2019t the content but the context<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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