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Memebase: When did you first start getting into posting memes?
@samanthaquick_: I would say I really started shitposting memes on instagram when I was going through a period of feeling particularly lonely and isolated. I guess it really began as a way to signal boost my own existence.
What do you enjoy most about shitposting? What's not so enjoyable?
The thing I like the most about shitposting is meeting new friends online :) The thing I like the least is anxiety over whether or not something I've posted could be taken out of context or misconstrued and used against me in some way.What's more interesting to you—cringe or based content?
I don't know. Everything is cringe. Cringe is kind of based in a way. I think it's cool to be really earnest. -
What have you learned about the meme world since you began immersing yourself in it?
I think the thing that surprised me the most is how effective a loosely-bound group of chaotic individuals with absolutely no plan can be at organizing things like fundraisers, events and livestreams. I think about how overly produced most content we consume now is, where the average movie or tv show or even mobile ad, just has this enormous production apparatus around it. I think about how many zoom meetings were spent agonizing over the slightest details to make sure that whatever's produced is as shiny and controlled as possible and you just don't get any kind of fresh idea that way. When Mike Judge made Beavis & Butthead, MTV just trusted one man with a vision and said "go to town" and it was a huge success. No big money institutions trust creators like that any more. In my opinion it's a big reason why YouTube channels, Twitch streams, and TikToks are so popular now. -
Do you feel like your account has a theme, or do you post intuitively & spontaneously? How much of your own personality is reflected in the stuff you choose to post?
My account has zero theme whatsoever. I use my full legal name on my page, it's just me and my terrible takes and the stupid shit I laugh at and listen to. Because I'm not anonymous, it's also an extension of myself, my ego and not just my identity but the ways I actively construct my identity. I think posting as an anonymous, shared account is a different experience entirely. Crazy things can happen to the personality of a page when you do that. It takes on a life of its own. In the same way that putting on a different face filter can make you inadvertently shift your voice or move slightly differently, I think trying on different personas online can have a similar effect to how you feel. I think it's called the Proteus Effect. -
A main characteristic of memes is that their virality depends on being widely circulated and reposted by many people. Do you think this is at odds with the idea of intellectual property? Can anyone even own a meme?
No, no one can own a meme and I don't think anyone can fully take credit for a meme either. Every meme is a small piece of an ongoing conversation with everyone else who is posting, they're responses to things that are already in the ether. Watermarking a meme is like trying to watermark something you said in response to your friend in a conversation. -
What's a meme that makes you laugh every time you see it?
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Spotlight On Our Favorite Femme Memelords
It's the second week Women's History Month and we're celebrating meme-style by featuring some of our favorite femme memelords. This week the spotlight is on artist, gamer and meme queen @samanthaquick_. Few have figured out how to reconcile living through the age of all things tech with the paranoia and anxiety that comes with being terminally online, and many of @samanthaquick_'s posts hilariously point to these sorts of contradictions that our generation grapples with. We had the pleasure of asking @samanthaquick_ some questions about memes and other shitposting shenanigans. We've also included some highlights from her Instagram to give you a look inside the mind of a true master of the shitpost.
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