A Large System of Memes Coming in From the East

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Feb 13, 2025 7:00 PM EST

Weather is a terrifying and beautiful thing. If you, like me, grew up in a place that would get tornado warnings every summer, you know this to be true. On one hand, you get to hole up in your basement and feel super cozy while the world shakes outside. On the other hand, you're like "Um, what if a tornado actually comes?" And if you've had the misfortune of actually surviving a natural disaster, you really know this. 

Humans are the most powerful beasts on Earth, but we are powerless to weather. We can build all the homes we want, bring all the umbrellas, and invent all the transportation devices we'd like to, but if a huge weather event comes along, we're simply subject to its whims. It reminds us that humans are indeed fallible, and there are limits to what we can achieve. This is comforting to me. Just like memes are comforting.

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  • Memes are sort of like the weather of the internet. They tell us what's going on. They're symptoms of larger systems at play, not the other way around. The winds of internet culture move and send down rain in the form of memes. Then we splash around in them for a while. Oh, look, a puddle… 

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    New offer alert

    SU mans SUBWAY WE BARE OUR OWIN Subway offers sandwiches in exchange for money @TONYZARET @saskeweebf69
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    Go for it, dude

    new piercing idea: the full-body piercing. let me know what you think 2:20 PM Nov 5, 2024 5.6M Views .
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    Ka-chow, cavity filled

    His method of tooth extraction is unorthodox but highly effective. KARATE DENTIST
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    A slithery little sneaky snake

    Know the difference Snake Snek
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    Advanced Driving Techniques

    I installed switches on my car's dash that don't do anything. When someone gets in my car I look them in the eye, say "buckle up," and start flipping switches in what appears to be a purposeful order. Then I'll drive like a grandma while refusing to answer any questions about the switches DIMEN 11111
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    how i see the world after having a three hour conversation with my best friend that never once passes the bechdel test @manicpixiememequeen
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    QVASITECH Stereo to Mono Converter
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    due to unspecified predicaments i will now be fist fighting god
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    When girls press their whole body against you when they hug, it means they like you a lot. Also, they're measuring your body to determine how long it will take them to eat you, a technique shared by boa constrictors
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    Me pretending that the luteal phase doesn't affect me so i can stay sane @manicpixiememequeen
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    YES CORVID TESTING
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    @manicpixiememequeen hearing my negative thoughts about myself & ignoring them because i have better things to do with my life than continue cycles of self-hatred
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    Saw this assistance dog with its pig plushy after a long day of work Asistenchand
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    CREATURE NAME: SPECIAL POWER: :1 CREATURE NAME: Bread SPECIAL POWER: Bread 4 S CREATURE SPECIAL PO Give it a Name 5 Color & Special Powe MONSTER FINDER Fin th
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    Mommy Owl @Lhlodder I'm beginning to think my husband isn't going to apologize for the way he acted in my dream last night.
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    Enjoy Your Monolith! MONOLITH IS FRIEND. EAT WITH MONOLITH. SLEEP WITH MONOLITH. MONOLITH IS FAMILY AND ABSOLUTELY NOT FROM OUTER SPACE. THE ENJOY YOUR MONOLITH CORP OF AMERICA AND NOT OUTER SPACE
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    Just Because I CAN'T SING Don't mean I WON'T SING
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    A Spider pretending to be a flower has caught a fly pretending to be a wasp. Probably taken by a photographer pretending to be a bush and posted by me pretending I took it myself.
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    new game unfinished me ished me game unfinished unfinished unfinished game game game unfinished unfinished hed e game unfinished game unfinished game game unfinished unfinished game unfini
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    Cu IM SFCK of This FLESH PRISON
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    You're telling me there's a whole company named "Panda Express" and when it's time to actually transport and deliver pandas another company does it O Nick lannelli @NickWTOP. 1d Just in: The National Zoo's new pandas JUST arrived. @WTOP FedEx FedEx Welcome, Panda! I'm cheering. 0:19 FedEx 11
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    This is the potato of luck, don't ignore it and tomorrow you'll get good news
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    We got the torture labyrinth tomorrow What? We gotta get tortured for eternity tomorrow Ohhhh Okay
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    Math teachers be like: Radius Diameter
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    If EA made benches
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    twocubes Follow as part of my reform package, i promise to turn all rich people into furries, so instead of spending all their money on superyachts they spend it on commissions, which have a significantly higher rate of economic recirculation and a significantly lower carbon pawpr watcherknight but theres gonna be a lot of inflation ihopethisdsntawakensomethinginme Fol you put that sentence back in your mouth
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