~ M-POM-T-R-F-DR ~ Meme – Piece Of Media – That – Resonated – For – Different Reasons

~ R/R/R-CASOM ~ Recontextualized / Remixed / Redistributed – Carrying All Sorts Of Meaning

~ M-SM-IA-I-G-STASA-IJ-TTA-I-T-POTO-Y-EWYA-PAA-TCA-POV-A-ATPOTS ~ Memes – Signify Membership – In An – In-Group – Sometimes They Are Such An – Inside Joke – That They Are – Inscrutable – To – People On The Outside – Yet – Even When They Are – Popular And Accessible – They Contain A – Point Of View – And – Announce The Positioning Of The Sharer

~ OHOALM-I-IATB-R/C-O-A-UAIC ~ One – Hallmark Of A Lasting Meme – Is – Its Ability To Be – Recontextualized / Co-Opted – And – Used Against Its Creators

~ TMW-HB-TS-EATL-RTLOTPWDEIT-T-MP-MW-NF-I-P-B-A-LO-FAI-B-I-I-CITBOOSTM-P ~ The – Meme Wars – Have Been – Tremendously Successful – Even As They Largely – Ruined The Lives Of The People Who Directly Engaged In Them – The – Most Powerful – Meme Warriors – Now Face – Indictment – Prison – Bankruptcy – And – Loss Of – Family And Identity – But – Their – Ideas – Carried Into The Bloodstream Of Our Society Through Memes – Persist

~ MW-A-CW-CAI-BOT-IAI-OT-I-W-T-OAE-A-C-R-SAS-A-FTEOTW-IA-N-ES-O-IAW-A-M-COS-P/KU ~ Meme Wars – Are – Culture Wars – Accelerated And Intensified – Because Of The – Infrastructure And Incentives – Of The – Internet – Which – Trades – Outrage And Extremity – As – Currency – Rewards – Speed And Scale – And – Flattens The Experience Of The World– Into A – Never-Ending Scroll – Of – Images And Words – A – Morass – Capable Of Swallowing – Patience / Kindness / Understanding

~ S-YDNARS-TGYITMOP-YJNT-FOTDO-A ~ Suddenly – You Didn’t Need A Radio Show – To Get Your Idea To Millions Of People – You Just Needed To – Figure Out The Desires Of – Algorithm

~ MW-UTIY-CTN-Y-CE ~ Meme Warlords – Understand That If You – Control The Narrative – You – Control Everything

~ WT-COTI-C-INSTCB-MME-H ~ With The – Connectivity Of The Internet – Culture – Is Now Something That Can Be – Much More Easily – Hacked

~ SIFI ~ Spreading Intentionally False Information

~ AEC-I-N-A-T ~ Algorithmic Echo Chambers – Individual – News – And – Timelines

~ PP-E-ITBE-O-ET ~ Political Polarization – Embedded – Into The Back End – Of – Every Tool

~ ASPFH ~ A Safe Space For Hate

~ ESA-L-D-C-OT-I-CC-R-WC-IIHEEBI ~ Even A – Lose – Distributed – Coalition – On The – Internet – Could Cause – Real-World Chaos – If It Had Enough Energy Behind It

~CW ~ Cringe Watching

~ MM-A-J-T-WQAJ ~ Meme Magic – A – Joke – That – Wasn’t Quite A Joke

~ TIO-MM-BIOM ~ The Idea Of – Meme Magic – Became Its Own Meme

~ T-POTC-II-SE-B-II-COS-F-WESTS ~ The – Power Of The Crowd – Isn’t In – Surfacing Evidence – But – In Its – Chorus Of Support – For – Whatever Explanation Seems To Stick

~ WYF-HTAO-PD-WEAFO-OAP ~ Whatever You Find – Has The Aura Of – Personal Discovery – Which Engenders A Feeling Of – Ownership And Pride

~ M-FAT-SG-FC-BTTIACL-W-SIJ-A-SE ~ Memes – Function As The – Social Glue – For Communities – Binding Them Together In A Common Language – With – Shared In-Jokes – And – Sworn Enemies

~ SM-INLA-ET-IWTPOF-SC-B-GVTSG;IHIB-ATOTP-UT-D/H/C-VG ~ Social Media– Is No Loner An – Emerging Technology – Imbued With The Possibility Of Fostering – Social Change – By – Giving Voice To Small Groups; It Has Instead Become – A Tool Of The Powerful – Used To – Dominate / Harass / Coerce – Vulnerable Groups