Memes are wobbly crutches for mindless mental midgets.
Memes are a sure sign of a glaring void of original thought from sheepish flocks of dirt-dumb, brown-nosers and ass kissers who so often post them–and then share so little else. Memes are about as rewarding as a $3 fuck at 4 am.
Those who frequently spread and share memes usually have nothing whatsoever of any substance to say, or share. Meme purveyors are too lazy to put in *real* work and *actual* effort to communicate an intelligible thought of their own. Memes also cheapen and sometimes poison ultra-important complex issues into simpleton stupidity intended to be swallowed by tribal rubes, as though US inflation or UK gas prices are controlled by presidents and prime ministers or your favorite movie star really did say something he did not–and much of the time your meme is bullshit, anyway. No, Robin Williams never said that. But hey, it sounds clever, so fuck it — spread the fabrication. And don’t even get me started on the Algerian Olympic female boxer meme hate-fest. There’s a meme for everything now and yet nobody reads. Go figure.
Unfortunately, we are spiraling chaotically within a social media universe where attention spans and “research” is now measured in mili-seconds and EVERYONE is now an expert now on everything from infectious diseases to the history of Ukraine. Memes have become the junk currency, scepters of cultural imbecility, antithetical rodents of rationality, and a destructive mass-epidemic that makes REAL AND ACTUAL discourse with data, facts, and nuance far more difficult–if not impossible.
Memes lack credibility. Memes are often incorrect. Meme quotes are frequently made up. Memes are shallow. Memes lack sources. Memes are destructive. Memes impede conversation and debate. Memes are toxic. Memes are fast-food for the mind, quick sugar fixes with no nutritional intellectual value. Memes are colorful illusions used by those who lack creativity, imaginativeness, ingeniousness, innovativeness, nonconformity, or novelty. Memes are the ultimate in copy-cat conformity. Most memers can’t express themselves in writing, and so they must rely on cheap punch lines, half-truths, and political insults to express a half-witted opinion.
Look at the social media accounts of memers. There’s a clear linear relationship between the number of memes on someone’s page, and the staggering LACK of writing, ideology, and originality. It’s a lazy distraction. More memes = less Ingenuity. In fact, memes are often made on troll farms by shady political operatives, designed to divide Americans and cast doubts on legitimate leaders, institutions, and policies. This is by design. A lengthy and credible report written by legitimate experts and published by a respected academic institution with valuable insights and optimal policy advocacy can be DESTROYED in seconds by one fallacious meme. Anyone who thinks this is a positive for society is full of shit and also part of the problem.
Oh, did I mention I don’t like memes?
Are some memes funny? Sure. But the much bigger problem is one of what I’ll call an ecological social media *imbalance.* A few of just about anything is okay. Swarms of anything are not okay. Memes have become the invasion on snake island. When fire ants and wasps invade and pretty much take over, pretty soon, nothing else grows. All things die.
I have always had a NO MEME policy on my Facebook posts and threads for good reason. Sometimes, this is difficult to enforce because I don’t always see all content. I also acknowledge memes are here to stay in the broadest sense and there’s nothing I can do about their toxic spread elsewhere. But I CAN and WILL control what happens here in my space.
Heretofore, NO MEMES will be permitted. End of discussion. If you disagree — fine. Post your memes on the wall of other morons and meme away, but leave the discussion to the adults in the room. If you don’t like it — then leave. Unfriend. You won’t be missed. My page. My rules.
Any and all memes (I see) will be removed, starting now and going forward. Repeated offenders will be unfriended. Abusers will be blocked. Upset about this policy — I don’t give a shit. Go do a $3 fuck, then meme about it.
The country and our world is filled with interesting subjects and just as many problems. Nothing has ever been solved or made better by a meme. They will not be permitted here.
Thank you.
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