How did the ORLY owl, OWNED, and FAIL internet 'memes' began and spread?
 

Very technical but insightful discussion on "memes". Memes are trends in thinking that spread like wildfire among communities. In the internet community we've had "all your base are belong to us", OWNED, FAIL, ORLY, and many many others. Learn what makes them successful. Social media and social networking has thrown gasoline to the meme organic social 'fire'.

http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Papers/MemeticsNamur.html

Maybe you can make ADULT content that proliferates among a niche audience?

Put another way--"riding" a meme has many domain name, traffic, and other web-based possibilities.

I started the "raise the roof" back in the 90's.. :2 cents:

I thought memes are now mainly tested and either rejected or spread through the collective wisdom of "anon" at 4chan or SA or ytmnd :2 cents:

4chan does take a large chunk of the meme generation capacity of the Net. However, memes arise from many demographic groups and spread to differing groups.

all your base are belong to hairy pussy

I knew it ... it is an asian hacker conspiracy!

That word gets thrown around far to often and... well, let me just start by saying... memes aren't what they used to be. And that is not a compliment.

Just passing through

True. They are getting more diffuse and fragmentary.

"all your clicks(dicks) are belong to us"

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Meme means Idea.

Call me the whambulance.

I dont get it

sorry, my bad..

See that is where you are wrong and where I stated the word gets thrown around to much. It has gained popular use in the last several years with very few knowing the definition or significance behind the term.

Memes are "cultural ideas, symbols or practices, that gets transmitted from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena"

It DOES NOT define "any idea", it must go further than that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh ...

your an amerifag, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_RLY%3F

nevermind

4chan for sure :)

memes you say?

http://dollsonfire.com/games/memery

:1orglaugh Worth it just to see/hear the memes on the score page :1orglaugh

I don't know why everyone makes such a big deal on that boxxy chick, she was a total fake.

don't know what you are on about, she is not fake...... but anyways, here is a great remix video:

nice job on that

why are you using a referral link block?

http://knowyourmeme.com/
Some stuff here, too.