Meme eras (eras used to last ~2y, now they last 6mo)
prehistoric lolcat era
doge classical era
harambe dark age
expanding brain enlightenment
distracted boyfriend impressionism
American chopper expressionism
We should expect surrealist, cubist, abstract expressionist by 2020
Conversation
Spend time on 4ch4n where memes last hours/days.
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Nobody really gives a crap about memes and meme cycles that don’t crossover into mainstream visibility. It’s nice that channers have that local stuff to keep them busy but it ain’t history until it hits the mainstream.
“If it didn’t acquire mainstream crossover appeal it didn’t really happen”
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