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Trying to start a meme is like giving yourself a nickname (self.self)

submitted ago by definitelynotaspy

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This includes saying "and a meme is born!" in response to a funny comment. In fact that's almost worse, because a funny meme might actually have been born, but by trying to call it, you've ruined it. It's like the observer effect.

It's not cool, it's not funny, it's not original. Please, just stop.

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[–]dirtymoney 26 points27 points ago

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call me t-bone

[–]amosmoses 4 points5 points ago

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Dammit !

[–]btravis72 2 points3 points ago

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Coco the monkey!

[–]Devotia 5 points6 points ago

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¿La Araña Discoteca?

[–]ohhewoo 1 point2 points ago

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Discoteca, muñeca, la biblioteca -

[–]b91 5 points6 points ago

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Seconded. People jinx it when they call it.

[–]redditdogmasquad 9 points10 points ago

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PEOPLE JINX IT WHEN THEY CALL IT IS A NEW MEME.

[–]Crayboff 1 point2 points ago

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Oh shit bro, you just jinxed it

[–]Proteus- 0 points1 point ago

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OH SHIT BRO, YOU JUST JINXED IT IS A NEW MEME.

[–]sneakatdatavibe 0 points1 point ago

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You are never funny.

[–]Proteus- 2 points3 points ago

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Me personally, or that one lame guy who tries to breath life into an already unfunny comment chain who I've temporarily embodied in your mind?

[–]sneakatdatavibe 0 points1 point ago

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Both.

[–]Proteus- 1 point2 points ago

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Okay.

[–]practicalize 4 points5 points ago

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My new name is "The Shack". CALL ME BY MY NEW NAME!! BRANDING BRANDING COMMERCIALS COMMERCIALS I'M NOT RADIOSHACK ANYMORE I'M WAY TOO COOL FOR THAT SO CALL ME "THE SHACK" THE SHACK THE SHACK!!!

[–]MistyMountainHop 11 points12 points ago

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In fact that's almost worse, because a funny meme might actually have been born, but by trying to call it, you've ruined it.

How is that worse? It prevents it from becoming something unfunny and repetitive. A preemptive strike, if you will.

[–]definitelynotaspy[S] 8 points9 points ago

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Most memes, that is real memes that happen naturally, are funny for a while and then get old.

I would argue it's better to have something be funny for a while, get a few laughs and then fade away than it is to have something be ruined before it even had its chance.

[–]MistyMountainHop 3 points4 points ago

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I don't think it has as much to do with a meme's age as it does to do with its context and frequency of use. Memes are often used far too often and in places where they aren't really that funny. If they are only used when the moment is right for them, then they are much more effective.

[–]brettaburger 2 points3 points ago

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Very good point. Just because everyone is circle jerking over it doesn't make it any more entertaining.

[–]madmax00004 2 points3 points ago

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Memes are entertaining because people are circle-jerking over them.

[–]r-r-roll 3 points4 points ago

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This was my best shot.

[–]Crayboff 0 points1 point ago

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Dammit thedentite

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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this thread was fucking awesome. i laughed at that for weeks

[–]DeaJaye 2 points3 points ago

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The problem is, you can assassinate a meme (which it probably should be) but all the common taint will still be sprouting it in 3 months time and you will get emails from all your co-workers about how funny it is.

[–]definitelynotaspy[S] 1 point2 points ago

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I call that 3 month period of time between seeing something cool and all of your older relatives/coworkers seeing it "ancestral delay"

[–]tanukisuit 1 point2 points ago

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Are Three Wolf Moon shirts still in or what?

[–]SiriusAlphaCMa 1 point2 points ago

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and a meme is born!

[–]Homo_sapiens 1 point2 points ago

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When you intruduce yourself to everyone in a network by your chosen nickname you get what you wanted. :]

Do, or do not. There is no try.

[–]definitelynotaspy[S] 1 point2 points ago

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Sure, people might call you Steverino or Boberooni... but you're still a dork

[–]Homo_sapiens 1 point2 points ago

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You seem to misunderstand. My nickname is mako. I'm named after a fucking shark.

That's not why I picked that particular aggregation of phonemes at all, but it's hardly dorky.

[–]Sykotik 2 points3 points ago

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Downvoted for lack of meme.

[–]terumo 2 points3 points ago

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and a un-meme is born!

[–]postsentin 1 point2 points ago

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I had that meme on vinyl.

[–]xavierpicard 0 points1 point ago

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This is not a meme.

[–]sli -1 points0 points ago

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Milhouse is, right?

[–]tupidflorapope 0 points1 point ago

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Grand Master B™ checkin' in.

[–]Contradiction11 0 points1 point ago

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Kind of like when Nazi Germany started calling itself "Walmart." Except that one caught on.

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