• @[email protected]
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    131 year ago

    I wonder if meme studies will be a legitimate field of research for future anthropologists that study the digital age.

    Hi, future people!

    • Rose Thorne(She/Her)
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      51 year ago

      I mean, so long as some kind of record is kept?

      It would be a wealth of social information. Political events, economic crisis, the views of the common man of the time, all have been represented through memery. This is, in a sense, a journal of opinion with a wonderful look across spectrums. They also encapsulate humor, showing where it has and hasn’t changed across generations.

      Sure, a massive chunk would be highly irrelevant, but it’s still a solid look into part of a wide culture.