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[Anonymous No.8822785]

Are memes the most relevant art form of the 21st century?

[Anonymous No.8822795]

>>8822785
the 21st century is only 16 (almost 17) years old so even if they are, that's not saying much

[Anonymous No.8822802]

>>8822795
Honestly I get more aesthetic appreciation from a well-crafted meme than most contemporary lit. Most people don't understand just how much creativity it takes to make a good meme.

I think that one day historians will study Internet memes to learn about the early Internet/postmodern age. As ironic communication and culture Wojak and Pepe are as interesting characters as the Greek gods.

[Anonymous No.8822805]

Either that or advertising

[Anonymous No.8822812]

>>8822805
I would say that memes are more of a pure art than advertising. On 4chan, memes are created solely for entertainment and fun and are passed on as tradition if they are good, closer to the way traditional folk art used to work before capitalism than anything else.

[Anonymous No.8822819]

>>8822812
I agree with you, but I think advertisements are more omnipresent than maymays and are therefore more relevant

[Anonymous No.8822860]

>>8822785
>memes
>art
Least favourite century desu

[Anonymous No.8822870]

I retract my previous statement. Now that i've actually looked at that meme in the OP I think it's beautiful.
>tfw you will never have a friendship like that
>or friends in general

[Anonymous No.8822873]

>>8822802
This comment is probably cloaked under 5-6 layers of irony, but I think there's no small amount of truth to it.

[Anonymous No.8822877]

>>8822802
But where does Pepe even exist, outside of 4chan? Whenever I see him on non-chan sites he's used incorrectly or people just think it's a silly frog. He likely will not be an important figure in meme studies.

[Anonymous No.8822897]

>>8822785
Memes are the sons of dream of content without property. It will take us back to cave paints were the work didn't have only one creator but the role community helped to make that image.
So as a truly work of art it will help society understand itself by a simple model of images with quick emotional responses.

[Anonymous No.8822910]

memes are cave paintings for the digital era

[Anonymous No.8822913]

>>8822785

This is legit cute and heartwarming desu

[Anonymous No.8822923]

>>8822877
That happens with some slangs. You have to be part of a group to fully understand it . However, its limited range don't undermine its value

[Anonymous No.8822930]

>>8822910
This.

[Anonymous No.8822990]

>>8822795
>only 16 (almost 17) years old
it's actually 17 almost 18 m'lad

[Anonymous No.8823002]

>>8822923
The fuck?

[Anonymous No.8823009]

>>8822910
>>8822930

Poor example to be honest.
Plato's Allegory is better here.

[Anonymous No.8823026]

>>8823009
does anyone have the version with the damn daniel stuff in it

[Anonymous No.8823180]

>>8822877
>But where does Athena even exist, outside of the Aegean?

[Anonymous No.8823188]

>>8822785
Yes.

[Anonymous No.8823189]

>>8822802
>Wojak

[Anonymous No.8823193]

>>8822805
too deep for this board to comprehend

[Anonymous No.8823687]

>Im always home. I dont have friends

Oh wow that hit home hard.

[Anonymous No.8823733]

>>8822785
Yes occult memetics is a must read in the current year

[Anonymous No.8823784]

>>8822877
>But where does Pepe even exist, outside of 4chan?

[Anonymous No.8823791]

i just think that although memes are meant to be 'ironic', theyre actually the most sincere things being put out into into the media space or zeitgeist or whatever you want to call it

there is at least a core of truth to sadfrogs and all these absurd things, whereas most 'normal' 'important' communications completely miss the reality of what is going on and have 0% relevance to anything

[Anonymous No.8823792]

Spurdo is all i need

[Anonymous No.8823798]

>>8823784

I wonder what the reaction of a middle aged mum living in the suburbs who reads Dan Brown books would've thought of this news story.