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Hello and Welcome to Thematic Attic!

Today we want to bring you into the world Of

Memes!

What are Memes you ask? Well, they can be a lot of things,

From Catchphrases that pop up everywhere in our modern culture,

To images, where both keep coming back to view in a new

Evolved way of expression.

Here is more of a definition for you:

The word ‘meme’ is a shortening (modeled on ‘gene’) of ‘mimeme’ (from Ancient Greek μίμημα Greek pronunciation: [míːmɛːma] mīmēma, “something imitated”, from μιμεῖσθαι mimeisthai, “to imitate”, from μῖμος mimos “mime”)^[4] and it was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976)^[1][5] as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples of memes given in the book included melodies, catch-phrases, fashion and the technology of building arches.^[6]

Advocates of the meme idea say that memes may evolve by natural selection in a manner analogous to that of biological evolution. Memes do this through the processes of variation, mutation, competition and inheritance, each of which influence a meme’s reproductive success.^[7]

By some other definitions memes are viral and propagate around sometimes mutating as they propagate. Someone proposed something along the lines of some blog posts are viral, they write about something they see on one blog and the next person does the same sometimes their interpretation varies slightly changing the story (I cannot find this original reference).

Today we want you to focus more on the

Memes that invade you daily life.

We all have them..they are those silly sayings we take from

A Song,

A Movie line,

A Celebrity Quote

Or a Political mistep…

We use these words as definitions for situations, or emotions, that

seem to best sum up our feelings. Memes are for ever changing, and can go viral on the internet.

Here are some examples.

This began as a video from Willow Smith

(the Daughter Of Will Smith the actor)…

And it became a Meme ( see below)…

Some bright person took that little girls song and made a

“New” expression out of it!

This bring us to out challenge today…

We ask that you create a list of

5 Memes Catchphrases of your own

And work them into a poem!

You can cite where the meme originated from if you want or

Have people try to guess….

Here is my list of 5 Meme Catchphrases!!

1. Beam Me Up Scotty!

2. We Need A Bigger Boat!

3. Show Me The Money!

4. The code is more of what you call guidelines than actual rules

5. We Need More Cow Bell!

(Will Ferrel from Saturday Night Live)

You may choose what ever Memes you like

(Even Political Memes this time for there are plenty)

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Here are some further examples for your enjoyment!

This ones called “Whose Responsible This”

And this one is based on the concept of “Philosoraptor” a philosophical dinosour

Whose image shows up in new thought almost everyday…

We hope you find this blog fun and inspiring and maybe a bit silly too!

But mostly we are glad you came by and shared

A poem or two with us!!!

Thank you!

Jon and Diane!!