fractal marketing

Fractal marketing is the process by which a product or service is promoted through modern electronic media and is subsequently picked up and scattered by potential consumers.

Whereas viral marketing presupposes that a consumer is infected with the intended message, fractal marketing reflects that the consumer modifies the message: it's still part of the snowflake's pattern, just a unique piece of it.

An example of fractal marketing would be Apple's Switch campaign of 2002 and Ellen Feiss's subsequently marketed web identity. They are affiliated, they are part of the same pattern, but this outcome could not be predicted by Apple.

by Olwen Lloyd January 7, 2007

Asshole Fractal

The coordinated team effort by all the inanimate objects around you to completely and totally fuck with a person for no apparent reason other than their own amusement.

I believe it was Mandelbrot who forgot to warn us of the Africanized bee-swarming, black cloud-ish shit storm where inanimate objects all collude to fuck with us when they're bored. It's called the asshole fractal.

by Emerson Crossjostle March 9, 2013

Fractal Asshole

A person who is an asshole at any distance. When you get closer and closer to them there's just more asshole. Likewise, as you get further away from them they are still an asshole.

Evan was such a fractal asshole to the girls in his first year at Lewis & Clark, that they all made sure to tell their friends and the incoming freshmen not to sleep with him.

by LCgirlscheatedonbyEvan June 6, 2013

Fractal Fail

A fail that causes a fail that causes a fail. A fail within a fail within a fail. In short, a self-similar, self replicating and non-terminating fail.

John and Bob walk out of geometry class.
John (to Bob): ...and it was like FAIL!
random person: (accidentally bumps into John) I'm sorry!
Bob: O.o
John: I...wasnt saying that to you...
random person: ....wait, what?
bob: fail
John: lol, I didnt even notice they bumped into me!
bob: and you said fail at the same time xD
John: and they thought I said fail to them
bob: yeah, and it was like...FAIL
john: lol, yeah, a fail within a fail!
(random person walks off)
Bob: yeah, but Im pretty sure that they didnt hear you say fail...
John: really? another fail...
Bob: fail...
(and so on...)
Another geometry student: it's a fractal fail!

by todellisus March 26, 2011

Fractal acronym

An acronym that could be infinitely repeated in one or more of the shortened words.

"Pie", both the acronym for and a word in the acronym "Pie is Everything", would the the basis of the fractal acronym "P(ie)i(s)e(verything)Is Everything".

by Sean Golden February 16, 2006

Human Fractal Level

The only part of your consciousness you are aware of that defines your personality and who you are. A fragment of living ego that is an off-shoot from the hyper consciousness that is everything and nothing. A small shard of the infinite being in you that slumbers. The small sliver of "you" that manifested inside a programmed dream world.

At my human fractal level, I feel emotionally beat-up about not getting hired, but when I take a step back as an observer I see many other opportunities opening when that one opportunity shuts close.

by S.T.A.G. February 28, 2021

Doing a Fractal Gaming

Procrastinating constantly and not being able to release anything basically shit on a stick, and never become able to actually do anything and eventually be given up upon because you're so shit

Philly: You know that guy Tango?
Skye: Yeah, he kept Doing a Fractal Gaming
Jeremy: I know right, what a chocco

by Ihavenolifefromphilly November 15, 2019