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Basically cultural appropriation but specifically regarding memes. Memetic appropriation is when somebody says a meme reference but they don't actually understand the context behind the meme and have no idea where the meme originated from. They only say it because everybody else is saying it.
User 1: This joke ain't even funny
User 2: r/wooosh
User 1: Stop memetic appropriating, you didn't even spell the sub right
Memetic appropriation
User 2: r/wooosh
User 1: Stop memetic appropriating, you didn't even spell the sub right
Memetic appropriation
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian June 27, 2021
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Secretary: Uh- Mr. Putin
Vladmir Putin: WHAT, WHAT??? Can't you see I'm having my evil moment???
Secretary: Yes Mr. Putin, but to your dismay, Ukraine is winning the war.
Vladmir Putin: I-
Secretary: Uh- Mr. Putin
Vladmir Putin: WHAT, WHAT??? Can't you see I'm having my evil moment???
Secretary: Yes Mr. Putin, but to your dismay, Ukraine is winning the war.
Vladmir Putin: I-
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian February 27, 2022
Get the Vladmir Putin mug.A metaphorical and rather elusive phrase which is used to describe having obsessive thoughts over another person or group (usually followed by 'in my head').
The elusive part, imo, comes from the phrase's seeming implication that someone wants to live inside your head, as in they wanted you to think about them, when it's often the opposite case (i.e. you obsess about them and they don't know/it wasn't their plan).
So when I say "Jake is living rent-free in Sally's mind", it doesn't imply that Jake has successfully enamoured Sally with his charm. What it really means is that Jake is unaware that he is the object of obsession in Sally's mind. But since Jake is unaware, his pov becomes nullified and therefore defaults to Sally's pov ("Sally is obsessed with Jake"). This phrase 𝘤𝘢𝘯 be used to imply that Jake had successfully infatuated Sally, however most people tend to use it for its inverse meaning. It can also be used for someone beyond just your crush, such as someone who hates you.
Just shining some light on the hidden logic behind this phrase, which some people might find confusing (e.g. me).
The elusive part, imo, comes from the phrase's seeming implication that someone wants to live inside your head, as in they wanted you to think about them, when it's often the opposite case (i.e. you obsess about them and they don't know/it wasn't their plan).
So when I say "Jake is living rent-free in Sally's mind", it doesn't imply that Jake has successfully enamoured Sally with his charm. What it really means is that Jake is unaware that he is the object of obsession in Sally's mind. But since Jake is unaware, his pov becomes nullified and therefore defaults to Sally's pov ("Sally is obsessed with Jake"). This phrase 𝘤𝘢𝘯 be used to imply that Jake had successfully infatuated Sally, however most people tend to use it for its inverse meaning. It can also be used for someone beyond just your crush, such as someone who hates you.
Just shining some light on the hidden logic behind this phrase, which some people might find confusing (e.g. me).
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:
Maddy: Who are you staring at?
Ophelia: No one...
Maddy: Damien's living rent free in your head, I can tell.
𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:
Rust Teammate 1: Hey I was away for a few days, fill me in.
Rust Teammate 2: We just pulled off a massive raid on one of the most heavily fortified bases, and we destroyed it to smithereens!
Rust Teammate 1: Damn! nice!! I guess we must be living rent-free in those team's heads now, hahaha.
Maddy: Who are you staring at?
Ophelia: No one...
Maddy: Damien's living rent free in your head, I can tell.
𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:
Rust Teammate 1: Hey I was away for a few days, fill me in.
Rust Teammate 2: We just pulled off a massive raid on one of the most heavily fortified bases, and we destroyed it to smithereens!
Rust Teammate 1: Damn! nice!! I guess we must be living rent-free in those team's heads now, hahaha.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian November 26, 2022
Get the Living Rent Free mug.As with all recent years, 2021 was not a great year, far from it actually. But honestly it was not as bad as I thought it would be.
➡️ 2021 saw the release of several great video games including Little Nightmares II, Deltarune Chapter 2, Subnautica: Below Zero, It Takes Two, and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.
➡️ Disney & Pixar finally seemed to make a great comeback in 2021 with Encanto and Luca.
➡️ Among us references basically dominated 2021. Annoying, yet low-key addicting.
➡️ Covid restrictions began to loosen in some parts of the world.
➡️ 2021 saw the controversial birth of NFTs.
➡️ Zuckerberg's rebranding of FB into Meta and his dumb metaverse.
➡️ More covid variants appeared (delta and omicron).
➡️ As mentioned in another definition, social media is still more or less the same with cringey memes and tiktoks tailored to gen Z taste. Unfortunately not something that will go away soon. We will just have to ignore and move on.
➡️ And, well, the world... just continued being the world, with covid, violence, protests and natural disasters still happening like it has always been.
So overall, 2021 was a mixture of some bad stuff and also some good stuff, personal circumstances included. But to me, the good and bad cancels out just enough to remember 2021 in a sliver of positive light. Just ever so slightly.
➡️ 2021 saw the release of several great video games including Little Nightmares II, Deltarune Chapter 2, Subnautica: Below Zero, It Takes Two, and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.
➡️ Disney & Pixar finally seemed to make a great comeback in 2021 with Encanto and Luca.
➡️ Among us references basically dominated 2021. Annoying, yet low-key addicting.
➡️ Covid restrictions began to loosen in some parts of the world.
➡️ 2021 saw the controversial birth of NFTs.
➡️ Zuckerberg's rebranding of FB into Meta and his dumb metaverse.
➡️ More covid variants appeared (delta and omicron).
➡️ As mentioned in another definition, social media is still more or less the same with cringey memes and tiktoks tailored to gen Z taste. Unfortunately not something that will go away soon. We will just have to ignore and move on.
➡️ And, well, the world... just continued being the world, with covid, violence, protests and natural disasters still happening like it has always been.
So overall, 2021 was a mixture of some bad stuff and also some good stuff, personal circumstances included. But to me, the good and bad cancels out just enough to remember 2021 in a sliver of positive light. Just ever so slightly.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian May 4, 2022
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Besides, most people in 2022 would probably find this cringe cus everything is taken more seriously nowadays
Besides, most people in 2022 would probably find this cringe cus everything is taken more seriously nowadays
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sussy_wussy3421: Hey why'd u delete my message it was a joke
MOD Heisenberg: This is an lgbtq friendly stream, it's still considered offensive regardless if it was a joke
sussy_wussy3421: Hey why'd u delete my message it was a joke
MOD Heisenberg: This is an lgbtq friendly stream, it's still considered offensive regardless if it was a joke
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian July 7, 2022
Get the ur family tree lgbt mug.1. Generally, any sort of internet comment thread (community) where the individuals engaging in the thread conform to dominant beliefs, and are insular towards those that present a different viewpoint. Note that a disinterested thread is different from a chauvinistic thread, as the latter will aggressively attack different viewpoints, while the former simply does not care.
2. Specifically, any sort of internet comment thread—particularly on YouTube—where the individuals engaging in the thread (usually mid-late teens to young adults) are happy-go-lucky casuals and do not attempt to pursue the topic of interest further, often due to ignorance or a short attention span. Thus, when the so-called reply guy comes in with a paragraph, the casuals react with a "wut" attitude and completely dismiss his or her critical and edifying perspectives. This usually comprises of the entire thread either ignoring the intellectual all together, or replying back with something like "I don't get it" or "no one really cares". Further attempts of enlightening the casuals might only be perceived as an annoyance and may cause some of them to mute the comment thread.
Unfortunate to the intellectual, he or she might feel utterly neglected, and loses faith in the young generation's ability to think critically.
Combined with the typical "the internet is not school" mentality, casuals on the internet may never learn, and will object to any sort of information that challenges their mindset.
2. Specifically, any sort of internet comment thread—particularly on YouTube—where the individuals engaging in the thread (usually mid-late teens to young adults) are happy-go-lucky casuals and do not attempt to pursue the topic of interest further, often due to ignorance or a short attention span. Thus, when the so-called reply guy comes in with a paragraph, the casuals react with a "wut" attitude and completely dismiss his or her critical and edifying perspectives. This usually comprises of the entire thread either ignoring the intellectual all together, or replying back with something like "I don't get it" or "no one really cares". Further attempts of enlightening the casuals might only be perceived as an annoyance and may cause some of them to mute the comment thread.
Unfortunate to the intellectual, he or she might feel utterly neglected, and loses faith in the young generation's ability to think critically.
Combined with the typical "the internet is not school" mentality, casuals on the internet may never learn, and will object to any sort of information that challenges their mindset.
YouTube comment thread on a Mukbang video:
OP: Literally every time I see the word Mukbang in the title, I get super hungry, does that happen to anyone else?? {207 likes | 3 days ago}
> Reply 1: Omg that literally happens to me every single time too! {26 likes | 3 days ago}
> Reply 2: Happens to me too! {20 likes | 3 days ago}
> Reply 4: Yeah same, I think it has something to do with something called operant conditioning {16 likes | 3 days ago}
> Psychology student: @Reply 4 Psychology student here. Actually, it has nothing to do with operant conditioning, what you're referring to is classical conditioning, which is the pairing of an unconditional stimulus with a neutral stimulus. You see, the word Mukbang is a neutral stimulus, but because it has been repeatedly paired with the concept of eating loads of food, it has a strong association with food, and food is an incentive that triggers ghrelin. {0 likes | 2 days ago}
> Reply 6: hahaha saame {0 likes | 7 hours ago}
> Psychology student: @Reply 4 Did you not read my comment? Heck, did anyone read my comment? {0 likes | 7 hours ago}
> Reply 8: Science biatch! {1 like | 1 hour ago}
> Psychology student: @Reply 9 Actually, it's "psychology biatch!" FTFY. {0 likes | 1 hour ago}
> Reply 10: @Psychology student Shut up, nobody really cares {0 likes | 40 minutes ago}
> Reply 11: @Psychology student wut {0 likes | 7 minutes ago}
> Psychology student: This is such a disinterested thread... {0 likes | just now}
OP: Literally every time I see the word Mukbang in the title, I get super hungry, does that happen to anyone else?? {207 likes | 3 days ago}
> Reply 1: Omg that literally happens to me every single time too! {26 likes | 3 days ago}
> Reply 2: Happens to me too! {20 likes | 3 days ago}
> Reply 4: Yeah same, I think it has something to do with something called operant conditioning {16 likes | 3 days ago}
> Psychology student: @Reply 4 Psychology student here. Actually, it has nothing to do with operant conditioning, what you're referring to is classical conditioning, which is the pairing of an unconditional stimulus with a neutral stimulus. You see, the word Mukbang is a neutral stimulus, but because it has been repeatedly paired with the concept of eating loads of food, it has a strong association with food, and food is an incentive that triggers ghrelin. {0 likes | 2 days ago}
> Reply 6: hahaha saame {0 likes | 7 hours ago}
> Psychology student: @Reply 4 Did you not read my comment? Heck, did anyone read my comment? {0 likes | 7 hours ago}
> Reply 8: Science biatch! {1 like | 1 hour ago}
> Psychology student: @Reply 9 Actually, it's "psychology biatch!" FTFY. {0 likes | 1 hour ago}
> Reply 10: @Psychology student Shut up, nobody really cares {0 likes | 40 minutes ago}
> Reply 11: @Psychology student wut {0 likes | 7 minutes ago}
> Psychology student: This is such a disinterested thread... {0 likes | just now}
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 6, 2019
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Only the wise will understand and accept that nothing, not even humans and their scientific prowess, can control mother nature. The fool, on the other hand, deludes themselves into thinking that they are impervious to anything.
Be smart, don't ever underestimate mother nature.
Only the wise will understand and accept that nothing, not even humans and their scientific prowess, can control mother nature. The fool, on the other hand, deludes themselves into thinking that they are impervious to anything.
Be smart, don't ever underestimate mother nature.
COVID-19 is mother nature's wake up call that the human condition is and always has been fragile. Apparently, some very special individuals did not understand her wake up call and continue to live life accordingly to their rules. We call those very special individuals "anti-maskers".
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian April 7, 2021
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