United Irelander tagged me with a MEME “The view of an Irish blogger” this morning. While it looks interesting-ish some of the questions are a little personal so I hope he won’t mind if I give this one a miss. Instead I’ll run with his idea of doing a MEME on MEMEs.
The MEME MEME
Do you know what MEME means?
Yes. Thanks to Google.
Do you give a shit what MEME means?
No, not at all.
Do you know how to pronounce MEME?
Yes. But it’s not how I would pronounce it.
Do you give a shit how to pronounce MEME?
No, not at all.
If I told you the creator of the first MEME was beaten into a coma by a gang of angry bloggers, then gang raped by a herd of pigmy elephants before being skinned and thrown into a vat of salt would that make you feel all warm and cuddly inside?
Oh, I’m getting this cool tingly sensation all over. Lovely.
A MEME is “A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. From the Greek mimëma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate.”
Do you give a fuck?
Do I look like I give a fuck? (pretend you can see me, I have on a scowly version of The Rock’s raised eyebrow look)
Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary biologist, introduced the term MEME after writing that evolution depended not on the particular chemical basis of genetics, but only on the existence of a self-replicating unit of transmission — in the case of biological evolution, the gene.
Do you give a fuck?
Answer 1 of ‘So what have the Brits done for us?’
Do you send MEMEs to people for fun or to piss them off?
To spread the misery!
If MEME was a person what weapon would you use to beat them with?
Their own arm after I ripped it from their body.
If MEME was a weapon what person would you beat with it?
The person who had the clever idea of sending these MEMEs via blogs.
To complete this MEME you must send it to 5 bloggers tagged you for MEMEs … or not, who gives a shit, right?
One of the conditions of the meme UI sent you is that you can skip any questions you want, just in case that changes your mind!!
Welcome to the site Fiona! Ok, i’ll answer them here rather than starting another thread…
Gender: male
Age: (1-18; 19-30; 31-45; 46-60; 60+) that’s need to know …
Nationality: Irish
Country of residence: Finland
Sexual Orientation: that’s need to know …
Do you have a disability? I’m human, that’s a disability of sorts.
How would you describe your political philosophy? I wouldn’t. I guess i’d be a bit right of center.
Level of education (primary; post-primary; third-level; graduate; professional) that’s need to know …
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (Ireland)? I wouldn’t. They are all as bad as each other.
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (UK)? Don’t know.
If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (USA)? Don’t know.
Where do you stand on the EU? Pro-Eu, though it has its problems.
Did you support the invasion of Afghanistan? Yes. I thought it the right thing to do then.
Did you support the invasion of Iraq? No. I felt there were other options.
Do you continue to support either or both of those conflicts? Yes and Yes. Now that they’re there they need to finish the job.
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing Irish politics? Not sure. Our health system sucks and doesn’t seem to be getting any better. That and immigration issues are two big things we need to deal with.
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing European politics? Survival of the EU in future/the situation with Islam.
What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing international politics? The situation with Islam.
Are you, have you ever been, and do you ever wish to be involved in politics in a party political manner? Noooo.
Who would you have voted for in the past US Presidential Election? ABB … in that case it was Kerry.
Ní dhéanann Gaelbhalagadóirí aon Memeanna má tá siad ró-éirimiúil agus ró-dheas.
Ní bhfuair mé Memeanna riamh. Níor chuir mé Memeanna riamh. Bíonn áthas orm. Scríobh i nGaeilge agus beidh áthas ort chomh maith.
Le meas,
Cionaodh
úps . . . Gaelbhlagadóirí.
I think I’m all memed out at this point but as for this one:
“If MEME was a person what weapon would you use to beat them with?”
I’d coat him in honey and throw a wasp’s nest at him…
How about the irish blogosphere (bloggersphere?) do to memes what St Patrick did to snakes?
I’ll take part to it as soon as I get rid of my danish cartoons daily appointment
A Chionaodh
Don’t worry, we’ll get one in Irish so ye have to suffer too
UI – that’s a bit tame. Can’t you do any better?
Good suggestion JL
Antonio
I didn’t even want to approach that subject!