Name: Anonymous 2018-07-08 6:29
The older the cultural context and more remote the references, the content becomes more cringey to modern audience.
Different memes/ideas/texts have aged well and continue to be relevant, what is actually different about them is that they're not anchored in the culture of the past or meld with the idealized conception of the past that makes its seem authentic.
In contrast most most memes based on current events and temporary conditions of the culture we live in are easily discarded. They won't be remembered or referenced because they are anchored deeply with the current context, and future context differences makes them more and more cringey, especially when a meme/content is reused/adapted towards a different angle, commercial or social commentary. Cringe factor is the memetic filter for the quality memes that can survive and adapt successfully.
To kill a meme you simply need to up its cringe factor:
1.Remove it from the current context and place it in another context hostile to the expression.
2.Reduce the anchoring with current reality, make it more surreal and out of touch. Make the idea of the meme more extreme by developing it logically.
3.Adapt it to situation more removed in time/space, different cultures/subcultural context. Mutated memes that subvert the original.
4.Just add cringe by associating it with related cringey content. It helps if the meme is easily adaptable.
Different memes/ideas/texts have aged well and continue to be relevant, what is actually different about them is that they're not anchored in the culture of the past or meld with the idealized conception of the past that makes its seem authentic.
In contrast most most memes based on current events and temporary conditions of the culture we live in are easily discarded. They won't be remembered or referenced because they are anchored deeply with the current context, and future context differences makes them more and more cringey, especially when a meme/content is reused/adapted towards a different angle, commercial or social commentary. Cringe factor is the memetic filter for the quality memes that can survive and adapt successfully.
To kill a meme you simply need to up its cringe factor:
1.Remove it from the current context and place it in another context hostile to the expression.
2.Reduce the anchoring with current reality, make it more surreal and out of touch. Make the idea of the meme more extreme by developing it logically.
3.Adapt it to situation more removed in time/space, different cultures/subcultural context. Mutated memes that subvert the original.
4.Just add cringe by associating it with related cringey content. It helps if the meme is easily adaptable.