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I going to padentic here, but the guy’s name was Julius. Cesar was his title. We’ve also had other Cesars, like Augustus and Trajanus. And since the salad isn’t called “Julius Salad…”

No you’re not, or you would be enforcing Richard Dawkins’ definition. So far nothing you’ve said disproves that definition of memes in relation to how they present themselves in Internet culture.

Do not conflate your personal opinion with enforcing an objective definition.

That definition is not in line with your opinion. Textbook fallacy here. XD

Nowhere on the definition you just posted does it say a meme is required to be funny in order to fit the definition of a meme. It says that a meme is usually humorous, and not even as a central element to the main body of the definition.

You’re very strongly and deliberately glossing that part over.

But speaking of definitions:

Merian Webster:

1. an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media.

2. an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture

Cambridge Dictionary:

a cultural feature or a type of behaviour that is passed from one generation to another, without the influence of genes

American Heritage:

1. 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.

2. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

3. A self-propagating unit of cultural evolution having a resemblance to the gene (the unit of genetics).

I can keep going with Britannica, and Wikipedia itself, and Word.com, but these are all the top results of a simple search.

Then your personal take is in conflict with the definition of a meme.

I mean… If you say so. But I guess you’ve never seen any political memes that dunk on the opposition, or “so relatable” memes, or memes with encouraging themes…

Memes are not supposed to be funny. Them being funny has just become a side effect if memes.

It’s not funny, but it’s still irony.

My younger brother. He is entirely sold on billionaire philanthropy and believes Elon is a visionary genius that constantly finds ways to upturn the status quo.

He also thinks Jeff Bezos is a nice guy because he’s so nice in interviews.

Is this… Is this a hit list? XD

Just wait till you say you’re using Ubuntu. ^^;

Especially if it’s arch Linux

You’re quite wrong about my art and missing the point with your first sentence.

I don’t get much requests for kink related things as I have a list longer than my forearm of all the shit I’ll refuse to draw. The most nudity I draw is usually for reference materials. I certainly don’t specialise.

Fair enough. You’re right on that front.

Climate science doesn’t come from a single source. I don’t see this furry science being referenced outside of furry science.

I cannot trust “furscience” to be impartial.

Yeah, I don’t have anything on my profile because… Dunno really what to put on it. Didn’t really cross my mind to put anything on it either.

But yeah, I got FA. All my customers are furries, so the majority of my art is furry. Wouldn’t make sense not to have an FA account. Anyway, here it is:

https://www.furaffinity.net/user/tattorack

What I am at my core, though, is a science fiction and Bionicle fan. Here’s one of the things I made on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/JzFZr2V0SnM

If this comment ends up near the top, the reply section will be… Interesting. It’ll no doubt start to attract furries who themselves have something to say about it, and they’ll generally fall into 4 categories:

1. Those who aren’t the unstable kind, generally just think furry characters are cool, and agree with what I wrote.

2. Those who fit my description of the fandom, and are self reflective enough to agree, but own it too.

3. Those who fit my description of the fandom, and feel personally attacked. They’ll likely get very emotional and lash out.

4. Those who disagree because they lack any sort of outside perspective, either because they’re too in the middle of everything or are part of a very niche group in the fandom.

I’ve shared my take before and these are generally the responses.

As someone who hangs out with a lot of furries, and also only ever gets furries as art customers:

Yes, I understand the discomfort around furries. I can blame people for going out of their way to troll furries, but I can’t blame people to want nothing to do with furries.

The furry fandom is by and large filled with people who have massive insecurities. This doesn’t count for everyone, but you’re more likely to find an emotionally unstable furry than not. It’s the ultimate escapism; where people with personal issues create a character with none of those personal issues, and pretend to be said character in an environment where consequences don’t exist. It is not for nothing there is such a massive amount (compared to Earth’s overall average) of gay, bi, and trans people in the fandom.

Yes, it’s also a sex thing. I’ve seen someone in the comments say “sex positive”, but I wouldn’t call it that. The furry fandom is a place where a gay or a bisexual person can express their sexuality without persecution, like often happens in places like the United States or Poland, but… It’s not really sex positivity, rather it’s debauchery. So much debauchery. Which harkens back to escaping into the ideal world without consequences; you can have copious amount of sex and/or sexualise as much as you want without any of the usual responsibilities or consequences that comes with sex.

It is fun to occasionally partake in such debauchery. I’m no prude and I’m not afraid to admit I’m also a bit of a horny guy. So partaking in the occasional kinky, sexy fiction can be fun. Except for a furry it isn’t really fiction, which is where a lot of weirdness and unease comes from. And for those who can afford going to conventions or meetups regularly, this level of debauchery occasionally happens in real life… With real life consequences.

A furry lives in a fictional comfort zone where they can pretend to be a character in a world without consequences. But even in exclusively online communities real life tends to catch up with people, so members inside of communities will get pushed outside of this comfort bubble and be reminded about reality. This is the cause for a lot of infamous furry drama.

Hey, have you seen those Japanese? They have curved swords. Curved… Swords…!