New Mods: Yea or Nay

[SeiKeo]

Don't quote Evangelion articles at me.

[Tobias]

uh no you idiot

dont get personal.

[SeiKeo]

uh no you idiot

It's a joke, social midget.

[Tobias]

that goes for you too

[Spinach]

For the record this is 'friendly banter,' where two friends will exchange harsh words without ill intent, and indeed as a sign of endearment.

[Rafflesiac]

Well, by examining events in their proper context, and by recognizing patterns therein.

So... mind-reading?

[I3uster]

nice meme

[I3uster]

That is actually you.
That's the joke.

That's why I think it is nice.

im a narcissist okay

[kay4today]

can i be a mod without doing any mod things? i just want my name to be green

[SeiKeo]

can i be a mod without doing any mod things? i just want my name to be green

There's a precedent for it.

[RacingeR]

I voted for one more mod. I think one extra mod, as long as he or she is active, would help matters a lot, in reducing the workload of the current active mods.

I, of course, propose myself as a candidate, so I may help to usher on the era of the RP section supremacy.

[Thedoctor]

There's a precedent for it.

It's almost like you're insulting them.

[Christemo]

I voted for one more mod. I think one extra mod, as long as he or she is active, would help matters a lot, in reducing the workload of the current active mods.

I, of course, propose myself as a candidate, so I may help to usher on the era of the RP section supremacy.

Mods please dont elect an actual unironic masterracer.

[RacingeR]

Mods please dont elect an actual unironic masterracer.

if you think im an actual unironic masterracer i think i actually understand now from where that dumb meme came from

[Christemo]

Is it a meme if its the truth though?

[Fel]

Is it a meme if its the truth though?

A meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem) is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture". A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.


The word meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme (from Ancient Greek μίμημα pronounced [míːmɛːma] mīmēma, "imitated thing", from μιμεῖσθαι mimeisthai, "to imitate", from μῖμος mimos, "mime") coined by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976) as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples of memes given in the book included melodies, catch-phrases, fashion, and the technology of building arches.


Proponents theorize that memes are a viral phenomenon that may evolve by natural selection in a manner analogous to that of biological evolution. Memes do this through the processes of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance, each of which influences a meme's reproductive success. Memes spread through the behavior that they generate in their hosts. Memes that propagate less prolifically may become extinct, while others may survive, spread, and (for better or for worse) mutate. Memes that replicate most effectively enjoy more success, and some may replicate effectively even when they prove to be detrimental to the welfare of their hosts.


A field of study called memetics arose in the 1990s to explore the concepts and transmission of memes in terms of an evolutionary model. Criticism from a variety of fronts has challenged the notion that academic study can examine memes empirically. However, developments in neuroimaging may make empirical study possible. Some commentators in the social sciences question the idea that one can meaningfully categorize culture in terms of discrete units, and are especially critical of the biological nature of the theory's underpinnings. Others have argued that this use of the term is the result of a misunderstanding of the original proposal.


Dawkins's own position is somewhat ambiguous: he obviously welcomed N. K. Humphrey's suggestion that "memes should be considered as living structures, not just metaphorically" and wanted to regard memes as "physically residing in the brain". Later, he argued that his original intentions, presumably before his approval of Humphrey's opinion, had been simpler. At the New Directors' Showcase 2013 in Cannes, Dawkins' opinion on memetics was deliberately ambiguous.

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So yes. It is a meme.

[SeiKeo]

we know

[Fel]

we know

Nice meme bro.

[Kirby]

I don't feel like reading 3 pages, who are the candidates so far?

[I3uster]

Nobody suggested on the mod side of things so bring forth some suggestions of your own.

with a reason probably