What was Monsoon talking about?

[Propane Salesman]

Monsoon was fascinated with "memes". What "memes" are he talking about? I know they arn't internet memes like Rage Comics and Advice Animals 'n ♥♥♥♥. What are memes?

[Leon]

MEMES

[RedLion7420]

Originally posted by Propane Salesman:

Monsoon was fascinated with "memes". What "memes" are he talking about? I know they arn't internet memes like Rage Comics and Advice Animals 'n ♥♥♥♥. What are memes?

Monsoon was talking about habits. " Expose a person to anger long enough, they learn to hate ". He "discovered" we are all shaped by "memes" so by "doctrines", set of beliefs, transformed into habits, training.

This game is VERY deep into human relationships, human psychology and underlying meanings of interactions. I guess a lot of people don't really listen to or even try to understand what the characters are REALLY trying to mean in this game, because, well...this is a game after all, huh...

[Kirk Kokaine]

THE MEMES JACK. EMBRACE THE DANK MEMES.

[chickadeedeedee]

Head over to wikipedia and check out "Memetics" which is the larger theory that spawned the term "meme." Roughly speaking, it's a theory that tries to explain the spread of ideas in terms of Darwinian evolution. Memes in this theory are described as "units of culture" (ideas, habits, beliefs) that attempt (in the figurative, evolutionary sense) to replicate themselves and spread from person to person. Even familiar internet memes are described by this theory, they didn't get that name by mistake!

If you really wanna dig into the guts of the theory it's a pretty deep rabbit hole, and it's also got its share of critics if you wanna branch out into the many other ways people are trying to explain how ideas and culture form and change.

Memes are pretty neat.

[systemsoad]

Memes are love, memes are life.
I too am fascinated by dank memes.

[Kirk Kokaine]

Originally posted by a penguin:

Head over to wikipedia and check out "Memetics" which is the larger theory that spawned the term "meme." Roughly speaking, it's a theory that tries to explain the spread of ideas in terms of Darwinian evolution. Memes in this theory are described as "units of culture" (ideas, habits, beliefs) that attempt (in the figurative, evolutionary sense) to replicate themselves and spread from person to person. Even familiar internet memes are described by this theory, they didn't get that name by mistake!

If you really wanna dig into the guts of the theory it's a pretty deep rabbit hole, and it's also got its share of critics if you wanna branch out into the many other ways people are trying to explain how ideas and culture form and change.

Memes are pretty neat.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[smigpap]

"Virus of the Mind" is awesome book on memetics.
it was written by the creator of MS Word, Richard Brodie.

[TMAC Blade]

Originally posted by Propane Salesman:

Monsoon was fascinated with "memes". What "memes" are he talking about? I know they arn't internet memes like Rage Comics and Advice Animals 'n ♥♥♥♥. What are memes?

well im sure he wasnt talking about troll face. i think what monsoon was talking about is how we use denial in so many ways. we use religion to as a way to make ourselves feel better about doing wrong becasue we belive that there is a god that will take our sins away, we wage war and say that it is to create peace but in reality it causes chaos. he is essentially saying that we love to hide behind something as long as it makes us feel safe.

[Stalker Hyena]

From the ending of Metal Gear Solid 2:


Raiden: I think I found something to pass along to the future. He said all living things want their genes to live on.
Rose: Are you talking about the baby?
Raiden: Yeah. But genes aren't the only thing you pass on. There are too many things that aren't written into our DNA. It's up to us to teach that to our children.
Rose: What kind of things?
Raiden: About the environment, our ideas, our culture... poetry... compassion... sorrow... joy...

[Tylapaco]

,,hahaha he is so funny, BEACUSE HE TALK ABOUT MEMES HAHHAHA AMOGUS TROLL FACE"

If you dont get it, you are going to be controlled by everyone

[Nescius]

Originally posted by Tylapaco:

,,hahaha he is so funny, BEACUSE HE TALK ABOUT MEMES HAHHAHA AMOGUS TROLL FACE"

If you dont get it, you are going to be controlled by everyone

so true...!!!!!! knowledge makes people free thinkers. you know this is true because academics never ever conform to anything arbitrarily. they're objective and not human.

[Blasto]

Memes as in a unit of culture. Tradition, language, norms & values, cuisine, stuff like that. He is Cambodian and grew up under the Pol Pot dictatorship so he probably had that greatly influence his worldview.

[Sharpnel]

Originally posted by RedLion7420:

Originally posted by Propane Salesman:

Monsoon was fascinated with "memes". What "memes" are he talking about? I know they arn't internet memes like Rage Comics and Advice Animals 'n ♥♥♥♥. What are memes?

Monsoon was talking about habits. " Expose a person to anger long enough, they learn to hate ". He "discovered" we are all shaped by "memes" so by "doctrines", set of beliefs, transformed into habits, training.

This game is VERY deep into human relationships, human psychology and underlying meanings of interactions. I guess a lot of people don't really listen to or even try to understand what the characters are REALLY trying to mean in this game, because, well...this is a game after all, huh...

Ah I see thanks

[!Remi]

THE MEMES JACK

[Gremlin_Man69]

doesnt really matter, he's just an obnoxious magnet man with an UNSKIPPABLE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 2 MINUTE LONG CUTSCENE