Memes and their effect on our communication

Ancalagon

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So I just saw someone post a meme regarding the earthquake on FB instead of just saying what it was he wanted to say. It was that "Am I the only one around here..." meme, and in his case, he was asking was he the only one around here who did not feel the earth quake.

And it reminded me of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called Darmok, in which the crew encounter a culture who communicate entirely by idioms. They are unable to understand them until they understand the idioms. Imagine if one day people communicate only using memes?

Should this have a philosophiraptor in the background?
 
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