Mar 14, 2007

pirates vs ninjas

internet memes are strange things, since these little social genes are usually confined to a small locality, in the old days memes were so useful in identifying a person, like how people from massachusetts use wicked and northern californians use hella. television helped to break down those boundaries, and at first people were afraid that the bland midwestern accent used on major news networks would destroy the american dialects but in fact only made them stronger, but just doesn't have the reach that the internet has.

this leads me to the new form of meme, the ones that spread and proliferate on the internet. we all know that pirates and ninjas are the worst of enemies but what's the new battle brewing out there? will it still be the violent and criminal type that we idolize now, or maybe some underrepresented ethnicity, like the basque? regardless at the rate that the internet is evolving there's no telling what will pop up next, much like that new YouTube video will sweep the internet like wildfire only to be forgotten a the next turnover of the internet scene. in any event, pirates and ninjas are dead to me, bring on the matchup between the yale men and little lord fauntleroy.

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