Popular trends come and go. Remember Windows PCs? They’re so 1999. Remember MySpace? The site that swept the world was mostly killed by Facebook.
Somewhere between Facebook and Twitter is the magical land of memes. Memes? Yeah, you know. Those mostly worthless but intriguingly interesting thoughts, witticisms, photos, images, and nonsense you share with others. It’s like haiku for lazy people.
Why think of clever memes when there’s a free Mac app that helps generate memes you can share with others.
Hold That Thought. Puhleeze!
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, guys and gals. Don’t struggle through life trying to create your own memes from scratch.
Be inspired by the memes of others. Then, let Meme Generator do much of the work for you. It’s easy. And free. And it won’t harm your low self esteem.
Modern memes are defined one of two ways. The first is rather Websterish.
A Meme is an “element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.”
The second definition fits the Twitter generation, where a meme is an “idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” Think viral nonsense.
Memes also carry cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena.
Supporters regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate and respond to selective pressures. In other words, clever and dumb stuff can spread.
Got that? Still awake? Here’s your chance to enter the world of memes and prosper with meme productivity the automatic way. There’s an app for that. The Meme Generator.
Using Meme Generator is simple. Click the All tab to view meme formats. Click Popular to see the most popular meme themes from Memecrunch.
Enter the text you want to meme using the Top Text and Bottom Text fields. What you write instantly appears on the selected meme image.
Import photos or images into Meme Generator to create your own.
What? You thought Meme Generator would actually create the meme for you? It does. But only if you type it in first.
Hey, it’s a free app. Automation is sophisticated and expensive. Memes are all the rage these days, so you can share your creations with others on Facebook, Twtter, Tumblr, or Reddit with a click.
And, just like so many of our social efforts these days, memes can be used for good or evil. Being clever is good. But wasting time seems to be the norm.
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