I ONCE THOUGHT I
NEEDED A TEACHER AND BOOK
Wisdom profound with words put to a picture.
A meme, a meme we need no more
prophets, scholars or teachers to tell us a way.
Memes have come along to save the day,
share the knowledge, the true good wife.
Once upon a time only gained after years
of college and decades of life.
Why bother to study for any ambit
Why bother to study for any ambit
when in less than 30 seconds
you can find a meme to end strife
to every shallow thought
every gambit to appear so logically sound?
Memes, memes I will read a thousand
before I ever open a book; glued or leather bound!
Why discourse in discussion
when in less than a second
I can give you,without repercussion
every complete thought
on any slight or pondered subject.
Memes, memes, truth to light
a meme, only a fool would reject.
© M Durfee
© M Durfee
8.16.2016
All memes not my creation or property feel free to steal. That's why they were created, to share knowledge.
Wishing you well
ReplyDeleteAs I do you Coudia.
DeleteMemes are an interesting form of communication. I have to admit to not fully understanding them or why they occur. But man they are huge.
ReplyDeleteThey are interesting to me too Charles, but more so telling of the one putting them up than what they actually say. It's as if all that needs be said, they think, is said and the conversation over with a picture and 5 or so words imposed on it.
DeleteThough I have nowhere near the word output I once did, I still like discourse and argument leading towards reason. It may be me but I can't do that in 5 words.
LMAO, meouwpoppa ... Love u, cat.
ReplyDeleteGlad I could offer you some amusement Meowmomma.
Delete"I know nothing". Perhaps some of the most profound words for this generation!
ReplyDeleteCalvin it is abhorrent to me in this generation that is confronting daily so many issues, seen from so many objective and subjective directions that there really is a sizeable "no nothing" population.
DeleteOh, the danger of instant knowledge that can be reduced to phrase--but then that's what proverbs were.
ReplyDeleteThe only argument I have to counter with Jeff is that a proverb or aphorism has an explained context that does not require an unrelated picture to get the point across.
DeleteDavids proverbs for example, were always couched in prayer for or of that took knowledge of his life for them to make sense.
I am often accused of knowing nothing :)
ReplyDeleteI am often accused of the same thing OE--then I flash a meme to prove my brilliance.
DeleteYou know how people used to stand around in a circle and tell each other the things they already knew so everyone could smile and nod? Same thing.
ReplyDeleteAlice but the more the alcohol and weed that was consumed the stories became pure brilliance of heroic deeds and biting humor in the retelling. Memes just pop out of nowhere from people I barely know.
DeletePretty shallow isn't it....For me, nothing beats reading a good article or book so you can arrive at your own conclusion. Insta-knowledge is awful Mark but yeah, I get the fascination with memes.
ReplyDeleteI understand the why's Grace, the unfathomable is as you say opting for the Cliff Notes version.
DeleteMemes are silly but fun. We need a little fun in this world!
ReplyDeleteBeardy cool baby!
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