vladtepes said:

I am finding people re-posting points of view that I would have not expected from them. For example I am finding my previously completely anti drug family re-posting pro marijuana memes. Have these memes really catalyzed a change of opinion in them?

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Oh god, that reminds me of an earlier craze here in California. A couple of years back when rappers started introducing the phrase "Purp" and "Purple" to the mainstream apparently (I am not too familiar with the scene currently), pretty much everyone under the age of 40-50 knew what they were talking about. But the parents... not so much. So you had a whole lot of teenagers and some very square older folks walking around with shirts that say "Got Purp?" and what not. They though it was a harmless, weird kid thing.

Of course once they found out what it really meant, those shirts disappear fairly quickly from young and old.

... I fear for this world. I really do.

vladtepes said:

and when a person re-posts a meme does that mean they have subconsciously adopted that opinion? I feel like there is a lot of power behind these seemingly stupid forms of presentation. If I say something people don't really care... but if I make the dos equis guy say the same thing people share it and take notice... It is as if the dos equis guy is loaning me his credibility...Mind you that this is taking into account that most people are brain dead.

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