Seventh: What is a meme? A miserable little pile of secrets (Accidental Text; un: Caster)

[colchismagecraft]

[Caster's lack of technological ability was hardly a secret in Avalon. After all, whilst these things proved themselves useful for communication here, what need did a Magus from the Age of Gods have to learn more than she needed to about these silly devices?

A coworker at the library had mentioned that it was possible to search the devices for information, though, so Caster decided to try and finally get an understanding of what this... 'meme' concept was that she and Stella had spoken about a couple of months back. All the context she had was a photo of an eel she got sent after all!

But unfortunately... No one had told her how to access the search, so she instead ended up accidentally spamming the network. Oops.]

what exactly is a meme

definition of meme

memes?

search for memes

memes about eels

are there greek mythology memes

greek mythology meme?

are there memes about me

how do I delete memes from internet

why is my phone not searching

cute dresses

adorable dresses?

how to make phone search

what is a meme search

stupid device I will curse you if you do not carry out a search for me

[Someone stop her before she throws it at a wall.

Or troll her/make fun of her/send her actual memes and confuse her.]

Comments

1/2

[committing]

[ Is this a post to the network or someone's submission to a beginner's poetry workshop? ]

2/2

[committing]

[ Blake sends her a hyperlink to the network's equivalent of Google: ]

Use this.

voice; un: crimsonflame

[crimsongirl]

Caster, please stop.

[Probably should have offered tech training too.]

Voice

[colchismagecraft]

[It's always nice to hear from her friends! She hasn't quite realised what she's done yet though.]

Oh, Homura, it's good to hear from you.

...Stop what?

[She needs very basic tech training. Very basic.]

text; anon

[notquitetamed]

[And Caster is going to get one response to her search. Someone decided to go find her an eel meme and troll her.]

1/2

[colchismagecraft]

[She found a meme! She's so proud of herself, it actually worked! This technology thing isn't so hard...]

2/2

[colchismagecraft]

[It's only a little later that she releases that this is a little bit 'fishy'.]

wait a moment who sent this

text; un: goemon

[wantsnudes]

Eels?

[Apparently this is the one detail Yusuke hones in on.]

[colchismagecraft]

[Oh, maybe the device was asking her to clarify what she meant? Let's see...]

yes eels

eel memes

memes about eels

text; un: saber

[excalibeam]

What in the name of... what are you doing?

[ ... ]

And what is a meme?

text; un: beaumains

[beaumains]

Your Majesty!

[ You can almost hear he snapping to attention. ]

A meme is like the "gene" of culture, information and memory that is passed on sociologically rather than biologically! In modern sense, it's usually humorous images or videos that just spread around the internet!

[colchismagecraft]

saber what are you

[Oh. Give her a moment.]

i really did send this to the entire network

stupid machine

i still don't know what exactly they are myself
i was told i could find out using these devices but

[She ended up in this mess.]

please ignore that

[Especially the cute dress part- that has nothing to do with you Saber, nothing at all.]

Text; un: akashicknight

[morganknight]

how do I tell Caster she's texting instead of searching?

1/2

[colchismagecraft]

morgan what are you talking about

2/2

[colchismagecraft]

wait what did i just do i was told i could make these devises search information for me

text, un: selcouth

[sulit]

[This response takes a while because she's actually laughing, but she does manage to send it through eventually.]

Okay, but what actually is a "meme"?

[colchismagecraft]

i honestly have no idea

a friend sent me a picture of an eel a while ago and i believe that was a 'meme'
but i'm not sure i understand what exactly is a 'meme' and what is not

i didn't plan on everyone else seeing my research

text; un: stranger

[eightfoldfiend]

what is



this?

[colchismagecraft]

[Staring at the message for a moment, don't mind her...]

i was looking for information

text | un: octavinelle

[dottedline]

[Someone is terribly amused by this disaster.]

The messaging app isn't a search engine, you know.

[colchismagecraft]

['Disaster' is an accurate descriptor in this case.

She recognises that username though. Oh great. She did not want her rival seeing this mess!!]

i

i just pressed the wrong button that is all

[She was not going to ask him where to find the search engine dammit! She wouldn't give him that satisfaction!]

[gundhamster]

[Gundham just sorta... stares in awe for a moment before launching into his understanding of the word.]

Are you alright? ...Though to answer your question, the word meme was originally coined to describe a behavioral phenomena. Just as genetics can be passed down from generation to generation, so to can ideas, and this was the original meaning of the word. Migration routes, hunting grounds, or the like could all be considered memes. Information taught to future generations to ensure survival, with the strongest ones prevailing and weaker ones being replaced.

...Of course in the modern era it's come to take on a more... colloquial meaning to describe jokes, easily created and distributed through social media to the point that they begin to warp and take on lives of their own. Like henway for example.

[It's an attempt at humor that he doesn't expect to land but figures he may as well provide an example.]

[colchismagecraft]

humiliated by the nonsense that i have been inundated with since the start of this but fine otherwise

by that logic would myths and legend be considered memes if they are passed on my oral tradition?

what is henway?

[And here is the sound of that flying way over her head.

The Grail was clearly slacking when it came to giving her knowledge of modern humour.]

text; un: 7😆H!TA1

[arf]

If you say "Hey-OL" you can just say it out loud and it'll pull up results.

[ Like Hey Google, but Hey Avalon On-Line. ]

[colchismagecraft]

what really?

[She's going to be giving it a try and asking it to return some memes for her - one of the other people who commented mentioned cat memes so...]

i found one



[She's so proud of herself can you tell?]

text; un: hypnos

[verytired]

This is interesting insight to you. Did you find any interesting 'memes'?

[colchismagecraft]

[And as if this couldn't get any more humiliating, one of the Gods saw this entire mess.

Why is this her life?

By the time she replies she's had someone go over how to actually look for memes properly, at least.]

i didn't mean for this to get quite so out of hand

apparently there are memes about us though

text; un: wolfcountry

[impostorsyndrome]

I'll show you how to use your phone in person sometime if you want.

It's the least I can do to repay you for the amount of entertainment this whole post gave me. Seriously, I'd tip you if I could.

[Only his familiar got a good look at Kadoc laughing harder than he's laughed in maybe years at this point.

Oh, he read it all. He always does.]

[colchismagecraft]

[Hear that Kadoc? That's the sound of Caster's rather bruised ego.]

that would be appreciated

how much of that did you read?

[Wait a second.

If he saw the whole post, then that distinctly not-private video she sent to Saber...]

please tell me you didn't watch that

text; un: astrologistmegistus

[lunarchain]

Hello.

Please stop spamming my notifications.

You are using the phone wrong.

Please stop and look for the websearch function, and type in those phrases there.

[colchismagecraft]

[It's fine, Caster's own notifications were blowing up by people either telling her to stop it or to make fun of her.]

the what function?

i was told i could search if i entered text into these phones so i thought if i just put 'search' before what i typed it would work