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Memes Are Making Us Stupid

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Judson Stacy Vereen
Sep 19, 2023
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Immediately after any given event of consequence, a sprout of “memes” appears on every social media platform intended to provide a conclusion, a statement of truth, often accompanied by a photograph aimed at illustrating the text that comes with it — to “express the truth in its simplest form”. I apologize — we all know what a “meme” is — but do we know…

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American artist and the author of American Pleasure, 62 Poems from Judson Vereen, and Like A Bird Knows To Sing. Books @ judsonvereen.com/category/all-products.
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