The Interwebs is a series of tubes

I am an internet nerd, I thrive upon nerd culture, i dress up as a various video game characters for conventions, and generally participate fully within the revelry of the internet and its many outlets nerd couture. One such element of my nerd culture is my deep investment within the internet, especially within the facets of various blogging and photo based message boards. It is in this facet that I see ourselves as culture jammers. We, the sheep that have been bred to live up to these cultural norms are using images and humour to defy the culture by which we have been created. We have accomplished this with things known as ‘internet memes’ a term meaning ‘an idea, behaviour or style that spreads from person to person within a culture’. Deriving from the Greek word meaning ‘mimieme’ meaning ‘to imitate’ and it is in my belief that these little glimpses into the real thoughts of us as a collective and are individual pieces of culture jam culture floating about on desktops worldwide.

A typical meme is something that imitates a real world action, and often puts to image the real ideas and points of view that society has.

 A typical meme is something that imitates a real world action, and often puts to image the real ideas and points of view that society has.

This pose is a typical one that is found in many a facebook picture album. These photos, both examples of internet memes, point out the obvious idiocy of the pose itself, and call into question with a quick quip why this face is pulled off more readily then a smiling face photograph. We are becoming the nation of ‘duck faces’.

The internet also tends to make wildy critical remarks at politics and other such worldly issues. We have created our own social commentary within the society itself, and thus have begun our own movement. We are creating our own brand of culture jamming, and it is inevitably giving us power to see the control by which we are ruled by. And is allowing us to bring up, the next generation of cultural aware individuals. 

Until next time!

The Sushi Warrior