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linguists: Darmok is a good but unrealistic episode because there's no way memes would supplant normal modes of communication within a society
me: *frequently and literally unable to express concepts to my parents because the only way i can think to describe things is "ralph sitting on the bus exclaiming carelessly his own mortality" and there's no easy way to explain all the consequents of that meme without sharing the meme with them*
@alexandria jackie chan making the wtf face. Memes are likely how language started and developed complex grammar (I'm a linguist and all evidence I've seen points to cultural memes being a foundational step from "Signs" to "Grammar")
@jadedtwin see this also makes sense!
@alexandria DiCaprio, in a leather recliner, pointing at the screen
@alexandria the Spanish expression of this is verbal, not visual, but it's the meme "spoiler: sale mal", "spoiler: it turned out wrong/badly".
@alexandria Shaka, when the walls fell.
@alexandria Or, "Shakira, when the hips lied"?