Xennial Memes

Xennial Memes

Jake the Dog from Adventure Time, a yellow cartoon dog with wide eyes and raised hands, against a blue sunburst background. Top text: "SUCKING AT SOMETHING". Bottom text: "IS THE FIRST STEP TO BECOMING SORTA GOOD AT SOMETHING". A weathered paper poster pasted on a gritty wall above a black stenciled typewriter. Typewriter-font text reads: "Everyone here is either so wrapped up in creating their own success story or so damaged from their failure that resentment is often all we have in common." Signed WRDSMITH. Black-and-white cartoon of a ragged man sitting by a small campfire in a barren wasteland, telling three rapt, ragged children. A ruined city skyline is faint in the background, and an empty tin can lies nearby. Caption: "At the time, we thought that Hillary's use of email was the most important thing to consider." Retro poster of multicolored triangle tiles in muted red, orange, green, purple and teal on a parchment border, with cream capital letters reading: I REALLY LIKE THE COLOUR BUT CAN YOU CHANGE IT Hand-drawn diagram with "ORGANIZATION" in a cloud at the center and arrows to eight sketches: 1 "AS MACHINE" (gears), 2 "AS ORGANISM" (tree), 3 "AS BRAIN", 4 "AS CULTURE" (bottle, music notes, cake), 5 "AS POLITICAL SYSTEM" (pyramid: "SOCIOPATHS, CLUELESS, LOSERS"), 6 "AS PSYCHIC PRISON" (barred cell), 7 "AS CHANGE, FLUX" (waves), 8 "AS INSTRUMENT OF DOMINATION" (pistol). Caption: "The 8 Metaphors of Organization… Aperture Science safety poster with a red header reading "KNOW YOUR PARADOXES!" and "IN THE EVENT OF ROGUE AI", flanked by yellow warning triangles. A blue panel lists "1. STAND STILL", "2. REMAIN CALM", "3. SCREAM:" then a boxed list: "THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE!", "NEW MISSION: REFUSE THIS MISSION!", "DOES A SET OF ALL SETS CONTAIN ITSELF?" The Aperture logo sits at the bottom. A diagram of a round robot core with… Screenshot of a Stellaris event window titled "Mass Extinction: Frozen" showing a painted icy landscape with a futuristic base. Text: "An unnatural shift in the atmosphere's chemical make-up resulted in the slow but irreversible onset of an ice age - one that began before the formation of the Terran Regency and is likely to persist long after our passing. The exact cause remains unknown, but probable explanations… Three-column flowchart with green safe and red death outcomes. Sections: The Approach, The Base, The Endgame. Covers armor, shields, weapons, vents, long walk, escort, crew, final fight, hold the line and commander. Media bias chart, copyright Vanessa Otero 2017. Columns run from Liberal Utter Garbage to Conservative Utter Garbage. Rows run from Original Fact Reporting down to Contains Inaccurate/Fabricated Info. Dozens of news logos are placed on it, with a color-coded key at right. Yellow diagram with black icons showing a loop of arrows. Text in order: More Equality, Boom!, Wealth Gap, Wealth Glut, Unemployed Lawyers, Elite Fratricide, Political Disorder, Reform? Icons include people toasting, a tiger, a lounging figure with a drink, a tornado, and raised hands.