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==**ALL GENERAL THREADS MUST STAY ON TOPIC.**==
**--ShitPosting in General threads will earn you a ban.--**

==The Tao of Memes==

--The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-- or What makes a good meme GREAT?
Memes (images with added text) are a valuable tool in our info warfare arsenal. Not all memes are created equal, though. We'll pick apart meme examples and critique them, with the goal of raising our craft to the next level. You don't have to be an artist (but it helps); pithy verbiage alone can be a meme! We'll also delve into web apps and standalone tools that make meme crafting easier.

==Appropriate topics for this thread include:==

__Images__
- How to select an image.
- Image modifications.
- Size and shape to maximize exposure on social media.
- Image formats, their pros and cons.
- Tricks to vary a banned image to revive its life online
- Can AI actually read the text on memes? Tricks to circumvent

__Text, anyone?__
- How much text?
- Where to find text ideas
- Font selection
- Making your text readable (if they can't read it, what good does it do?)
- Hashtag on the meme, or in the Tweet, or both?
- Selecting a Twitter #hashtag.
	- For Twitter campaigns: if we #hashtag together, our trends can expand exponentially
- Does repetition really help?

__Meme strategies__
- Do you confront and punish, or get inside the viewer's head to tease, delight, or inspire?
- Does it present an idea from viewer's point of view like marketers do?
- Does it get deleted and not forwarded because it insults the viewer?
- What about foul language?  There's a time and a place for it…and it's a turnoff for some viewer segments.
- Will it go viral?
>--Is it funny?-- ==Wry?== --Sarcastic?-- ==Surprising?== --Emotional?-- ==Beautiful?== --Elevating?-- ==Memorable?== --Insulting?-- ==Provocative?== --Boring?--
- What target audience do you have in mind?

__Where to Post Memes__
>>## Add Meme Depository once we need one.

__Symbolism and Subliminals__
- Is there a place for subtle (below-conscious-awareness) imagery on memes?
- Is it ethical? How to do it…

__Existing Meme Archives__
''Yes! Tens of thousands of Truth Memes are already made and archived.''

- /abcu/ shared ~~Google~~ drive
	- <Link>

''I could probably write a book on these topics. But I'll let you speak first…''
~ A humble Farmer of Memes
	- **(Add MF List of memes I have)**
	- <Link>
	- <Link>
	- <Link>

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'''Absolutely no shitposting in this thread. Off-topic posts will be deleted.'''
''This is not a general meme depository thread.''
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--Open Questions:--
- <Strategy?>
	- <Am I too Old to meme? If I think it's funny will other people?>
	- <Are memes perceived the same by all viewers? Is (you)r intended message always told?>
	- <>


--Tools & Resources:--
__Open-Source__
- Software:
	- GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
		- https://www.gimp.org/
	- <>

- Fonts:
	- https://www.dafont.com/
	- https://typezebra.com/
	- <>

- Images:
	- <>
	- <>

__User Created__
- Name - Description
	- <Link> Github / Pastebin / etc

- Name - Description
	- <Link> Github / Pastebin / etc

__Paid__
- Software
	- PhotoShop
		- https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
	- <>

- Fonts
	- <>
	- <>

- Images
	- <>
	- <>


--Notables:--
__Noteable Documents__
- Memetics as Warfare
	- <Link> (to Documents I have / others will create Google Drive access folder for /abcu/ Have it ready just have to move all content.)
		- >>385 - anon summary: THESIS_MEMETICS_A_GROWTH_INDUSTRY_IN_US_MILITARY_OPERATIONS
	- <Link>
- Memetics as Theory
	- <Link to Books/Papers/Opinion/etc about Memetics>
	- Information Warfare: The meme is the embryo of the narrative illusion by James Scott [code]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P836KMJ/[/code]

__Noteable Information__
- Understanding ART
	- fakewikilink/link/kinkahsdiofnasdfkasdk/abcu/
- SIZE Image / Meme Platform
	- Twitter : 1200 x 675 or 16:9 ratio
	- Facebook : <Need to double check>
	- Instagram : No Limit accepts and displays HD images. In full scale.

__User Noteable__
- <>>#### link to post in previous thread. - Brief Title> (Can add to Copy Pasta ABOVE if needed for reproduction after it falls to archive)
- >>338 - Font and Background choice
- >>333 - Font selection
- >>409 - Don't Distort images


--Created Content:--
__Great Creators__
- <@babyfist - (Kek, yeah right) https://twitter.com/babyfist>
- <@Anon - https://imgur.com>
- <@Instagram - https://instagram.com>
__Learn GIMP__
- <Youtube Video>
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==Quick Start Guide==
==1.== Download GIMP
	''1.1'' https://www.gimp.org/
==2.== Get Creator Ammo (Images)
	''2.1'' Find Imagery that will match your objectives in creating the meme.
==3.== Get Dialogue (Text)
	''3.1'' Find Facts to back up the claims or accusations you would like to make.
	**''3.2'' If you are not making fact based memes make sure you have a target audience.**
==4.== Discuss Idea in >>## Idea Lab
	''4.1'' Many HERE are willing to help in the idea process or skip to next step.
==5.== Work to create --DANK-- memes.
	''5.1'' Use Gimp to import the image
	''5.2'' Use the Font button to add text to the image.
	''5.3'' Practice, Practice, Practice; Memes get better with Practice!
==6.== Sit back and watch your memetic creations fly.
	''6.1'' Do Pepe shit if you do!