Re: virus: Jokes...

Brett Lane Robertson (unameit@tctc.com)
Mon, 02 Feb 1998 13:39:07 -0500

At 07:51 PM 2/1/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
> It hit me the other day how quickly memes can be spread, or fed, by
>jokes (Who here ever got any idea as to the intelligence of the Polish
>before Polock Jokes?). Racist jokes are easily modified with a word, and
>if the joke is funny on it's own, it may be retold despite the feelings of
>the person reciting it.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Dilde

List,

This idea has been mentioned before but not acted upon. I think an
interactive page with buttons and check-boxes might generate memetic jokes
in a fun way and might get some response (ok, this is tooo similar to what
has been proposed concerning the memetic greeting card...but someone has to
take the ball and run with it). Immediately upon mailing this note, I will
create an interactive memetic joke generator and post the address for anyone
to try it.

Brett
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