There’s def already stuff like interpreting use of emojis. For example sometimes you have text messages show up in a court case and there are people who can officially “interpret” what the emojis mean for the court.
And the Ship of Theses is when you rewrite the seven parts of your dissertation so many times that you’re not sure if it’s even your original intent anymore
There’s gonna be that one academic weirdo in 1000 years who’s focus is “Memes and Internet History of the 21st Century”.
I’d bet money there are already
thesises(??)theses (thanks, atomicorange!) and dissertations on this.There’s def already stuff like interpreting use of emojis. For example sometimes you have text messages show up in a court case and there are people who can officially “interpret” what the emojis mean for the court.
At least some portion of that have to be grifters
An accurate statement to append to literally all human effort.
There’s literally a saying to pretend until you succeed
Theses is the plural of thesis. Kinda looks stupid out of context but there you go.
And the Ship of Theses is when you rewrite the seven parts of your dissertation so many times that you’re not sure if it’s even your original intent anymore
A friend of mine wrote a dissertation on surreal memes a few years ago.
With the proliferation of memes, that’s probably going to be its own branch of academic study.
So one of my great-great-great grandkids might be able to get a PhD in Memeology?
You can get that right now.
Memes didn’t start because of the internet. They’ve been around for a long time.
Once I used a video meme to explain source studies and intertextuality to my students