I was checking Twitter on my iphone the other day and I saw this tweet. Before taking this class I hadn't really heard of what memes were but now the term seems to pop up everywhere. In this tweet, my friend Nathan is referring to a famous book that outlined "the five love languages." The five "traditional" languages the are: quality time, gifts, physical touch, acts of service, and words of affirmation. In this post, Nathan is acknowledging the prevalence of memes in our culture and is indicating that they do have some value. For him, and countless others, memes can be a way to express feelings and emotions that we would otherwise not be able to. As embarassed as I am to admit it, I'm pretty sure I have apologized to my mom through an LOLcat (I did apologize in person later). This goes to show that even the silliest memes can have cultural value and personal significance.
