realizing memes are the Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra of our society, and the inherent irony of it, and
@sydneyfalk @tcql dril & uncle at bbq
@sydneyfalk using darmok and jalad as a meme way of saying telling a story via memes which is what it's about and also it's usage and also the meta of
Data's incongruously-prone-to-raising eyebrow
(by which I mean: this was meant as a riff on the concept, and my apologies for not remembering where that came from, but the fact that a story about allying forces is effectively a key mechanism used by those who would divide and conquer is an EXTRA layer IMO, etc.)