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ryan m. milner
@rmmilner.bsky.social
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communication professor. aging meme scholar. charleston, sc usa. he/him
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I regret to inform you this essay did not live up to my standards.
A screenshot of Microsoft copilot comparing its services to Wookiepedia, the Star Wars wiki.
May 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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reviewing a dissertation and really happy to see where the field has gone
A light green anthropomorphic squid is being crushed between two horizontal gray cylinders covered in spikes. The cylinders are attached to a light red vehicle being driven by a green fish. The caption below reads: "Figure 17. Squidward Meme."
April 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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and they say community is dead.
A Ring neighborhood alert asks “can anyone driving by the DQ on folly road tell me how busy it looks right now?”
March 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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went to the museum of the moving image and made my stop motion debut.
March 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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A black and white sketch of a medieval peasant with a confident strut. All around him are phrases of various size: “out of the fucking way noblemen. Crops. Peasant coming through. lol who else is gonna do ur farming. lol u can even till. Gud season 4 crops. Bet u didn even kno that. When I’m don im pull your cart 2. I kno how senitiv ur nobleman hands r lmao. Fucking omg. When I’m don im gonna groom th fuk out of thos crops. Can’t even eat w/o crops. Noblman swerve.”
December 11, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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I bet my son five bucks Elton John never used the word “potato” in a song. he asked ChatGPT, which falsified lyrics to “Bennie and the Jets.”
A screenshot of ChatGPT. In the screenshot, ChatGPT reports the following fabricated lyrics to “Bennie and the jets”: “she’s got a rolls Royce a turtle neck she’s got a lot of things she’s a potato!”
December 9, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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I think we all could use another lil internet picture curated from my personal collection today
Basketball star Michael Jordan sits for an interview in a black shirt. The caption under him reads “how is it legal for a guy to be named Michael B. Jordan? That’s just my name but with a B. I call 911 every day about this.”
December 8, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Siri is this dad rock
A Spotify wrapped screenshot. Against a red background , the text reads: “your top artists. 1. Gorillaz. 2. Josh ritter. 3. Fall out boy. 4. Bleachers. 5. The avett brothers.” Images for each artist are next to their names.
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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that’s my every month tbf
A Spotify wrapped screenshot. A black background with a green and yellow swoop. The text reads: “October was your wanderlust banjo indie folk moment.” Below it in smaller font reads: “you were big on artists like the avett brothers, lord Huron, and blitzen trapper.”
December 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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oh no
a yellow Spotify wrapped top song screenshot. It reads “your top song was day ‘n nite (nightmare) by Kid Cudi.” The album cover, a blend of Kid Cudi, and the moon sits above the caption.
December 4, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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If I were the nation of France I’d sue
A box of French toast sticks sits on a counter. Center frame is a close up of a French toast stick with a mustache and a blue beret. Left of that stick is a sketch of the Eiffel Tower and the phrase, written in cursive, “c’est fanta-stick.”
November 25, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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here are my son’s other two favorite memes. I will remember how he laughed and laughed at the frosted mega wheats one forever.
Two books sit side by side. The book on the left is shorter. The caption above it reads: “The lord of the rings trilogy.” The book on the right is four times as long. The caption above it reads: “the lord of the rings trilogy if pippen and merry had a gun.” A sliver of the book’s pages are colored blue. They are labeled: “defeating Sauron.” The bulk of the book’s pages are colored red. They are labeled: “taking the gun away from merry and pippin.” A landscape shot of hay bails frosted with snow against a gray sky. The caption reads: I found them. The frosted mega wheats.”
November 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Btw my twelve year old called this one of his “top three memes” a couple days ago.
A young raccoon with a forlorn expression sits with a paw reaching out against a beige background. The top caption reads: “I ask for snuggles.” The bottom: “but all I get are struggles.”
November 19, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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who will explain to me why emotional distress raccoon memes are so perfect
A grimacing raccoon sits against a dark cloud background. A duplicate of the raccoon face is behind and to the left of the original face. The top caption reads: “do not put me in a situation.” The bottom reads: “I’m at my limit and I’m very tired.”
November 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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I’d like to thank my 16-year-old and her weirdo friends for pushing my meme humor toward weird lil guys
a raccoon stands with an anxious arched back against a light blue background. An inset of another raccoon, covering its mouth, is directly above. The bright yellow caption to their left reads “guess who is very upset from something very small again!”
November 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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I don’t know why oppossums are so memeable but there’s a deep dive to be done here. I mean look at this.
November 14, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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I think a big part of this account should be curating my favorite lil internet pictures
a possum says “I reject tömat” while inching away from a tomato slice.
November 14, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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current mood
November 13, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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I don’t know if this is gonna be a work space or a life space or a both space. Here’s some pictures of my dog while I figure it out.
November 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM