What is the Tao of the Boomer? A look at the connection between Boomers and the Tao. Taoism relates to Boomer memes in several surprising ways, a fixation on energy, comfort, a powerful inaction. We take a look at the Tao te Ching and see how Boomers have become enlightened, while Doomers are left nihilistic life deniers and Bloomers remain misguided busybodies. Go beyond OK Boomer, see why the Boomer says OK.
The Vinegar Tasters
The vinegar tasters is a classic motif in Eastern religious art, it depicts the three great Wise men from the East, Confucius, Buddha, and Lao Tzu, each tasting vinegar from a bowl. Confucius frowns, for the bitterness of the vinegar does not please him, he thinks it should be sweet. Buddha is expressionless, realizing that the bitterness of the vinegar is just a part of life’s suffering. Lao Tzu smiles, realizing the Vinegar tastes exactly how it should.
Wu Wei
Wu wei, or “do not do” is the divine inaction of Taoist sages, this also tends to be the role of the boomer in memes, essentially disinterested in the problems of the world.
"Heaven and Earth are not humane.
They regard all things as straw dogs.
The sage is not humane.
He regards all people as straw dogs.
How Heaven and Earth are like a bellows.
While vacuous, it is never exhausted.
When active, it produces even more.
Much talk will of course come to a dead end.
It is better to keep to the centre."
- Translated by Chan Wing-Tsit, 1963, Chapter 5
"Heavy is the root of light.
Stillness is the master of impatience.
Thus the wise man travels all day, but does not leave his wagon.
Although there are glorious sights, he is relaxed and proper.
Why should the Lord of 10,000 chariots
conduct himself lightly under Heaven?
Lightness leads to loss of roots.
Impatience leads to loss of control."
- Translated by Karl Kromal, 2002, Chapter 26
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MemeAnalysis returns with a special look at a special creature, the Hedgehog. We look at their symbolism, their role in fairy tales, and their form in ancient amulets. And of course, the true origins of Sonic the Hedgehog in Archilochus and the I Ching.
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A #shorts question about the Mandela Effect. Fruit of the Loom cornucopia and other remnants from supposed alternate realities.
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An in depth analysis of the memetic trends in Todd Phillips' Joker. Utilizing Freud, Nietzsche, and Reich, we use philosophy and psychology to make sense of Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck, and who the Joker is.
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How the internet has detached you from your own desires and made you reliant on consuming media to be able to desire, an impotent consumer. A new MemeAnalysis looking at Andy Warhol, cartoons, ASMR, and more. Remember, memes matter.
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Why is there a femboy hooters? This question may seem mad, but as we have already seen, memes, uh find a way. In this meme I see a very important dynamic, almost a perfect mirror to the “Are ya winning son?” meme, in which there is a vast schism between father and son, boomer and zoomer. While that meme reflected the disparity between the generations through technology, this meme is of course a look at the growing chasm of generational sexuality.
Hooters is the ultimate symbol of the simplistic Boomer sexuality, one focused entirely on the base bodily pleasures. The generation that enjoys going to Hooters is the one that was aroused by Sears magazine underwear sections, compared to modern sexuality their tastes were extremely innocent and basic.
The Femboy Hooters on the other hand is the product of a mass psychic shift in young people, away from the material and toward the digital. In the digital realm, where we become disconnected from our bodies, the laws of nature are felt as oppressive to the pneumatic spirit and ego. Gender dynamics, through not only complex philosophy, but through the immediate proof of digital eroticism. *Porn*. Through these disembodying effects, the femboy has become a mainstay of modern sexuality, a great object of desire arising from the intricate machinations and turmoil of the digital human.
To take the product of something so bizarre, so inconceivable to the Boomer, and place them in a Hooters is such a beautifully humorous contrast! We are given a clear image of how accelerated modern sexuality is, and just how basic it was even just a few decades ago in the 80’s.
The Femboy Hooters is of course incomplete, as there is not one simple peak for this great body of techno-eroticism, there is the Tomboy Outback, the goth ihop, etc. These all come to show just how multiheaded the beast is! Sexuality, through it’s technoacceleration has sprouted more heads than it ever had in the past. A common joke looking at this is how LGBT became LGBTQIACXY and so on. The variety inherent in a sexuality which has been directed away from the body is seemingly infinite. These forms literally could not have come from the Unconscious of the Boomer, one essentially untouched by a virtual reality.
The Femboy Hooters is an object of humor because it can not exist, even in the meme, it has been burnt down. If something as mercurial as the femboy were to be forced into a permanent structure such as hooters, the illusion would dissipate. It would quickly become too bodily, and the digital imagination would find a new host.
These memes reveal a great deal about modern sexual dynamics, no matter how strange, we must look on and remember, memes matter.
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