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The whole ideaof memes comes from Richard Dawkins' 1976 book,The Selfish Gene

The whole idea
of memes comes from Richard Dawkins' 1976 book,
The Selfish Gene

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The whole idea of memes comes from
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Richard Dawkins' 1976 book, The Selfish Gene.
Duration
6 seconds
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68
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:24
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, animation, comedy
Production
Museum & Crane,Wavelength,XTR,ITVS,Independent Lens,Secret Sauce Media

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Movie Summary

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.
Most of the book is about - Feels Good Man 00:11
Most of the book is about
He said, look around you - Feels Good Man 00:10
He said, look around you
So that would include chairs, - Feels Good Man 00:07
So that would include chairs,
All of these things are only here - Feels Good Man 00:10
All of these things are only here
Pepe is a wonderful example of a meme - Feels Good Man 00:10
Pepe is a wonderful example of a meme
The Pepe technique is to draw too many lines. - Feels Good Man 00:05
The Pepe technique is to draw too many lines.
And he looks really cracked out, but that's the idea. - Feels Good Man 00:04
And he looks really cracked out, but that's the idea.
He also symbolizes steering into the mistake - Feels Good Man 00:05
He also symbolizes steering into the mistake
I saw Boy's Club around 2007 or so, - Feels Good Man 00:07
I saw Boy's Club around 2007 or so,
"Feels good, man." - Feels Good Man 00:09
"Feels good, man."
That moment of owning your loserdom, - Feels Good Man 00:05
That moment of owning your loserdom,
He was 14 years old, living with his mom, - Feels Good Man 00:08
He was 14 years old, living with his mom,
He created this crazy monster in his basement. - Feels Good Man 00:05
He created this crazy monster in his basement.
Now, over 7 million people are using it, - Feels Good Man 00:06
Now, over 7 million people are using it,
And we've gone from 1 board to 48 boards. - Feels Good Man 00:04
And we've gone from 1 board to 48 boards.
So 4chan, just the way that it functioned, - Feels Good Man 00:08
So 4chan, just the way that it functioned,
The way 4chan works is that - Feels Good Man 00:05
The way 4chan works is that
And if the post gets a lot of replies, - Feels Good Man 00:05
And if the post gets a lot of replies,
And if no one replies, it sinks to the bottom - Feels Good Man 00:05
And if no one replies, it sinks to the bottom
There were all these adolescent boys - Feels Good Man 00:05
There were all these adolescent boys