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Memes may contribute to teenage obesity, lawmakers told
CNN ^ | October 18, 2018 | Rob Picheta

Posted on 10/19/2018 3:08:50 PM PDT by EdnaMode

It's been a bad few weeks for memes.

In mid-September the European Parliament passed a new copyright law that some have dubbed a "meme ban."

Then Sweden's advertising watchdog ruled that the popular "distracted boyfriend" meme is sexist.

Now, academics have told British lawmakers that internet memes may be contributing to the UK obesity crisis and doing harm to teenagers on a significant scale.

Memes carry dangerous health-related messages and make light of unhealthy eating habits, researchers from Loughborough University wrote in a letter sent to a British parliamentary committee.

"A substantial number of individuals on Twitter share health-related Internet memes, with both positive and negative messages," they wrote, noting that many "contain inappropriate material."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: meme; memes; obesity
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To: EdnaMode

How many calories are in fat jokes?


21 posted on 10/19/2018 3:31:17 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: EdnaMode

22 posted on 10/19/2018 3:44:52 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: EdnaMode

Almost all of the memes that I look at are political in nature. Does this mean that politics is fattening? If so, someone please tell Jabba Nadler to lay off of the memes.


23 posted on 10/19/2018 3:45:17 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I thought Russian agitators made memes


24 posted on 10/19/2018 3:53:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Oops, my bad. :P


25 posted on 10/19/2018 4:05:11 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
Memes should have nutrition labels.


26 posted on 10/19/2018 4:14:33 PM PDT by moovova
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To: EdnaMode
It's because the left can't meme.

Some of our memes have been outstanding...

Do you remember how terrified Obama was of memes when we were cautioned not to meme his shotgun pics?

Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals' expounded upon the power of ridicule.


27 posted on 10/19/2018 4:16:01 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: EdnaMode

Tough shiite.


28 posted on 10/19/2018 4:36:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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29 posted on 10/19/2018 4:54:21 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: EdnaMode

You can tell they are terrified of 4chan, pepe, and the npc meme.


30 posted on 10/19/2018 5:01:46 PM PDT by jarwulf
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“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.” - saul alinsky


31 posted on 10/19/2018 6:27:41 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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32 posted on 10/19/2018 6:33:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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