So my pal PG did a big write-up on the E0n8 thing (a cool experiment to say the least-  just go there to read about it.) and found himself, once again, slashed, Dug and hotlinked and Wikipedia’d into oblivion.

His reaction to hotlinking bandwidth leachers- The Goatse Clock. Of late, as some of my colleagues know, I have been studing Internet memes and memetic propogation…in particular shock memes like tubgirl, goatse guy, meatspin, lemonparty…there is quite a list of others. I even nailed PG on a couple of the lesser known ones as well as other “pals” on my friend’s list. Why? Because I could, and I needed it for a study on meme velocity and tone feedback as it applied to Digg.

Many asked why I would waste time studying shock memes? Well that is, again, my business and I have my Discordian reasons- but I am glad to see that PG found a PRACTICAL APPLICATION for them. Bravo!

(Why not throw in a modified Bus Uncle or, to get ancient, and revive PG Ate My Balls?)

Question is…

Will the Goatse Guy Clock, and other related shock memes, become more fecund as practical applications are found for them beyond mere drive-by link shock treatments or morph and become seperate memes? I am not sure if this would be just a function of meme replication rather than a new meme itself- I guess that would depend on how it is implemented over time, after all it is the “clock” aspect, borrowed and fused from EON8, that is actually novel.

Note if any of these “shock memes” are new to you- do your own reading, I would like to go into them here, but they are too depraved for even my public blog.

 / 10,000 General Damage Points to PG for Smacking Internet Population at Large!

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