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Okay, this is all in jest.
On the subject of “memes”:
“I’d hit it†is for anything you think is good.
Um, nevermind that Scoble is at least 7 years late on this one. First of all, “I’d hit it” is not a meme that started on the Interweb. It started on the street, like ballin’ and “bag it up.” I first heard it from some of my friends back in Miami during the 9th grade, and it never died after that. I’m sure at one point, some nerd overheard it from a group of gangstas (possibly while having his lunch money stolen) and posted it on Fark.com when he got home. All the other nerds probably thought he was the coolest guy around. It still isn’t a true meme… memes start on the Interweb, not on the street. “I’d hit it” is most definitely slang.
It is also not how you refer to something you just “like.” It’s a way of saying that you would like to have sexual intercourse with the subject you are referring to. An example of something you would refer to in this way: your wife, after having a long discussion about raising children. Three examples of things you wouldn’t refer to in this way: your dog, cuteoverload.com, Robert Scoble. User beware.
Come to think of it, maybe we shouldn’t have informed Scobleizer about this one. I can only imagine the hilarity that might have ensued if he had tried using this new discovery: Random interviewer: So Robert, what do you think of the new Microsoft Zune media player? Robert: It’s not quite as cool as the iPod, but I’d hit it.
And just for fits and giggles:
“I really haven’t gone back in since I found out I couldn’t break the rules and let my son play with me inside Second Life.”
Um, heh, did he mean to say “since I found out I couldn’t break the rules and let my son play Second Life with me?” The two have, um, different connotations. o.O;;
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Responses to my articleSince when can’t slang be a meme? Richard Dawkins coined the term long, long before Fark.com was created. Actually, long, long before the Internet was even created.
Michael: What term are you talking about?
And please quote with <blockquote>, thanks.
Apologies: “term” refers back to “meme”
Unless my recollection falters, Richard Dawkins first published the word “meme” in his book The Selfish Gene. It’s a great, readable intro into how evolution happens at a micro-level ( specific genes, rather than species, generally being selected in the long run).
He departs for a chapter and does some napkin-back science about how the same thing could be thought of culturally: certain jokes from movies, rather than whole movies, are passed along. Certain aspects of stories make it into urban legend after urban legend. Certain successful pieces of slang get passed on, from “gangsta” culture to “geek” culture.
I guess I can’t disagree with what you are saying. I wouldn’t say that “I’d hit it” is really a part of geek culture though… it’s still seen as a “gangsta” thing to say, and I haven’t seen it get the geek treatment that truly geeky memes like “O RLY” or “do a barrel roll” have received.
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