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  1. memes are so good. the way this manages to capture all the salient points of that long thread I retweeted earlier, but as a single image with a complex context @hbeckpdx/1428453753389129728?s=19
    1. …in reply to @v21
      the thread I was referring to @PostCultRev/1428584133555482630?s=19
      1. …in reply to @v21
        the Dominionist aspect I think is captured in the knowledge that the original version of the meme it is Jesus who you forgot to ask - but the fact that the meme is made by modifying a version about an old lady adds an extra dimension
        1. …in reply to @v21
          whenever I see a meme so richly and productively drenched in context, I always think "ha! good luck, future historians!"
          1. …in reply to @v21
            thinking about the work of being a historian as that of trying to explain jokes that stopped being funny hundreds of years ago (@nielsen_holly, sorry, I'm thinking of you here)