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  You’ve seen a meme, right? All of you have probably, most definitely, seen a meme if you’ve been using the internet at all for the past fifteen years. You probably know what it looks like: a funny picture, some text, and maybe some emojis.   Memes are everywhere. From using them to make a funny post, to talk with your friends, to make jokes; memes are used everyday, for everything. But have you ever thought to question why?   The truth is, memes have become a very important part of how we communicate nowadays, and even help develop language as a whole. Today, we’re gonna talk about one of the greatest cultural impacts that our generation has ever, and will ever, have: what they are, what we’re doing with them, and what they’re doing to us.   So, what exactly are memes?   Let’s start with the definition of a meme: generally, a meme is defined as something that is widely spread online on social media. Richard Dawkins, who came up with the word in...

 Aureus Solito,who alsogoesbyhispennameKanakan-Balintagos, isbest knownfor filmsthataremeant toprovokediscourse;mostnotoriousofallbeinghis first, ​AngPagdadalagani MaximoOliveros (2005). Incontrast to the rest of his filmography, ​Pisay (2007) is a much lighter and simpler filmas a series of coming-of-agestoriesabout studentsatPhilippineScienceHighSchool.However, Solito iscareful to tacklepoignant questions inhis tributetohisalmamater–an almost autobiographical take of the stories that he and his own batchmates experienced (Zafra, 2008), while they were studying in the middle of Martial Law. What isnotableabout ​Pisay​, thefilm, isthat thequestionsitasksarenever thequestions that Pisay, theschool systemadministration,wants itsstudents to focuson. Insteadof celebratingthequalityeducation,monthlystipend, freetuition, andotherperks thatPisaypromotional ...