Peanut Butter Jelly Time? Hell No!
Jan. 6th, 2004 12:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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ekevu reminded me of the Peanut Butter Jelly Time meme, which I thought I had successfully repressed.You know, I've known about this meme for three years. It's always bugged me in a way that was way out of proportion to what it is. I mean, the Badger meme is every bit as annoying, yet I find it cute. But this one has always made me seethe.
I think I know why. It's because the phrase "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" means to me that at some arbitrary time, known as "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," all things that have nothing to do with peanut butter and jelly must cease, while peanut butter and jelly is forced upon me whether I want them or not. It ties into the notion that nothing, not even peanut butter and jelly, can escape having a particular time assigned to it. And that all our time is programmed by forces outside ourselves, right down to the level of when "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" shall be.
I mean, why should anyone decide for me when "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" shall be, or for that matter whether there shall be such a thing as "Peanut Butter Jelly Time?" And all-in-all, I rather think I would prefer to have that singing banana sliced upon my peanut butter than any jelly at all.
And yes, in case you were wondering, this does in all likelihood have something to do with my mother.
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Date: 2004-01-06 11:42 am (UTC)The whether you want them or not part isn't really the point. When people say "It's beer time", you can always choose to leave.
Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger ... @_@
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Date: 2004-01-06 01:01 pm (UTC)No. Those are LJ-Toys.
From Dictionary.com:
A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
LJ-Toys and these little flash things get called memes because they get passed around LJ to the point of becoming cultural information. If I walked up to you right now on the street and chanted "badger badger badger" at you, chances are you'd reply with "mushroom mushroom."
In fact I would question the calling of LJ-Toys "memes" at all since, unlike the flash animations we all embrace, they don't really transmit cultural information.
All your base are belong to us!
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Date: 2004-01-06 03:47 pm (UTC)Thank you for the clarification, though.
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Date: 2004-01-06 07:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-06 05:14 pm (UTC)