text; un: ren

[killthepast]

Who is FELICIA? And why do people say goodbye to this person when they aren't even HERE?

[ Please explain your internet memes to Kylo Ren, thanks. You can't see it, but he's VEXED and typing VERY ANGRILY. Thanks a lot, Poe. ]

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[volitaunt]

[ Pls excuse, Poe is going to pee himself laughing. ]

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[11calls]

[Well, this is weird but something that she's had to do before.]

It's an insult. Like telling someone to get out of your face.

[A beat.]

Sorry.

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[killthepast]

Why Felicia? What does it mean?

[ Pause pause pause, then an ANGRY CAPSLOCK FOLLOWUP: ]

IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE

[ What a stupid insult! ]

text; un: stranger. things

[potentialed]

[ After he finally manages to stop laughing: ]

It's a meme.

[ More or less. ]

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[11calls]

Memes sometimes kinda... don't?

But it's from a movie, and sort of had a resurgence in the last 2010s.

[She says it like 20-10s.]

But that's what it means: it's dismissive to tell someone to get out of your face.

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[talentedscavenger]

[....does she want to know?]

I can honestly say, I do not know.

But, what happened?

[killthepast]

[ So he doesn't know what 'meme' means, but he at least looks it up before responding with WHAT'S A MEME. Okay... It's an idea that infects a culture, like a sickness. Got it... ]

Tell me more about memes.

[ HELP A SPACEBOY OUT. ]

[killthepast]

[ BLAME POE. ]

NOTHIGN

[ you know what, that was a typo on my part, but I'm leaving it because he's keysmashing his words out angrily. But now: he composes himself. Take a deep breath. Don't break your keyboard or wev. ]

Simply learning more about communications here.

[killthepast]

[ Very veeeeery long pause as he mulls over the explanation annnnd...

No, he still doesn't get why it's funny. But he also doesn't want to keep admitting it and looking the fool. ]

Okay

[talentedscavenger]

[..What is with these two..]

You posted your entire question to everyone on this moon. You can use your comm--device, phone, whatever they want to call it, to post questions to the 'Network.'

...Why are you fighting with Poe?

[killthepast]

I know that. I made it public deliberately. To get an answer.

[ If this were voice, he'd sound pretty snippy. He knows what he's doing, even if he doesn't get internet meems! ]

I'm not. [ At least, he's not exaaaactly... He already ragequit that conversation! ]

[potentialed]

[ It takes him a minute to decide if this guy is serious or not but then he did make this network post... ]

Usually, it's something (a picture, phrase, joke, etc) people find funny and the more people use it in conversations or responses, the more popular it gets and it just kinda sticks.

At least until the next one comes around. The internet makes it pretty easy for memes to be churned out like hot dogs.

[ That's right. Memes are the hot dogs of the internet. #plumpwhenucookthem ]

[talentedscavenger]

Just making sure.

...And I get the feeling this leads back to him.

voice; un: wingingit bc I cant be arsed to format text on my phone

[volitaunt]

I told you. [ He is VERY OBVIOUSLY TRYING NOT TO LAUGH. ] Dignitary from the planet Dirt.

[11calls]

I hope it helped!

[No Alex:]

Let me know if you've got need for any more answers like this in the future. I had to do it for a friend of mine back home, so I think I've got it pretty down pat.

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[dothelokimotion]

You mean you're not Felicia?

[killthepast]

It helped.

[ ssssssort of not really. He gets that it's an insult! He gets that, in this scenario, he is "Felicia." But he's still left with the burning question: WHY. FELICIA? ]

Are there any other "memes" one should know about?

[killthepast]

So it's disposable slang. I see.

[ That sounds so pointless and frivolous and-- yeah he's already missing the point of memes. ]

Which ones have endured?

[killthepast]

[ FINE, IF YOU INSIST ON PRYING: ]

ONLY BECAUSE HE CAN'T KEEP HIS FOOLISH MEMES TO HIMSELF

[ Now he knows what memes are and he deems them STUPID. ]

[killthepast]

If I WAS I wouldn't be asking!

[ OBVI.

...

yeah he's too easy to rile up sometimes ]

ALSO VOICE

[killthepast]

I'm not asking you!

[ Whoa whoa whoa....

Chill out, Ren. ]

[dothelokimotion]

Are you sure? I think you resemble one quite closely.

[killthepast]

How?

[ Tell him what qualities a Felicia possesses. ]

[volitaunt]

[ Cue HELPLESS LAUGHTER on the other end of the line. ]

[talentedscavenger]

You DONT need to yell through text.

...Memes?

[ GUESS WHONHASNT TOLD HER WHAT THOSE ARE. ]