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	1 # 2021-10-23 06:42:46.099226 UTC (+0000)
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	3 Update on Meme Science
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	5 Fellow researchers on meme have found interesting insights on how memes
	6 can bring us prosperity and a better future:
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	8 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-92499-001?doi=1
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	10 > In terms of psychological responses, we found that meme viewing (vs.
	11 > nonmeme content) was associated with stronger cuteness responses, high…
	12 > levels of reported humor, more positive emotions, and lower levels of
	13 > information processing.
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	15 Yay! #accelerating-science
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	17 gopher://bitreich.org/9/memecache/accelerating-science.mkv
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	19 > Furthermore, because memes generated positive emotions that were in
	20 > turn related to increased COVID-19 coping efficacy, a path analysis fo…
	21 > that viewing memes, as compared with nonmeme content, indirectly
	22 > increased COVID-19 coping efficacy.
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	24 The holocentric approach of memes work out in all parts of life, as it
	25 seems. #happy
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	27 gopher://bitreich.org/9/memecache/happy.mp4
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	29 > Looking at the effects of meme type, we found that memes featuring
	30 > animals were rated as cuter than memes with humans, though the former
	31 > engendered lower information processing and predicted lower coping
	32 > efficacy than did human memes. Cuteness responses, generally, were
	33 > associated with decreased coping efficacy.
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	35 Have you seen our #leaf-duck?
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	37 gopher://bitreich.org/9/memecache/leaf-duck.mp4
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	39 Or the reverse leaf duck?
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	41 gopher://bitreich.org/9/memecache/filter/reverse-leaf-duck.mkv
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	43 > Information processing was, in turn, associated with increased coping
	44 > efficacy. This research demonstrates that memes, particularly those th…
	45 > relate to a highly stressful context, may help support efforts to cope
	46 > with the stressor.
	47
	48 In reaction to those results, adc added a new specifically anti
	49 depression filter for annna:
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	51 08:48:12 @__20h__ \| annna, please antidepressant #life-under-systemd
	52 08:48:13 annna \| __20h__,
	53 gopher://bitreich.org/9/memecache/filter/antidepressant-life-under-syste…
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	56 Further research:
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	58 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712418/
	59 * Memes in higher education.
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	61 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7416835/
	62 * Meme experience by a frontline meme worker.
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	64 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6816797/
	65 * Using memes to save lives through error education.
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	67 Everyone is welcome to contribute to this emerging interesting field (and
	68 get funding into it so we have nicer golden water taps in our ivory towe…
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	70
	71 Sincerely yours,
	72
	73 20h
	74 Chief Meme Officer (CMO)
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	76