Memes carry dangerous health-related messages and make light of unhealthy eating habits, researchers from Loughborough University wrote in a letter sent to a British parliamentary committee.
"A substantial number of individuals on Twitter share health-related Internet memes, with both positive and negative messages," they wrote, noting that many "contain inappropriate material."
A picture of an overweight child with the caption "Free food? Count me in!" was sent along with the letter as an example of a meme the researchers found dangerous.
The academics were also concerned by a meme that created a human-like body from pictures of pizzas and hamburgers, with frankfurters used for limbs and a smiley-faced potato for a face.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/18/health/internet-memes-obesity-intl/index.html
Monkey see, monkey... eat?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Rich on Sunday October 21 2018, @02:10AM (3 children)
Here's a Kate Moss meme: https://favim.com/image/1956270/ [favim.com]
That should more than make up for it. Case closed. Can we have a nerdy technical topic now, please?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:46AM (1 child)
It may not be technical, but in a way this is one of the archetypal nerd topics; Nerds (Meme makers) vs Jocks (Report Authors), if you want to add a technical slant then look at their submission to the UK Parliament and start taking apart their premise.
(Score: 2) by Rich on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:53AM
Before I waste any of my precious lifetime on such a futile effort, I'd rather just Godwin the discussion: https://imgflip.com/i/1274y8 [imgflip.com]
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:39PM
Can we have a nerdy technical topic now, please?
Submit one.
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