Dudes Be Like Mainstream Media

Text on the meme

DUDES BE LIKE “I don’t watch TV, I’m not gonna let the mainstream media tell me how to think” my brother in christ you let recommendation_watchnext.serve() determine your whole personality

What it means

A collage mocks someone who claims to reject mainstream media while an algorithmic recommendation system determines their entire personality. The punchline is the contradiction between feeling independent-minded and being shaped by personalized content recommendations. EN: A collage mocks someone who claims to reject mainstream media while an algorithmic recommendation system determines their entire personality. The punchline is the contradiction between feeling independent-minded and being shaped by personalized content recommendations.

Objects

bearded man / бородатый мужчина large white text / крупный белый текст social media collage / коллаж из социальных сетей video thumbnails / миниатюры видео cereal bowl / миска с хлопьями airplane seat / кресло в самолёте airplane window / иллюминатор самолёта machine-learning diagram / схема машинного обучения neural network / нейронная сеть colored data points / цветные точки данных recommendation algorithm / алгоритм рекомендаций black caption box / чёрный блок с подписью white quote box / белый блок с цитатой