"A memetic hazard is defined as information with three main attributes. The first attribute is that it spreads from person to person, whether through personal contact or some form of recording. The second attribute is that this information causes some form of distress, whether as benign as mental stress to the individual or as dangerous as societal dysfunction. The third attribute is that it must cause preoccupation–that is to say, it maintains sufficient presence in the host’s mind that either a significant portion of his attention remains focused on it, or it plays a significant part in his decision-making process." Ipso facto a lot of racism is a patently unfounded belief propagated not by some critically-thought-out observation, but by parroting something heard elsewhere. A lot of racists are genuine morons. I denigrate those people not because they are racist, but because their beliefs are literally meme beliefs without any substance. ----------------- RE: talk like a girl, the reason I have recently talked like that to only you is because it elicits an emotional response. See "the thing I just wrote before this" to understand why. I don't talk like that to most others on TRP.red, because they actually "get it". You can hear me talk on the Get Red podcast I did with VasiliyZaitzev on youtube if you're interested in my verbal communication style." />