'Netflix and chill' and the death of the meme – Tech Weekly presents Updog podcast
by Presented by Elena Cresci with Alex Hern and produ from Technology | The Guardian on (#P8TM)
What happens when a meme reaches peak popularity? We discuss whether memes can survive brand association
In this week's Updog, our podcast dedicated to memes and the internet, Elena Cresci and Alex Hern debate whether the meme Netflix and chill, the internet's joke about casual sex, has died a death now it's reached the pages of the Sunday Times and the Guardian. Can some memes live forever? Or will we inevitably be talking about some other cool internet thing next week?
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