We are become Darmok, a thread of memes as allegory

[Kirin]

The woman, distressed, accusing. The cat, dining, unimpressed.

 

[Exposition Owl]

-The persimmon, items strewn upon the ground.

-The spotted cat, its name unspoken.

 

[Purple]

I feel like people are putting a bit too much context into these.

- Homer, in the hedges.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Hannibal, righteous in the face of discontent

 

[Felicia]

I think this is related:

How many do you recognize without the answers?

 

[Kirin]

Six. (Top left I know the characters but didn’t remember the pose, center I’ve only seen rarely, bottom left loses a lot in the glyph-ing. Most of the rest were pretty immediate.)

 

[Johnny Unusual]

The first and the middle one are the only ones I didn't recognize (never even seen the middle). Which surprises me, really. I figured this would be much lower.

 

[Torzelbaum]

I don't think I've ever seen the center meme either.

I did not recognize the top middle one but I have seen it before.

I also did not recognize the lower left one but I think I don't see that one very much at all. Sometimes I see it in videos.

(I wanted to refer to the meme glyphs like an alignment chart but I couldn't exactly remember how they're usually laid out. Center one would still be True Neutral no matter what.)

So far 5 of the glyphs have been covered in this thread.

Next meme (I think?):
Anakin and Obi-Wan on Mustafar.

 

[jpfriction]

Middle one Bro explaining maybe?

Oh duh, you linked the answer. Nope!

 

[Torzelbaum]

Spider-Man in Circles, Termina Drowning

 

[Daikaiju]

The dog departing, exulted in death.

 

[RT-55J]

Cory Doctorow, 17 years ago

 

[Torzelbaum]

Kurapika, in a sea of emptiness, drowning
Closing song, dissonant