Whaleware (2009)

added Nov 02, 2009 at 03:12AM UTC

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About the “meme” on ChexQuest forums

It originated on the Chex Quest Fan Forum (CQFF) under the forum game The “EVIL” Game 2.0. The user xbolt posted this video and started repeating the phrase “We’ve entered an endless recursion of time.” and “Wareware wa onaji jikan wo, eien to loop shiteru no desu yo.” The first section was misread by another user, and they asked xbolt how they could get some of this “Whaleware.” The joke soon caught on and Whaleware morphed into a kind of “universal software” that could do “everything and more.” As the joke grew, xbolt made a website based on all the material that the other members had come up with. The website (http://whaleware.xboltz.net/) contains not only Whaleware jokes, but also other inside-jokes from the CQFF as well. It has gained very little attention as of Nov. 1st, 2009, but it is the hope of the forum members that Whaleware will be the next big, internet meme.

An excercise in Memetic Engineering (Meme Forcing)

While the birth of the whaleware idea as it pertains to the ChexQuest forums was organic, the clear intent to force the meme into other forums was planned.

  • See thread here.

    WIN. I swear this will spread as a meme. Its already become one here. Now…..to the rest of the internet…..


    THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
    Please take Whaleware to all other forums you belong to. Spread the word to all your friends, and get then to use Whaleware too. Who knows, we may end up famous in the near future. Cool

Past experience with other forced memes shows that whenever the intent to declare something a meme is clearly stated in public, that the rest of the public often meets the meme with displeasure, thus decreasing the likelihood that the meme will be able to replicate in new community.

However, forcing a meme does not mean that it can’t grow, just that the potential has been stunted.

Protip: If you intend to force a meme, do so in a more covert fashion.

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11 Comments

Deuxieme_en_pie
Nov 02, 2009 at 03:21AM UTC , Deuxieme_en_pie wrote:

Hmm a meme that has had very little impact so far?

I’d just like to say that it’s incredibly difficult to try to predict the path of anything, especially something based on culture like a meme is. If you’ve seen a couple pictures, it’s impossible to say if it’ll become popular in the future.
There’s also nothing much we can do to “help Whaleware be the next big internet meme,” it just doesn’t work like that.

Seriously, there should be a big warning box before you press the “create new entry” button. People need to use more discretion when writing up these things.

On the upside, the article seems well written for the amount of information that exists about it

Badgerfrank10
Nov 02, 2009 at 04:46AM UTC , Badgerfrank10 wrote:

the game you say?

Provie
Nov 02, 2009 at 05:01AM UTC , Provie wrote:

this is 18, it has potential

Blah-tan
Nov 02, 2009 at 07:34AM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

Im 12 and what is this?

I’m not seeing a meme potential here, and this is just circulating in one forum.

Memedude7737
Nov 02, 2009 at 09:00PM UTC , Memedude7737 wrote:

I’m not seeing how this could be repetitively used.

Maybe if it was some type of “typo” trolling weapon, I guess.

Hector Hessy
Nov 02, 2009 at 09:37PM UTC , Hector Hessy wrote:

this is not a powerful meme if it is a meme which it does not seem like a meme at this time to be much of a meme of anything now but to be as anymore of a meme to want it to be…

Chris Menning
Nov 02, 2009 at 11:33PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Fixed the article to more accurately portray how this “meme” was formed.

Batmanifestdestiny
Nov 03, 2009 at 02:43AM UTC , Batmanifestdestiny wrote:

I think that if enough macros get made with real intent – as opposed to just meme-forcing, it may eventually gain meme status. However, right now it’s just a fad, since it’s only on one forum.

Chris Menning
Nov 03, 2009 at 06:49AM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Oh no! You’re advising people on how to spread your meme for you! To the deadpool with this!

Blah-tan
Nov 03, 2009 at 08:14AM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

It’s a trap!

Steven R.
Nov 12, 2009 at 06:46PM UTC , Steven R. wrote:

OMG, advertising again. Annoying.

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