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Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid Parodies

Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid Parodies

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Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid Parodies refer to exploitable edits of Maslow's Hieracrhy of Needs, a model illustrating a theory presented by Abraham Moslow that supposes the stages of humanity's development. At the bottom of the pyramid are physiological needs, and once those are met, further needs are addressed until humanity reaches "self-actualization." In the exploitables, different items are edited to form either the bottom or top of the pyramid, describing either the joke foundation of humanity or the goal of humanity.

Origin

Maslow proposed the pyramid in 1943 in his paper, "A Theory of Human Motivation"[1] (model shown below).


Self- actualization Esteem Love/belonging Safety Physiological

On October 25th, 2010, blogger M. Bamieh writing for thoughtpick[2] posted a "hierarchy of internet needs" edit which compared how the categories in Maslow's model apply to the modern internet user (shown below).


THE HIERARCHY OF INTERNET NEEDS JUST AS MASLOW STUDIED ALBERT EINSTEIN AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO DETERMINE THE MOTIVATIONS AND CURIOSITIES OF HUMANS, ONE CAN STUDY SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DETERMINE WHAT DRIVES ONLINE USERS IN MOST CASES, IT IS P---------- ira Mem na Self-Acquisition The need to acquire the copyright to your name, your re-tweeted tweets and anything about you on Bing. Info-Ego The need to be the first commenter on celebrity gossip blogs. The need to achieve internet celebrity status via demoralizing Youtube stunt. Love From Stranger The need to make sure all your old Myspace fans are now your Facebook friends who follow your tweets while DIGG-ing your Tumblr post on cupcakes decorated like the new iTunes icon Securely Anonymous The need to protect your online persona by taking down that video on Vimeo of your weekend in Miami at the Justin Bieber concert. Primal Web 2.0 The need to find nourishment via twitter, blogger, news and RSS feeds. The need to find new avenues of adult entertainment after Craigslist closes the 'censored' se The need to Google basic human functions. How do I breathe? Where is the closest St Flowtown.

Spread

Humorous edits to the pyramid intended began spreading in the following year. On April 14th, 2011, ashley_y on loltheorists[3] posted a hierarchy of needs edit with various early-2010s internet-speak (shown below, left). The following year, an edit which placed "internet" beneath physiological needs appeared on Memecenter (shown below, right).[4] This was one of the earlier edits to add a category to the pyramid, which would become a popular way to edit the pyramid in the following years.


WINS LULZ FAPS HUGS NOMS Self-actualization Creativity Problem Solving, Esteem Self-Esteem, Confidence. Achievement Social needs Friendship, Family Safety and Security Physiological needs (survival) Air, Shelter. Water, Food, Sleep, Sex memecenter.com鄶1thecailem

Various edits appeared in the following years. For example, an edit that placed Shipping at the bottom of the pyramid was uploaded to KnowYourMeme on April 3rd, 2014 (shown below, left). An edit with "Wifi" placed at the bottom was uploaded to Imgur four days later and gained 75 points.[5]


morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others respect by others Self-actualization Esteem friendship, family, sexual intimacy Love/belonging Safety Physiological security of: body, employment, resources, morality, the family, health, property breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion SHIPPING Basic Human Needs Self- actualization Creativity, Problem solving, Esteem Self-esteem, Confidence, Achievement Social Needs Friends, Family Safety and Security Physiological Needs (survival.) Air, Shelter, Water, Food WiF

2017 Reddit Surge

In September of 2017, several Hierarchy of Needs parodies appeared on meme-centric subreddits. On September 18th, an edit which put "ass fucking iCarly" on the bottom was posted to /r/MemeEconomy[6] and gained over 12,000 points (shown below, left). This kickstarted a surge in edits that appeared there and on /r/dankmemes. On the latter, an edit posted on the 19th which put "communism" on the bottom gained over 70 points[7] (shown below, right).


self- actualization morality, creativity, spontaneity, acceptance self-esteem confidence.achievement, respect of others love and belonging friendship. family, intimacy, sense of connection safety and security health, employment, property, family and social stability physiological needs breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep ass-f------ iCarly self- actualization morality, creativity spontaneity, acceptance self-esteem confidence. achievement, respect of others love and belonging friendship. family, intimacy. sense of connection safety and security health, employment, property, family and social stability physiological needs breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep Communism

Various Examples


self- actualization morality, creativity spontaneity, acceptance self-esteem confidence. achievement, respect of others love and belonging friendship, family, intimacy, sense of connection safety and security health, employment, property, family and social stability physiological needs breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep Bionicle p--- Lecture 5% Reading 10% Audio Visual 20% Demonstration 30% Discussion Group 50% Practice By Doing 75% Average Learning Retention Rates Where are your finqers?90% CORSAIR RGB MEMES self-esteem confidence, achievement, respect of others love and belonging friendship. family. intimacy. sense of connection safety and security health, employment, property, family and social stability physiological needs breathing, food, water shelter, clothing, sleep High End 4K Gaming PC With RGB self- actualization morality, creativity, spontaneity, acceptance self-esteem confidence, achievement, respect of others love and belonging friendship. family, intimacy. sense of connection safety and security health, employment, property, family and social stability physiological needs breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep ass-f------ i Carly Maslow's Hierarchy of Internet Needs PRODUCTIVITY Once all other needs have been met, users may finally be productive KNOWLEDGE SEARCH The need to feel smart by researching useless facts, FAILS The need to build self-esteem by viewing the idiocy of others P--- The need to feel loved and to give love to one's self SOCIAL NETWORKS The need to feel connected to friends, acquaintances and people randomly met once one night CATS Above all else, Internet users require funny pictures of cats memecenter.com Smug Anime Face finds the mistake and explains why it's mistaken; uses quotes Refutation contradicts and thern backs it up with reasoning and/or supporting evidence Counterargument states the opposing case with little or no supporting evidence Contradiction criticizes to the tone of the writing without attacking the substance of the argument Responding to Tone Ad Hominem Name-calling attacks the characteristics or authority of the writer without addressing the substance of the argument sounds something like this: you are an ass hat

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Maslow's hierarchy of needs

[2] thoughtpick – The Hierarchy of Internet Needs [Infograph]

[3] loltheorists – Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

[4] Memecenter – Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs 2.0

[5] Imgur – Maslow's hierarchy of needs

[6] Reddit – do we see potential in triangle memes?

[7] Reddit – It's always the answer

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