Interactive utility

The Original Meme Machine

A six-step compression tool for making a recognizable line without copying or punching down.

Capture the scene

What exactly happened, without the joke?

Try thisWrite one factual sentence.

Why would another table recognize it?

Try thisRemove names and private details.

Caption, contrast, list, fake label, or overheard line?

Try thisUse the shortest structure.

The first version is usually the phrase everyone else wrote.

Try thisKeep the two strangest.

Consent, accuracy, authorship, privacy, and target.

Try thisDelete anything that needs a victim.

Can it be read on a phone and understood without a rules lesson?

Try thisCut one more line.

Original specificity builds identity; recycled slogans make the category blur together.