Leuty Parker

Tag: #culture

  • Memes

    LOL, it’s obvious that I used chat GBT to perfect my past post content. Everyone does it, don’t be in denial…

    Internet memes may seem like simple jokes or viral images, but they actually reveal something much deeper about modern culture. A meme is best understood as a unit of cultural information that spreads through imitation and adaptation online. These digital fragments evolve rapidly as people share, remix, and reinterpret them, turning memes into a living form of communication.

    Across the internet, memes exist within distinct communities—each with its own humour, language, and purpose. Some revolve around everyday frustrations, such as bad driving, while others grow within highly specific fandoms or gaming cultures where insider knowledge strengthens group identity. In more personal communities, memes serve an even deeper role, helping people share experiences, cope with challenges, and find validation among others with similar lives.

    Technology is also reshaping meme culture. Artificial intelligence is beginning to generate its own meme-like content, creating a strange mix of fascination and humour as humans react to the unpredictable outputs of machines. At the same time, memes are increasingly used for political commentary, allowing complex ideas to be shared quickly through simple, recognisable formats.

    Despite the chaos and variety of meme culture, one powerful trend stands out: communities dedicated to positivity. In these spaces, memes are deliberately used to uplift, motivate, and highlight moments of kindness. Ultimately, memes are far more than fleeting internet jokes—they are evolving cultural signals that reveal how people connect, express identity, and make sense of the digital world together.

  • The Black Swan Effect

    The Black Swan effect refers to rare, unexpected events that have huge impacts, and only seem obvious in hindsight. It’s like the butterfly effect; small or unpredictable triggers lead to dramatic, far-reaching consequences.

    In short, it explains how humans underestimate the likelihood of extreme situations, but rely heavily on past data.

    Important attributes include unpredictability; nothing in the past clearly points defined the future.

    It concludes to really big consequences; PESTLE (as learned in my MSc: Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental) or cultural. It’s only afterwards when it becomes obvious and should have been expected.

    Black Swanevents can instantly transform entire industries, markets, technologies, and even society itself.

  • Herringbone

    Nice, mid market food. Modern ambience. Friendly staff, nothing regarding the nutrition though.

    I see a trend here, that needs to be addressed.

    The menu
    My food: “charred garlic & chilli tiger prawns” & rocket & Parmesan”

    Review; yummy, lovely, nice staff, better than average. Nothing very outstanding, & nothing regarding nutrition. I chose the safe, carb light option using assumption. BHL was 9.1 on leavi.

  • Speech

    podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radiolab/id152249110

    A look at the amazing way that language transcends through different cultures

  • Nature vs culture

    It’s a difficult one… I know (& you know from past posts) that with dopamine, the thrill is in the chase. This probably goes for all humans. So it’s “objective” & is ”natural”.

    But, more subjectively, I have found that usually, when I know the feeling is reciprocated, it intensifies. So is “subjective”, probably falling under “cultural” influence.

    So will attraction, should you go by what your body tells you, due to dopamine release, or what cultural tells you, when you’re more inclined when you think the feeling is mutual.

  • New Genres

    I find that this brain injury is a great opportunity to find new genres. I’m starting from the beginning again. I’m kind of a blank slate. That means I have a world of opportunities to find my new passion. In lockdown, the layman has nothing better to do, so I guess it’s as good as any to relearn everything, to start again. When I say “a blank slate” I mean I am being able to find my old passions, again & even create new ones. It’s my mission to get back the “original Leuty” so i’m in an adults body but have an infants brain. It’s very fornicate that the “original Leuty” is very experimental, & it’s good that the original Leuty has no shame, so I can find out all the embarrassing things I did in my past life.

  • 4/6- My Brain

    I spoke to my speech & language therapist, who shed light on what happened to my brain, I knew little to nothing about my severe traumatic brain injury.
    I had a diffused amoxyl injury. My intervertebral & ventricular haemorrhages, which caused some damage to my brain.

    To get very technical my skull (particularly the C7 spinous process tip) fractured. Bleeds caused damage to my optical nerve so i guess that’s why I’m blind in 1 eye.

    There were many cuts all over my body, so all of them had to heal, but the body cuts mend a lot quicker than brain ones do.

  • 7/4 – Memento

    I watched this really great film which perfectly describes the situation I’m in now. The film is called memento.

    The protagonist has a brain injury so I certainly can see where he’s coming from. On the surface it entertains but deep down it’s truly brilliant. It is done by having the end of the protagonists story at the beginning of the film.

    The average person can’t see that the beginning of the film is the end of the protagonists story, but I worked it out, the first time I watched it. Maybe it’s because I’m in a position where it feels like it’s telling a story about what I’m going through.

    It’s a bitch to find but I’ve done the hard work for you though (cause I really want you to see it). See it at ;

    https://ww4.123movie.uk/movie/memento

  • 15/3 – falling in love again

    One good thing that I am testing right now is rediscovering all the things I once loved, & falling in love with them again, just this time a bit difficult.

    I have tried things like music, books & films. Now I’m a little older I can rediscover them & rediscover then in a different way.

    I have kept a lot of books, DVDs & CDs. I must have really loved them in the first place, I now get to rediscover them again.

    Just an example; the movie i relearnt was the Hitch hickers Guide to the Galaxy, the music was Shy Child & a book which I once loved & plan on rereading is Jitterbug Perfume.

  • 9/3/2021 – Before Sunrise

    I watched this really nice film today called “Before Sunrise”. First things first, it’s not on Netflix, but I found it online.

    It’s very profound and has some great points. I really can’t recommend it more. It will entertain you and start you thinking.

    I tried to do that game that they do in it where you have a partner & you, with your partner, question them & they have to answer 100% trufully without any embarrassment.

    I played on WhatsApp with someone who saw the film. We learnt a lot about each other. It is good to play online because if you’re embarrassed it’s easier to hide.