{"id":139005,"date":"2020-04-05T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/04\/05\/in-lockdown-parents-are-mastering-the-art-of-the-meme-what-could-go-wrong-eleanor-margolis\/"},"modified":"2020-04-05T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T14:00:29","slug":"in-lockdown-parents-are-mastering-the-art-of-the-meme-what-could-go-wrong-eleanor-margolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=139005","title":{"rendered":"In lockdown, parents are mastering the art of the meme. What could go wrong? | Eleanor Margolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who thought the family WhatsApp group would alleviate our existential dread? Make no mistake: we\u2019re in strange times\u2022 Coronavirus latest updates\u2022 See all our coronavirus coverageMy dad\u2019s latest contribution to the family WhatsApp group was a meme. One that he\u2019d forwarded, possibly from another dad. It\u2019s an illustration of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, walking side by side, with the caption: \u201cBack the fuck up Piglet.\u201dIt\u2019s not that the global pandemic has caused my 64-year-old father to discover memes; it\u2019s more that he\u2019s now come to truly appreciate them. He tells me he has \u201c20 coming in a day, from various sources\u201d. Like a meme sommelier, he\u2019s become very selective about which ones he forwards to the family thread. And his taste isn\u2019t bad. A little schlocky at times, but surprisingly acceptable for someone of a generation whose online presence is largely defined by jpegs of inspirational quotes and below-the-line bigotry. The overflow he sends to my uncle. I imagine the two of them pinging each other the latest corona content, in a sort of quarantined baby-boomer version of tennis. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/apr\/05\/coronavirus-lockdown-parents-meme-family-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\">In lockdown, parents are mastering the art of the meme. What could go wrong? | Eleanor Margolis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who thought the family WhatsApp group would alleviate our existential dread? Make no mistake: we\u2019re in strange times\u2022 Coronavirus latest updates\u2022 See all our coronavirus coverageMy dad\u2019s latest contribution to the family WhatsApp group was a meme. One that he\u2019d forwarded, possibly from another dad. It\u2019s an illustration of Winnie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}