{"id":3359,"date":"2012-01-25T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T16:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2012-01-25T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T16:33:55","slug":"the-scheme-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=3359","title":{"rendered":"The scheme meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I get a kick out of image macros and the memes generated therefrom.&nbsp; To me,&nbsp;some of theme are&nbsp;like instances of argument schemes for the generation of kids who don&#39;t want to read Boethius&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boethiuss-Topicis-Differentiis-Classics-Philosophy\/dp\/0801489334\"><em>De topicis differentiis<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/\">Know your meme<\/a> even expresses them as&nbsp;abstract functions.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s a good instance of a &quot;inconsistency&quot; argument scheme meme:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/2012\/01\/internet-memes-happy-to-be-protected-by-the-st-amendment-so-i-can-protest-the-nd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3360\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/2012\/01\/internet-memes-happy-to-be-protected-by-the-st-amendment-so-i-can-protest-the-nd-200x300.png\" title=\"internet-memes-happy-to-be-protected-by-the-st-amendment-so-i-can-protest-the-nd\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/2012\/01\/internet-memes-happy-to-be-protected-by-the-st-amendment-so-i-can-protest-the-nd-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/2012\/01\/internet-memes-happy-to-be-protected-by-the-st-amendment-so-i-can-protest-the-nd.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one doesn&#39;t work, because there is no double standard (interpretations of amendments may differ,&nbsp;etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless.&nbsp; The scheme meme is fun.&nbsp; Lots of others to talk about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get a kick out of image macros and the memes generated therefrom.&nbsp; To me,&nbsp;some of theme are&nbsp;like instances of argument schemes for the generation of kids who don&#39;t want to read Boethius&#39;s De topicis differentiis.&nbsp; Know your meme even expresses them as&nbsp;abstract functions. Here&#39;s a good instance of a &quot;inconsistency&quot; argument scheme meme: This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/?p=3359\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The scheme meme<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1109,1108],"tags":[2020,1286,1287,1285],"class_list":["post-3359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argument-from-double-standards","category-argument-from-inconsistency","tag-argument-schemes","tag-boethius","tag-de-topicis-differentiis","tag-memes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3361,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions\/3361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenonsequitur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}