Title: Long Lines Meme
General Information about item:
- English
- Material and Verbal
- United States
Informant data:
- Melanie Kos is a member of the Dartmouth 2020 class. She was born on October 7, 1997 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She is undecided on her major, but is an active member of the Dartmouth Meme Group.
Contextual Data:
- Social Context:
- This meme and its information were collected during a one on one interview on the second floor of Collis. Melanie described how she made the meme on her computer and how it has spread through the Dartmouth community by way of the Dartmouth Meme page on Facebook as well as through texts and emails. This meme was intended for the Dartmouth community.
- Cultural Context:
- This meme addresses the fact that there is a lack of dining options on campus. With the way that the class schedule works, students are often all trying to eat at the same time, this can often create massive lines that students must wait through to get their meal.
Item:
Informant’s Comments:
- Melanie explained how she made this meme during the winter last year. She told me how she would walk through the snow, just waiting for her nice hot cup of coffee, only to get to KAF and have to wait another 12 minutes in an insanely long line.
Collectors Comments:
- This meme is one that everyone on campus can relate to for sure, since everyone has waited in line at KAF, Novack, Collis, the HOP, and FoCo. The fact that the picture shows a brutal winter also helps Dartmouth students relate, since it gets very cold on campus.
Collectors Name: Michael Thurston
Keywords: Dartmouth. KAF. Food