They’re everywhere, all around us. They are omniscient. They’re a powerful, unstoppable force. They influence the way we think and feel about the world. The mere sight of them is enough to emotionally manipulate us. They demand our attention at all hours of the day and distract us from urgent matters. They once imitated life but now life imitates them. They’ve infiltrated our communication channels and they flood our devices. We speak through them and they speak through us. They are…memes.