NPC Meme Analysis

Understanding and explaining the popular NPC memes and what it tells us about the spiritual state of humanity. Going beyond modern events, we see how it relates to Gurdjieff, Jung, and Levi.

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[gum]

Most people die at 25 and aren't buried until they are 75

[grailknightofenoch]

man you've been killing it lately

[wholeasscharacter]

Remember when memes were about relatability and surface humor?

[ignore]

I have allways thought that this feeling, that most of the people are empty and have no personality, was just a common teenage asshole thought. But as i grew older and knew more and more people, i have to realize that the stupid teenage me was right.

[DrewPicklesTheDark]

I'm surprised you didn't speak of the origins. Originally it was a 4chan theory and went something along the lines of "Have you ever thought thought there is a finite amount of souls, and when all those souls occupy bodies, anyone made after that are just NPCs?" or something along those lines, and at a later point someone linked to a Reddit thread to someone explaining they are incapable of self-monologue, and a surprising amount of people actually said the felt the same. It being used as an insult to make fun of people who parrot political talking points instead of thinking for themselves came later.

[chaka]

I came for memes, but found a new philosophy for life

[SpaceMonke]

“We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.”

[anon-nwtj]

I suggested this. It was me. Your welcome, comrades

[CynicalBastard]

Individuality ≠ Individuation - To be an individual, one can exist merely for the aesthetic. To be many individuals means to introduce theory, and practicality.

[behindtheveil]

"Are you really suggesting that there are superior and inferior minds? Are you an elitist?!"
YES.

[Penbin]

When you think about it the NPC meme is nothing new, through the ages it had different names but it has always been the way to call the "ignorant masses" that way, because it can't be helped, a ton of people don't really care about anything beyond their urgent needs after all.

[chromosomegun]

I AM AN NPC YOU ARE AN NPC WE ARE ALL NPC

[dntbthr]

Nice job divorcing the political memetic context of the meme's propogation and taking it from there. What I always found interesting about the NPC is this sort of intentional vagueness to the being of an NPC, as if there is truly no way to know if you are outside of these pre-determined identity sets and even if the achievement of such a sense of individuality is achievable.

[Grandmaster-Kush]

I've always looked at it as a dehumanizing meme meant to drive people towards independent tought by force, abit like tough love

[CynicalScorpio]

Ironically, people who constantly acuse others of being NPCs are some of the biggest NPCs

[alejandrogutierrez]

In terms of actions, I am a player, but in terms of social skills I am pretty much an NPC.

[bjuny]

While I kind of agree with you, kind Mr. non-npc, the memes of today are our mythology, our way of expressing the ways in which lives are meaningfully and not meaningfully lived out, and when one cuts oneself off from these memes, he loses the things with which he can relate to others. But this is just precisely the inescapable dilemma which lies before us: adapt oneself to modernity and lose individuality, but live comfortably, or, cut off and live alone, with nothing to do, no-one to talk to. The middle between these two is quite hard to reach, but it is the goal

[burazfly]

People dont have ideas, ideas have people

Carl Jung

[ThatCaretakerGuy]

yet another interesting video.
in the end you say that the only way to avoid being an NPC is to "assert personal individuality", and that it's painful. Can you be more specific? I heard the same description regarding Jung's shadow, but it's always so vague and abstract. Can you direct to practical sources?

[voivodadracula]

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent"
-Jedi Master Qui-gon Jin