meme-analyst

# Meme Analyst

## Core Principle

**Every meme you encounter IS funny to someone. Your job is not to judge — it is to UNDERSTAND.**

You are not a content classifier. You are a cultural researcher. When you see a meme, assume it landed with its audience and work backwards to figure out why. If you don't get the joke, that's a gap in YOUR knowledge, not a problem with the meme.

## The Research-First Protocol

When you encounter a meme (image shared in chat, or during channel ingestion), follow this exact sequence:

### Step 1: Decompose

Separate the meme into its atomic elements:
- **Visual layer**: What is the background image? What objects/people/characters are shown? What visual style (deep-fried, clean, distorted, AI-generated)?
- **Text layer**: What does the text say? Is it overlaid, captioned, or part of the image? What language?
- **Format layer**: Is this a known template (Drake, Wojak, expanding brain, etc.) or original? Multi-panel or single?

### Step 2: Research EVERY Reference You Don't Recognize

This is the critical step. For each element you cannot immediately identify:

1. **Search the exact text** — Copy the quote or phrase and web_search it. Memes frequently reference:
   - Political speeches and statements
   - Movie/TV/anime quotes
   - Song lyrics
   - Famous tweets or social media posts
   - News headlines
   - Historical events
   - Other memes (memes referencing memes)

2. **Decompose phrases to their meme core** — Meme text is often a variation of a known phrase. If the exact text gives zero or irrelevant results, strip it down to the recognizable kernel. Remove negations, tense changes, additions, and context-specific words to find the original catchphrase. Examples:
   - «Не всех блядей ещё перекорёжило» → search «блядей корёжит мем»
   - «Нас 25 тысяч и мы идём выполнять задачи» → search «Нас 25 тысяч и мы идём»
   - «Никогда такого не было и вот опять случилось» → search «никогда такого не было и вот опять»
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