Odaily News Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that memes and emojis are driving English towards a more “pictographic” evolution. English social media has even begun to form highly abstract expressions similar to Chinese idioms. He cited the “leopard eating a human face” meme as an example, stating that these types of memes no longer require text; a single image can represent complex contexts, becoming an emerging “symbol of deep meaning” in the English language system.
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Vitalik: Memes are reshaping English, and the English internet has begun to form its own "idiomatic system".
Odaily News Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that memes and emojis are driving English towards a more “pictographic” evolution. English social media has even begun to form highly abstract expressions similar to Chinese idioms. He cited the “leopard eating a human face” meme as an example, stating that these types of memes no longer require text; a single image can represent complex contexts, becoming an emerging “symbol of deep meaning” in the English language system.