[DRAFT] The Ministry of Memes

[Annihilators of Chan Island]

I'm back! The insane period of my life is over, and now I have some sweet, sweet spare time to make new issues!

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An unfortunate (but admittedly hilarious) photo of one of your junior ministers has become an instant online sensation, spawning hundreds upon hundreds of memes and even a dedicated website in just a few hours.

validity: nation has the internet

[option] "Enough!" blubbers @@RANDOMNAME@@, the minister in question."That was a bad day, and a citizen had just been reaming me with her bigoted opinions for - oh is the mic still on? Well turn it off! Get that photo off the internet and crack down on those silly mockeries. Just look at this filth! I have a family, I have an extremely important and serious job in one of the most powerful governments in the region! How can I do my duties if I'm a joke?"
[effect] shady men in trench coats are the sole providers of some memes

[option] "Indeed, how can you do your job if you're a joke?" agrees @@RANDOMNAME@@, your most sinister advisor."Let's face it; this person has been a liability to your government for a long time, boss. And I bet that was another gaffe right there in front of us. Cut out the problem and show the good people of our @@TYPE@@ that we are a competent government. When that's done, I have some ideas as to some other people we could do well removing before they become a problem."
[effect]the country's websites are filled with eulogies for a fired minister

[option] "Bwahahahaha," laughs @@RANDOMNAME@@, while scrolling through a 50 best- compilation of the new meme."This stuff is actually seriously funny, @@LEADER@@. We really ought to take advantage of this and use it in our marketing. Come to think of it, this *tragic* picture from your youth I just found is just begging to be put in a starry background with a catchy slogan....."
[effect] cringe rates are up by 170% ever since the government began making its own memes

[option] "Fool of a mook!" declares @@RANDOMNAME@@, who wasn't invited to this conference."Feeding the trolls like that is exactly what they want! I say we ignore them and get back to the usual business of government. Isn't the budget due to come round next week... well, why not have it come round tomorrow instead? I'm confident the trolls will forget about that silly picture soon enough and move on."
[effect] photoshop wars of the new budget has taken the web by storm

[Australian rePublic]

What exactly was in that photo? Also, option 1 makes no sense, sorry

[Candlewhisper Archive]

What exactly was in that photo?

The author doesn't have to say, and sometimes the narrative is improved by not doing so. Basically this trope:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... rWordForIt

[Australian rePublic]

What exactly was in that photo?

The author doesn't have to say, and sometimes the narrative is improved by not doing so. Basically this trope:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... rWordForIt

Interesting...

[Annihilators of Chan Island]

Turns out there was more to be done, but this time my life is over that insane craziness. Sorry for the semi-gravedig.

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What exactly was in that photo?

The author doesn't have to say, and sometimes the narrative is improved by not doing so. Basically this trope:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... rWordForIt

That's exactly the trope I was going for! People might not find any descriptive I put in funny, so just avoid the description of the meme itself to put in there.

Anyway, any thing else?

[Katalaysia]

I'm back! The insane period of my life is over, and now I have some sweet, sweet spare time to make new issues!

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An unfortunate (but admittedly hilarious) photo of one of your junior ministers has become an instant online sensation, spawning hundreds upon hundreds of memes and even a dedicated website in just a few hours.

validity: nation has the internet

[option] "Enough!" blubbers @@RANDOMNAME@@, the minister in question."That was a bad day, and a citizen had just been reaming me with her bigoted opinions for - oh is the mic still on? Well turn? it off! Get that photo off the internet and crack down on those silly mockeries. Just look at this filth! I have a family, I have an extremely important and serious job in one of the most powerful governments in the region-I'd take out the dash and replace it with an exclaimation mark, but that's just personal opinion how can I do my duties if I'm a joke?"
[effect] as you can see, this compromising image no longer existsI'd personally reword this, because you can't actually see the lack of photo

[option] "Indeed, how can you do your job if you're a joke?" agrees @@RANDOMNAME@@, your most sinister advisor."Let's face it; this person has been a liability to your government for a long time, boss. And I bet that was another gaffe right there in front of us. Cut out the problem and show the good people of our @@TYPE@@ that we are a competent government. When that's done, I have some ideas as to some other people we could do well removing before they become a problem."
[effect]the country's websites are filled with eulogies for a fired minister

[option] "BwahahahahaI'd personally not use onomatopoeia for this, since it sounds somewhat evil, and instead just describe the laughter," laughs @@RANDOMNAME@@, while scrolling through a 50 best- compilation of the new meme."This stuff is actually seriously funny, @@LEADER@@. We really ought to take advantage of this and use it in our marketing. Come to think of it, this *tragic* picture from your youth I just found is just begging to be put in a starry background with a catchy slogan....."
[effect] cringe rates are up by 170% ever since the government began making its own memes

[option] "Fool of a mook!" declares @@RANDOMNAME@@, who wasn't invited to this conference."Feeding the trolls like that is exactly what they want! I say we ignore them and get back to the usual business of government. Isn't the budget due to come round next week... well, why not have it come round tomorrow instead? I'm confident the trolls will forget about that silly picture soon enough and move on."
[effect] photoshop wars of the new budget has taken the web by storm

[Annihilators of Chan Island]

I'm back! The insane period of my life is over, and now I have some sweet, sweet spare time to make new issues!

.......................................

An unfortunate (but admittedly hilarious) photo of one of your junior ministers has become an instant online sensation, spawning hundreds upon hundreds of memes and even a dedicated website in just a few hours.

validity: nation has the internet

[option] "Enough!" blubbers @@RANDOMNAME@@, the minister in question."That was a bad day, and a citizen had just been reaming me with her bigoted opinions for - oh is the mic still on? Well turn? it off! Get that photo off the internet and crack down on those silly mockeries. Just look at this filth! I have a family, I have an extremely important and serious job in one of the most powerful governments in the region-I'd take out the dash and replace it with an exclaimation mark, but that's just personal opinion how can I do my duties if I'm a joke?"
[effect] as you can see, this compromising image no longer existsI'd personally reword this, because you can't actually see the lack of photo

[option] "Indeed, how can you do your job if you're a joke?" agrees @@RANDOMNAME@@, your most sinister advisor."Let's face it; this person has been a liability to your government for a long time, boss. And I bet that was another gaffe right there in front of us. Cut out the problem and show the good people of our @@TYPE@@ that we are a competent government. When that's done, I have some ideas as to some other people we could do well removing before they become a problem."
[effect]the country's websites are filled with eulogies for a fired minister

[option] "BwahahahahaI'd personally not use onomatopoeia for this, since it sounds somewhat evil, and instead just describe the laughter," laughs @@RANDOMNAME@@, while scrolling through a 50 best- compilation of the new meme."This stuff is actually seriously funny, @@LEADER@@. We really ought to take advantage of this and use it in our marketing. Come to think of it, this *tragic* picture from your youth I just found is just begging to be put in a starry background with a catchy slogan....."
[effect] cringe rates are up by 170% ever since the government began making its own memes

[option] "Fool of a mook!" declares @@RANDOMNAME@@, who wasn't invited to this conference."Feeding the trolls like that is exactly what they want! I say we ignore them and get back to the usual business of government. Isn't the budget due to come round next week... well, why not have it come round tomorrow instead? I'm confident the trolls will forget about that silly picture soon enough and move on."
[effect] photoshop wars of the new budget has taken the web by storm

Love most of these, implementing them.