 Love them or hate them, memes are here to stay. You know they've become mainstream when typing "meme" doesn't flag a spelling error anymore and you can even have an entire online conversation in "meme". As harmless as most of them are, there can be some dire consequences, as at least ten prospective Harvard students found out, when they [had their acceptance letters rescinded](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/6/5/2021-offers-rescinded-memes/). ## So what was so bad about the memes? The private Facebook group chat, which was entitled *"Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens"*had images of: - the hanging of a Mexican child called "pinata time" - images joking that abusing children was sexually arousing - mocking sexual assault - mocking the deaths of children ## Something, something free speech With at least ten students having their offers to Harvard rescinded and possibly more to come, some might argue that doing so was a violation of the students' free speech rights. What do you think? My personal take is that by that same reasoning, Harvard has the right not to want to their name be associated with "horny bourgeois teens". Not posting obscene meme - can't get kicked out of Harvard even before you started. :) Title image: [Source](http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1217728-roll-safe)
| post_id | 3,411,520 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| author | numpypython | ||||||
| permlink | memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard | ||||||
| category | chainbb-general | ||||||
| json_metadata | "{"tags": ["chainbb-general", "news", "education"], "format": "markdown+html", "app": "chainbb/0.1"}" | ||||||
| created | 2017-06-05 06:01:15 | ||||||
| last_update | 2017-06-05 06:02:48 | ||||||
| depth | 0 | ||||||
| children | 7 | ||||||
| net_rshares | 577,124,345,813 | ||||||
| last_payout | 2017-06-12 06:01:15 | ||||||
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 | ||||||
| total_payout_value | 1.830 SBD | ||||||
| curator_payout_value | 0.214 SBD | ||||||
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| promoted | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| body_length | 1,387 | ||||||
| author_reputation | 49,481,680,921,551 | ||||||
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" | ||||||
| beneficiaries |
| ||||||
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD | ||||||
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 | ||||||
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pheonike | 0 | 9,591,706,069 | 6% | ||
| cryptoctopus | 0 | 397,907,808,133 | 100% | ||
| kennyskitchen | 0 | 2,592,730,130 | 100% | ||
| tommyquest | 0 | 186,997,977 | 100% | ||
| bola | 0 | 1,173,190,734 | 2% | ||
| dolov | 0 | 468,967,831 | 3% | ||
| cryptos | 0 | 22,559,448,021 | 50% | ||
| virtualgrowth | 0 | 13,475,795,589 | 30% | ||
| onetree | 0 | 49,030,850,542 | 100% | ||
| slorunner | 0 | 69,970,100 | 100% | ||
| platonicsironic | 0 | 4,004,632,370 | 60% | ||
| infobot | 0 | 51,556,695 | 100% | ||
| thegame | 0 | 1,335,205,559 | 30% | ||
| steembets | 0 | 1,612,457,099 | 30% | ||
| steemland.com | 0 | 1,351,760,639 | 30% | ||
| steemprentice | 0 | 16,164,189,523 | 30% | ||
| araki | 0 | 30,041,013,014 | 100% | ||
| mathworksheets | 0 | 567,082,770 | 10% | ||
| faraicelebr8 | 0 | 1,246,799,267 | 100% | ||
| ackza | 0 | 1,870,635,921 | 100% | ||
| sasagood | 0 | 272,005,604 | 100% | ||
| prameshtyagi | 0 | 1,688,268,270 | 5% | ||
| dreamiely | 0 | 2,121,893,872 | 100% | ||
| missiontothemoon | 0 | 2,876,156,017 | 100% | ||
| redpill | 0 | 288,892,036 | 100% | ||
| abcdoctor | 0 | 787,189,018 | 100% | ||
| raffael | 0 | 12,401,486,405 | 100% | ||
| amuchtar | 0 | 1,212,302,192 | 100% | ||
| leomichael | 0 | 173,354,416 | 100% |
"The United States Constitution applies to the government, not to corporations. A private business, large or small, can legally ignore your freedom of speech." [link](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123024596) It's weird to think of a university as a corporation, but that's what they are. It's a little easier to think of Harvard as a corporation when you look at how much profit they make annually (sometimes even more than fortune 500 companies: [link](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/is-harvard-so-rich-that-it-should-literally-be-illegal/280002/)). You have to figure this decision comes down to money. They think that if word gets out that Harvard students are racist and evil, it'll be bad press for the university and maybe that next endowment isn't as big as before.
| post_id | 3,412,399 |
|---|---|
| author | bvidal |
| permlink | re-numpypython-memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard-20170605t063310732z |
| category | chainbb-general |
| json_metadata | "{"app": "steemit/0.1", "links": ["http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123024596", "https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/is-harvard-so-rich-that-it-should-literally-be-illegal/280002/"], "tags": ["chainbb-general"]}" |
| created | 2017-06-05 06:33:03 |
| last_update | 2017-06-05 06:33:03 |
| depth | 1 |
| children | 2 |
| net_rshares | 6,043,659,752 |
| last_payout | 2017-06-12 06:33:03 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| promoted | 0.000 SBD |
| body_length | 819 |
| author_reputation | 292,864,456,462 |
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD |
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ackza | 0 | 1,870,635,921 | 100% | ||
| numpypython | 0 | 2,343,273,225 | 100% | ||
| bvidal | 0 | 1,829,750,606 | 100% |
Make sure you have your pocket constitution in your Survival Prepper pack! never know when you might have to restart the republic after a SHTF Teotwawki scenario lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiaRo2oLVjg
| post_id | 3,412,734 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| author | ackza | ||||||
| permlink | re-bvidal-re-numpypython-memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard-20170605t063310732z-201764t234426197z | ||||||
| category | chainbb-general | ||||||
| json_metadata | "{"tags": [], "format": "markdown+html", "app": "chainbb/0.1"}" | ||||||
| created | 2017-06-05 06:44:45 | ||||||
| last_update | 2017-06-05 07:20:36 | ||||||
| depth | 2 | ||||||
| children | 0 | ||||||
| net_rshares | 401,175,004,974 | ||||||
| last_payout | 2017-06-12 06:44:45 | ||||||
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 | ||||||
| total_payout_value | 1.251 SBD | ||||||
| curator_payout_value | 0.112 SBD | ||||||
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| promoted | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| body_length | 210 | ||||||
| author_reputation | 194,984,459,975,804 | ||||||
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" | ||||||
| beneficiaries |
| ||||||
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD | ||||||
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 | ||||||
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cryptoctopus | 0 | 397,907,808,133 | 100% | ||
| numpypython | 0 | 1,172,628,536 | 50% | ||
| redpill | 0 | 264,817,699 | 100% | ||
| bvidal | 0 | 1,829,750,606 | 100% |
Agreed. I doubt they did it out of any sense of altruism, but rather the potential terrible hit to the reputation if word got out. Thanks for linking the numbers. I knew they made a lot... but not that much.
| post_id | 3,412,863 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| author | numpypython | ||||||
| permlink | re-bvidal-re-numpypython-memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard-20170605t063310732z-201765t14492733z | ||||||
| category | chainbb-general | ||||||
| json_metadata | "{"tags": [], "format": "markdown+html", "app": "chainbb/0.1"}" | ||||||
| created | 2017-06-05 06:49:06 | ||||||
| last_update | 2017-06-05 06:49:06 | ||||||
| depth | 2 | ||||||
| children | 0 | ||||||
| net_rshares | 402,124,822,604 | ||||||
| last_payout | 2017-06-12 06:49:06 | ||||||
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 | ||||||
| total_payout_value | 1.258 SBD | ||||||
| curator_payout_value | 0.107 SBD | ||||||
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| promoted | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| body_length | 208 | ||||||
| author_reputation | 49,481,680,921,551 | ||||||
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" | ||||||
| beneficiaries |
| ||||||
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD | ||||||
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 | ||||||
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cryptoctopus | 0 | 397,907,808,133 | 100% | ||
| dreamiely | 0 | 2,122,446,166 | 100% | ||
| redpill | 0 | 264,817,699 | 100% | ||
| bvidal | 0 | 1,829,750,606 | 100% |
i don't understand why incoming university students would think it is ok, or funny, to use such memes. I sort of agree with Harvard's call.
| post_id | 3,440,086 |
|---|---|
| author | dreamiely |
| permlink | re-numpypython-memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard-20170605t194313656z |
| category | chainbb-general |
| json_metadata | "{"app": "steemit/0.1", "tags": ["chainbb-general"]}" |
| created | 2017-06-05 19:43:21 |
| last_update | 2017-06-05 19:43:21 |
| depth | 1 |
| children | 1 |
| net_rshares | 3,344,433,915 |
| last_payout | 2017-06-12 19:43:21 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| promoted | 0.000 SBD |
| body_length | 140 |
| author_reputation | 16,723,737,161,020 |
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD |
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 |
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| numpypython | 0 | 1,172,628,536 | 50% | ||
| dreamiely | 0 | 2,171,805,379 | 100% |
I agree, @dreamiely. As the famous Will Rogers quote goes - *"everything is funny as long as it's happening to somebody else. "*
| post_id | 3,450,217 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| author | numpypython | ||||||
| permlink | re-dreamiely-re-numpypython-memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard-20170605t194313656z-201766t75834903z | ||||||
| category | chainbb-general | ||||||
| json_metadata | "{"tags": [], "format": "markdown+html", "app": "chainbb/0.1"}" | ||||||
| created | 2017-06-05 23:58:36 | ||||||
| last_update | 2017-06-05 23:58:36 | ||||||
| depth | 2 | ||||||
| children | 0 | ||||||
| net_rshares | 400,398,320,703 | ||||||
| last_payout | 2017-06-12 23:58:36 | ||||||
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 | ||||||
| total_payout_value | 1.208 SBD | ||||||
| curator_payout_value | 0.112 SBD | ||||||
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| promoted | 0.000 SBD | ||||||
| body_length | 128 | ||||||
| author_reputation | 49,481,680,921,551 | ||||||
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" | ||||||
| beneficiaries |
| ||||||
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD | ||||||
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 | ||||||
| author_curate_reward | "" |
| voter | weight | wgt% | rshares | pct | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cryptoctopus | 0 | 397,937,623,288 | 100% | ||
| dreamiely | 0 | 2,171,805,379 | 100% | ||
| redpill | 0 | 288,892,036 | 100% |
A bit controversial maybe but thanks @numpypython for upvoting my recent post entitled: [HEAL THE WORLD... IN THE WAKE OF LONDON BRIDGE TERROR ATTACKS.](https://steemit.com/steemit/@faraicelebr8/heal-the-world-in-the-wake-of-london-bridge-terror-attacks)
| post_id | 3,465,584 |
|---|---|
| author | faraicelebr8 |
| permlink | re-numpypython-memes-are-serious-business-it-can-get-you-kicked-out-of-harvard-20170606t075754685z |
| category | chainbb-general |
| json_metadata | "{"app": "steemit/0.1", "users": ["numpypython"], "links": ["https://steemit.com/steemit/@faraicelebr8/heal-the-world-in-the-wake-of-london-bridge-terror-attacks"], "tags": ["chainbb-general"]}" |
| created | 2017-06-06 07:57:57 |
| last_update | 2017-06-06 07:57:57 |
| depth | 1 |
| children | 0 |
| net_rshares | 0 |
| last_payout | 2017-06-13 07:57:57 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| promoted | 0.000 SBD |
| body_length | 255 |
| author_reputation | 20,680,239,095,011 |
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD |
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 |
Congratulations @numpypython! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) : [](http://steemitboard.com/@numpypython) Award for the number of comments Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honnor on SteemitBoard. For more information about SteemitBoard, click [here](https://steemit.com/@steemitboard) If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word `STOP` If you want to support the SteemitBoard project, your upvote for this notification is welcome!
| post_id | 3,481,354 |
|---|---|
| author | steemitboard |
| permlink | steemitboard-notify-numpypython-20170606t170825000z |
| category | chainbb-general |
| json_metadata | "{"image": ["https://steemitboard.com/img/notifications.png"]}" |
| created | 2017-06-06 15:08:39 |
| last_update | 2017-06-06 15:08:39 |
| depth | 1 |
| children | 0 |
| net_rshares | 0 |
| last_payout | 2017-06-13 15:08:39 |
| cashout_time | 1969-12-31 23:59:59 |
| total_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| curator_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| pending_payout_value | 0.000 SBD |
| promoted | 0.000 SBD |
| body_length | 628 |
| author_reputation | 38,705,954,145,809 |
| root_title | "Memes are serious business - it can get you kicked out of Harvard" |
| beneficiaries | [] |
| max_accepted_payout | 1,000,000.000 SBD |
| percent_steem_dollars | 10,000 |