Memes

Role in the Shturmovik Revolution

The progressive faction was much more effective then the conservative tsarists at spreading their ideas because they over simplified their arguments down to catchy memes. I contrast, conservatives relied on long form 40 minute videos where they tried to have "open and vulnerable" "exploraitons" of complex ideas that rarely attracted new viewers and only confirmed the beliefs of existing conservatives.

Crows

The crow is used in memes as a transition entity that symbolizes death and rebirth. It represents the fear of left and transitioning while conservative.

Egg, tadpole and frog

Memes involving eggs, tadpoles and frogs are used to represent the phases of personal transition to the progressive left. The egg represents a person who still believes that they are living in the best period in history and who hasn't accepted The big trans. The tadpole represents someone who has "hatched" and has started to transition and the frog represents the person after transitioning.

Frogs

Frogs were common in memes during the revolution because of their symbolism as a transition entity in transitioning from a tadpole to a frog. Frogs are symbolically relevant to transition since they break categories by transition from the water as a tadpole to the land as a frog.

• Frog go kva

This was used as a common demeaning shitpost in response to a conservative statement, usually one that was excessively lengthy. It was used in memes showing an angry conservative character saying that progressives couldn't simply reduce a complex political issue to a meme with a left wing character responding with the phrase.

Sometimes the meme is shortened to "kva."

• Jester frog

A cartoon frog wearing a jester hat is used as a symbol of theistic absurdity and rejection of the conservative mindset.

Voyak

The character Voyak was a Polish meme character who is depicted as a simple drawing and is usually used to represent depression from technocratic dysthymia.

Do a spinny

"Do a spinny" was a common shitpost and was a phrase used in memes that usually refenced violent left wing revolution. It metaphorically represented turning and transition and literally represented the follower of a magazine spinning. "Doing a spinny" is a common activity performed in rural areas when someone finally accepts transitioning to the left.

Automaton

The automaton is represented by a drawing of a person with robotic features and a flat expression and is used to represent technocratic conservatives. There are progressives who believe that depersonalization before transitioning to the left is cause by actually being an automaton.