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The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known

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The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known
The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known

The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known

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Memecoin

Name
The Mortifying Ordeal of Being K
Image
the meme's own image, fixed
Pair
$MEME, the mother coin. This coin becomes a child of $MEME.
Rewards
1% of every trade of this child coin, paid to its holders in $MEME
Website
kym.fun/memes/the-mortifying-ordeal-of-being-known

One signature creates the coin on pump.fun (you pay only pump.fun's creation cost, about 0.02 SOL). With a first buy, a second signature buys it right after. The first launch claims this meme for good.

About

The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known is part of a quote by author Tim Kreider in an essay he wrote for The New York Times. The full quote reads, "If we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known," in essence arguing that to achieve deep relationships with others, one must bare the complexities and contradictory aspects of themselves they may not wish to share with the outside world. The quote became a meme on Tumblr, where it was used both sincerely and in shitposts.

The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known

Origin

The full history, spread and examples live on the source entry: The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known on Know Your Meme.

The Child Coin

Whoever launches this meme first creates its one official child coin of $MEME. The child coin takes this exact image, is priced in $MEME, and pays 1% of its every trade to its holders, in $MEME. After that, the meme is closed here forever.