broke: taako and lup explaining memes to a confused merle
woke: merle explaining memes to a confused, and horrified, John Hunger
ascendant: taako and lup explaining memes to merle, who then based on his understanding explains them to john, the information getting progressively less accurate along the line
universe brain: john hunger explaining memes from the realities hes absorbed to merle who then explains it to taako and lup