MEME REFERENCE

iceberg levels tiers

Use to organize a topic from familiar surface knowledge down through increasingly obscure, strange, or disturbing layers.

What it expresses: Visible mainstream facts sit above progressively deeper insider knowledge.
Example: A fan community maps a band's hit singles at the top and its disputed bootleg recordings at the submerged bottom.
When not to use it: A ranked list merely orders products from cheapest to most expensive; price ranking does not imply hidden depth.