Ok so the memes are the blurbs? Or are the memes the pictures? Or both?
*maybe doesnt know what a meme is* *hides*
Ugh this makes me sound waaaay older than I am
It's come to my attention that some people don't understand what exactly a meme is. THIS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. I will explain you a thing!
I love memes, 90% of everything that I say is a reference to a meme,
even if you don't know itMemes are strange things, born of circumstance... like new species that are discovered in a vast rain forest!
Wikipedia defines memes as...
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A meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture". An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink, video, picture, website, or hashtag. It may be just a word or phrase, including an intentional misspelling. These small movements tend to spread from person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources. They may relate to various existing Internet cultures or subcultures, often created or spread on various websites."
This is a fancy way of saying that they are born of pop-culture, and trends on the internet. One person will create or react to something that they think is funny (oftentimes a post on social media), someone else will like this new idea, and it spreads. They are adopted into our language, and become what we call a "reference". They are very much based on the region you occupy: certain memes exist in certain places, but not others.
They are often used as reactions to things: this one in particular is based off an expression President Obama made one time:
People often post it as a response to someone doing something impressive, like when you nod your head and do that weird frowny-thing.
What's that you say:
"How will I know if I see a meme?"Well lemme tell you something;
OUR FANDOM HAS MEMESWWWWhhhhaaAAAAatttt?!?
Our fandom has created some memes that we exclusively as an online community use! That's right, you've probably used one at some point in time! In conversation, or posting a picture as a response: that's a meme! It's born of a certain cultural group (Minna's comic following), as a response to an event (probably something someone said in a comment or a panel from the comic). Once it it used more than once, it's become a meme!
THIS IS A MEMESo there you have it!
Trinka's Hopefully Kinda-Helpful Introduction to Knowing Your Memes![/size]