What Are Memes?

Meme originally used in a book by Richard Dawkins made a tremendous change in how humor works on the internet. The creation of the word was meant to have another meaning rather than how it is known to people now. It meant the idea of a culture or habit getting spread over among the population. Though memes have similar effects on people, the perspective, meaning of the meme is changed. There are different ways in which meme is seen in today’s world. Every field from medicine to rock climbing, are richly becoming famous with humorous memes, facts memes or simply informative memes. It doesn’t necessarily have to be true. In the same way, there are no rules about creating a meme, and they can easily track down to the original post. These are nothing but internet memes revolving throughout the internet.

There are altering ideas about the evolving memes trend over the internet. One good idea would be making memes with sarcasm or another form of jokes. These jokes are about a news incident, new factual information discovered or random ideas by seeing an object. The wide possibility of memes being creative encourages many social media active users to work on picture editing, creative out of the box thinking for all the entertainment obtained with memes.

History of memes evolved from memes being released in video forms. In 2005 video memes became famous on YouTube. They then became very popular in Reddit. Having short clips, and a tag line or some extra editing attracted many viewers. These were also shared privately in groups, messages on Facebook and Twitter. Other social media websites are Tumblr, Myspace, and 4tun. Every other morning families, friends or colleagues are seen laughing or discussing a recent meme. The scenario was epic for years to come.

Within no time, marketers saw an opportunity to publicize their products or services. There were memes advertisements. Ideas in marketing teams were about creating an eye-catching meme poster, which people could joke about or take into interest. Many companies got into the audience by having such video clips and posters. Now memes are used in advertising for everything from local sex sites and dating apps to fashion company campaigns. The concept was not rocket science, having the basic knowledge to have simple ideas worked well enough among the audience. Although the entire success rate was not because of these, memes were still considered an indirect easy and cheaper way to advertise. The vibe creation among the audience is best to connect with them in their ways.

Explanation of the Unique ones:

Dank memes are the unique memes that seem out of the place. Being odd brought a meme out of its crowd. These have many audiences due to the comedy and entertainment provided by them. With the latest blockbuster movie release, there were memes released. As people watch the movie, they understand the meme’s meaning. This is also similar for television series, cartoons and many more. Having sarcastic tones, rude retorts, and negative comments can also be dank memes. Having negative comments and reactions among viewers is common. Another common practice is attaching an unrelated tagline to a picture or video. Mixing of different concepts can form a famous meme ultimately. Some of them are known as “Moth” memes.

Redoing a meme with additional editing and idea clubbing creates another new meme. The oldest ones from 2005 are also circulated with edits, modifications and much more. Politics involving high interpretation and perceptions had different memes. When a politician messed up a meme popped up within no time. The corporate life, stock market, financial aspects and every job with a suit had jokes on them with memes. The best part of having meme was that they didn’t look offensive. When there were serious comments on memes, another popular meme would pop up to dominate the older one. The vicious cycle of memes goes on.

Some of the best examples for popular memes include cat memes, LOL memes, boyfriend-girlfriend memes, thriller memes, animated memes, screenshots of a tweet. There are people all around the world who became popular overnight. Such people can be shy or not so active people, but the internet makes them a star. Some of the meme stars are Ghyslain Raza famous for cyberbullying acts, Laina Morris for her video on Justin Bieber and Zeddie Little for a photo posted. A lot of circulation among people about these memes happened. Not everyone remembers the original cause of how they are popular. In the end, a meme looks simple, but has a long history impacting people in different ways.