Shortly after the original, Redditor Dank-meme-addict posted another example to r/memes on February 8th, 2020, depicting Megamind with a glowing eyes effect added to the reaction image.Īs the format saw frequent use on meme subreddits in the following days, it then began to spread outside these subs across the platform. The meme continued to spread primarily on Reddit as several versions were posted to a wide array of subreddits in February 2020. Edit: It can be said that the art of branding oneself as an original meme IS A MEME ITSELF now, if done ironically.The following day, on February 6th, Redditor Dahooligan559 posted a variation of the meme that received more than 30,000 upvotes (92% upvoted) and 100 comments in less than one year (shown below). Scratch is not a place to search for memes, as the real ones are all outdated. TL DR: Memes and these “original memes” are very different. In addition, there is no such thing as an original meme (other than the original work a meme spawned from.) As for the dancing, crying, bitmap cats… I suspect the term original is appealing to furries (people who like to think of themselves like cats and draw anthropomorphic cats: DON'T GOOGLE IT!). Take anything calling itself a meme with a grain of salt, as it is most likely not. While it is possible for an OC to become a meme (google coldsteel the hedgehog for the only example I can think of contains foul language), it doesn't start off like that. OC is work that the author makes, whereas memes are taken from another source (i.e Spongebob for Spongegar). This is practically the opposite of a meme. These projects are mis-branded as “Original Memes”, when they should be looking for a term known as “Original Content.” OC is a work that someone creates, that they made themselves and drew themselves. But these scratchers seem to be confused. They are like inside jokes with people you don't know.

They are usually jokes that stem from some viral phenomenon, and do not make sense unless you have context. Music, advertisements, anything.) But what you are looking for is an internet meme. For context: These are so-called “original memes” For reference, these are actual memes: ‮ The word meme has two meanings: The first is a technical, broader definition: “When you plant a fertile meme in my mind you literally parasitize my brain, turning it into a vehicle for the meme's propagation in just the way that a virus may parasitize the genetic mechanism of a host cell.” ― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene A meme is anything that spreads in a culture or gets stuck in your head (i.e. No image macros, no Rick Harrison, no Harambe, no SpongeGar or Doge or Dat Boi….how can these claim to be “memes” when they clearly feature no memes whatsoever? Also there's an inherent irony in saying “original meme,” when the word meme actually comes from the Greek mimēma, to imitate. MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:All I see is dancing animal OCs.

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