The Rise And Fall Of An Internet Meme [CHART]
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Rule #813.51: If a meme hits facebook, it's dead.
ReplyC'mon, my grandmother on Facebook is freakin' hilarious!
ReplyI made the mistake of using the cake is a lie meme around my dad..now he uses it totally out of context and RUINED the joke.
ReplyI loved that first "the cake is a spy" thing XD
ReplyYou can thank people on reddit about the arrow knee joke.
i dont even TELL people i play skyrim because of that f*****g meme(i almost didnt buy the game too because of that)..even the very hairy cocky and overweight gamestop clerk(also,why are ALL gamestop employees elitist game pricks with huge undeserved egos...despite the fact they look like satan ate some fucked up sushi and puked them into existence? "skyrim hmm...was fable not good enough or do not own an xbox and play on a crapstation3?"..the guy said that shit)..anyway I'm way off track. Yeah that arrow to the knee thing sucks
ReplyI think the arrow in the knee meme skipped the whole rise thing, and when straight to the decline, seeing how the joke wasn't funny in the first place, even if you get the actual joke.
ReplyI don't know... my grandmother on Facebook is pretty funny.
ReplyAw, phooey, beat me to the comment. If I could give a second thumbs up in apology for rehashing your post, I would.
Not everyone can tell when to stop beating that horse.
Reply"thine pastry is vntrve" was pretty funny again, in my opinion
ReplyI used to think the cake is a lie meme was funny, but then I took an arrow to the knee...
ReplyLemme guess, someone stole your sweetroll.
ReplyAnd some memes just start off bad, automatically on the decline yet inexplicably sticking around for far too long, like that annoying uncle over the holidays (arrow to the knee, anyone?).
ReplyIt first got hold in Youtube comments, it was doomed. From the moment it started up, it was taken in by the most horrible joke-makers on the internet.
You know what's sad? There really was cake.
ReplyTHUMBS UP IF YOU RAGED AT SEEING "QUOTING MONTHY PYTHON" on there. >.< I bet this writer doesn't even know the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow. noob.
Reply Hide All See All 8 RepliesIf the quoted Monty Python material wasn't composed almost entirely of lines from 'Quest for the Holy Grail', I'd agree with you. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), the vast majority of Python's best material remains an undiscovered source for the general comedy-liking public.
You know Monty Python is not just Holy Grail, right?
And there will also be sport.
@Starzajo "Monthy" Python comprises your whole life?
This Joke is no more! This is an ex-joke!
No. 1. The larch.
There is an XKCD comic that explains why Monty Python jokes are a bad thing, but posting an XKCD comic is almost as bad as quoting Monty Python.
Monty Python = Funny
Quoting Monty Python = Pathetic
The word "FAIL" is used a lot.. Personally I like using it. It's just me.. I guess it's like a generation thing.. the 2000's have "FAIL!!!" and the 80s have... "Spazz" or "cool beans" (wtf) or "like, like like like like like...like like!!" Unfortunately we still use "like" ...but not with the same restricted area to a few mall-crazy girls in New Jersey..It's spread!
Reply Hide All See All 4 RepliesI hate "FAIL" because I hear it everywhere! It's so overused.
I hate "like" a lot more!
Like, when people use it, like, every, like, sentence...
When it's used for certain purposes I find it funny, but just say, tripping and falling irl and someone yelling "fail!" is pretty dumb.
I hate when the term "Epic" accompanies "fail" in its quest to rid the world non-douche bags.
I'm posting this on my little sister's facebook, it makes me die a little inside whenever she and her friends exchange the oldest of old memes.
ReplyWhat about memes that spawned from TV? Such as Doctor Who, My Little Pony, Inception...
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesThose aren't memes. Those are cancer.
My Little Pony is not a meme. It's a masturbatory aid.
Is Milhouse a meme?
Uhhh Monty Python is hilarious. f**k off.
Replyits not monty python that they're saying is dumb, it's quoting it. you just can't pull off "WHAT is your favorite color!" without sounding like a dumbass
Though I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Kraftverk still tries.
"Hey, go get me a shrubbery, right guys? Hahaha! Right? ... Guys?"
I am still waiting for pedobear to fade into nothingness but it just doesn't happen.
Reply(Sigh) I know, man. Keep hope alive.
"The cake is a lie" was only funny BEFORE it was a meme anyway.
ReplyHipster.
Well I only liked it when it was imaginary flour, eggs and sugar