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The History of Dank Memes
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Ye Olde Memes
Modern Memes
- Bad Luck Brian
- Overly Attached Girlfriend
- Dat Boi
- MLG Frog
- Doge
- Lenny Face
- Yao Ming Face
- Wow!
Popular Meme Distributing Platforms
- 4chan
- YouTube
- Vine (formerly)
Reddit, a popular site for meme distribution
Layout
- Internet Memes mostly follow a certain set-up
Early Memes
Alternatively, the following picture demonstrates another way to setup a meme.
- Kilroy
- Popular images or scenes from movies
- Neo and the Matrix
- Star Wars scenes
Popular meme from the 1940s
Rise of the Internet
It's A Trap! Considered by some to be one of the first memes.
Etymology (History of the Word)
- Coined by Richard Dawkins
- 1976
- The Selfish Gene
- Shortening of mineme
- imitated thing
- modeled on gene
- "concept for discussion of evolutionary principles for spread of ideas and cultural phenomena"
- Internet Memes
- "activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads from person to person via the Internet"
Richard Dawkins
The History of Dank Memes
By Jordan Song
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