2meirl4meirl
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2meirl4meirl is a slang term used to describe a wide range of image macros, captioned GIFs and videos that explore the subject of clinical depression and other mood disorders in a humorous manner. It can be seen as a subgenre of Me IRL. It is also known by more generic names like depression memes and crippling memes.
Origin
Derived from two other internet slang terms, "me IRL" and "2edgy4me," 2meirl4me was coined by Redditor AhrmiintheUnseen with the creation of a subreddit with the same name, where its members can share humorous or relatable image macros about living with depression, on April 29th, 2016.
Precursors
While the neologism itself wasn't coined until 2016, commonly shared experiences in living with depression have long been a subject of comedy in pop culture for decades, mostly in the context of dark humor and anti-humor. Online, "jokes about depression" have been shared on various discussion forums since as early as May 2006. However, jokes about daily struggle with depression and contemplation of suicide didn't quite take off until "me IRL" became a popular storytelling device in late 2012. In the following years, living with clinical depression grew into one of the more popular motifs within the genre.
Spread
While the usage of 2meirl4meirl was initially limited to members of Reddit, has been used as a hashtag for sharing depression memes on Twitter and Pinterest.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – /r/depressionmemes
[2] The Huffington Post – Ending Stigma by All Memes Necessary
[3] . Imgur – Depressing memes, because if you can't laugh at yourself… you may be depressed.
[4] Facebook – Depression Memes
[5] Facebook – Depression Memes 2.0
[6] Facebook – Crippling Depression Memees
[7] College Humor (via Wayback Machine) – 12 Depressing Memes That May Hit A Little Too Close To Home
[8] Memecenter – Depression Memes
[10] Reddit – /r/2meirl4meirl
[11] Reddit – All Your Questions Answered
[12] Twitter – Tagged Results for #2meirl4meirl
[13] Pinterest – Tagged Results for #2meirl4meirl
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Feb 08, 2017 at 11:25AM EST
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