About

Making Memes is an image macro series featuring Expanding Brain template edited or extended using a variety of different software, tools and crafting supplies.

Origin

On November 15th, 2017, the Civil Engineering Memes for Statically Indeterminate Teens Facebook^[1] page posted an Expanding Brain image macro created in the computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application AutoCAD (shown below). Within two weeks, the post gained over 3,300 reactions and 850 comments.

Spread

On November 27th, 2017, Redditor Thatyahoo reposted the AutoCAD image macro to /r/dankmemes,^[2] where it received upwards of 15,100 points (95% upvoted) and 160 comments within 48 hours. The following day, Redditor GOPokemonMaster posted a Snapchat of the Expanding Brain image with the caption "Making Memes in Snapchat" added to the bottom (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gathered over 24,100 points (90% upvoted) and 220 comments.

Also on November 28th, Redditor zanyy posted a photograph of a final Expanding Brain panel made of rice grains (shown below, left) and Redditor DankBagels3 posted a photograph of a student standing in front of a panel reading "making a meme with a class presentation and getting an F" (shown below, right).^[4][5] That day, many additional variations of the meme reached the front page of /r/dankmemes and /r/memeeconomy.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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External References