About

Me Running Away From Area 51 refers to a series of memes connected to the Storm Area 51 raid in which people imagine what treasures they might escape Area 51 with. The "treasure" is usually a humorous objects the poster is saying doesn't exist.

Origin

"Me Running From Area 51" post started shortly after the "Storm Area 51" event began going viral. On July 13th, 2019, Redditor Aidam7^[1] posted an example in /r/memes, but only gained 23 points.

Spread

Over the following months, the jokes continued on as people joked about the odd or rare things they'd find at Area 51. On July 23rd, Redditor MoonMan336 posted such a joke in /r/teenagers (shown below, left). The same day, user EpicFartSauce posted a Halo example in /r/dankmemes (shown below, right).

One of the most popular variations of the joke featured an image of a man running away from an armored guard. An example posted to /r/pewdiepiesubmissions making a 9 Out of 10 Dentists dentists joke on September 3rd gained over 70 points (shown below, left). The same day, JupitersReddit posted a Phineas and Ferb edit in /r/memes (shown below, right).

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