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Immortalisation Meme deemed so integral or funny to the internet community despite it's long lifetime that it becomes effectively immortal, and permamently dank in a majority of communities. It's lifetime is often extreme, and the joke tends to spawn a multitude of variations. Ex. Spongebob Top of the kek Ironisation Meme enters a cycle in which it's ironised, and over time the fact it's been ironised is also ironised, and so on, and so on. Meme's lifetime tends to be very long, but it's humor value tends to drop over extensive periods of time, with each loop of irony becoming less funny than the previous, the meme eventually becoming forgotten or deemed too stale for investment to be further possible. Meme reaches peak of comedic value. From now on, rate of growth starts dropping, and eventually becomes negative. The Peak Fresh Second Judgement Graceful fadeout The meme became big enough on a meta level and reached a critical point in it's stability. Depending on quality and recieval of meme on top of it's symbolism, it's fate from this point Without receiving too much backlash, the usage of the meme gradually fades away. Ex. SUCC, deep fried memes a onwards differs. k Funny Sudden end Funny? Y Y/N Some event makes a meme not funny, irrelevant or otherwise hard to use in its current form. First Judgement Meme spread to a wide enough audience finally reaches the point where the internet e Neutral Ex. Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Genesis point Joke freshly harvested from the meme plantations, still young and ripe. Rapidly spread by first-hand markets to the public. decides whether it's stale or dank. Meme deemed as "cancerous" and "s---" by the internet. Causes vary, from too much market saturation compared to dankness level to repeatedly failed attempts at making the meme "ironic". Joke's value drops extremely rapidly over a relatively short amount of time. Unfunny Obscurity Normiefication Meme only exists in small community circles, and eventually dies. Reasons vary, from the meme being forced, the meme being too similar to an arleady existent meme, or being plain unfunny. Meme becomes too widespread, and finally spreads to extremely unprofitable markets which proceed to both counterfeit it en masse and make multiple unfunny variations of it, contributing to the loss of the meme's comedy value and it's eventual death. Ex. Basically everything related to fidget spinners Stale Ex. Dabbing S--- tier Time of existence 9gag
Immortalisation Meme deemed so integral or funny to the internet community despite it's long lifetime that it becomes effectively immortal, and permamently dank in a majority of communities. It's lifetime is often extreme, and the joke tends to spawn a multitude of variations. Ex. Spongebob Top of the kek Ironisation Meme enters a cycle in which it's ironised, and over time the fact it's been ironised is also ironised, and so on, and so on. Meme's lifetime tends to be very long, but it's humor value tends to drop over extensive periods of time, with each loop of irony becoming less funny than the previous, the meme eventually becoming forgotten or deemed too stale for investment to be further possible. Meme reaches peak of comedic value. From now on, rate of growth starts dropping, and eventually becomes negative. The Peak Fresh Second Judgement Graceful fadeout The meme became big enough on a meta level and reached a critical point in it's stability. Depending on quality and recieval of meme on top of it's symbolism, it's fate from this point Without receiving too much backlash, the usage of the meme gradually fades away. Ex. SUCC, deep fried memes a onwards differs. k Funny Sudden end Funny? Y Y/N Some event makes a meme not funny, irrelevant or otherwise hard to use in its current form. First Judgement Meme spread to a wide enough audience finally reaches the point where the internet e Neutral Ex. Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Genesis point Joke freshly harvested from the meme plantations, still young and ripe. Rapidly spread by first-hand markets to the public. decides whether it's stale or dank. Meme deemed as "cancerous" and "s---" by the internet. Causes vary, from too much market saturation compared to dankness level to repeatedly failed attempts at making the meme "ironic". Joke's value drops extremely rapidly over a relatively short amount of time. Unfunny Obscurity Normiefication Meme only exists in small community circles, and eventually dies. Reasons vary, from the meme being forced, the meme being too similar to an arleady existent meme, or being plain unfunny. Meme becomes too widespread, and finally spreads to extremely unprofitable markets which proceed to both counterfeit it en masse and make multiple unfunny variations of it, contributing to the loss of the meme's comedy value and it's eventual death. Ex. Basically everything related to fidget spinners Stale Ex. Dabbing S--- tier Time of existence 9gag

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Meme diagram

OP/original poster Original content Krasnbon 4chan Dank zone reddit Zone of popularity COMiverse Know Your Meme Miteme DEVIANT ART FUNY D. Mahable Quick meme Zone of CHEEZ burger Normification WiктиRA MEME "BASE digg Cu to cabreN MEHE ellgum MEMEIT Funteco Zone of Cancer Meme Guy Buafeeo MEM MEME GENERATOR TOPKEK
OP/original poster Original content Krasnbon 4chan Dank zone reddit Zone of popularity COMiverse Know Your Meme Miteme DEVIANT ART FUNY D. Mahable Quick meme Zone of CHEEZ burger Normification WiктиRA MEME "BASE digg Cu to cabreN MEHE ellgum MEMEIT Funteco Zone of Cancer Meme Guy Buafeeo MEM MEME GENERATOR TOPKEK

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The True Life of a Meme

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true The Life of a Meme Conception Life Golden Years Dieing Deathbeod me irl Autism random sub (can come from anywher in reddit r/dankmemes a good Regular Society (normies) PLEASE STOP Stop True Death Dead

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The Lifespans of Memes

Top of the kek Ironisation Meme enters a cycle in which it's ironised, and over time the fact it's been ironised is also ironised, and so on, and so on. Meme's lifetime tends to be very long, but it's humor value tends to drop over extensive periods of time, with each loop of irony becoming less funny than the previous, the meme eventually becoming forgotten or deemed too stale for investment to be further possible. Meme reaches peak of comedic value. From now on, rate of growth The Peak starts dropping, and eventually becomes negative. Immortalisation Meme deemed so integral or funny to the internet community despite it's long lifetime that it becomes effectively immortal, and permamently dank in a majority of communities. It's lifetime is often extreme, and the joke tends to spawn a multitude of variations. Fresh Judgement The meme became big enough on a meta level and reached a critical point in it's stability Depending on quality and recieval of meme on top of it's symbolism, it's fate from this point onwards differs. Ex. SUCC, deep fried memes Ex. Funny Funny Y/N First Judgement Meme spread to a wide enough audience finally reaches the point where the internet decides whether it's stale or dank. e Neutral Genesis point Joke freshly harvested from the meme plantations, still young and ripe. Rapidly spread by first-hand markets to the public. Cancerisation Meme deemed as "cancerous and "s---" by the internet. Causes vary, from too much market saturation compared to dankness level to repeatedly failed attempts at making the meme "ironic". Joke's value drops extremely rapidly over a relatively short amount of time. Unfunny Obscurity Normiefication Meme only exists in small community circles, and eventually dies. Reason meme being forced, the meme being too similar to an arleady existent meme, or being plain unfunny Meme becomes too widespread, and finally spreads to extremely unprofitable markets which proceed to both counterfeit it en masse and make multiple unfunny variations of it, contributing to the loss of the meme's comedy value and it's eventual death. s vary, from the Ex. Basically Stale everything related to fidget spinners Ex. Dabbing S--- tier Time of existence
Top of the kek Ironisation Meme enters a cycle in which it's ironised, and over time the fact it's been ironised is also ironised, and so on, and so on. Meme's lifetime tends to be very long, but it's humor value tends to drop over extensive periods of time, with each loop of irony becoming less funny than the previous, the meme eventually becoming forgotten or deemed too stale for investment to be further possible. Meme reaches peak of comedic value. From now on, rate of growth The Peak starts dropping, and eventually becomes negative. Immortalisation Meme deemed so integral or funny to the internet community despite it's long lifetime that it becomes effectively immortal, and permamently dank in a majority of communities. It's lifetime is often extreme, and the joke tends to spawn a multitude of variations. Fresh Judgement The meme became big enough on a meta level and reached a critical point in it's stability Depending on quality and recieval of meme on top of it's symbolism, it's fate from this point onwards differs. Ex. SUCC, deep fried memes Ex. Funny Funny Y/N First Judgement Meme spread to a wide enough audience finally reaches the point where the internet decides whether it's stale or dank. e Neutral Genesis point Joke freshly harvested from the meme plantations, still young and ripe. Rapidly spread by first-hand markets to the public. Cancerisation Meme deemed as "cancerous and "s---" by the internet. Causes vary, from too much market saturation compared to dankness level to repeatedly failed attempts at making the meme "ironic". Joke's value drops extremely rapidly over a relatively short amount of time. Unfunny Obscurity Normiefication Meme only exists in small community circles, and eventually dies. Reason meme being forced, the meme being too similar to an arleady existent meme, or being plain unfunny Meme becomes too widespread, and finally spreads to extremely unprofitable markets which proceed to both counterfeit it en masse and make multiple unfunny variations of it, contributing to the loss of the meme's comedy value and it's eventual death. s vary, from the Ex. Basically Stale everything related to fidget spinners Ex. Dabbing S--- tier Time of existence

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Comic

THE OPTIMIST the-opt.com 1 © 2012 Tom Pappalardo HYPERJOKING When a meme strikes, it is swift & merciless. Shelf life is short. One must strike quickly, lest he be eyeroll emoticoned. FIRST: Something funny happens. A video is recorded, a photo is captioned, a catchphrase is born. It is captured and uploaded to the Internet. The meming has begun. 48 HOURS: Your always-online acquaintances shake their heads when you finally post the joke on Facebook, because it's already so stale, there are weak parodies of it on YouTube. But most of your regular friends are uncool losers like you, so they act like You wrote: FTM! IMMEDIATELY: The self-designated funny person" on a thousand different forums & web communities sprain their fingers attempting to cut and paste the URL before anyone else. The link is reposted, upvoted, rehosted, tweeted, disseminated you've discovered the Ark of the Covenant YEAH. FTM 72 HOURS: At least two pornd movies with sex-pun titles go into pre-production. Jaded hipsters, long weary of seeing the sheeple reposting and retweeting, begin to ironically repost the joke like it's a Hang In There!" kitten poster WHATEVE WITHIN 24 HOURS: The capitalist bottomfeeders have taken anything possibly related to the joke, invested the minimum amount of creative effort, and are offering a full merchandise line on Cafepress. Every related word, phrase, and spelling variation has been registered as a domain name. There are at least five Tumblrs dedicated to the joke FTM MUCH, MUCH LATER: Your mom hears a safe-for-TV version of it in a Jay Leno monologue She misquotes it to you. The joke is pronounced dead. Soon it is developed into a sitcom pilot. WHAT WAS IT? "EFF DEE ADD TO CART ENN?"
THE OPTIMIST the-opt.com 1 © 2012 Tom Pappalardo HYPERJOKING When a meme strikes, it is swift & merciless. Shelf life is short. One must strike quickly, lest he be eyeroll emoticoned. FIRST: Something funny happens. A video is recorded, a photo is captioned, a catchphrase is born. It is captured and uploaded to the Internet. The meming has begun. 48 HOURS: Your always-online acquaintances shake their heads when you finally post the joke on Facebook, because it's already so stale, there are weak parodies of it on YouTube. But most of your regular friends are uncool losers like you, so they act like You wrote: FTM! IMMEDIATELY: The self-designated funny person" on a thousand different forums & web communities sprain their fingers attempting to cut and paste the URL before anyone else. The link is reposted, upvoted, rehosted, tweeted, disseminated you've discovered the Ark of the Covenant YEAH. FTM 72 HOURS: At least two pornd movies with sex-pun titles go into pre-production. Jaded hipsters, long weary of seeing the sheeple reposting and retweeting, begin to ironically repost the joke like it's a Hang In There!" kitten poster WHATEVE WITHIN 24 HOURS: The capitalist bottomfeeders have taken anything possibly related to the joke, invested the minimum amount of creative effort, and are offering a full merchandise line on Cafepress. Every related word, phrase, and spelling variation has been registered as a domain name. There are at least five Tumblrs dedicated to the joke FTM MUCH, MUCH LATER: Your mom hears a safe-for-TV version of it in a Jay Leno monologue She misquotes it to you. The joke is pronounced dead. Soon it is developed into a sitcom pilot. WHAT WAS IT? "EFF DEE ADD TO CART ENN?"

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Circle of Life

Life Cycie of a: Meme Stupid Meme becomes popular The satire is forgotten and once again, the Meme dies Meme makes a satirical comeback
Life Cycie of a: Meme Stupid Meme becomes popular The satire is forgotten and once again, the Meme dies Meme makes a satirical comeback

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Waterfall of Memes

4chan leddli rec'di digg MEME 9GAG Know Your Meme NEAT
4chan leddli rec'di digg MEME 9GAG Know Your Meme NEAT

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Death of a Meme

LIFE OF A MEME BIRTH LIFE DEATH 9GAG t. nsta
LIFE OF A MEME BIRTH LIFE DEATH 9GAG t. nsta

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Frog Cycle

MEME LIFE CYCLE g @saynotomeems Reposted by @fuckjerry new unfunny meme created mocking popularity of original unfunny meme dead meme now sed only ironicaly ironic memens dlinging to unfunny new meme small meme accounts repost/adapt meme in hopes of appearingin on the joke/edgy Watermark removed meme keeps tation acheed on growing Lives from food stored in the tail merne is used as punchine format as bat and swtch humor hood memers adopt new meme,
MEME LIFE CYCLE g @saynotomeems Reposted by @fuckjerry new unfunny meme created mocking popularity of original unfunny meme dead meme now sed only ironicaly ironic memens dlinging to unfunny new meme small meme accounts repost/adapt meme in hopes of appearingin on the joke/edgy Watermark removed meme keeps tation acheed on growing Lives from food stored in the tail merne is used as punchine format as bat and swtch humor hood memers adopt new meme,

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Another Meme Chart

MEME CHART THE NORMIES HAVE GOTTEN TO IT HERE STOP USING ONCE IT GETS HERE MEME IS DEAD ONCE IT IS HERE
MEME CHART THE NORMIES HAVE GOTTEN TO IT HERE STOP USING ONCE IT GETS HERE MEME IS DEAD ONCE IT IS HERE

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Human Centipede Variation

HOW THE INTERNET WORKS 4chan know your meme, facebook, etc. OC itcoms
HOW THE INTERNET WORKS 4chan know your meme, facebook, etc. OC itcoms

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Digestive System

The digestive system of the internet An accurate depiction of the course of original content over the internet. 4chan | reddit! imgur tumblr. CHEEZ burger digg M A PROUD 9GAG OGAG faceboolk "Hey guyz, look what I made!" WeKnowMemes
The digestive system of the internet An accurate depiction of the course of original content over the internet. 4chan | reddit! imgur tumblr. CHEEZ burger digg M A PROUD 9GAG OGAG faceboolk "Hey guyz, look what I made!" WeKnowMemes

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Meme Economy Chart

Buzzfeed Valuation first panic sell Normies usage Greed Bull rap Fear Public Institutional investors Smart Money know your meme article written Capitulation Posted to other sites overused in original community ironic usage First reposts Bear trap Despair Original post Mean Stealth Phase Awareness Phase Mania Phase Blow off Phase Time
Buzzfeed Valuation first panic sell Normies usage Greed Bull rap Fear Public Institutional investors Smart Money know your meme article written Capitulation Posted to other sites overused in original community ironic usage First reposts Bear trap Despair Original post Mean Stealth Phase Awareness Phase Mania Phase Blow off Phase Time

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The Cycle of Content

The Life of a Meme t. Original content is created. Upon creation, it is then posted to popular image boards such as 4chan. As the meme digests, it will usually find itself on the s----eating site Reddit, to be shat out once more into the mouths of 12 year old scene girls (read: Tumblr) where it will inevitably be claimed as OC even though the meme is over 9000 days old. To recap, OC goes into 4chan, shat out by 4chan, the s--- is eaten by Reddit, shat out by Reddit, the s--- that has been shat is then eaten by the diverse collection of 12 year old Tumblr users and then shat out once more into the sewers of the internet where it will most likely be eaten by inbred rejects of society.
The Life of a Meme t. Original content is created. Upon creation, it is then posted to popular image boards such as 4chan. As the meme digests, it will usually find itself on the s----eating site Reddit, to be shat out once more into the mouths of 12 year old scene girls (read: Tumblr) where it will inevitably be claimed as OC even though the meme is over 9000 days old. To recap, OC goes into 4chan, shat out by 4chan, the s--- is eaten by Reddit, shat out by Reddit, the s--- that has been shat is then eaten by the diverse collection of 12 year old Tumblr users and then shat out once more into the sewers of the internet where it will most likely be eaten by inbred rejects of society.

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The Life Cycle of Online Content

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4chan reddit digg

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