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A moldy meme of Peter Griffin and Brian as Brian performs "Peanut Butter Jelly Time."

Moldy Memes

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Moldy is a slang term used as a negative adjective towards memes, tweets and images. A Moldy Meme is a meme with visible quality reduction due to being redownloaded and reposted hundreds or more times, as well as a meme that's so frequently seen online that it is no longer perceived as funny. This term differs from deep-fried memes, which are deliberately altered to reduce their quality.

Origin

The Facebook page Old Moldy Memes has been posting memes since 2016 labeled as "moldy," the first known use of the term in a derogatory manner towards such memes. The earliest meme uploaded to the page was posted on September 8th, 2016 (seen below), depicting someone pouring ketchup onto their mac and cheese.[1]


WHILE YOU'RE ARGUING OVER PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT

The subreddit /r/MoldyMemes defines moldy memes as the following:[2]

Memes that have been reposted so many times they have been "naturally" deep-fried or "molded" due to compression.

Spread

Over time, people began to call out other meme creators as well as themselves for posting moldy memes. For example, this meme (seen below) posted to /r/teenagers[3] on April 26th, 2021, was captioned with, "POV: You Are Looking at a Moldy Meme," receiving 60 upvotes and four comments in four months.


POV:You Tried To Do The Funny During Math Class

Moldy Memes Subreddit

Created on June 5th, 2018, /r/MoldyMemes catalogs the worst memes that have been visually altered due to age and repost frequency. As of August 2021, it has approximately 52,500 members. The top post of all time on the subreddit is a meme (seen below) uploaded by u/karma_police from September 2020. It received over 4,900 upvotes and 43 comments in six months.[4]


Scientists just erased certain memories from a snail's brain-and they think it'll work with humans, too DANK @lordflaconegro Scientists: do you remember anything? Snail: Scientists: my god what have we done

Various Examples


I told my uncle about photoshop. He sent this a week later 10 Hours of Nothing 654 t. näyttökertaa 10t. 898 Jaa Lataa Tallenna Ella Svan • 7 kuukautta sitten Close your eyes for full screen 2,1 t. 80 Travis grudle OTravis the OG Follow If the Great Depression was so great, why doesn't it have a sequel? 3:00 PM - 6 Mar 2009 Travis grudle eTravis the OG Follow Ah s---, my bad. 626 PM - 5 Apr 2020 Salt dissolves in wate ]Fill a pool withwas 2) cover yourself in salt 4) Dianol hey there delilah @delilahsmith420 I named my dog "5 miles" soI can tell people I walk five miles everyday Professor Barclay @AlbertBarclay69 i ran over five miles today soets Reporter wears grape costume to defend boy suspended for banana suit basedheisenberg | Real recognizes real.

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External References

[1] Facebook – Old Moldy Memes

[2] Reddit – Moldy Memes

[3] Reddit – POV: You Are Looking at a Moldy Meme

[4] Reddit – Found on Every Meme Subreddit for the Past Year

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