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/r/MemeEconomy

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About

/r/MemeEconomy is a satirical subreddit in which users discuss memes as though they were stocks, seeking and offering advice on whether to “invest” or “sell” memes.

Precursor

The first instance of instance of memes being discussed as stocks came on June 11th, 2012. Redditor HomeButton submitted a post titled “Mad Karma with Jim Cramer” to the /r/AdviceAnimals[1] subreddit, which featured a screenshot of Cramer hosting Mad Money with the headline news ticker edited to list trending memes on Reddit instead of stock quotes. The image macro was captioned with “Dump all your karma in pictures of feet” (shown below), referencing a foot photograph post that had reached the front page the day before.[2] Prior to being archived, the post received over 4,300 up votes and 100 comments. The following memes became known as Mad Karma With Jim Cramer.



History

On September 28th, 2016, killameme7[3] created the subreddit /r/MemeEconomy. The subreddit’s description reads:

“/r/MemeEconomy is a place where individuals can buy, sell, share, make, and invest in memes freely. You’ll also get updates on the market and be able to collaborate with other fellow dank meme traders.”

As of November 11th, 2016, the subreddit has 31,941 subscribers.

Highlights

The subreddit was rocked during the Meme Renaissance of Me_IRL when memes were posted at “an unsustainable rate.”[4] They’ve also responded intensely to memes related to the 2016 United States Presidential Election and other major events.

On October 17th, LuckyCosmos posted a pinned thread[5] explaining the way the subreddit and “meme trading” works, including a FAQ. Memes are bought and sold on “GoodBoyPoints (GBP).”

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Snakes

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Snakes is an upcoming meme used frequently within the Yollom’s Fun Hole Discord and has become something of a buzzword for that community, for instance when playing CSGO or similar games a member of the discord might say ‘Hell nah’, ‘I ain’t dealing with that’ or ‘Snákes’ in the style of the titular video

Very Fast Doggo Running at Incredible Hihg Speed

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About

“Very Fast Doggo Running at Incredible Hihg Speed” is a catchphrase associated to pictures of dogs running with a motion blur filter applied. The phrase spawned several derivates, mainly with the phrasal template“very fast x running at incredible hihg speed” and exploitables associated to a Google search box with the phrase.

Origin

On January 11th, 2015, Tumblr user clark-cant uploaded a picture featuring a running Golden Retriever with a Google search bar at the top with the phrase “VERY fast dog running at incredible hihg speed”. As of November 2016, the post has over 60 notes.[2] The original dog picture was first posted on a photography blog in March 2008.[1]



Spread

On January 18th, 2015, a Facebook group named after the phrase was created, gaining over 5,300 likes over the next two years.[5] On February 7th, Youtuber Recrees uploaded a scene from Life is Strange with the title refering to the phrase, gaining over 800 views in the following years. On March 27th, Youtuber Buck Biggsly uploaded a video featuring the picture, gaining over 31,000 views in the following years.



On Aprl 15th, Youtuber HVGBA Qualbert uploaded a video featuring the picture of a dog with the song Escape from the City from "_Sonic Adventure 2_:/memes/sonic-the-hedgehog playing, gaining over 29,000 views in the following years. The same day, reddit user swiley1983 submitted a thread on /r/OutOfTheLoop asking about the phrase, gaining 4 points and 5 comments.[3] On July 24th, the subreddit /r/VERYfastdoggos was created by reddit user Jordan311R, which gained over 650 subscribers in the following year.[4] On September 16th, 2016, Youtuber Limit Breakers uploaded a remix of Dark Souls 3 character Blacksmith Andre and Goku from Dragon Ball, gaining over 467,000 views in the following months.



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Ask The Google

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About

Ask The Google is generally used to troll someone who claims that they have a higher English language skill than they may have.

Origin

On the 5th of November 2016 a Japanese Youtuber PDR-san created a video analyzing the English ability of another youtube channel “Charisma Brothers”. The Charisma Brothers claimed to be fluent in English however PDR-san showed that they were not as fluent as they claimed to be. The video reached over 1.2million views in a week and there was a quick backlash from fans of the Charisma Brothers.

During the video shows the Charisma Brothers saying the phrase “Let me ask the Google” not realizing that Google does not need to be prefixed with the. PDR-san ends the video with the phrase “If you don’t know what that means ask… The Google” making a parody of the Charisma Brothers.

In a follow up video due to the fan uproar PDR-san apologies for the previous video and ends with a parody of Keep Calm and ask Google by replacing it with “Keep Calm and ask The Google”. This follow up video had also reached over 900K views in less than a week.

Simswave

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Simswave refers to the trend of remixing images about The Sims videogames with vapourwave-esque and aesthetic visual effects. The trend gained a little popularity in 2016.
It appears to follow the trend of Simpsonwave.

Origin

First examples come from Tumblr blogs where vapouresque images about The Sims were posted.

Spread

This subculture gained a little popularity with aesthetic sites like “The Sims Aesthetic” or v0idsims.

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Andy Sixx's Log of Shit

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Essentially, the joke began online as a troll on BVB’s Knives and Pens video on YouTube and then took off from there.

The premise of the entire meme is that little fangirls are so obsessed with Andy Sixx that they want to go beyond normal sexual intercourse and foreplay and invent a new way to show their love and affection for the closet-homosexual cross-dresser. By integrating satire for America’s youth culture, the Andy Sixx Log of Shit meme proves its worth against millennials.

Now this meme appears frequently over 4chan’s /b/ board and has taken on a life of its own. It’s just another resource to kill time with and everybody finds it funny.

Mike Pence Nicknames

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Mike Pence, the vice president as of january 21st, is a strong advocate for conversion therapy, wherein gays are electrocuted until they are straight. the 4chan community has a field day.
examples are
>Mike “Electrocution is my final solution” Pence
>Mike “Let men in your bed, electrodes in your head” Pence
>Mike “If men you demand, off to the power plant”Pence
>Mike “Like ’em gay, taste electric railway” Pence
>Mike “If dick you admire, fear the electric wire” Pence
>Mike “Act camp and get the amps” Pence
>Mike “Blast gays with tesla rays” Pence
>Mike “Like men, dial up to 10” Pence
>Mike “Deus Volt” Pence
>Mike “Touch the jewels, get the joules” Pence
>Mike “Electron surge for those with the urge” Pence
>Mike “Suck a cock, eat my glock” Pence
>Mike “If you’re gay and proud, get the thundercloud” Pence
>Mike “If dicks make you damp, then I increase the amps” Pence
>Mike “Tase the rainbow” Pence
>Mike “Your peversion needs an electrical conversion” Pence
>Mike “It’s the (alternating current year)” Pence
>Mike “Soap dropper meet live copper” Pence
>Mike “Dick in your chasm? Prepare to spasm” Pence
>Mike “LGBBQ” Pence
>Mike “Empty my mags on a crowd of fags” Pence
>Mike “AC/DC for the LGBT” Pence
>Mike “Think about a lobotamy before you engage in sodomy” Pence
>Mike “Feel the itch? I’ll flip the switch” Pence
>Mike “Turning fruitcakes into vegetables” Pence
>Mike “Like men in nylon, become a human pylon” Pence
>Mike “Electric potential for homosexuals” Pence
>Mike “Putting fags into past tense” Pense
>Mike “A volt a day keeps the gay away” Pence
>Mike “Faggot medicine from Thomas Edison” Pence
>Mike “Orlando commando” Pence
>Mike “Raiden for gay men” Pence
>Mike “The only power we’re giving queers is volt times amperes” Pence
>Mike “Gay marriage gets you brain damage” Pence
>Mike “Gays better pray or get flayed” Pence
>Mike “Shoot every queer into the stratosphere” Pence
http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/98338399

Color Swap

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About

Color Swap is a popular trend of characters switching color.

Origin

W.I.P.

Spread

W.I.P.

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W.I.P.

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I Am Forcibly Removed From The Premises

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About

I Am Forcibly Removed From the Premises is the short name for a snowclone popular on Tumblr. In the snowclone, the subject arrives at an establishment, then describes their attire in three lines, with the third being something lewd such as “dick:out.” The subject is then escorted from the establishment by security.

Template

I arrive at X
(Body part): (Description)
(Body part): (Description)
(Body part): (Description)
I am forcibly removed from the premises

Origin

On June 26th, 2014 by Tumblr user szyn[5] posted a text post to Tumblr that read, “headphones: in. world: off. dick: out.” The post has gained over 116,000 notes as of November 14th, 2016. This was likely the precursor to the first post to use the “I am forcibly removed from the premises” style. It was reblogged by Tumblr user psiduck on August 19th, 2016, and on August 21st, 2016,[6] they published a post that reads: “I arrive at the function. salmon: smoked. magic deck: shuffled dick: out.” The following day, psiduk reblogged the post and added “I am forcibly escorted from the function.”[7] The post, shown below, currently has over 54,000 notes.



Spread

On October 17th, 2016, Tumblr user babierats posted a story in the style of psiduk’s original post.[1] It reads:

i arrive at the panera
bagel: toasted
cheese: creamed
dick: out

The same day, they reblogged the post[2] and added “I am forcibly escorted out of the panera.” As of November 14th, 2016, the post has over 63,000 notes.

Babierats’ post led to a surge in variations on Tumblr, leading to the meme’s birth as a snowclone.[3] Many posts use the snowclone in fandoms such as Pokemon or the musical Hamilton. On November 12th, itai33 asked /r/OutOfTheLoop[4] about the origin of the meme. Users there theorized the meme grew popular because the line “dick:out” could have been a reference to Dicks Out For Harambe.

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Prankster Joe Biden

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Prankster Joe Biden, also known as Biden Bro, is a series of captioned photographs in which United States Vice President Joe Biden discusses ways to prank president-elect Donald Trump at the White House.

Origin

On November 9th, 2016, Republican candidate Donald Trump was projected to receive over the 270 electoral votes needed to become president-elect of the United States. The following day, Twitter user Mollie Goodfellow posted a photograph of Joe Biden peering out the window captioned with a mock dialogue in which the vice president threatens to assault Donald Trump (shown below, left).[1] Two hours later, Goodfellow tweeted a picture of Biden holding captioned with a scheme to throw the ball at Trump (shown below, right).[2] Over the next four days, the tweets gained over 93,000 and 100,000 likes respectively.



Precursor

On January 20th, 2015, Twitter user Jamie Woodham posted a photograph of Biden seated with Obama, in which the vice president jokes that the state of the union is “on fleek” (shown below, left).[9] On February 6th, Twitter user Reverend Scott posted a similar captioned photograph of Biden and Obama laughing together while seated on a lawn (shown below, right).[10]



Spread

On November 10th, 2016, Twitter user @jbillinson[7] tweeted a photograph of Biden walking with Barack Obama in which the vice president reveals that he “left a Kenyan passport” on the president’s desk (shown below). Within four days, the tweet gathered upwards of 14,900 likes and 10,300 retweets.



On November 11th, the /r/BidenBro[8] subreddit was launched for captioned photos of Joe Biden. Within 72 hours, the subreddit gained over 34,000 subscribers. On November 12th, Redditor BigLeagueMAGA posted a photograph of Biden standing with vice president-elect Mike Pence captioned with a mock conversation between the two men to /r/The_Donald,[11] where it gathered upwards of 8,400 votes (81% upvoted) and 340 comments in 48 hours (shown below).



That day, Redditor EpicForever submitted a post titled “Joe Biden and Mike Pence Memes on the Rise Now!” to /r/MemeEconomy,[3] where it received upwards of 10,200 posts and 190 comments in two days. In the coming days, other posts about the Biden meme reached the front page of the subreddit.[4][5][6] Meanwhile, several news sites published articles about the captioned image series, including The Washington Post,[12] The Huffington Post[13] and BBC.[14]

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Impractical Jokers

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Impractical Jokers is a reality television prank show in which four lifelong friends from Staten Island, New York--Joseph “Joe” Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, and Salvatore “Sal” Vulcano-- challenge each other to perform dares with strangers in front of hidden cameras. If they fail the dare, they go on a loser board. At the end of the episode, the joker(s) with the most failures goes through a punishment, which are created by the winning joker(s).

History

The four friends began performing as an improv troupe called The Tenderloins in 1999. After a successful run, they turned to television. TruTV announced Impractical Jokers in 2011, and the first episode aired December 15th of that year.[1] The show has run five seasons, and TruTV announced it was renewed for a sixth on July 22nd, 2016.



Reception

The show has been well received amongst critics. The New York Post praised it, and The New York Times praised how unlike similar prank shows like Jackass and Candid Camera, in Impractical Jokers, “the gag pays off twice: once in the reaction of the unsuspecting passer-by, once in the discomfort of the fellow doing the asking.”

Fandom

Impractical Jokers is very popular online. They have nearly 3 million Facebook likes,[2] over 617,000 Twitter followers,[3] and nearly 4,300 followers on the Impractical Jokers subreddit[4] as of November 14th, 2016.

Related Memes

Sal Vulcano

In November 2016, photoshops of an old picture of Sal Vulcano when he was heavier than he currently is began growing popular on Instagram. As of November 14th, there are over 30,000 posts under the #SalVulcano tag.[5]



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External References

[1]Wikipedia – Impractical Jokers

[2]Facebook – Impractical Jokers

[3]Twitter – @truTVjokers

[4]Reddit – /r/ImpracticalJokers

[5]Instagram – #SalVulcano

#SafetyPin / Safety Pin Movement

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#SafetyPin is an activist campaign in protest of the United Kingom’s withdrawal from the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. While the pin is meant to symbolize that that wearer is an ally to members of marginalized groups, some have accused the campaign of being an empty gesture and form of virtue signalling.

Origin

On June 26th, 2016, following the successful vote to allow the United Kingdom to withdrawal from the European Union, Twitter user @cheeahs started a campaign urging people who opposed the referendum to wear an empty safety pin to symbolize solidarity against racism (shown below).



Precursor: I’ll Ride With You

Following the Sydney hostage crisis in 2014, the hashtag #IllRideWithYou was launched in opposition to Islamophobia in Australia (shown below).



Spread

Following @cheeahs tweets in late June 2016, other Twitter users began promoting the hashtag #SafetyPin in opposition to racism and xenophobia (shown below). In the coming days, various news sites published articles about the campaign, including The Independent,[1] Think Progress[9] and The Guardian.[10]



2016 United States Presidential Election

On November 10th, 2016, people began promoting the safety pins in protest of Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States (shown below).



On November 11th, Star Wars: Rogue One screenwriter Chris Weitz posted the Rebellion symbol from the film with a safety pin, along with the message “Star Wars against hate. Spread it” (shown below).



That same day, Twitter user Morgan Jerkins expressed frustration with the safety pins, stating she would prefer people to “work and educate yourself and your loved ones on white supremacy” (shown below, left).[8] Meanwhile, actor Patrick Stewart tweeted a photograph of himself wearing a safety pin (shown below, right).[7] Also on November 11th, Redditor GamerGhazzawi submitted a post asking about the pins to /r/OutOfTheLoop.[6]



On November 12th, The Huffington Post[3] published an article titled “Dear White People, Your Safety Pins Are Embarassing,” which criticized the pins as a empty gesture of support for marginalized groups. Meanwhile, a thread was launched on 4chan about the pins, in which various users suggested launching a troll campaign to associated the pins with support for Donald Trump or white supremacy (shown below). On November 14th, The Daily Dot[2] reported that the safety pins were being “co-opted by white supremacists.”



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Hand Holding

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Hand Holding is the action of holding hands to display affection between two lovers. On the internet, threads with hand holding as the topic will often receive satirical replies usually criticizing the act as sick or lewd; sometimes applying unnecessary censorship on the hands to further visualize this idea.

Origin

Currently it is unknown when or where the meme originated from. Other then it being a run-off of unnecessary censorship with images relating to anime characters holding hands with image blur as a sexual innuendo.

Spread

(I’ll find it later)

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likeafairy.mp4/Dana Middle school's principal 2016 dabbing remix

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The infamous video in Dana Middle School consists of the school’s principal dabbing to the rhythm of the song
Martin Garrix – Animals. At the beginning, Dr. Hacking was greeted by the presence of the familiar faces kid. Once this became viral, the song Martin Garrix – Animals was not associated with with the actual song that it is, but rather the school’s principal dabbing in an elegant way.

Ban Seng


Pinky and the Brain Dominate

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Content is from the animated series Pinky and the Brain. The quote is from me…a variation of what is said on the show.

Free Helicopter Rides

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Editor’s note: WiP. Feel free to request editorship

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Free Helicopter Rides refers to a method of execution used by chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. During his regime, this method known as “Death Flights” consisted of trowing people from a helicopter into the ocean, killing them. Online, this term is used by Alt-Righters to make fun of leftists, usually in the form of image macros by combining other more-known memes. or variations of the catchphrase“You need a helicopter ride” suggesting that the alleged leftist should commit suicide or at least wait for a hypotetical death squad to kill him.

Origin

During Augusto Pinochet military rule spanning between 1973-1990 extrajudicial-killings weren’t uncommon; one of the most infamous methods of killing oppositors was throwing them tied to a piece of railroad track into the pacific ocean from helicopters (or sometimes airplanes), at least 100 people were killed in Chile using this method of execution. [1] This practice was later repeated by Argentinian “SIDE” Intelligence bureau. [2]

Online presence (W.i.P)

A facebook page named “Pinochet Helicopter Rides and Rentals” [3] was created circa June 2015 featuring memes related to Pinochet, his regime and helicopters together.

The first known instance of the usage of this meme was on July 31, 2015 in 4chan /pol/ (politically incorrect) board; where an anonymous user uploaded a picture of a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker, claiming to be a supporter of him (picture shown below)

Multiple replies soon followed, one of them “offered” OP an helicopter ride. (see below)

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Smarty Pants

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Einstein quoting Aristotle

Ackchyually

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Ackchyually refers to an illustration of a neckbeard in which the word “actually” is intentionally misspelled so the reader reads it in the phlegmy cadence associated with nerd culture stereotypes. It is usually used as a reaction image to humorously express doubt at hopeful captions.

Origin

While it’s unclear where the image first appeared, the earliest known use of “ackchyually” appeared on Funnyjunk on April 2nd, 2012[1] in a comment by pawnderp on a fan thread about dolan.



Spread

For the next four and a half years, the image was used sparingly and sometimes self-deprecatingly by commenters correcting information in comment threads. It also regularly appeared on 4chan[3] during this time period, but the “Ackchually” picture did not gain massive exposure until November 2nd, 2016, when a 9GAG post[2] married the picture with the caption “Me: says anything. Internet:” (shown below). As of November 15th, 2016, the post has over 25,000 points.



After that post, “Ackchually” memes began appearing regularly on iFunny. [4]

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Pizzagate

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Pizzagate is a conspiracy theory regarding a series of emails hacked from former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s account, which some supporters of Donald Trump claimed were coded messages discussing an underground pedophile ring operated at the Comet Ping Pong Pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C.

Origin

In March 2016, John Podesta’s email account was compromised in a data breach. In October, Wikileaks began publishing over 20,000 messages from the account in a searchable database (shown below).[6]



On November 3rd, 2016, an anonymous 4chan user submitted a thread to the /pol/ (politically incorrect) board about a new batch of Podesta emails released by Wikileaks, discussing Comet Ping Pong Pizza as a possible pedophile ring.[4]



Spread

That same day, another 4chan user replied to a thread urging readers to check for possible code words in the leaked emails (shown below).



On November 4th, 2016, a Pastebin[2] was created titled “archive of Pizzagate information.” That day, Redditor DumbScribblyUnctious submitted a post titled “Comet Ping Pong – Pizzagate Summary” to /r/The_Donald.[8] On November 5th, Twitter user @PizzaPartyBen[9] tweeted about the conspiracy and urged his followers to investigate it further (shown below).



On November 6th, YouTuber Evil Hillary uploaded a video about the conspiracy theory titled “Podestas, Pizza and Pedos” (shown below). Within two weeks, the video gathered upwards of 340,000 views and 840 comments.



That day, the Washington City Paper[3] published an article titled “Alt Right Conspiracy Theorists Obsess Over Comet Ping Pong.” On November 7th, the /r/pizzagate[1] subreddit was launched for discussions about the conspiracy theory. That same day, the food news site Eater[5] published an article titled “Internet Crazies Think This DC Pizzeria is the Center of a Clinton Sex Ring.” On November 13th, the MLordandGod YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “Pizzagate: Scandal of the Century Will Take Down Clintons, Democratic Party and US Govt” (shown below). The following day, a 4chan user posted a new thread about the pizzagate scandal, listing various sites and archives containing information about the conspiracy theory.[7]



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