About
Ironic Memes are memes used satirically, usually by being deliberately humorless, crude, or overused, as a way to indirectly criticize meme culture, which has been considered by some to have become overused and un-funny with time, usually due to The Family Guy Effect. Its purpose is normally to catch new Internet users off guard. The use of ironic memes normally includes intentional overuse of older Internet phenomena, such as 1337 speak or rage comics, as well as the use of the word “meme” as a replacement for some parts of speech, usually nouns or verbs.
Origin
Much of the ironic humor originates from memes that by internet standards would be considered old or overused, such as trollface by new people on the internet, so it has evolved to be used to criticize said new people.
The first instances of ironic memes date back to the creation of the 4chan board /s4s/[1] (shit 4chan says) on pril 1st, 2013, which was an april fools joke board created entirely for nonsensical shitposting, however the board has kept being online even after april fools, the board focuses on constantly making ironic “memes” out of everyday objects as well as other nonsensical threads
Spread
Multiple new memes have appeared that form its humor on an ironic basis as well as criticizing the non ironic types.
Joke Fandoms
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“Joke fandoms” refer to fandoms that have spawned to ironically praise material (normally in obsessive ways) that by other means would be see as humorless, crude and dull. Popular joke fandoms include Shrek and Cory in The House, the fandoms are a joke towards certain internet fandoms that are known for their over-obsession and zealous devotion which are found on sites like tumblr.
Montage Parodies
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Montage Parodies are a series of ironic video remixes that rely on loud dubstep music and quick footage to the point of annoyance, the videos include overuse of gamer culture memes and stoner culture (as well as other ones that it has created) to a point they lose their comedic value, which on itself takes a jab at real montage parodies and overused gamer memes, as well as the use of drugs to look cool.
Dank Memes
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Dank Memes is a phrase used in a condescending and ironic manner to refer to injokes that have lost their comedic value but continue to be posted
Coaxed into a snafu
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“Coaxed Into a Snafu” refers to a series of poorly drawn rage comic and advice animal characters that are captioned with variations of popular Internet catchphrases. The illustrations typically mock the way Internet memes are incorrectly used on sites like 9gag and Reddit.
Meta use
Throughout the ironic subculture, it is worth noting that the word on itself is used normally to replace nouns, adjectives and even verbs giving it an universal use, other uses includes the ironic praise of memes as the highest form of comedy, as a way of life, or the answer to important questions.
Search Interest
Note: Due to the fact that the “ironic meme” subculture takes its popularity based on other memes, there isn’t a high search interest on the term itself and more on the derivatives of the sub-culture.