Casually Explained: Memes

Memes and meme culture the two most requested ever so I had to give it a go. Felt uncomfortable even making the thumbnail.
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[@xxephyrr382]

*giving birth* "I hope he has my meme genes"

[@duskssj4704]

Emotional Machine 0:30

[@Dgero]

@@duskssj4704 We have some bad news

[@grumpdogg213]

featus deletus

[@dieleg]

@@grumpdogg213 *FEATUS*

[@malte2505]

ok

[@gustoonz]

bless this boy bless this meme

[@jesusleftnut1653]

I hereby bless you child

[@Slayer5551]

Oh hey, you're the guy from the thing

[@matias9011]

Gus is a international treasure

[@occasionalsnipa9262]

yes yes yes

[@occasionalsnipa9262]

Btw Gus, thanks for the whole "Post your shit to Reddit" tip. It actually jumpstarted my channel so, thanks man.

[@doublev1513]

Me actually missing the whole point of this video because I pause every 2secs to read memes.

[@waiitwhaat]

meirl

[@abhayranjith]

@@harmexbence7741 2meirl4meirl*

[@showmehyamoves3009]

Aditya Mishra *Same2u2meirl4all2meirl*

[@Dinanysos]

Luckily I am absolute big brain fast reader who also barely has a life outside of the Internet so I recognised most of the memes after reading the first two lines :') A life hack I can't recommend

[@esmanurbugday2010]

Me irl

[@pinkocean310]

"If you're passing memes onto someone, you're not gonna pass anything to them genetically". Oooh, the burn, it hurts

[@daniellima4391]

It hurts cuz it's true

[@WalterTheWalrus]

Wow, too bad I’m too busy being an alpha-sigma male by grinding Payday 2 14 hours a day to care

[@tiraichbadfthr6454]

i had to do a double take that was fucked up

[@MemePiano]

@@tiraichbadfthr6454 what wont be fucked is you if you keep sharing those memes smh

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@WalterTheWalrus ppl still play that

[@fortune5903]

Casually explained: Takes nothing seriously. Take memes seriously.

[@carmendelgado105]

KYN Fortune ha ha!

[@NischalKK]

Everything is just everything, meme is life!

[@nickmagrick7702]

memes are surius budness

[@ayporos]

I know right. This is not a 'casually explained' video... this is a fucking phd level analysis.

[@hectorandem2944]

TIL: Memes are nothing.

[@pranavrao1489]

the meme really dies when Watch Mojo makes a video about it

[@liamgriffin218]

The Perogy the meme is declared dead once it is mentioned by Ellen, the death certificate is signed by Watch Mojo.

[@amogusinsuster9560]

Juan David Barahona Gonzalez me

[@ahmed6472]

Love him or hate him. He's spittin straight fax.

[@chak9360]

Meme review anyone ?!

[@hallburger5961]

Or Ellen

[@kellymccoy3038]

“In the future, humor will be randomly generated.”

[@countinboughton8019]

Veggietales reference: Nice

[@waiitwhaat]

meme unto itself

[@adamwoolston253]

Weed eater

[@kellymccoy3038]

haha funny like number go brrrrr

[@ilovegojosatorumorethananyone]

Juan.

[@thebreathtakingpotato]

You never realize how similar you are to others until a relatable meme goes viral

[@slimyduck2140]

@SnakeEyes so you like being different? well i'm different because idc haha eat my happiness! i'm so a good person.

[@illbeV]

@SnakeEyes avoiding "mainstream" is the most mainstream thing you can do

[@flooku987]

Kratos do be singin’ 4the year

[@dudemp4]

​@@illbeV literally me

[@summerlynn9981]

2010: actual meme with meaning 2019: microwave

[@janellereece8055]

I hate that I actually laughed at the word microwave

[@nikonijn]

i hate that everyone hates randomness but most memes are random with that said, E

[@Yikeowsky]

*MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

[@420furby9]

I hate I laughed at microwave

[@gabe6158]

2010: funny, constructive well thought comment 2019: : :

[@benluecken2839]

Some day in the future this video will be shown in history class.

[@josukehigashikata8690]

Like there would be future generations

[@siredionysus]

If we survive that is

[@Okok-k9b]

MEMES WILL NEVER DIE

[@jsp9854]

And so will this comment

[@garionprak7961]

Hi kids!

[@sh4ne145]

If you made a presentation about memes at school, this would be it.

[@simpanlimpan8063]

Im actually doing that and this is one of my main sources of insperation

[@kingrat9741]

deadass attended a class on memes at one of the best colleges in the world lmao. worth every fucking second, i have like half of it uploaded on this channel bc it was so amazing i felt that everyone deserved to see it

[@ninagruban1039]

i have a task to make a presentation and i'm doing my research on memes

[@mr.icecream7880]

king rat lol where

[@lizarddrip4430]

king rat WHAT COLLEGE I NEED TO KNOW

[@michaelmartinez8093]

When your eyebrows slightly lift up and you exhale heavily out your nose. Then you know it's a good meme.

[@Tex_Teufelhunden]

“If you take a regular person who looks at memes for enjoyment rather than coping...” Hits hard man, hits real hard

[@yaboiisanotherpotato4884]

Nice to know I'm considered a regular person

[@MichaelStem-bf6lv]

I use them for enjoyment and to cope with everyday life. Life is boring with our laughing.

[@ninamartinez5171]

​@@MichaelStem-bf6lvNice 😊

[@hmmyesinteresting]

The most accurate meme documentary to ever meme the memes. This is the video scientists will use for years to come.

[@stjepanromic2004]

Thanos car

[@philadelphiafusionplzputme6126]

*hELlO InTeRnET aNd WeLcOmE tO bEhInD tHe MEme*

[@xnopyt647]

"most accurate" fucking normies

[@scottclowe]

@SAYEB KHAN How do you know they truncate instead of round the number shown? Maybe you were #1250 instead.

[@hectorandem2944]

Username checks out.

[@dandan6819]

Bruh when he said the year 2000 my mind went to swords and medieval age

[@naolllamsa9579]

Big brain

[@eagletgriff]

Tbf dungeons and dragons tho

[@benjobopper5447]

So you are essentially 5 understood

[@johnevans8752]

Is somebody gonna tell him?

[@kingdonut6675]

I wasn’t born yet and I’ll be twenty in January

[@carolinecarrico2679]

"Because if you're passing memes to someone, you're obviously not going to be passing anything on to them genetically" -Wagunda Knuckles

[@ellusiv5121]

top tier virgin roast

[@phisomni]

“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: few are interested, and the frog dies” ~E. B. White (author of _Stuart Little_)

[@lilemont9302]

What kind of psycopath dissects a frog while it's alive?

[@cheesydelphox1552]

Lilemont ~E.B. White (author of _Stuart Little_)

[@rotofrim8096]

3 millions : yeah FEW

[@MrLightlike78]

Wisecrack may have something to say about your comment while quoting Sartre :p

[@luketufts6827]

A dissection is by definition performed on an organism that is already dead

[@johnvilyer4340]

I paused, it wasn't worth it. Thank you casually for warning me. I'll try not to doubt you in future.

[@lilyp6949]

Same dude

[@nooriman5944]

Lmao same

[@4n1eu]

read everyrhing except the "do not read" part. Just noticed cuz of your comments

[@Marqan]

I missed that but I had to find it after reading your comment... I blame you for everything!

[@pushan97]

Pfft! It was totally worth it dude! Like it was sooo random. So like me. Cheesecake! ←me being random...

[@MYG]

Nowadays we all just talk in memes and jokes instead of building meaningful relationships with people. Which I think is ideal since I don't have to spec into charisma.

[@Redd2D]

And Charisma remains a dump stat

[@wanderingbufoon]

we send memes.. as if we would ever try to interact with people

[@Fr00stee]

MageBurger yeah they work pretty well for initiating conversation when you are too lazy to do it yourself

[@francisbui2849]

Read the first part in eminem's voice

[@legokid-_-6902]

Bronze fallout reference?

[@eggyrepublic]

I'm beginning to believe that it is possible to fill an entire semester long college course on internet meme history.

[@Frame_Late]

You absolutely could. There are even meme wars on the internet. I remember the war of the weebs on Eve online, and the Tumblr 4chan wars, all culminating into the great the sacking of the Steven Universe Tumblr community by 4chan.

[@spark1400]

Meme history, how memes spread, current meme culture, meme wars...you could write a whole textbook on this stuff.

[@erezsolomon3838]

@@spark1400 you *procrastinate.*

[@OfficialArthusamakh]

If you anything else than "do you kno de waaay" to find the classroom you failed

[@nafisa.t13]

Pretty sure those courses exist now. People in communication are doing PhDs on memes these days.

[@Taikamuna]

Good meme

[@Z1VA]

My balls itch

[@joey6437]

*dude

[@ijustpeachy_7170]

OMG I LOvE UR CHANNEL TAIKAMUNA 😮😮😮😍😍😍😋😋😋😃😃😃😄😄😄😁😁😁😊😊😊😉😉😉🤩🤩🤩🤪🤪🤪😜😜😜😝😝😝😛😛😛🤓🤓🤓🤓🍨🍨🍨🎂🎂🎂🍫🍫🍫🍩🍩🍩🥕🥕🥕🍮🍮🍮🍰🍰🍰😎😎😎🙂🙂

[@greyjay9492]

Ayy,your the dominos guys

[@tk0208]

jacksfilms person

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

To be honest it's pretty amazing we all keep on top of memes considering how many new ones are made everyday

[@tomjackal5708]

gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=414307&type=card

[@douknowme5758]

its just the same ones with different formats

[@caciowskij768]

"Slaps roof of commenter" This bad boy can fit so many memes in it.

[@cristianpredescu7557]

Type in article 13 and you will cry

[@majesticrino9258]

Brother may I have the lööps

[@jonas1015119]

"2meirl4meirl, which is literally just depression" the delivery actually made me laugh, like, audibly

[@stephanieshine2098]

Is that Reinhard Lohengramm?

[@jonas1015119]

@@stephanieshine2098 Ja!

[@stephanieshine2098]

@@jonas1015119 awesome I'm watching this right now actually... Great series... Thank the mighty individuals who posted the whole thing on YT

[@jonas1015119]

@@stephanieshine2098 depending on what country you live in the movie set before the main series is on my channel

[@stephanieshine2098]

@@jonas1015119 shit thanks!!! Excited to watch it

[@amonwinter3148]

1:14 "I'm very mature 4 my age" "I'm SOOOOO random" - 13 year olds...

[@darion1728]

But she's mature for her age!

[@requiemaeternam3735]

t. 14 year old

[@fakename287]

@@requiemaeternam3735 >t. 15 yr old Honestly it keeps going until you hit 18, not because of some magic that instantly makes you more mature the moment you become legal but because you've probably had some sort of job at that point, have probably payed taxes on said income, and now you've begun to realize that no one really knows what they're doing in the world and everyone's immature in some form or another t. 29 yr old

[@requiemaeternam3735]

@@fakename287 reassuring, thanks man

[@CUPCAKEPLAYZ-r6c]

"Im 13 and I'm waaaaaayyyyyyyy more mature than that"

[@shaunakdeshpande3837]

Meme born on 4chan -> Popularized on Reddit -> PewDiePie reviews meme -> Dead

[@MajinGatomon]

So we should kill PewDiePie so innocent memes are being saved from a gruesome death? Sounds legit, who´s bringing the shotgun?

[@jasonfoster4644]

Dawnstar to be fair, it’s not pewds’ fault.. it’s a portion of his community’s fault

[@jasonfoster4644]

Dawnstar so you’ll need a bigger gun

[@edbrooke75]

Meme Review!!👏🏻👏🏻

[@DroopyPenguin95]

Dawnstar T-series is working on it

[@kirstinmarsh6422]

Minecraft memes: fortnite picture Fortnite memes:Minecraft picture Pure gold.

[@_Baku]

I like how most comments only realize one half of the swap.

[@melton365]

Pure MadLad

[@marcusholtzheimer9316]

Kirstin Marsh I get it 😂😂😂 it’s switched 🤯

[@titaxriwen6372]

CE Guy: makes the switch. Uploades. *grabs popcorn*

[@AtricosHU]

"...Meme is dead. ... -> Jimmy Fallon uses it in a segment. -> Your parents and large corporations use it incorrectly on Facebook -> ..." :D

[@naufalap]

-> AtricosHU uses it in the comment

[@shadowling77777]

naufalap Rekt

[@ikeatable1]

This video was made just before the massive surrealist post-irony shift in internet humor, and it's crazy how different stuff was even 4 years ago.

[@natcar360]

Ikr. Plus he didn't even mention shitposting. Like the current goofy ass cat Smurf meme is an ironic shitpost.

[@hngmn3721]

“How many levels of self-awareness are you on?” “Yes.”

[@timothyotten8744]

This format right here ^ cant die soon enough

[@BeyondSurvivor]

Wow that’s so hilarious made me laugh😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂

[@benrose3753]

A meme dies when Ellen uses it on her show

[@beholdandfearme]

The meme was dead long before Ellen scraped it off the pavement, stuck electrodes in its neck and channeled lighting into it screaming "IT'S ALIVE!"

[@wedoalittletrolling4785]

his*

[@marksuckerburg3051]

@@wedoalittletrolling4785 lol

[@ayoubzeggaoui5082]

Actually, the first meme yet to be found was published by The Wisconsin Octopus magazine back in the 1919-1920. Also, the reason why the term “genetically” was mentioned in the definition is because , and as argued by Richard Dawkins (1976) in his book the Selfish Gene, memes and genes are similar in the ability to replicate, but different in other aspects. One last thing, Dawkins was the first one to create and use the term MEME.

[@ChazoAnwah]

Nerd

[@kosztaz87]

@@ChazoAnwah He is right though.

[@swevixeh]

What about the term "ok"?

[@hudamn7803]

Can u email me

[@Brandon-9]

Good

[@alexxcold]

Memes are pretty much inside jokes that are shared by millions of people at the same time.

[@snakeysnake2363]

memes are inside jokes for people with no friends

[@drowned309]

The most inclusive inside jokes.

[@skyadventurer7574]

So memes are like.... just jokes....

[@skyadventurer7574]

Mr. Green REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ITS TIME TO STOP WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS WHO ARE YOUR PARENTS

[@VideoGuy232]

More like knock knock jokes and your momma jokes etc. They’ve always been good for a quick laugh, but instead of being spread at school by lame 13 year olds, they’re now spread online by lame 20 somethings with the mindsets of lame 13 year olds

[@theoceanman6221]

It’s a spectrum, one side is abstract stuff like “h” with no joke at all and the other is funny dog videos.

[@OfArgento]

E

[@TealJosh]

Lamp

[@Yikeowsky]

h

[@skysmindgarden]

90

[@marktheprussian]

OfArgento E

[@Cyranek]

nice meme dude

[@xenoalvis7866]

Thanos car Thanos car

[@MemeInsider]

Nice comment, man.

[@scotty7864]

nice comment man****

[@aidenlarson9911]

5:30 “these are generally crafted by the fine minds over at Fourchan, who are one push away from falling off their own edge” - literally fucking killed me

[@alexbvevo2028]

This is gonna be in history books like 50 years in the future

[@mmmgluten]

Aleks Boikov i gosh darn hope so

[@LahMoo-zn6nn]

In the future there won't be books everything will be digital

[@arwedrv7125]

Old fart: "the memes were so much better in my day..."

[@Sunkem1Not6Hacks]

Arwe I m gonna say that when my son shows me a Instagram meme in 50 years.

[@vintasi3074]

@@Sunkem1Not6Hacks as if Instagram will be alive in 50 years lol

[@hooferlegoofer2300]

7:00 you forgot the alternate route where they go on Ellen and just instantly die

[@yessauce9971]

He also forgot the alternate route where they go to pewdiepie and just instantly die

[@extrasecretchannel3416]

Or the alternate route where it just instantly dies

[@trophy435]

theres literally no path when a meme dies. i like to picture it as a meme roaming the dark void known as television discovery, where the meme just bounces around helplessly through all the tv networks hoping to be remade as a 4chan recycled meme.

[@joshcarriker6958]

And the part where Hillary Clinton kills it while trying to be relatable

[@Fr00stee]

NotVsauce or the route where pewdiepie accidentally creates a meme whilst trying to kill a different meme

[@gannonman131]

I genuinely enjoy how our generation has created an entire culture/language with this much depth

[@chriswhinery925]

@Frank Parker Perhaps... it's you who is out of touch? No, no, it's the children who are wrong.

[@mrtoad3582]

Depth? It's just created a lot of slang internet terminology about nothing really 😂😂😂

[@SYKRAL1]

@@mrtoad3582 there can be layers upon layers of context and references in a single meme. When they say a picture is worth a thousand words, they are talking about memes.

[@hellohaveaniceday2705]

@@mrtoad3582 idk its gone through a lot of steps, and kinda evolved for better or worse. And you can tell where the meme comes from just from seeing it. And if its ironic or not. Its also just fun to think. In our universe where everything has to be perfect in order for the world to keep going. If one planet it out of line were all screwed. Yet memes still found a way to exist in reality

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

@@hellohaveaniceday2705 in the future memes will only last a few hours before dying.

[@russelltan161]

When I was in primary school(elementary school for you americans), I heard of this thing called your mama jokes and I wanted to try one out. So I got to school the next day, went up to one of my friends and said "your mom is fat" and then just didnt say the punchline. I didnt know we needed one so i just randomly told my friend that his mom was fat. I got lectured by the principal

[@bearyboy9088]

2meirl4meirl = literally depression Best description of the subreddit

[@shadowdude101]

Sounds like the reddit version of /r9k/

[@aozora7]

I personally prefer /r/2meirl42meirl4meirl/

[@blooflazh7]

That's a normie sub

[@safin8101]

@@shadowdude101 pretty much. Except there are less incels

[@grandayy]

I like memes Also can I use this comment not to self-promote but to warn about the EU Copyright Directive that is going to be voted on by the EU Parliament tomorrow. This directive is a massive threat to memes and other fair use content, as it will force most websites to install automated copyright filters that may block any detected copyrighted content regardless of context. Please help spread the word and more importantly, contact your local MEPs to reject the Copyright Directive, especially Article 13. Thanks for the PSA now back to memes.

[@dipankerkaul759]

Grandayy So does your Mom

[@ArthurTondo]

And i like you.The holy meme lord.

[@Scanixon]

our glorius co-leader Grandayy has blessed us with his presence

[@tab.111]

Grangayy

[@mohammedmhilal4129]

quack

[@ifanbeale346]

I paused and you’re right It wasn’t worth it

[@spaghetti8696]

German Sausage yeah

[@guilhermeferrao5968]

It was likely the worst thing I ever read. What an idiot.

[@someperson3197]

Or was it

[@R4ifu]

@@guilhermeferrao5968 normie reeeeeee

[@blastoiseddr]

It's one of the oldest copypastas ever...

[@forgotagoodname2717]

I am dissapointed in myself for pausing and reading the thing that you told me not to.

[@illchance2176]

Just realized he explained all of this generations history in one video

[@leonardogagliardi1636]

*casually explained

[@SmileytheSmile]

Short explanation: "Dead before they take off. "

[@swiftlymurmurs]

Well, taking off means becoming popular, becoming popular means oversaturation and oversaturation leads to loss of the joke and its death. By definition a meme dies when it takes off

[@TheNerving]

@@swiftlymurmurs Wait so every meme becomes Loss at some point?

[@swiftlymurmurs]

@@TheNerving |ndeed. | thInk so. Noth|ng |s safe. Not even th|s comment_

[@KanyeZero]

It's dead when it hits Reddit tbh

[@y11z3g4]

TheNerving no, some memes never get popular enough to reach normies but are still funny.

[@phamchunghieu4560]

We used to have "Bad Luck Brian" going mainstream for 2 year Now we have 1 trending Spongebob square pants meme every blood moon.

[@elburritoman]

I felt so old watching this video. We really went through all that

[@Mic_Glow]

I was there 3000 years ago

[@kyx5631]

I watched the leek spin yesterday.

[@panikslange4571]

“So if you see a regular person who looks at memes for enjoyment rather than coping” *laughs nervously*

[@spaide98]

I cant wait to see my future kids study this video in their future literature class

[@axt5998]

or in your grandchildrens history class

[@Rompelstaump]

I hope you ignorant ducks mark the end of human civilization.

[@spaide98]

@@Rompelstaump agreed

[@Kalzu85]

"Minecraft memes" * image of a Fortnite building * " Fortnite memes" * image of Minecraft *

[@claireify1963]

I SAW THAT TOO- WHHYY

[@ScottHebert604]

all your barrel rolls are belong to us

[@mreatspeople]

That should be a deep fry mash up

[@Pipiopy]

I'd rather leave it at all your "banks" are belong to us

[@winglessfairy564]

All your hamster barrel rolls are belong to us (?)

[@WobblyBits_X]

Consummate barrel rolls!

[@thelastcube.]

You missed that some memes go through Pewds before dying

[@xgilmore]

Pewds kills memes.

[@endornaut]

That's like saying "You forgot to mention the Grim Reaper" while talking about death. He is the one that kills them.

[@nine182]

They're usually dead by the time they get to his channel

[@phenomenon7052]

After*

[@thor9517]

Will we get BONUS MEME?

[@jiangciyang3860]

'fortnite memes' -- shows minecraft 'minecraft memes' -- shows fortnite r u doing this to deliberately anger people?

[@glockaroniandcheese9497]

I don’t think the 8 year olds are gonna do anything

[@2noob2banoob]

I mean, how else is he gonna make us revive the trollface?

[@coler4084]

Yes he is.

[@burakuyan1331]

Not people, little kids who are powerless to do anything about it.

[@jiangciyang3860]

hey im not against fortnite srysly. nor do i have reddit this is just a cheeky little remark

[@jakobmangold4483]

1:41 that's literally how my friends approach memes to this day

[@mollyclemenceau3689]

u forgot the “nobody: [name]: _____”

[@MegaOmegaAlpha]

Molly Clemenceau nobody: me: Molly: “U fOrgOt tHe “nobOdY: [nAmEs]:___”

[@madelynneburt4728]

i hate those

[@interstellarpieceofmeat]

that's not a meme, that's cancer

[@fredtheunicorn3863]

Molly Clemenceau kinda the worst format

[@alik9783]

Nobody: Molly: @@madelynneburt4728 : I hate those Me: makes unfunny meme for no reason, why am I even doing this

[@niclasmartinsen9611]

summary of memes in one word: *YEETN'T*

[@burnstjamp]

3/10

[@someguyontheinternet8793]

E

[@nickwilde2569]

I have no idea what that means Just like memes Good job

[@roxyndra]

I must be old :

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

I wonder how many grandmas have searched for this on youtube?

[@MooseGuy]

Too many

[@kurthaydenjavier3792]

Dude you again

[@dmo7155]

U trying to be a new justin Y. After u made a video about him, i subscribbled to you....

[@The_passiveObserver]

To the gulag with you

[@2phonebabykeem913]

PowahSlap Entertainmint are you the new Justin Y.

[@MacMalcyMac]

I've watched this so many times and I still miss rage comics!

[@ashketchup247]

Yeah they died when people didn't understand that the faces ment something and just made shitty comics with rang faces. I miss Y U NO... he didn't have the staying power like the others.

[@AllStarAMV]

You didn't mention prequel memes? It's treason then.

[@cheeze5875]

Have you seen the one where someone with an anime profile pic opinion dosen't mater, jk furries are far worse than weebs

[@josuelevisilvag.4552]

Smart

[@bobtom1495]

I know right...

[@Kay_213_]

Perhaps the archives are incomplete...

[@gandalftheblack8836]

《REÐJIVE》 it’s archives my dude

[@marcelan_n2662]

The *Life cycle of a meme* was simply genius 👍 6:46

[@cheeze5875]

I mean it's just the facts 4chan is just like shit I don't want to touch with a ten foot pole so I wait to see them on /r/me_irl then undoublty see the same meme in a group chat a week later as an instagram screenshot or with an ifunny water mark.

[@devonrusinek5807]

@@cheeze5875 yeah, filtered to be more palatable

[@stadhouderwonktor7659]

Wow, people still believe memes originate from 4chan. Please don't be fooled by that myth lads, I went there and found nothing but weird kinky stuff and videos of people dying

[@Alex-hv8rj]

Pineapples dot exe has stopped working 4chan isn’t only a place where memes are made you spastic

[@JayBigDadyCy]

@@stadhouderwonktor7659 pretty sure 4 chan is where you go when you're already dead... inside.

[@Dev_Six]

*This meme is not available in your country due to EU restrictions*

[@cherimoyaaa]

... :(

[@CondensedComments]

This response is not available in your country due to licensing restrictions.

[@sweatyswinger8818]

F

[@catharsympathizer7740]

I'm gonna miss the May Mays :(

[@catharsympathizer7740]

I only typed that because I tried 5 gum, don't arrest me sir

[@Goryalight]

Making a meme is like necromancy, you bring an old meme back and turn it into a cynical and horror version of it.

[@RandomNameName]

When it reaches facebook/instagram you know that the meme its dead, it like the meme purgatory.

[@herberthoover9095]

El Spooky nah there are some good memes on instagram

[@cheetonips6399]

When it reaches influencers it has already become oil.

[@Kwjehehebebb]

@@herberthoover9095 The good Instagram memes are just right before dying. Not quite unfunny but it will spread it to the mass audience.

[@RandomNameName]

@@herberthoover9095 nah instagram its for normies.

[@rednexo4903]

El Spooky saying normie is a normie thing to do

[@RecardoGuillermo]

In the life cycle, you forgot to mention that the meme is specifically killed by iFunny

[@__-ali-__1889]

Imo the cycle has changed a bit, 4 chan has lost itself. So Reddit is the birth now. Nears death when held by Instagram and Snapchat. Dies during the process. 9gag and ifunny literally use the dead body of it. The body is ready for cremation when Facebook just rapes it

[@santi-xj1qr]

Not true

[@SketchAndEtch]

Nah, now Reddit just steals from instagram instead and vice versa.

[@drod6203]

Silly normie kid, Ifunny used to be where memes started

[@commentconnoisseur1001]

Ledditor SEETHING that iFunny is objectively superior.

[@ItsGamein]

Bruh I didn’t even know it was possible to explain memes

[@viktorbeisland4506]

my teacher basically had a whole class where she compared memes to postmodern art

[@chriswhinery925]

But memes are better because they're intentionally shit for the sake of being funny rather than just being plain old shit.

[@ristekostadinov2820]

Pewdiepie: I'm gonna kill this meme WatchMojo: Hold my beer

[@Burn_Angel]

Carameldansen: am I a joke to you?

[@sagevexx7906]

I like how pewdiepie saying that is a meme within itself already🤦‍♂️😂

[@akyer8085]

6:34 "Fortnite Memes" *shows Minecraft*

[@bigtbomb1198]

I saw that toooo lmao

[@themadladorian4364]

He also showed a Fortnite castle when he said "Minecraft"

[@repentxbelieve]

I came here to post this comment.

[@eskimocommotion4965]

Look again. It was a montage. Some people talk faster than the slides. I think it's a small mind that picks on people's creative content because they do not have the ability or means to do it themselves. That is only if they are straight up. Otherwise, why even watch something if you not into what it is talking about? Haters are really ignorant! I am too by taking the time to type this out. I should have just gone on with my life and let the dead bury the dead.

[@ehsbe1056]

eskimo commotion calm down he was making a fortnite joke

[@radu4011]

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: 4chan gets really mad about it

[@raywilliams6717]

I thought PETA was reviled on... Oh wait that's right 4chan died years ago. The rotting corpse is infested with dead memes masquerading as "woke netizens".

[@loganator326]

The level of relevance this still holds is staggering. Memes die much faster than before, but they're still around to give a nice chuckle

[@AI-tc8fv]

Comedian: *well crafted joke* Me: "hm" *Picture of lord faarquad with the letter E* Me: CTFU 😂😂😂😂🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️😂😤

[@mikeygduv]

Commentary on faarquad with the letter E being a meme is a meme. The old Millhouse is not a meme 4th dimension break.

[@AI-tc8fv]

@Lucas Samus *E*

[@unknownwill4th549]

Ctfu?

[@Young_Pay]

You left the prosscess of the meme where PewDiePie kills it

[@The_Blazelighter]

If it's reached him, it's already dead

[@jxiris]

No one can ever replace thatistheplan

[@Monkeyboy000009]

He counts as the social media part of the cycle

[@niydfass1060]

Does nobody remember Behind the Meme?

[@ryanphillips5483]

PewDiePie is a meme, does that mean he's also a cannibal?

[@PositiveInvesting]

Memes are the best thing that came out of the Internet. Ever.

[@anjopag31]

there were memes prior to the internet (e.g. kilroy was here)

[@invisiblekid3731]

Pornhub

[@rougeandrei9095]

No, it's the most annoying, overused and unfunny thing in the internet. Ever.

[@drod6203]

The fact that you can Google any piece of information you desire on the internet isn't the best thing but people making shitty meme pages begging for likes is the best thing? Priorities my guy

[@HylianKirbo]

@@rougeandrei9095 get out of here

[@rage_2000]

I paused the video, read “honestly don’t pause the video it’s not worth it” then unpaused the video

[@pathibalan2279]

2010: actual memes 2020: *image* of a oversaturated hallway with Shadow demons and saying Me and the boys at 3 am looking FoR BEANS

[@BeyondSurvivor]

Can’t wait until everyone stops thinking that memes are funny

[@JosiahJS976]

Simon Cool unfortunately for you that won’t be happening any time soon

[@glockaroniandcheese9497]

Accurate

[@mrp0001]

@Ahmed Ahmed that's the joke goddammit

[@BeyondSurvivor]

Staunch Coast 285 for some reason this didn’t ping me, thankfully

[@hitchythe1]

How did you not include lolcats? They were 10/10 the biggest meme of 2005

[@Olderaccount17]

Will H Came here to say that! You can't talk about memes without mentioning icanhascheezburger !

[@AspiringAbogado]

Do you not mean 5/7?

[@aarontheperson6867]

ikr no cat memes?

[@raywilliams6717]

Because you can't kill that which has no life. Cats are the gods of the internet.

[@themak799]

You just casually killed the word meme by casually explaining it.

[@Azettler1]

Meme is dead and we have killed it.

[@snagalishusman4493]

And you have just casually killed casually explained by casually explaining the ramifications of casually explained

[@thewolfin]

MEME REVIEW

[@yebo1457]

imo memes were originally used for a quick laugh/quick understanding between communities, generally where only people in said community would understand- so with that in mind, memes themselves have died since they're so oversaturated now. e.g. memes making fun of normies is ironic

[@byXxRavenxX]

You have an anime profile picture, so your opinion doesn't matter.

[@JacF6734]

The reason why internet memes die after becoming too popular are because they're created as inside jokes, and it's no longer funny once everyone's inside on the joke.

[@godver555]

''The fine minds over at 4chan who are one push away from falling of their own edge.'' True.

[@thewolfin]

Thank you Behind the Meme, very cool!

[@xSwiftx4]

Behind the Meme has been murdered from the internet by the people from it.

[@stop8576]

he came back tho

[@corolla6984]

behind you thank the meme, very cool!

[@xSwiftx4]

@@stop8576 remind me to never be a youtuber....i am too sensitive to the madness of others if i make bad stuff

[@FranBunnyFFXII]

Woah woah woah.. You forgot the "I can haz Cheezburger" Cats. They were a huuuge influence on memes. Those predated the Advice animals by years. They were one of the biggest original memes back in the day when flash video and chain emails were dying off. And you forgot Demotivational Posters too. That were memeing the stupid inspiration posters we had up in our schools in the early 2000s.

[@bassemb]

Exactly! I just left a comment about cheezburger & catspeak memes. Big landmark and the first "mainstream" memes there.

[@aeliusdawn]

not to mention Star Wars Kid. One of the greatest memes of the 2000s

[@ShinigamisBlade]

Came to comment this exact thing. They were hugely popular in that large gap between 2000 and 2007 he left. Poor cats and their terrible spelling

[@TheBanana93]

Any post 2010 meme is pretty shite eh

[@hq5ricky794]

Shhh this is only a comment

[@DrShnig]

6:30 the delivery of that joke is executed to PERFECTION! THANK YOU

[@phelipe_8033]

Dank memes "These are generally crafted by the minds of 4chan who are one push away from falling off their own edge."

[@justgrey3114]

Dank Memes: lasted for a couple of months before reddit made a subreddit for dank memes and watered it down like every other thing that is good ever

[@fakename287]

@@justgrey3114 dank memes still exist, they're just not referred to as "dank memes" anymore (And the very people who are creating them on 4chan are also reposting then on reddit before some soylent abuser steals their free internet points)

[@personbob8691]

Leddit moment

[@soybean3423]

as a non-native speaker, what does "fall of their own edge mean"? thank you

[@selliterallydies5495]

@@soybean3423 ive never heard that saying before but i think it means when you cause your own downfall or problem

[@brawler4456]

that coffee mug is actually extremely well done.

[@avsaucyboi9733]

Meme History

[@armotonpuppe2278]

Too bad this video is garbage. He skims over lots of pre 2011 stuff. lolcats, demotivationals, over 9000 or almost any 4chan memes yet he spends like 2 minutes on different subreddits. Looks it was finally confirmed what we all feared in our hearts. James is just a filthy normie roleplaying something else. Expected more from you James.

[@leg1t343]

"Lemme just change your genetic code so you can understand this meme"

[@raunakd4877]

If you're passing memes to someone, you're obviously not going to be passing anything on to them genetically Lol I'm dying

[@DozIT]

Raunak Dutta didn’t get that till I read this comment

[@Euphinful]

He intellectually called us virgins. Smh

[@kamal-jahid]

I dont want memes gone :(

[@ugandanknuckles3429]

Me too

[@foralv256]

Some of them make it back, like Little Forgotten Meme

[@sirdestructor]

Gotta start printing them all!

[@sirdestructor]

Establish physical underground memebrary networks...

[@shadowling77777]

scleuse We will find The Way eventually

[@brentsnocomgaming7813]

6:40 I was really hoping you would say cotton eyed joe then end the video

[@abysswalker750]

I was thinking exactly the same thing lol

[@wenbodou]

glad i wasn't the only one

[@crabboboi1938]

Thank duck

[@doggfite]

2MEIRL4MEIRL

[@akapo98]

Same here ahah

[@SHADOWFIRE985]

Shoop da whoop with cell came before the lazer collection. Source: Me, someone who grew up as shoop da whoop as their favorite meme until 9th grade

[@DaisyFlower690]

*doesn't mention Prequel Memes* Me: [visible confusion] It's treason, then. [overwhelming autistic screeching]

[@kilroyprogramming8728]

Perhaps the archives are incomplete!

[@illusion2937]

Wild Redditor appeared

[@oganyayloglu5560]

Only a sith deals in absolutes.

[@fluflammin]

Kylo Bren using multiple prequel memes at once ruins it

[@DaisyFlower690]

LIAR!

[@MasculineMan]

I think a commonality that almost all really funny comedians have is that you all are actually very intelligent. You created an 8 minute video talking the history of one of the most iconic things on the internet, and you did it in a funny way which is very hard to do. I'm just saying that I respect you and your craft, if you ever want to try out a new animation style feel free to contact me :) Although my animations are very different from yours. Keep it up mate

[@aksa706]

Yes I too like to shill myself

[@brainman67]

I agreement the video Was done extremely well quick and concise while being entertainment

[@tygermarez2556]

correction: he made a 7 minute video and a minute long outro

[@dudemanxx]

No pressure

[@EclipseColdfire]

the frog is dead

[@GrzybeK3009]

Had to pause numerous times to read all the memes. Wasn't worth it.

[@magiv4205]

Yes it was.

[@clawber]

Well it's very worth it for me at least

[@arkx.5365]

Same. It literally took me 30 minutes plus to watch this video lmao

[@clawber]

When I saw the video: Oh I will just watch an 8 minute video about memes 25 minutes later: I spent 25 minutes watching the video?

[@trio1023]

Thank you, now I don’t have to go back and watch again, probably.

[@faselblaDer3te]

That life cycle was awesome.

[@Ryukachoo]

I appreciate you acknowledge 4chan is the origin and gatekeeper of the true meme power

[@thebigshot3082]

It was, but they all moved to 8chan now. So that's a thing.

[@inclinevids]

It's in a league of its own tbh. My skin crawls every time I see 4chan mentioned on facebook. They were never meant to mix. It really gives you a feeling of the two ends of the meme spectrum.

[@victorsaulcarrasco5789]

4chan master race

[@momon1413]

>It was, but they all moved to 8chan now. So that's a thing. hurr durr le infinitychan is gud 4chan is shit because of /pol/, /r9k/ and /b/. the trinity of cancer. everything else is okey i guess

[@thet9900]

@@momon1413 sorry I never was on 4chan so what are in those links? :D (I dont know what's a subreddit in 4chan)

[@Kinoksis]

You forgot the last stage of the Life Cycle of a Meme: - Get banned by the EU

[@heretical_habits9512]

True

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Or Russia.

[@macy3998]

In 20 years this video is going to be played in history classrooms.

[@ZiRR0]

"Minecraft Memes" **Shows Fortnite** "Fortnite Memes" **Shows Minecraft**

[@ammaren9459]

I cant help but think there is a deeper message behind the purposed switch..

[@cptnheadshootgaming2778]

I've litarally searched 20 min to find somebody regnorizing it

[@Darthbuddy]

Ah yes, the reason I disliked.

[@ZiRR0]

@@ammaren9459 xD

[@lfox02]

Questionable.

[@beaviswealth]

Memes: If you don't know what they are... you're too old.

[@sadomi6657]

Or young

[@xXEpicMehXx]

no too old

[@rodigoduterte9192]

Brandon Beavis Investing oh, no....

[@Rompelstaump]

Ageism is discrimination...you duck!

[@kaukospots]

If you're on the internet and don't know what a meme is, you're probably the one reposting them on facebook.

[@etiennemazur6334]

You didn't mention PrequelMeme. It's treason then.

[@aidanchutkan8662]

PrequelMemes has been trash every since Pewdiepie made a video about it.

[@twicethemegapower3995]

étienne mazur I'm sorry sir, it's time for you to leave

[@ankkapommi]

@@lasspeng1 Damn. 😂

[@littlechungus7067]

Me when I say Hello There to the sixth stranger today

[@GeodesicBruh]

Sequelmemes>prequelmemes