Memeception

[@jwild259]

I just realized the background music is never gonna give you up at one point

[@Xsor.]

And I love that fact.

[@karnavi6172]

Went to the comments for this exact thing. So is it meme 7 or 8 now? Edit: Nevermind.

[@khajiithaswares4147]

YMCA at the start

[@Louis_2568]

NOOO WHY DID I HAVE TO READ THE TOP COMMENT, I MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT IT MYSELF NOOOOO

[@merchantziro4285]

Same

[@pranavghantasala6808]

The fact that by the end you can't even see like 80% of the layers is just impeccable

[@andrewtyrell4795]

I wonder if we can take a core sample of this meme and accurately date the various layers.

[@mariotheundying]

I want someone to do a high quality version of the meme, enough to be zoomed in to the first image edit and still be understandable

[@_marshP]

image compression 😔

[@coltondodger]

That... is actually a great metaphor for how internet humor works.

[@ben4R]

​@@mariotheundyingget someone to re-master it with vector graphics instead of bouncing between .bmp and .jpg

[@briarwentling5435]

The best part is you can only ever see like 8 layers back. If this goes on, we very well could wrap right back around to the first meme and start all over again

[@DetachedHat1799]

Just have 4 popular memeception memes with loads of layers, all on an alignment chart or something

[@jan_harald]

well, yes and no you can see a lot further, if you actually used high resolution memes you just have to increase the resolution with every additional layer, you may end up with a 4k meme, but who cares, you can still see eeeeeverything >;P

[@nixel1324]

@@jan_harald Then you can add the 4k label, for an additional meme.

[@jmurray1110]

Put it in another single frame meme and wrote the original meme in that meme like a font essentially making meme pixel art

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

INFINITE MEME

[@siegfried1422]

It is interesting that, after a certain number of layers, the Original meme had been lost, unable to be seen because it was simply too small within the other memes, and only the idea of it remained.

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Ha "lost"! Like loss.jpg

[@jan_harald]

it could be preserved, by simply increasing the resolution of each additional layer! ;P

[@hiwaga7399]

But that's exactly how memes work! It's a lot of cultural history and you had to be there (that's why most people grow out of touch with pop culture as they enter the workforce, they just don't have the time to have been there.) jokes. That's why explaining what makes a meme funny is so difficult. It eventually devolves until we can't see the original meme anymore, the same way the original loss comic devolved into | || || |_. It is it's own example.

[@minth-thertechno]

Is this a metaphor for how if you become famous, people will only see you as a concept of your actions instead of as a person?

[@Ink_and_dragons]

“its all memes?” “always has been” Dear god…

[@bloodstoneore4630]

There's more

[@Ink_and_dragons]

@@bloodstoneore4630 No…

[@GameStormerSam]

@@Ink_and_dragonsit contains a meme from every man in this room

[@chrisdarling3212]

​@@GameStormerSam, you DID collect everyone's memes?

[@justarandomalt255]

Nope.mp4

[@eh9618]

i have no idea bout the man hook car door and the breadsticks thing, those layers are definitely those old you-had-to-be-there layers. but after nickelback, the layers end up just being reaction memes with some exceptions, memes that just conveys "hey look, more layers where i depict my reaction to the meme ception"

[@fgvcosmic6752]

Entirely agreed. If thats allowed, then reddits 100 long reaction meme wins. The original is still cool as hell, and Compass-ing it was great

[@Goldenheart_345]

Man door hand hook car door is a favorite of mine. It very much is a you had to be there but there was another post as well (mr sandman man me a sand) that edited it as lyrics to a song

[@tessabakker662]

@@Goldenheart_345 I only know it from "man me a sand", I had no idea there was more lore behind Man door hand hook car door!

[@aquamarinerose5405]

I don't think I've ever actually seen the breadsticks one personally, but I kinda got it a little bit insofar as Olive Garden Breadsticks are a sources of memes on their own.

[@eh9618]

@@Goldenheart_345 personally, man me a sand would count as a you-had-to-be-there meme but timeless cuz it's definitely not a reaction meme

[@sammy_slammy]

"Every time I see this post it has more additions" *AND EVERY TIME WE KISS I SWEAR I COULD FLY*

[@dokuganryu1565]

Goddammit.

[@HazeEmry]

Karina Drawfee no!

[@tarquinioprisco8459]

can't you see my heart beat fast?

[@O-bearer-mine]

​@@tarquinioprisco8459 I want this to last

[@bloodstoneore4630]

When they said "you know i had to" i expected the last big brain image to have 'you know i had to do it to em' edited in

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

And you played fucking RICKROLL in the background!! EDIT!!! I tried to add WHICH meme in the row this was but I lost count!

[@jasonmiller2379]

the easiest and most simple answer to which meme number we're on is Yes

[@spidermanmyers]

With the others songs: sugar plumb fairy, a second rendition of NGGYU, and Hall of the Mountain King; we get to 30 memes in the video. The other songs are less memey but very ubiquitous for the feeling they create.

[@awesam2399]

I think 35 counting all the songs and the fact that Bettina herself is a meme for doing what she does

[@HazeEmry]

1:42 about here

[@Aquarios1337.]

This has caused psychic damage on an unprecedented scale. I love it.

[@widmo206]

So you're saying it was _emotional damage?_

[@charadreamuur7229]

@@widmo206e-mo-tion-al damage!

[@CatU-U]

I hate this.

[@yeOldeThorne]

@@charadreamuur7229 *takes out slipper* I will send you to Jesus...

[@khornelordofskulls7090]

Average day on tumblr to be honest

[@lnsflare1]

You know, I used to think that that society in Star Trek: The Next Generation who only spoke in allegorical references to their own mytho-history was a bit too nonsensical, but then meme culture began to hit critical mass and now I'm like, sure, "Rapunki, when he joined the Seven." Bettina, on the Ocean.

[@Unfortunate_developement]

OMG my sci--fi writing teacher in high school covered this EXACT episode!

[@AdaParker-r6o]

Darmok and jalad at tanagra

[@Envie1590]

The fact that by the end you literally cannot see the original meme is so funny to me. like, the first 13 memes got compressed in the creation of it, so you would genuinly have to go through the thread to see anything

[@March_Silly]

with the rickroll, this video has 27 layers of meme and I can't sttttttop laughing my hands are vibrating while I tap

[@Dr_Mortis_SCP]

Technically 28 if you include the music during the rapid escalation section

[@maxwellmarques1607]

1:49 "I think everyone remembers that one, so I won't bother to explain it" Historians in 2100: "God Dammit!"

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

The historians will have to read the comments... If they don't get closed.

[@Splicer-lb5xb]

For those who don't know, this is based on the dictionary: You know what a horse is Historian: starts crying meme

[@maxwellmarques1607]

@@Splicer-lb5xb I've actually never seen that meme. But that is the sentiment, yes

[@RepChris]

"I think everyone remembers that so i wont bother to explain it" - one of the worst things for a student of history to read in a source, expecially if its the *only* source about "the thing everyone knows/remembers". Happens so often too ;-;

[@Mjgaming54321]

That one Japanese historical source that only says the first half of a ton of sayings we don’t know anymore because it was common knowledge at the time comes to mind.

[@Galimeer5]

Someone needs to take the full thing and make it one of those giant pictures you can zoom in on indefinitely so we can start at the top layer and go all the way down to the core

[@jolex_nerd8132]

yes

[@scpcito6691]

You really had your OC run in from the wrong direction and expected us not to notice... WAIT IS THAT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE?

[@directrix777shinyshinyamyt4]

The Bettina Levy text was at the bottom too! I thought she was just trying out a different layout but you’re SO RIGHT It’s probably for April Fools!

[@bluebutterfly6394]

an other layer

[@RinkuChan333]

Memes really are their own language and I absolutely, unironically adore that

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

I’d personally consider “Man Door Hand Hook Car Door” to be Meme 2 in this scenario since it was originally combined with YMCA, and “Gun” and “Stuffing Breadsticks into My Purse” were added to it afterward.

[@shingshongshamalama]

Young Man! Pick yourself off the floor. I said, Young Man! Man Door Hand Hook Car Door.

[@ndt_dynamite2247]

It’s also a double meme because Mr. Sandman, sand me a man! Make him the cutest, man car door hook hand! Or at least, that’s the first thing I personally thought of.

[@dragong33k]

​@@ndt_dynamite2247i think man me a sand came after man door hook hand car door

[@krocodile55]

One thing I'd like to note about this, is that this meme is, by its very nature, possibly able to transcend the normal lifecycle of memes, as the meme itself is about stacking more memes on top of it, and as such it can be placed into pretty much any meme that involves images.

[@TheAnnyParker]

This just reminds me of those special drawings that people make where you can zoom in and there's another picture, and then within that picture is a part you can zoom in on which contains another image, etc.

[@ilikepie4685]

The sheer horror and dread I felt as I clicked the video at around the "car drift" addition to see how much time was left. *It wasn't even close to over :,)*

[@littlemissluvergurl]

It is so wild to me that my dumb post from like 8 years ago is still relevant enough for someone to make a video reading it

[@lerq0ux]

omg its them

[@BlockAgent007_]

"It's beautiful." "I've looked at this for 5 hours now."

[@normalchannel2185]

Holy fuck this would be like the bible for historians. The meme. And a detailed annotation of all additions would be the rosetta stone

[@nathangamble125]

It might have an extra hidden meme. "man door hand hook car" is also arguably a reference to the _mr sandman_ parody song "man me a sand", though it shares a common origin with the original "man door hand hook car door" meme so might not count.

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

This went from Meme Gattai to Memeception surprisingly fast.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"You're in your 30s?!" No need to remind me, Tumblr user. I am still struggling to comprehend it myself.

[@laurencegagniuc4806]

Ah, I see people who take classes in early 21 century media will leave flowers at pagesofkenna's grave

[@goplayer7]

"I think everyone remembers that one so I won't bother to explain it." Later it gets added to famous statements such as: "Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is" and "A dragon is difficult to defeat, but you have to try."

[@herothecrow994]

This video is going to be treated the same as the Rosetta Stone in the future

[@donanthebarbarian5177]

​@@minestar2247 currently it's only treated as such by those who want to know about Tumblr but in a century or 2 this is going to be required learning to understand culture of the current era because only here will there be links/explanations to a large portion of the base memes.

[@PantaroParatroopa]

Wait a minute, Bettina's skipping animation is flipped! Also, for those who need an explanation of the breadstick meme, it describes a first date at Olive Garden. Person A (usually called "me") asks a question, person B gives a response that person A dislikes, and knowing this relationship is doomed, person A shoves the free breadsticks into their purse and nopes out!

[@gramfero]

"i think everyone knows that one so i won't be explaining" this is how knowledge gets lost over the years. everyone just assumes that that thing they know about is common knowledge untill they die, and suddenly noone has any idea what the fuck "shoving breadaticks into purse" was supposed to mean

[@BlockedUser420]

In the end we now have 26. Thats over 4 times as many memes as it had with the initial post. It has also become incomprehensible to 99.99999% of the human race.

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

And the 800 of us who get it are having a great time!!

[@inolienkiki]

I remember the first half of this showing up in my Discord server in early 2021, so naturally I immediately wrote a Wellerman parody edition of the whole thing. Three years later I’m actually on Tumblr and I still don’t understand and couldn’t explain most of these but that alone makes it so much better

[@hiwaga7399]

I love when armchair anthropologists get to write literal paragraphs on the nonsense we get up to in our beloved little hellsite. I'm glad it's gotten even longer since the last time it showed up on my dash.

[@aljazbrilj1698]

This should be a form of history and gallery a digital exploration of the meme culture through the decades

[@davidguthary8147]

And now we have this video adding to the meme by throwing in "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

[@indigofenix00]

I have a rule for these: Meme combos stop counting when a new "layer" becomes interchangeable with a previous layer. There is no limit to the number of times you can place memes calling attention to the cleverness of memes within memes within them, but it takes no additional creativity or cleverness to do so. So this particular example actually caps out at eight, which is still a pretty great achievement.

[@farmerboy916]

I’d argue the galaxy brain one counts it out to an additional 10 by making the attempts to add another layer into a true addition to the meme combo, even if it’s a not great use of it.

[@fgvcosmic6752]

I agree. If a layer can be removed without altering the actual meaning, its just a reaction slapped onto an existing meme Remove any of the memes from the original image and its now a fundamentally different image. Remove the "Galaxy brain" and its the same image.

[@theencolony5595]

I'd argue the Nickelback one isn't worth it either, since the only addition is "look at this". The political compass at least changes the image in a way that's unique, rather than just shrinking it down and framing it inside another meme

[@Lectrikfro]

@@theencolony5595 I read the Nickelback addition as coming from the parody video with the poorly interpreted lyrics "Look at this Frodo graph" into which the political compass slotted well as a type of graph

[@brutusthebear9050]

Thank you. All the meaningless additions were such a circlejerk it ruined the joke.

[@Obermedic]

They all lose sight that all of this has now become a inception joke too.

[@SlightlySchizophrenic]

0:18 GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD

[@tiernanbonnar4212]

I love how this video, in and of itself, has added EVEN MORE memes to the stack.

[@janjan-xr2qi]

This was wonderful. I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard at a meme

[@ventusargentum9957]

"I fear no man, but that *_thing_* . . ." *Gestures to this meme* "It scares me."

[@saltenzy449]

I'm now realizing the missed opportunity that was only able to situationally work at one precise moment. at layer 25, adding in spongebob's "I thought of something funnier than 24" bit

[@DerMBen]

I hope someone turns this into an animation that transitions from one alteration to the next, slowly zooming out, revealing the ever-expanding madness. Maybe I'll do it if I can be arsed to spend the time.

[@GoldEmberMage]

You gotta. YOU GOTTA DO IT

[@verzule1544]

I saw this live on Tumblr! And just so you all know it keeps going. I actually added a meme right after the one that is last in this video. I was sitting here hoping and dreading that it will be read and it wasn't. And I don't know if I should be glad or disappointed. Also it split into many threads so there are so many versions of this, it can't fit in one video Thank you for reading my brain vomit.

[@shiny_lock]

"It's beautiful." "Ive been staring at this for 5 hours now."

[@Praecantetia]

Ah the classic. There's several branches of this meme stacking. My favourite is the one with the scroll of truth

[@mr.zafner8295]

This is such a lovely and positive channel. It's just such a delight. I'm so happy it exists

[@fntthesmth423]

The explanation of the meme was really helpful because i only understood like 3 layers of the original meme

[@nightowlwriter]

I love this this just ends up in a competition of how many layers you can get 😂 Like challenging yourself to add something to it that still makes it as iconic.

[@goose7244]

someone needs to make this into like, an 8k image so we can keep zooming into the layers.

[@corpsehandler5321]

somebody's gonna thousand-layer this meme at some point and the universe will implode

[@alikaanbalaban985]

We kneel upon the holy meme. With our swords and blood, will protect thyself from any harm

[@Tasoq]

I find it funny that through the meme breakdown, the breadsticks is the only one I don't get, and is one they don't explain lol

[@commanderfoxtrot]

That comprehensive meme-by-meme annotation will never fade away.

[@ArcheoLumiere]

The best part about this, is that Tumblrites adding to memes beyond the point of sanity is, in and of itself, a meme.

[@TheMimiSard]

I am pleased that Star Wars managed to get in there somehow.

[@jacobwilliamson8401]

i am goblin?

[@Extremely_Ethereal]

Aren't we all?

[@hopethewolf3142]

we are goblin.

[@jacobwilliamson8401]

@@hopethewolf3142 yes

[@Horny_Demon]

agreed

[@calvinhall9740]

Yes

[@JossThomas-Jones]

'Everyone knows what that meme is so i won't explain it' nooo 😭 this is how history is lost to time

[@backyardr.c.6280]

The fact that it is at least 26 layers deep in memery... Uh... Memeage?...idk, but 'that'. Yeah. That'll do.

[@BetaJackMaxis]

Some tragic event? IT WAS A MISCARRIAGE YOU DAMN PHILISTINE!

[@stirrcrazy2704]

If ONLY they didn’t explain it, and future historians just looked back on this seeing that one person saying “this will be incomprehensible in 10 years” and then it WAS

[@NorninTGK]

This reminds me of The Meme That Never Ends from Derpibooru. I was curious what came first this, or the monstrosity of mlp memes that is The Meme That Never Ends. Turns out the tumblr post was beaten to the punch by 2 years or so. Though who came first aside, I'm highly amused that this happened (at least) twice.

[@silverventhil8462]

if i had a nickle for every massive meme chain that resulting in the original vanishing into a mere concept by the end. id have two nickles. which isn't a lot. but it is weird that it happened twice.

[@IrregularityRowan]

Exponential growth be like:

[@charliekahn4205]

If only they'd thought to format this as an svg, so that the lower levels wouldn't be lost to resolution limitations

[@ampisbadatthis]

I like the sentiment but the fact that it became just image memes after the political compass was a bit of a letdown, there were so many layers we could have added, like ascii, or other cultural references, or went further with the political compass meme or even just deep fried it before just going fully for image memes

[@bane2201]

Yeah, that just felt stale. A post with 15 memes about how [weird/cool/etc.] [nested memes are/the website is] is effectively the same as one with 14 memes.

[@pinkajou656]

Aw, this is one of my favourite posts EVER.

[@scb0611]

😂 I’m cracking up at this. I love that hellsite so much.

[@Gear_Storm]

Last time I saw this point it was at the stan 'this, this is beautiful' layer

[@Absbor]

that's the internet with the same braincell for you. it's so beautiful

[@Magic__7]

There a book about herbs and their uses from way way back in time for one herb it just say something like " this herb is in such common uses. I need not explain it here" but heres the thing we don't know what they used it for Thats i felt when they said "everyone knows this meme"

[@demolisherman1763]

It’s insane spirals like this that make me love tumblr but also never want to personally go near it. In order to be viewed safely, tumblr must be seen indirectly or through a filter. Tumblr must be treated similarly to how you would look at Medusa or a solar eclipse.

[@Red_Oak.]

By the way, if you ever want to explain something with any adjacency to history, NEVER EVER say 'oh you remember' or 'I'm sure you know what I mean here' because anthropologists and historians will break into tears.

[@fernoagent8581]

i like how it starts directly onto tumblr's weirdery like its a show about weird little guys and thats the usual

[@mdccxcii6340]

This is awesome. Plain and simple.

[@dnr-vs1lk]

**slaps roof of meme** this meme can fit so many memes in it

[@cjslime8847]

I want someone to go back through and make a high quality version with endless zoom so you can technically zoom in a see everything, also can someone right out every layer of the meme

[@taylorman666]

AND NOT ONLY THAT but the Man Car Door Hook Hand also ties in with the Mr. Sandman “Man Me A Sand” parody.

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

The main reason recreating loss is so popular is because it's so insanely easy. You can literally do it in text. | || || |_ That's loss. Thats how easy it is to do loss.

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

That's loss and I RECOGNIZE it. Why do I recognize it???

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

@@awaredeshmukh3202 because it's extremely simple.

[@ChiotVulgaire]

If it were possible to render it in vector graphics you would be able to zoom all the way down into the meme onion to see each layer in detail.

[@jinxcrafter]

The way I started hyperventilating from laughter at layer 16, having no idea how far this would go 😂😂😂

[@voidify3]

Your impression of the galaxy brain format 😭 this effort elevates you above all the other tumblr post content farms

[@izzysmith105]

This channel is how I study the mysterious art of meme culture I have gained much insight from this video

[@DrZaius3141]

Back in my day, we had that meme format that would be a black frame with white text in the middle of it. I can remember meme-chains so long that you could barely make out the initial picture as all of it was just different layers of black framing.

[@itsjustmark6624]

The amount of layers to this meme is TOO DAM HIGH!!

[@Scp4521]

This being in a Bettina video just adds one more layer.

[@LittleTimmy2016]

your little jingle has snuck its little way into my little vocabulary thanks echolalia

[@MehnixIsThatGuy]

Did know the car door hook hand etc was its own meme, Just remember it from "Mr Sandman, Man me a Sand, make him the cutest car door hook hand".

[@Bukki13]

"i think everyone remembers that one" well i don't

[@Smite682]

I just realised the music

[@Elimaybe616]

Same

[@DootDootSkeleton]

The last meme is 28 memes in one, and yes I counted it all.

[@NotAVampire235]

29 with music

[@superbbirdofparadise2791]

It took me almost 3 minutes to realize it was loss.

[@geoshark12]

2:27 “gun “ was based on assassination classroom i believe. Basically a bounty hunter obsessed with his gun was listing all the steps he takes to add to his ramen bowl and then yell “ AND A GUN” as he shoves his revolver into his ramen bowl

[@DisKorruptd]

Okay, when I get access to a PC again, I'm gonna have to make this into one of those gigapixel images so that you can still see the original meme

[@caivondavenez3854]

Post the link here when you do

[@pygmalion0451]

I can't even see the original by the end. My God XD

[@d4n737]

The fact that I DONT know what the breadsticks thing is refering to makes it infuriating. This is what cultural historians have to deal with on a daily basis. "Let me explain this for those who don't know. I'll skip over this part because, you know, everyone knows that!" I DONT! This is 90% of that crap. Scholars assuming that context will always be known.

[@hedjaramaute3872]

There is 26 layers to a single meme

[@scarlett4024]

This has become an indestructible cube it just keeps getting stronger