Dead Horse is Dead: Bury that Meme Attempt!

I would like to talk about the latest Facebook craze. Universities around the country are making meme groups. And I just want to say: the majority of them are terrible. Just because there are jokes that only people who go to your school would understand doesn’t mean that you should try and make a meme out of them. I wouldn’t have too much of a problem if they were actually good!

uploaded to Texas A&Memes on Facebook

Let’s take one from A&M’s page for example. Slapping some text on to the picture does not magically make it a meme. There is a certain stigma with this particular meme to the right. The First World Problems meme is exactly what it sounds like–problems that individuals that inhabit a first world country might experience. http://whitewhine.com/ has plenty of great examples. Now as far as the memes go, a classic one would be, “Go to take a poop, forget to bring smart phone.” That’s obviously not a problem in Uzbekistan. Hopefully you understand how this works now.

And here’s another one (see below). This is an image normally used in rage comics; it’s not a meme. Don’t try to make it one.

uploaded to Texas A&Memes on Facebook

Honestly people, if you’re going to kill and bury something, just to bring it back to life and do the same thing again and again, at least do it right.

We can’t forget the one thing that makes me want to just pour gorilla glue all over my palm and then slam it to my forehead. Many people are taking memes straight from the site http://9gag.com/ and posting them on the meme page. This makes me want to gag. Don’t, just don’t. Really, you can see the watermark! Then there’s the fact that if you’ve found something on this site, it’s already circulated through 4Chan, Reddit, and probably Tumblr and Pinterest. It’s not original. The counterargument most people make about dealing with these memes is: “if you don’t like it, then don’t look at it!” But I mean, it’s hard to ignore something that is all over your home page.

I really want this to end. I’m tired of my news feed and ticker being filled with posts, comments, and likes about these school-specific memes. So I’m asking you, Internet, to go ahead and throw in the towel. Find another way to entertain yourselves. But please, for goodness’ sake, don’t use something that’s already been done.