Memeography – an art losing its luster.

In the last five years, internet memes have broken out of the internet and into the mainstream. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry could tell you whether they “has cheeseburgers” or if something was an “epic fail”. The traditionally nerdy “that’s what she said” has broken out onto the network television scene with its appearance on The Office.

However, the last few years have been strangely devoid of worthwhile memes. The “Yo dawg” Xzibit meme is funny only the first eight billion times you StumbleUpon it. Demotivationals are clever, but the jokes are hit or miss, and sometimes even too inside for the internet crowd.

So what happened? When did the internet lose its shining stars of wry creativity and sarcastic humor and mindlessly funny video game lines? I could yell “do a barrel roll” at the top of my lungs in any public forum and get nothing. NOTHING! Where did these kids grow up? When? In the nineties? I DON’T THINK SO! Everyone loves their precious “lolcats” and such, but when was the last time any of them celebrated a real caturday? The meme should never have left the internet. It’s all become watered down. I haven’t seen the emergence of a true, repeatable, hilarious meme in years. And this saddens me deeply.

We need to develop a kind of system, nay, a quorum. A collection of individuals who have the perfect touch to apply to the world of dying internet humor, who could develop new memes and send them out into the world, like fledgling doves. Because the internet has a cancer, and it is called the common man. And to combat the influence of the common man, we must redouble our efforts to re-nerd-ify.