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Page 16 The Instagram Egg and the Scramble for Cash Memes are becoming notoriously diffi cult to monetize, but the World Record Egg deal may set a new precedent Page 26 Page 14 4 THE NATION’S LEADING INTERNET TRENDS JOURNAL SEASONAL MEMES OR,why we should ACCEPT THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY TRENDS, as decreed by the MEME GODS very February, Valentine’s are many other meme trends EDay comes around to ha- that resurface seasonally, coin- rass everyone with overflowing ciding with certain yearly events. piles of hallmark cards and ed- ible arrangements. For those in During the entire month of relationships, it’s stressful, and January, New Year’s memes re- for those who are single, it’s dis- appear -- a method of making appointing. But more than any- it clear that everyone has no thing, Valentine’s Day gives an intention of jumping onto the excuse for more than the usual “new year, new me” bandwag- amount of edgy, self-loathing on and bettering their life, and memes about suffering through the general consensus within eternal loneliness. the meme community is that we can only expect the upcom- Considering how much the on- ing year to be worse. A seasonal line community loves depress- trend always seems to start up ing memes, it’s easy to predict during December in preparation what trend will return each for the winter holidays -- Elf on February. While many memes the Shelf, for example. Then, of on the subject are positive, the course, there are certain days vast majority are ironic; after all, that live on in infamy within when Team Snapchat is the only the meme community because one to send their love to you on of their own inherent meaning, Valentine’s Day, you’re going to like May 28th, the anniversary hate the holiday enough to par- of Harambe’s death, which still take in the internet’s annual hate continues to be referenced in fest. But Valentine’s Day is far memes on this one specific day from the only holiday the meme several years after the meme community “celebrates.” There ‘went normie.‘ u/TheLegend28 THE NATION’S LEADING INTERNET TRENDS JOURNAL 5 The influence of these holidays opinions, it’s easy to see why on memes can be significant, there’s some dispute over why and often spans the weeks lead- exactly these trends keep com- ing up to the event. For example, ing back year after year instead perhaps the most widely known of getting written off as stale as meme holiday is Spooktober. As soon as they reemerge. soon as midnight hits on October 1st, Spooktober memes return While most meme formats don’t once more to wreak havoc on the last very long and aren’t revived internet. For a whole month, we for further use in the dank meme are expected to believe skeletons community, seasonal memes are the peak of human evolution somehow manage to be reused in and that calcium is sexy. As soon a way that isn’t considered norm- as Halloween is just barely visi- ie (well, at least for a while). One ble on the horizon, Spooktober explanation as to why this oc- comes around, bringing with it curs is the belief that there’s just everything from remakes of The something so beautifully poetic Pumpkin Dance to deep-fried about getting into the ironic spir- Spooky Scary Skeletons remix- it of a holiday. Creators of memes es. But while Spooktober is one never fail to take any positive of Reddit’s favorite yearly festivi- event and spin it into some sort ties, it’s only one of many. of self- deprecating whirlwind of confusion. Since we live in a For many, the seasonal meme world where memes that rely on trends are a fantastic way to har- absurdism are so popular, it’s no vest karma and likes -- one can wonder why memes based on easily benefit off of the tempo- feigned anticipation for a holiday rary hype (or scorn) a holiday might garner interest. or memorable date creates, and one can consistently rely on it A simpler explanation for this being profitable when it comes trend is the brief public excite- around again next year. For oth- ment (or lack thereof) toward the ers, it’s annoying. You may won- holiday makes it easier to get der why Reddit in October is upvotes and likes for content suddenly spammed by so many geared towards those who are trumpet- wielding skeletons ask- familiar with the occasion. For ing for “updoots,” or why your example, celebrating Spooktober Valentine’s Day is plagued by on Reddit and many other sites low-quality stock photos with has become a tradition for those captions about craving the sweet who celebrate Halloween, and release only death can bring. it’s gotten to the point where it’s When these meme trends are easy to predict a rise in interest viewed with such conflicting in spooky memes among users of 6 THE NATION’S LEADING INTERNET TRENDS JOURNAL subreddits such as r/dankmemes three different Kermit meme during the month of October. formats that fit the situation, so get photoshop ready. Dumped There is one final explanation as again? The joy your ex brought well, which is somehow the most you doesn’t matter because you plausible of the three: memeing can just watch the entirety of Bee itself is a religion, and events Movie in under eight minutes if such as the annual destruction of it speeds up every time someone the spirit of Valentine’s Day are says the word “bee.” our religious holidays. Memes are our source of solace Considering the Cult of Kek al- in this cruel world, and therefore ready exists, the idea of memes have become a religion. It only being a religion isn’t exactly a makes sense that we’d celebrate new one. After all, when you be- our holidays through customary gin to look at, laugh at, create, memes, and the tradition makes and share memes, you’re giving them so sacred that they can’t up a portion of your own life lose their dank quality as effec- force to fuel the machine of tively as others. And so, instead meme propagation. You’re devot- of being annoyed by the tempo- ing your life to the beautiful spir- rary onslaught of memes sur- itual endeavor of sitting alone in rounding Valentine’s Day and your dark basement and staring other seasonal events -- and em- at a computer screen for hours brace the infallible divine will of on end. Before long, you can’t tell the holy internet trends. where your humanity ends and the obscure references to on- line culture begin -- you become permanently bonded with the memes. You exist in an enlightened state, and you understand that me- mes are, by nature, therapeutic and central to your life. When you’re looking at memes, noth- ing else matters. English mid- term tomorrow? Improve your literacy by unwillingly reading an old doge meme in comic sans. You hear someone breaking into your house in the middle of the night? Great, there are literally THE NATION’S LEADING INTERNET TRENDS JOURNAL 9 /u/ timeinternetgod Although it has often been observed that meme a perpetual outsider. To create and share good culture would rather cross boundaries than content is to have an enlightened perspective that observe them, there is one area that few creators most others do not (an occasional meme topic will ever embrace: the normie. For many a itself in recent times, as well as a philosophy). wannabe connoisseur, normification is more than just a dirty word — it is an issue that has plagued There are two main methods through which a the world of memes since its inception. In its meme is normified. The first of these is through contemporary form, though, it can be argued that adaptation. Original iterations of supposedly it was the establishing of a standardized memetic edgy memes can be recontextualized by decidedly subculture that brought it into focus. normie environments and/or edited in a way that changes their message in a radical way.