Memes have been around for awhile and are probably not going anywhere anytime soon. Like any successful organism, they are adaptable, changing constantly as people experiment with new ideas and formats. At the end of the day, it’s many folks' preferred way to amuse and entertain themselves.
The “Sarcasm” Facebook page is dedicated to posting hilarious, relatable and just random memes gathered from around the internet. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Memes didn’t start with LOLcats, their roots reach back to 1976, when evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” to describe how ideas spread and evolve much like genes. Dawkins imagined jokes, catchphrases, and fashions as cultural “replicators,” hitching rides on human brains and passing from person to person. Little did he know his concept would become the bedrock for our entire internet obsession with viral jokes.
Fast-forward to the early web’s wild frontier in the 1990s. Usenet groups and primitive forums saw the first digital memes: chain emails warning of mutant vegetables, ASCII art smiley faces, and “all your base” declarations scrawled in pixelated type. Those early memes were more about novelty than polish, copy-and-paste jokes that spread from one BBS to the next, carried on the shoulders of enthusiastic netizens.
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By the mid-2000s, broadband and blogs supercharged the meme machine. Enter the image macro: a single photo, often of an expressive animal, an awkward celebrity shot, or a classic artwork, crowned with big, bold text. Suddenly, anyone could caption that wide-eyed cat or distracted boyfriend photo to fit their own hilarious twist of life’s little absurdities.
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Memes became the ultimate DIY art form, remixing familiar visuals into fresh commentary on everything from Monday morning woes to global politics. Then came social media, and the meme galaxy exploded. Tumblr dashboards, Reddit threads, and Twitter feeds became meme incubators, where formats spread fast and mutated faster.
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One user’s joke about spilling coffee could become a thousand spin-offs, each flavored by its creator’s flair, rainbow font here, sardonic punchline there, and suddenly you’ve got a dozen niche memes by lunchtime. Today’s memes wear many hats: Reaction GIFs convey a “that’s me” shrug, deep-fried images turn everyday photos into surreal candy-colored shock, and TikTok sound-clips spawn viral challenges in seconds.
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They’re shorthand for emotions we can’t always put into words, astonishment, dread, triumph, and they remind us we’re not alone in our absurd little moments. Underlying it all is the same Dawkinsian drive: memes survive by being sticky, funny, and easy to share. They evolve through remix culture, with each iteration building on what came before.
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In the ever-scrolling sea of content, memes are the life rafts of shared humor, carrying us across the digital tide one punchline at a time. They are even a way to identify a person, since, let’s face it, different generations prefer different formats. If you are, say, Gen X or even older, no doubt the memes your younger relatives post or share are semi-incomprehensible.
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These days, you’d be hard pressed to find a topic, niche or even demographic that doesn’t have a meme page about it. A single university might have several meme pages dedicated to student life, the university in general and even separate clubs and organizations. People like that feeling of being “in on the joke,” which memes directly provide.
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