![]() SpongeBob memes are some of the most popular memes of the 21st century. Finally catching up to him, his “evil” face appears, but it’s way less messed up than the eventual memes and captions would be. The image is a screen grab from a season one episode of Spongebob, with Patrick chasing down Spongebob to be his friend again. ![]() The meme is often used to make fun of Spongebob or to show how stupid he can be. It shows Spongebob characterized as a primitive caveman, usually with a club or other weapon in hand. The caveman or primitive Spongebob meme, also called SpongeGar, is a Spongebob meme that has been around for a while. Thank you for always bringing smiles to our faces, we hope you can find some joy again soon. We hope you find the peace and relaxation you’re looking for in nature. It sounds like you’ve been through a lot lately and could really use a break. We’re sorry to hear that you’re feeling tired and burnt out. Tiger Maremela: A meme is any viral cultural idea or symbol that people share between each other.īlack Twitter aka black people who use Twitter have made it popular 2 me … but what exactly is a meme? Youlendree Appasamy: So, bbz - memes are these things we seem to use a lot online.The Spongebob Phew Meme is a meme that features the character Spongebob Squarepants making a shocked or surprised face, followed by the text “Phew!” Where did tired SpongeBob come from? In, like, the context of the internet, it’s any image, GIF, video or phrase that people use. I think, though, we’ve come to understand a meme as any image that either goes viral or even any image that is attached to a funny caption on social media. So think of the phrase “That escalated very quickly’’, or even the white blinking man GIF. Lmao, even your selfie could be used as a meme if it went viral. There’s always an undercurrent of humour doe. But what u n I find funny (memes about doggos in precarious situations or about laughing at your trauma as a way of coping and scary spongebob) is not what everyone finds funny. ![]() TM: Like, memes can be violent AF and this humour element that’s so NB to memes almost seems like a cloak for darker stuff? Like, more often I see memes poking “fun” at women’s clothes and plain malicious shit about differently abled/disabled folks. YA: Even times when we’re laughing at The Pots (which has been reworked into ‘Where is your bae?’) … what are we laughing at? I’m 100% sure some people laugh at the so-called improper English use there. TM: Yeah, like, I think a lot of mainstream humour revolves around punching down at people and, like, specifically making fun of people? So it makes sense how this would translate on to the internet - one of the most unsafe spaces if you’re an “other”. So, like The Pots meme: Are we laughing at the fact the person couldn’t make the pots and didn’t communicate this fact (their dodgy work ethic) or are we laughing at their accent or use of English? I think The Pots went viral because of a very sinister, classist motive. Laughing at other people is so much easier to do when all you need to do is click “Publish”. YA: Yeah, n people used the image outta its original meaning to voice alotta other things. TM: Lmao, I feel triggered, because I have no bae. In a sense doe, I like how people, like, rework and remix memes to be more aligned with, like, their own thoughts n opinions. TM: Honestly, I just want to go around shouting that The Pots meme is anti-black. But what you’re saying about reworking and remixing is actually a really cool part about memes. The way you can add your opinion or your politic to a viral cultural symbol is a cool way of subverting things. Look at how poor Pepe the Frog was co-opted. Seriously, meme culture is ever evolving and is the primary way us youths in South Africa communicate things online.
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