I am not out of touch, ok!?
So today is an important occasion – it is day that we add the first entry to May on the official 2017 Meme Calendar.
FYI, if you haven’t been keeping up, here’s what the 2017 Meme Calendar looks like so far:
Updated the meme calendar 👍🏾 pic.twitter.com/xZ1beYoV0e
— G R A N T (@GrantWilmore) May 9, 2017
So, our latest meme is this distorted image of Spongebob Squarepants. If you are cool and follow Weird Twitter and the right social media, you have most probably seen it start to flood your timeline in the last few days (If you are old and lame and only use Facebook, expect to encounter it in a few weeks).
me: has anyone updated the meme calendar?
Twitter: hASS aNYwun UPdAteD THe MeEM calEndUr? pic.twitter.com/NMrocsaQY7
— ta’riq (@tariqfisher_) May 9, 2017
And like, things from Spongebob becoming a meme isn’t new. There was the Freaking Out Mr Krabs meme.
https://twitter.com/isthatahmed/status/693978214948061184
When you ain't doing the speed limit and the song you listening to got police sirens in it. pic.twitter.com/NYMJmkVLyd
— little miss anxious attachment (@tdouble_u) March 11, 2016
But that’s easy to understand. It’s just simple observational humour mixed with the Millennial nostalgic warmth that comes from Spongebob. But the internet sure does love Spongebob.
Current level of getting the meme: 40%
So let’s break it down. This is just a weird picture of Spongebob, with nonsensical captions taking this form:
Question (in normal text)
Me: (reply, iN mIXtURe Of LoWEr aND UpPer cASE, often with spelling errors)
https://twitter.com/____PantheR/status/862048064558837761
WHAT
https://twitter.com/DaniLevyyy/status/860870928586211328
WHUT
https://twitter.com/adryzzle/status/861210807417393152
WHAT, THERE’S NO JOKE THERE. I DON’T GET IT.
https://twitter.com/gyusvts/status/861515847902384129
Current level of getting the meme: 35%
Ok, let’s go to Know Your Meme, the ultimate resource for people who are out of touch but want to still seem with it. From there, I learnt that it was from this Spongebob clip:
Which doesn’t explain much, tbh.
Current level of getting the meme: 45%
STOP USING IT. I DON’T GET IT.
https://twitter.com/poedamercn/status/861542284545978368
WHAT IS GOING ON.
"Mum where should I put this?"
Mum: Put it on my head! pic.twitter.com/G31iFytFNm
— 𝕸𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉 (@NEESHAYOFFICIAL) May 10, 2017
I continue to investigate.
https://twitter.com/GheezusChrist/status/861841125354729472
https://twitter.com/GheezusChrist/status/862073267510759424
WAIT. I think I’m starting to get it.
Current level of getting the meme: 65%
https://twitter.com/dete1dea/status/861350446560051200
https://twitter.com/sekushijojo/status/861666254427500544
I GET IT (sort of). You can’t define the best memes. Dat Boi didn’t mean anything. Caveman Spongebob didn’t mean anything. It exists, purely because it exist, and to explain it would ruin the beauty out if it. I’ll never truly understand it, but maybe that’s the point.
Current level of getting the meme: 75% (and that will do)
Wait, by explaining it, have I just ruined it? Have I just destroyed it!? What, ahhhhhhh…..
