what are your thoughts on the way early 2000's memes were vs the way memes from 2018-now are?

The new stuff is good too—but, sometimes it’s a little chaotic for my taste. I suppose this means I’m getting old.

the design for old meme templates was simple and was usually the same every time. Those memes were good for what they were, but today's memes are generally a bit more creative and relatable.

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Original ideas jump off the page. I just upvoted some of your stuff. ; )

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The surrealer (more surreal?) the meme, the better

ok imgflip.com/gif/3nma8j

I've memorized every rick roll link

ok here is the real one https://rb.gy/qjauzs

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nope

Its actually an among us dance, a friend showed me

Your question implies a known insignificance to the year 2018 for memers.

~signifigance

memes changed/became more popular somewhere around 2017-2018, and the style became different

I was not aware of that. Thxs!

sure

new school meme here -- deep-fried, alternative font (though this one is actually impact font nut with no font shadow), uses an iconic recent photo of an esteemed lawyer

will post an old-school now

old-school, first meme I ever made back in 2012 for my East Asian history class imgflip.com/i/3uuoiu -- note the watermark in the bottom-right

but this was a one-off, I didn't start memeing heavily until I discovered Imgflip in late-2019

Boromir is *still* one of the most popular meme templates and that's pretty cool. A definite classic

today's memes are usually more of a text above above a meme, but it's not rare for the text to be placed in other areas

What is impact font?

it's the default font for imgflip meme text, (like how there's arial, comic sans ms, times New roman, etc)

Oh, how do you do arial font?

when you go to the meme generator, click the gear icon to the right and there's a button that says font. click the "impact" font area and it gives you a list of options

Oh ok

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I honestly think they've gotten a little edgier and more advanced. Just like how people have from the early 2000's to now

I can't really say, since I wasn't around in the early 2000s

LOL

I am told Imgflip used to have just one stream, the equivalent of the modern-day "fun" stream, where users could submit 2 memes per day. There are still meme websites that sort of operate like that. Personally, I would find that unbearable since my user experience would be entirely dictated by what other people find popular, and also totally stifling to my own creativity.

Let's hear it for Imgflip!

so true

Idk why I never liked it

Everyone has a tendency to regard the cultural products of their time (music, TV, movies, and now, memes) as superior.

It's bias stemming mainly from these two facts: 1. People are more emotional in their teenage/early-adulthood years, and therefore more likely to resonate with art of their youth; 2. Over time, the classics of the past get remembered, while all the stupid crap that was produced back then gets forgotten. We're left with a selective hindsight that includes only the superior cultural products.

When it comes to memes, it's the exact same process. We remember the "hits" and forget the crap that was obviously bad or just never took off.

As for me, I think meme culture has developed and matured from where it used to be. Old memes tended to be focused on "the lolz" and didn't need a whole lot of complexity or technical innovation to do it. But now we also have whole meme subgenres related to politics, history, art, etc. etc.

Which memes being produced today will stand the test of time and still be seen as classics 5-10 years down the road, or more?

The truth is, we won't know until we reach that point.

Buckle up!

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