Importance of Memes

Society now in days is high strung and very easily stressed, a meme is a good way in which people are able to take a break and have a good laugh. Often they are about subjects that wouldn’t be joked about such as sexuality race or social class yet in the form of a meme people are able to relax. However as the article states sometimes memes can be taken too far. In the Case of Dodson the idea of laughing over something related to rape is wrong. Yet who is to draw there of what is appropriate vs. inappropriate in society today. Currently the Harlem shake is a very popular video from all the videos I have seen they are in appropriate. Many videos include young people humping random objects which seems inappropriate to me. Yet memes can provide a entrance to talk about subjects that would not have been originally brought up. In the case of the Harlem shake parents may be able to connect it to talking about relationship with their kids.

Recently on Facebook and through email memes have been popping up everywhere. I personally quiet enjoy them it is a nice break from whatever it is that I am doing. Memes are a way to captures the reader’s attention in a short amount of time. They don’t require long paragraphs or explanations but simply requires a colorful image with a witty statement. In the end I think that memes serve a purpose and can bring people together over a common interest. In the meme that I have posted it is addressing the common stereotypes about the life of college life. This is funny in my opinion because it has some truth which usually memes do. You would need to have a back ground knowledge of the subject to understand why it is funny.