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Meme Culture
What the Dog Doin’? How a Six-Second Vine Became a Universal Reaction
Learn how TonyBakercomedy’s 2014 Vine about people, mints, and a dog’s paw became the reusable “What the Dog Doin’?” reaction meme.
11 min read
All Journal stories
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网络梗文化
Meme Culture
The origins, meanings, creators, and changing context behind internet culture people keep sharing.
See how that culture becomes something tangible in the MemeMeet story, then follow current ideas and participation in the MemeMeet Community.
Four recurring lenses
One culture,
four ways in.
01Product Stories好物故事The character, design decision, and everyday use behind an object you can hold.02Made Together一起创造How proposals, creators, community signals, and honest constraints shape what comes next.03Meme Culture网络梗文化The origins, meanings, creators, and changing context behind internet culture people keep sharing.04Inside MemeMeetMemeMeet 手记The ideas, decisions, progress, and lessons behind MemeMeet itself.
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Meme Culture
Two Guys on a Bus: How a Brazilian Cartoon Became the Internet’s Perspective Meme
Learn how Genildo Ronchi’s 2013 Brazilian cartoon became the Two Guys on a Bus meme, how the format works, and why creator credit matters.
11 min read
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Meme Culture
Moo Deng: How a Baby Pygmy Hippo Became the Internet’s Tiny Agent of Chaos
Meet Moo Deng, the Thai pygmy hippo whose hose battles, wide-open mouth and chaotic energy inspired reaction memes, fan art and global fandom.
12 min read
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Meme Culture
Rickrolling: the link is the setup
Rickrolling explained: the 2007 bait-and-switch, Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” duckrolling, and why the prank still works.
2 min read
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Meme Culture
Nyan Cat: eight seconds built for replay
Nyan Cat explained: Chris Torres’s Pop-Tart cat, the 2011 YouTube loop, the music, and why a tiny pixel animation became durable internet culture.
2 min read
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Meme Culture
Trollface: one grin, one bad-faith move
Trollface explained: Carlos Ramirez’s 2008 comic, internet trolling, rage comics, and the copyright behind the familiar grin.
2 min read
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Meme Culture
Wojak: a blank face for a specific feeling
Wojak explained: its uncertain imageboard origin, the Feels Guy, endless archetypes, and why a simple face became a shared emotional vocabulary.
2 min read
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Meme Culture
Pepe the Frog: one face, many contexts
Pepe the Frog explained: Matt Furie, Boy’s Club, “feels good man,” remix culture, disputed uses, and the copyright boundary.
3 min read
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Meme Culture
Doge: the Shiba Inu that learned to talk
Doge explained: Kabosu, the 2010 photo, the broken-English inner monologue, and why the Shiba Inu meme still reads instantly.
3 min read
