Global Trends

Memes have been popular since the 2000's and have become a rotating global trend. A new meme catches heat and becomes the preferred format for a few weeks. While doing a proper search it isn't hard to find "meme calendars for years past. These show the respective memes that were highly popular in that month. There are also types of memes that are job, location, and fandom specific. The wide array of topics make memeing a form of comedy almost anyone who can come up with a caption can participate in.

As you can see the memes from 2019 were globally based and had a wide variety of subjects from an egg to the unveiling of the Cybertruck. Recent meme trends for 2020 have been World War Three, Coronavirus, and Tom Brady's departure from the Pats. While some of the memes produced are intentionally edgy and offensive, many of them can be enjoyed by just about everyone. I myself have spent much more time in my dorm lately and have experienced the rush of new meme content first hand, I even tried my hand at creating a few which for the sake of my dignity have been excluded from this blog.


 Since the recent shutdown NBA fans in particular have tried to make light of the terrible quarantine situation. They have a ton of time on their hands so what do they do? They make hilarious memes for all of us to enjoy. They come from fans all over the globe and usually center around the Utah Jazz's starting big man and initial NBA Coronavirus recipient Rudy Gobert. This situation might not be something to joke about except for the fact that Gobert made fun of safety protocols and by touching all the press microphones and not respecting other players personal space. Some of these memes actually prompted an audible chuckle from my friends and I.



 With social distancing going on people are pushing memes further and further in terms of creativity an humor. Above is DJ Snake getting in on the action with a remix of Cardi B screeching about the Coronavirus. Video is the perfect meme format to make people feel a little less alone during times of isolation. With many people having to work from home, global meme pages that use their content as a source of income are working overtime to provide some bright spots in our day and cash for their pockets.

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