Musical Stereotypes Memes of the Decade

A TRIP DOWN “MEME”RY LANE

Internet memes and trends through the past decade

Infographic by Jaidyn Holt and Sarah Lin

DOUBLE RAINBOW NYAN CAT

DOB: April 2, 2011 BY: Chris Torres ON: LOL-COMICS

Man’s reaction to a double rainbow in Yosemitebear Mountain DOB: Jan 8, 2010 BY: Paul Vasquez

SAD KEANU

DOB: May 2010 : May 2010 BY: Paparazzi : Paparazzi Ron Asadorian Ron Asadorian

DUMB WAYS TO DIE

ORIGIN: Nov 14, 2012, Metro Trains Melbourne’s rail safety PSA posted; reached iTunes top 10 chart within days; first game app reached #1 in 22 countries. in 22 countries. POP CULTURE: Most awarded game in history of POP CULTURE: Most awarded game in history of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: 28 Lions, including 5 Grand Prix Creativity: 28 Lions, including 5 Grand Prix

FRIDAY

DOB: Mar 14, 2011 BY: Rebecca Black

GANGNAM STYLE

DOB: July 15, 2012 BY: PSY

THE CINNAMON CHALLENGE

ORIGIN: Dec 21, 2002, first on web by Michael Buffington & Erik Goodlad; April 2, 2006, oldest YouTube video POP CULTURE: 12th series of Big Brother UK; NBA players Nick Young & JaVale McGee; GloZell Green’s soup ladle got 50 million+ views; 2012, Discovery Channel’s MythBusters cast; 2015 Fox's Family Guy DANGER: Risk of choking, burning, vomiting, pneumonia, liver & kidney poisoning, and lung collapse/damage; 100+ calls to American poison control centers Jan-Mar 2012

THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

ORIGIN: Pro golfer Chris Kennedy challenged Jeanette Senerchia who posted on Facebook; spread to Pat Quin & Pete Frates; July 2014, first media attention when pro golfer Greg Norman challenged NBC Today’s Matt Lauer. POP CULTURE: Aug 7, Copley Square Boston, hundreds publicly challenge New York and Los Angeles; Aug 18, Tonight Show’s Jimmy Falon; Aug 25, Leonardo DiCaprio; Aug 29, donations to ALS Association reach �100 million. DANGER: Cases of injury; at least one indirectly related death.

PLANKING

ORIGIN: 1997, Taunton, England, kids Gary Clarkson & Christian Langdon’s "lying down game," 2007, Daniel Hoppin’s Facebook page for it; 2008, Adelaide, Australia, Sam it; 2008, Adelaide, Australia, Sam Weckert, Darcy McCann, & Kym Weckert, Darcy McCann, & Kym Berry termed “Planking” Berry termed “Planking” POP CULTURE POP CULTURE: Sept 2009, Great Western Hospital employees suspended for Hospital employees suspended for planking on duty; May 2011, Australian Acton Beale fell and died planking on balcony CONTROVERSY: Some argue it is related to The Middle Passage

DOGE

DOB: Feb 13, 2010 (photo of : Feb 13, 2010 (photo of Atsuko Sato’s dog Kabosu posted), Sept 2012 (reposted) BY: Shiba Confession : Shiba Confession

FLAPPY BIRD

DOB: May 24, 2013 BY: Dong Nguyen

SOURCES: knowyourmeme.com, NPR, USA Today, BBC News, Bustle, The Washington Post, Wikipedia, culture.fandom.com, Daily Dot, dumbwaystodie.com, Forbes, ALS Association, Los Angeles Times, The Verge

AMONG US

DOB: Oct 28, 2018 BY: Innersloth

COFFIN DANCE

DOB: Mar 2020 BY: Tony Igy

BERNIE

“I am once again asking” DOB: Jan 15, 2020 BY: 3RunRickyRun4

VSCO GIRLS T-POSE

DOB: Jan 17, 2006

DOB: Began with the VSCO photo editing app; now a teen culture: care-free preppy/beachy vibe and specific clothing and accessories (scrunchies, Hydroflasks, Kanken bags, etc); Jan 30, 2019, first how-to YouTube video by Greer Jones POP CULTURE: 5 months after Jones’ video, #vscogirl was used in 916,200+ Instagram posts CONTROVERSY: Emphasizes (typically expensive) branded products and conformist behavior

WHAT ARE THOSE

Man asks police officer about his work boots DOB: May 24, 2013 BY: Brandon MooreBY: Brandon Moore

BIG CHUNGUS

DOB: Nov 19, 2016 : Nov 19, 2016 BY: gayreinhardt : gayreinhardt

BONGO CAT

DOB: May 7, 2018 BY: StrayRogue

BACKPACK KID/FLOSSING

DOB: May 20, 2017 : May 20, 2017 BY: Russell Horning : Russell Horning ON: SNL : SNL

TIDE POD CHALLENGE

ORIGIN: 2012, Tide Pods launched; 2015, first public mention of eating them in The Onion; mid 2017, first video joke by CollegeHumor; Jan 7, 2018, first video of challenge by YouTuber TheAaronSwan669. POP CULTURE: Jan 2018, TV host Jimmy Kimmel used meme to poke fun at President Donald Trump. DANGER: 2017, American Association of Poison Control Centers reports 12,000+ calls to U.S. poison control centers due to eating detergent

DAB

DOB: Oct 18, 2015 BY: NFL player Cam Newton

MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE BOTTLE FLIPPING

DOB: May 24, 2016 BY: Mike Senatore, Twitter user @ScottieFinanger