Memes

In the last couple of years there has been a growing trend to take a picture of someone on the internet and Photoshop it so that the words on the picture seem to be an idea of the person portrayed.  The trend grew to include several viral videos that people now call memes.  To the best of my knowledge the whole phenomenon began with planking which is when you lay on your face like a board in so situation and have your friends take a picture so you can put it up on Facebook.  It grew to be a pandemic to the point that the national news outlets would talk about planking.  It turned to rick rolling like the video above shows someone being rick rolled.  Memes then became several different things and lately we have seen the rise of Tebowing, Bradying, Flaccoing and Te'oing, not to mention the Harlem Shake, several prank videos and all other forms of memes.  The memes do show some connection to the person that made them though.  The creator made something that they thought to be funny and sent it out to be shared with the world.  And really isn't that what the internet is for at this point.