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I Am Tired Of Memes!

The constant use of memes really needs to stop, and here is the reason why.

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As I scroll through Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr and Pinterest and all of the social media sites that I am - for some reason - attached to, I have seen an inundation of memes. I see funny memes, relevant memes, memes that try to be relatable to teenagers and memes that try (and often fail) to tell jokes. I see memes about religion, memes about politics, memes about animals, and even memes about memes. And to be perfectly honest, I am getting sick and tired of seeing all of these memes.

I see them everywhere. And not only this, but I see the same memes over and over and over again. The culture developing through these memes is one that lacks originality. Now, I know that there really isn't any original thought out there, because there is nothing new under the sun, according to the book of Ecclesiastes. But that doesn't mean that we have to broadcast our lack of originality to the whole world! I have shared memes just like the rest of humanity. I have fallen prey to this mindless unoriginal action.

This overuse of memes has to stop. I am sorry, but that's just the truth of the matter. The occasional meme is alright, but using the same memes over and over again just shows that we all lack maturity and originality. It doesn't look good anywhere, and being some "master creator of memes" really doesn't look good on a resume. I will admit that I enjoy the occasional meme, the occasional joke, the occasional sentimental meme. I laugh. But more often than not, I simply groan at the political meme that I just saw.

Now perhaps that is simply because I am tired of hearing about what is going on in society. Perhaps I am getting bored with the so-called news that people put on the Internet. Perhaps I am tired of seeing just how far downhill society has rolled itself. Or perhaps I am right in just how annoying this growth in memes is. It does nothing really good for society. It doesn't enhance culture. If anything, it has decreased our ability to think and be the best humans that we can be. Memes appear to be not only decreasing originality, but also decreasing our intelligence. But maybe that is just us putting too much trust in Wikipedia.

To finish off, I will quote one of the most famous of all of the memes. People keep using memes for every single part of life that there is to meme about...but that's none of my business.

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