How to Find Memes Like a Pro!

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As a future Digital Marketer, I find myself fascinated with meme culture. I started my meme adventure as a young boy in high school when Vine came out. If you aren't familiar with Vine, it was a social media app that came out around 2014 and would allow users to play looping six-second videos. It was unimaginable that so many different types of content could be created with the limitation of just six seconds, but to everyone's amazement, it happened. I even tried to make some myself.

Here are my examples below (I may regret this, but it's on the internet already so why hide it?):

As you can see, I was quite the memer as a high schooler. Sadly, Vine is dead now. They had their last running day in the beginning of 2017, and the memers all still mourn the loss of Vine to this day.

As Vine died, so did my source of memes. I was desperate to find the newest and greatest memes, and I'm still learning new sources to this day. As a beginning memer, it may be hard to find your sources. It's a great skill that takes a lot of time. So here is the comprehensive list of my best sources for memes on both Reddit, and (my favorite) Twitter.

1. Reddit
To start off here, I'm not going to lie and say that Reddit is a beautifully designed site. It's actually a very vintage looking site, but holy cow, it is not what's on the outside that counts. If you dig a little deeper, you will find memes, some very good, and some very bad. The site can be hard to navigate at first, so as a starting point, I will list off just a couple of my main Reddit sources.

     A) YoutubeHaiku: What exactly is a "Youtube Haiku"?  Basically, it is just a Youtube video that is under 14 seconds. Once Vine died, I found myself attracted to this subreddit in particular because of the similarities. Here is one of the videos that made me die of laughter from this subreddit.


     B) DankMemes: Dank memes are probably one of the most popular versions of memes in my experience. Basically, a dank meme is just a meme that requires some base level of dry humor. I will admit, some of the memes on this particular subreddit are edgy. So if you are triggered by any jokes about controversial topics, this may not be for you. Here is an example:

https://www.reddit.com/user/AydanOfHouseCock


    C) Memes: Finally, there is a lighter and more understandable source of memes. These, in my "expert" opinion are probably the most vanilla you can get when it comes to memes. They are also a good gateway into the dryer "dank memes" I mentioned above.

https://www.reddit.com/user/deftonesdid911
2. Twitter
As complicated as Reddit can be, I also wanted to provide an option for those looking for the more convenient meme experience. I don't really need to go into a deep explanation of all of these people I mention here, but I will definitely provide an example of the Tweets that inspired my sense of humor that I carry with me every day.

     A) @Markydoodoo


     B) @KimmyMonte
     C) @MikeBigby


     D) @MarfSalvador


      E) @Mrjohndarby
Conclusion:
Just like most of the memers in the world, I had to begin somewhere. These are the profiles that continually inspire me and my sense of humor every day. I can't, however, forget about my roots for my passion of meming. I would like to leave my audience with one more token, which is a Vine by Drew Gooden (@Drewisgooden) that I continually look up on a regular basis, because it is one of my favorite Vines in the world.



 Until next time!
-Griffin Brown


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