Meme’s
have become popular in our generation today. What is a meme? Google defines
meme as “an element of a culture or system of
behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by
nongenetic means, especially imitation”. One particular meme that I find
entertaining is the meme where Woody and Buzz, from Toy Story, are standing
next to each other and Buzz has his hand stretched out like he is showing, or explaining,
something to Woody. Some people call this meme “Everywhere”. This meme illustrates
sarcasm. It usually has a sarcastic meaning to it. Some examples that are
placed with this meme are, “Memes, Memes Everywhere,” or, my personal favorite,
“Drama, Drama Everywhere”. There are others as well, but these two, to me, are
the best. The meme mostly stands for complaints. It is shows sarcasm when
someone is annoyed at something. For example, “Drama, Drama Everywhere” is a
meme that portrays drama. There are few people in the world that enjoy drama.
Because of this, we as humans, like to make fun of events. The “Everywhere”
meme is a great example.
The “Everywhere” meme started in 2007 with a man named
Kirtaner. Kirtaner is an ordinary man who wanted to find an image, any image,
which would make the phrase “Dicks Everywhere” look funny. When I first found
the Woody and Buzz meme I was not aware of its background. I did a bit of
research and found it amusing. Some people did not like the phrase, “Dicks
Everywhere”, so they replaced it with “X Everywhere”. The X would be a
replacement or a holding spot for a different word. Eventually, when the meme
became slightly more popular, some people would double the X. The meme’s would
then say “X, X everywhere”. This is where the Woody and Buzz meme started. There
are other meme’s that show two people looking out with one of the persons hands
stretched out to show the other person what they are looking at. The Woody and
Buzz meme just so happened to become more popular.
I believe this meme does resonate with different audiences.
Children would not understand the meme as much as an adult would. Most children
would look at the meme and would be excited to see Woody and Buzz. They would
not understand the meaning behind the meme. Adults on the other hand would look
at the meme and could think of a hundred different phrases to go with it. I
believe this meme is most effective with the high school and adult audience. These
are the groups that would understand what words to fit in with the meme and
have it make sense.
Overall the “Everywhere” meme is something funny but could
have meaning behind it as well. A person could make a joke with the meme or
they could send a message through the meme. The world has taken something so
simple and funny, like a meme, and made it a huge internet sensation.
