Popular memes in indie web of today(?)

[Maddy!]

I think you could see the memes we have today like a kind of trade-off. Like a lot of people here, I don't spend much time on social media, so I my view on memes is a bit limited but I'll try my best to elaborate.

On the one hand, I believe memes are really nice to have around. When done well, they can convey a feeling of pure silliness   that I can hardly find anywhere else! They're a great and funny way to show that you're not being serious. Besides all that, I really love how creative memes can be and how easily people can create variations of them. To give some examples, I think the "triangle factory" and the "I thought I hired goons" memes are perfect in this regard.

Now on the other hand, I can see that memes can easily become problematic or malicious, especially with how quickly they spread. There's also the fact that memes are inherently a bit shallow and don't allow for much discussion. Besides, they can just die off pretty quickly.

Nevertheless, I still absolutely love to include/reference memes in my comic. It always makes me chuckle when I look back at it! It seems like an inside joke that you only really "get" once you've been on the internet long enough. Whatever the case, memes are just a huge part of the internet.