9 More Horrible Video Game Memes That Need to Die

"Meme" just means "idea that spreads" but on the internet, it means beating a dead horse’s stones to get blood out of them. There is generally a huge disparity between the humor value of an internet meme and how much people like it. Just come up with something new to say once in awhile to avoid this stagnation; or failing that, you can at least write a stupid list of easily-digestible platitudes. I sure know which one pays the bills!

9. Weegee

Monkey cheese humor at its worst. Don’t have anything funny to add to a conversation? Photoshop (or even better, MSPaint) this ugly picture of Luigi into a picture as a substitute for a joke and watch the accolades roll in. It’s an old meme, but even to this day I still see people post Weegee, thinking that the mere presence of a video game character without context is a surefire recipe for hilarity. You could use Luigi to try to make some sort of jest and succeed at comedy , but why go to the trouble of writing something when you can copy-paste instead?

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