This came to me suddenly, unexpectedly. I would go so far as to call it a vision. Perhaps it's a prophecy of forthcoming events, perhaps just wishful thinking, but it is a striking image nonetheless. Let me explain.
I theorize, somewhere down the line, there will be a Meme To End All Memes. The Alpha and Omega Meme. The meme that consumes all of our beings and leaves the internet or perhaps earth it self a blackened, smoldering husk. But what form will it take? A good meme must be outrageously random, at least moderately amusing, and usually involves some internet dialect. Some big memes have included music, videos, Rick Astley. Most of the really big ones involve some basis in the real world, a photograph, a clip, something. So what form will the ultimate meme take?
I predict, at some event that is known to the internet, perhaps even the recently created ROFLcon, that an event will occur. A tremendous event. An event that will blind all but a few with it's sheer level of memeishness. Rick Astley will ride through a crowded space on a unicycle, wearing a gaudy sweater, with a cat attached to his head by its claws, and he will scream 'IT HURTS LIKE BURNING WINCEST.' As soon as this event occurs, millions around the world will twitch and fly at their computers, sensing some great disturbance in the force. The end will be at hand, the countdown on the doomsday clock relegated to a youtube upload progress bar. All will be lost.
Now to make sure Astley's at the next ROFLcon, buy him a "fan-made" sweater, teach him to ride unicycles and find an ornery cat.
EDIT: Oh, and the cat will be cosplaying a mudkip.
I theorize, somewhere down the line, there will be a Meme To End All Memes. The Alpha and Omega Meme. The meme that consumes all of our beings and leaves the internet or perhaps earth it self a blackened, smoldering husk. But what form will it take? A good meme must be outrageously random, at least moderately amusing, and usually involves some internet dialect. Some big memes have included music, videos, Rick Astley. Most of the really big ones involve some basis in the real world, a photograph, a clip, something. So what form will the ultimate meme take?
I predict, at some event that is known to the internet, perhaps even the recently created ROFLcon, that an event will occur. A tremendous event. An event that will blind all but a few with it's sheer level of memeishness. Rick Astley will ride through a crowded space on a unicycle, wearing a gaudy sweater, with a cat attached to his head by its claws, and he will scream 'IT HURTS LIKE BURNING WINCEST.' As soon as this event occurs, millions around the world will twitch and fly at their computers, sensing some great disturbance in the force. The end will be at hand, the countdown on the doomsday clock relegated to a youtube upload progress bar. All will be lost.
Now to make sure Astley's at the next ROFLcon, buy him a "fan-made" sweater, teach him to ride unicycles and find an ornery cat.
EDIT: Oh, and the cat will be cosplaying a mudkip.
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