Now That We’ve Hit Peak Meme, Let’s Take A Deep Dive Into Meme Culture

The Move From Overlay To Overtop

Photo credit: @memes / Instagram

It might not sound important, but the shift from having a meme with overlayed text to merely sharing an image and writing text above, below, or beside it changed how they were shared online. Rather than having to go create a meme, someone can simply share a viral image on Twitter and add their commentary in a tweet. From there, it’s easy to screenshot or share that tweet on a different platform.

This has put more of a focus on the viral image itself and allowed for more people to add their commentary to the image.

Keep reading to see just how dark some memes have become and why that’s not a bad thing.