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

Don’t Be Scared Of The Memeplex

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Once again returning to the biology roots, a memeplex is a scientific term to describe a meme complex. It means that memes will spread better when they team up. In nature, it’s similar to animals having a better chance of survival if they work together.

This sounds complex, but we use the memeplex every day. We still combine memes when we think they have a similar theme or can compliment each other with their humor. Who knew when someone slaps SpongeBob onto the Squinting Woman meme, they are undergoing a complex meme phenomenon?