Hello there scrollers and lurkers, I am back again.
When I first read the question ‘Áre memes art?’ my immediate thought was duh! Of course, they are! Memes is a creative way to express emotion or send a message. But then again there are probably some art purists out there that will argue with me that memes isn’t actually art cause it isn’t done by a paintbrush or something. To me generally memes is just another artform that is very easy to create and use and share with others. It doesn’t require much to create a meme (unless you have like.. no internet somehow, I guess) and it can be done by anyone.
I personally don’t use memes much, but I like to look at them. I usually just use gifs to joke around or express how I am feeling. Most memes I use are small joke ones that I share with my friends or little posts I find online that are anime or gaming related. However, I do see some people do chain memes in forums or discord to have a conversation instead of actual words. They probably have a gallery full of memes just for that.
Memes can be used to tell a story. Depending on the format one image can be used to illustrate a scenario or what the person making the meme is trying to say.
Lastly, here’s a fun fact for you reader. Avocado is a fruit. Yep. Those gross green things is a fruit. People can put guac on nachos but have the audacity to cry about pineapples on pizza? The hypocrisy!