![]() Tipping your cap to these Vines will show you to be a worthy and gripping conversationalist, and put you on a more intimate plane with other docents for this finely aging brand of dumb humor. These may not have sparked any revolutionary memes, copycat videos or slang terms that received Merriam Webster-level recognition, but they are iconic in their own right and are necessary to show that you’re well-versed in the app and its less obvious offerings. So, whether you were on the frontline of Vine at its peak, or you’re just now joining the party like myself, here are some underrated Vines that are worth referencing. Even if no one around you is actively making references of this nature, someone in your circle is bound to pick up on a joke if you make it. Making a solid and obscure reference tells your peers just how into stupid, experimental internet humor you are. Doing so suggests hipness to, and a nuanced appreciation for, what was once so ubiquitous and is now somewhat underground.Įssentially, making Vine references can be cooler now than it was in 2014 which allusions you do or don’t get indicates, in a sense, how enriched you are in internet lore and where exactly your cultural intelligence lies. If you can hang, you’ve probably caught a cool friend of yours slip a reference into casual conversation every now and then as well. ![]() In the past few months, however, I’ve noticed an opposite trend, in which a growing number of people making subtler nods to Vine’s legacy. But just as nobody’s eyebrows are on fleek any longer, every Vine reference seems to have quietly exited from people’s vocabulary and the cultural landscape in general. Some key terms did happen to catch on lexically (the fleeks and the yeets) and gained traction completely separate from the app. It’s a term that has been used to describe black people who are being shamed by white people for wearing a shirt in the wrong color, or for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time.Sadly, the app and its accompanying references ultimately faded from relevance, and so did its pervasiveness in youth culture. I am not saying that black people should stop using the term “lose the shirt” to refer to being humiliated by a white man. ![]() Because this change has happened, I don’t think anyone has even gone to the trouble of writing down the entire meme. It has also been extended to mean something else, which is why a lot of black people now use the term in its positive form. However, even though black people are used to the word, it is still used as a term of derision. The meme has changed so much that it has become more acceptable than ever. People use slim in a lot of different ways now, but the word is still used negatively. Slim is a term that is used in a more positive way now. In the past, it was used in a very derogatory way and the meme was one of the many ways people used to dehumanize black men. Slim is a word that describes a person in the broadest of terms. A meme that has been popular in the past has made many people’s minds turn to the meme’s main theme.Īs black men, we are known for our obsession with the word slim. A meme that has been popular for so long is a black dude’s attempt to turn a man into a white one.īlack dudes try to turn people into white men by using the word slim. ![]() His main goal is to turn a black person into a white one, by using the word “slim”. The meme is a black dude’s attempt to make a meme that is so white. ![]() It’s hard to understand the appeal of a meme that is so black. One of the reasons the meme has become so popular is because the original meme was created by white people, but people who are black, and therefore white, don’t get it. It’s also worth noting that the meme has since mutated into a movement and that the original meme was pretty popular among white people. It has been popular in the last year and a half, so there’s no doubt that it’s no longer just a meme, but a movement. The meme was created in 2013 in response to a similar meme about liking Kanye West. The black guy listening to music meme was created by someone who was born black and thinks he is the only one who understands black music. It’s about saying “I love this song” instead of saying “I like this song. The black guy listening to music meme is, in a nutshell, a meme about black people. ![]()
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