- The song! I can't deal with the songs.
- Every meme has a little hint of SpongeBob in it somehow.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So, how up to date are you on recent memes and trends?
- Always, always up to date. I'm always on Twitter.
- I mean, it depends, because I feel like
the most I've been seeing lately is like the ight, imma head out.
- Usually get my information from FBE.
- (FBE) Well for today's episode, we wanted to cover
some of the biggest memes and trends that we've been seeing
around the internet this month. - Okay, oh nice, cool!
- (FBE) So are you ready to jump into it?
- So that they can bring me up to date.
- (FBE) So first up, we have a meme which takes a still image
from the show SpongeBob, and relates it to when
somebody leaves the room.
- Of course, it's a SpongeBob meme.
SpongeBob literally is a meme every single month.
- My dog on my lap sleeping, me, moves a little.
- Dog, ight, imma head out. (laughs)
That's so funny.
- I-G-H-T, imma head out. What's I-G-H-T?
- (laughs) That's so true. My dog always gets mad.
- This meme can be used for anything.
- I always send this meme
whenever my boyfriend doesn't text me back.
I'm just like ight, imma head out.
- When the meme delivers like correctly, like on a joke
or something, like, it's just it's gold.
- Letter of resignation.
- He literally put the SpongeBob meme on that to quit his job.
- That's the thing about the internet.
Like, it's hilarious, but then you think about it,
like did people actually do that?
- That's different, definitely.
- And they put a little meme up there. Ight, imma head out. (laughs)
I like that.
- Like you didn't hate the job, you can just make a simple joke
and then like leave. Doesn't seem like that bad.
- When I gotta change Kulture diaper. Oh my God. (laughs)
They got the hair down and everything.
- Even Cardi B used it?
I love how she has her wig and iPhone X.
- Oh my God, Cardi, she even has the weave on SpongeBob!
- It's so good, because you see celebrities just like
have a specific image, but seeing them
play with the memes too,
it just shows like hey, you're just like us too.
- When I open social media, and all I see is ight. (laughs)
There you go, see, then it's gonna go all creative.
- That's so true, literally,
I've actually seen this all over Twitter.
- I feel that.
It's just, if you'll scroll, and you'll see at least five of these.
- Where can you find them at?
They're not on my Twitter.
- This could be used with anything people.
That's why it's so versitile, loved by all.
SpongeBob is like everything and nothing at the same time.
(clang!) - (voice-over) Truth!
- (FBE) This meme apparently comes from
a 2001 episode of SpongeBob,
where someone took a screenshot of SpongeBob about to sit down
and then added the caption,
which was actually from another SpongeBob meme tweet from 2018.
- Oh, what the heck? That's crazy.
- Like mixing generations almost.
- (FBE) SpongeBob seems like
he's always been a big part of meme culture.
Why do you think that is?
- Have you seen him? He's so funny!
- Well just the shape of him is funny. (laughs)
- SpongeBob is just an icon. He's been around for so, so long.
- (FBE) So next we have some memes around a celebrity
and his misfortune with a morning coffee.
- Alright. I don't think I've seen this one.
- Yeah! Oh my God!
Jonah Hill dropping his coffee and made it into a sticker,
'cause there's not enough chaos in my own life.
- Hey, a little entrepreneur.
- Oh, what the heck? (laughs)
At first it was like, okay, he's just holding it,
but I did barely see, oh that's crazy.
- Picture's honestly at like the perfect time.
- See, when I saw this, the first thing I heard
was Seth Rogan's like "hehehe" laugh.
- Me and the grip I have on reality. (laughs)
Um, that one got me a little bit.
- That's true, very relatable.
- (laughs) Yeah, okay. Loose grip.
- See that's why I don't hold my cups like that, though.
'Cause I know that that's gonna happen.
- To me, it's funny as heck. To tell you the truth.
- Jonah Hill, your drink is falling. Jonah, oh my God,
he can't hear us, (laughs) he has his AirPods in!
These AirPods doing us dirty.
- I seen a bunch of memes too where like people have the headphones
and they're crossing the street,
and then they'll like edit dragons and stuff in the background.
- AirPods and then also the coffee dropping.
It's like two memes mixed together almost.
- The internet has been very interested in this photo
of me dropping my coffee.
- But we're all forgetting the real tragedy here.
- We are forgetting to mourn this coffee.
I didn't know it long.
- But damn, our time together was special, aw.
- That's so true, and Jonah Hill is so sad.
His poor coffee.
But at least it made its way into fame.
- You kinda forget like oh, just 'cause they're famous,
they don't do the normal stuff that we do.
So I think that's pretty cool that he was able to make fun of himself.
- I think it's always good
when the people who the meme is being made about,
they can also have a laugh at it too.
- (FBE) So this image went viral a few weeks ago,
and since then, many people online have turned this image
into their own memes, making fun of the incident
or showing what the picture represents to them.
- Okay, that's pretty cool, when you think about it,
like how they take the time to actually do stuff.
- (FBE) So for this next one,
we have some memes around Pokemon and a recent win
in one of their tournaments.
- Oh, this like took him like 85 years to win one of the leagues.
He's a 22 year old 10 year old.
- Congrats Ash Ketchum!
- I remember the definitely, the top two on the left.
That was like my childhood right there.
That's so crazy.
- Is that that Japanese game?
I've been hearing a lot about that.
- I feel like people my age and older have been waiting for this moment.
- I stopped watching around Hoenn, but yeah, damn.
This guy's been, this guy's been around the block.
But like Pokemon 2000, all the movies, oh man, that's like a,
that's a close spot in my heart.
- Oh, same energy! Aw, that's sad.
- That, he literally is the real life Ash Ketchum.
- (laughs) But that's really true though.
Finally got first place, finally won his Oscar.
- Ash has the same thing.
He's been on the championship so many times, but never won.
- Well, they're both very popular, and they finally got,
both of 'em got wins.
- It's kinda like even though he lost, he never gave up,
and I think that was kinda like the message to children.
It's just like, you can't give up on your dream.
- (FBE) So on September 15th, 2019, on the 1078th episode of Pokemon,
Ash Ketchum defeat Gladion, becoming the first regional
Pokemon champion of the Alola League,
which was his first regional league win.
- Nice! That's good for him!
I wonder what they're gonna do with the series after this?
- So what does he do now?
Now what? I've achieved my goal!
- (FBE) So the first show aired in 1997,
meaning it took over 20 years for Ash to win a regional league.
- Wow, that's crazy, that sounds about right.
I was around seven years old maybe.
Oh my God, that makes me feel so old!
- That's crazy, and he's still like the same age.
We all know Ash is in a coma.
- (FBE) So finally, we have a couple memes surrounding VSCO girls.
- Oh my God.
- They don't like plastic straws, and they wear scrunchies.
- I hate the VSCO girl trend so much.
- (FBE) And for those who don't know,
a VSCO girl is typically described as a girl who often edits her photos
for social media using the app VSCO.
They're also known to wear scrunchies, Birkenstocks, chokers.
- Long t-shirts, short shorts, messy buns, Kanken backpack,
all that shh-tuff.
- (FBE) And use phrases like "sk sk sk" and "ah oop!",
and have a hydro flask nearby.
- What?
This is, I've never heard of this before.
- (FBE) Well, this trend actually took a little bit of a twist
on the original VSCO girl trend, and helped include some furry friends.
- Oh my gosh, furry friends. I love furry friends.
- Oh hell yeah, dude.
- Oh my God.
- (laughs) It's kinda cute.
- That's classic right there.
- Oh, I know those backpacks.
- I actually have that backpack, it's a really nice backpack.
- They even got like the Brandy Melville shirt on, ugh!
- I really like these ones though, looking at them,
because like, it just gives you a little smile when you look at them.
- I have almost reached that point, like I have metal straws,
I have a hydro flask, I own like maybe one scrunchie.
Alright, I'm a VSCO girl, 'cause that's half of my warddrobe.
- ♪ I'll be your VSCO girl ♪ - Oh wait, oh, hell yeah!
- No, why!
- It's just so cute.
- They sing pretty good. (laughs)
- It's a very cute dog.
- The puppies!
They're VSCO girls, who the heck made that VSCO girl song?
- It's good that you can like make fun about it,
but like not in a mean way.
- ♪ I'm a VSCO girl ♪ ♪ In a VSCO world ♪
- That poor dog.
- That's so true, the metal straws.
- ♪ Don't [bleep] with plastic ♪ ♪ I have on pants, I swear ♪
- Yeah, I really like these ones.
- The song! I can't deal with the songs!
- ♪ Hydro flask nation ♪
- That's good.
Yeah, this is great.
I can live for this all day.
- I think it's cute.
- This girl might be a VSCO girl, can't even lie.
I think the songs are funny and they fit in and stuff.
- ♪ I'll be your VSCO girl ♪
♪ I'll wear scrunchies til I die ♪
- (laughs) He's all just like thinking its toys.
- ♪ Hydro flask for life ♪ ♪ Metal straws ♪
- (sighs) You deserve the world.
- ♪ I'll make bracelets ♪ ♪ For my friends ♪
♪ Aesthetic hangouts never end ♪
- Aesthetic hangouts never end! What in the world?
- See, I don't think that dog likes VSCO girls.
It looked like it was tearing up the stuff.
- (FBE) So what do you think about this little twist on this trend
with the dogs? - I approve, I love it.
It makes me appreciate the trend more.
- It's really cute, especially with like the boxer in the last video,
I was like oh my gosh, it's a cute dog.
- (FBE) So this take on the VSCO girl trend
is believed to have started on TikTok,
but now more and more people are sharing their take
on the trend with their dogs.
- That's hilarious. (laughs)
- I would much rather see like a dog or like some funny cat meme.
That's my cup of tea.
- (FBE) So over the past few years, online trends and memes
like the ones that you saw today have become
a huge part of pop culture.
So for you personally, how big of a deal
do you think memes and trends are for your generation?
- It's not very popular.
I have never seen any one in my generation use them.
- I think my generation, it's a big deal,
because we're the ones makin' 'em.
- So many teens are just into memes on social media,
creating memes.
- My generation is like the social media.
Like there could probably be like
six year olds with Instagram and stuff now.
- I think they definitely are a lot of people in my generation
that were, memes are part of their daily life.
- (FBE) So finally even if you didn't understand all these trends today,
which was your favorite meme or trend that you saw today?
- The VSCO girl dogs. That was hilarious.
- Probably the Ight, Imma head out.
- I think it's the VSCO dogs,
because they put little scrunchies on 'em, and shirts,
and it's just so adorable.
- Man, it's probably like the SpongeBob ones.
It's so funny how just one little picture of SpongeBob
getting out of his couch from an episode from 2001
is like now like 2019's hottest meme trend.
- Thanks for watching this meme-tastic video
on Generations React.
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Shout out to Anthony Paredes.
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