not often can a youtube video keep me captivated for 30 minutes

“Not often can a YouTube video make me feel like harassing a guy and nearly making him take his life make he feel good for 30 minutes”

You need to open those curtains

So you think that bullying and doxxing someone over cringe images is ok? Please go outside.

@(This Channel will be deleted in early 2022) You should probably delete your channel sooner than that. Like today for example.

Indeed. Also, I prefer the Briezerker class, but sure.

Only a normie could have such a short attention span.

FishyLemonDude  4. Destroy the man behind the channel by overreacting due to your hobby being made mainstream

you need to learn how to use youtube better or expand your attention span. kids these days

I was bored until I found this video for 30 mins! Thanks EMPLEMON!

holy fuck, just realized the video had 30 minutes

FishyLemon878  That still does not break any of the terms of service, so there's no actual way to stop him

FishyLemon878  He will NOT be banned, how the fuck has he broken the terms of service?

TRASH MAN<br>That's like telling leukemia it has a tumor.

TRASH MAN
That's like telling leukemia it has a tumor.

this video was not an exception for me lel

This is Emperor Lemon we're talking about here.

Cyranek
Three reasons to that:

1. EmpLem puts effort into his content.
2. EmpLem is an unprofessional professional memeticologist.
3. EmpLem isn't a Normie.
4. EmpLem has a reputation of reasons #1-3.
5. Fuck I miscounted


Looking back on this,
It’s so fuckin weird how this dude was doxxed, harassed, and bullied by big content creators for explaining memes but now Lessons in Meme Culture is thriving and seen as a Chad for doing the exact same thing
I’m glad Emp has matured since, wonder how he reflects back on this

@Mr Jevil Could it also be said that if Behind the Meme had better descriptions and sources (ergo: Didn’t assume know your meme was accurate), he probably wouldn’t have been criticized as much?

Well LIMC has quality content so it makes sense for him to be praised

Emp’s argument that the content was poorly executed is fair.

However looking back at it, he probably misread the intent of BTM.

If you look at his video where he defended the guy, Lemon clearly thought that he was making those videos for fun, whereas in this video, he thinks the purpose was either money, influence or killing meme culture (and in fairness, given the videos did have the format and appearance of something that was produced to trend on YouTube at the time I could see why he would think that without knowing anything else).

As for the video on Behind the Meme ruining the Memescape, it does have its points (in particular the breakdown of the YTP video was good), but the one mistake he made in my opinion was mentioning that he wasn’t actually mad at the guy until about 29 minutes in (in his YouTube Downward Spiral video he showed this video’s creator page and that the watch time was only 7-8 minutes on average).

So unless someone was skipping around, they probably didn’t hear that part of his opinion on BTM.

This is probably one of Emp’s worse videos (especially in terms of how it’s aged compared to some of his others), but it also is one of his first where he went long on a topic, so he was in the process of becoming a documentary channel, but not exclusively doing that yet.

He still stands by his criticism. While the harassment to Kyle was unjustified, Emp, as well as other people like Fantano, as well as me are entitled to criticise his content. People think Emp was gatekeeping, but he isn’t when he has stated that anyone can get into different types of memes, but it was about how Kyle was making content for the wrong audience. So I imagine that Emp doesn’t think differently, and he realised how bad the criticism was to Kyle, so he’s defended him. It was more than the fan backlash than anything else.

I feel like a major factor behind LiMC succeeding where BtM failed has to do with presentation
LiMC has a nice voice that "sounds educated," which makes his videos much better to listen to, whether you're actively watching or just having them as background noise
He also often gets right to the point and tries to explain a deeper meaning to the meme subject, giving a potential reason for just why it was relatable and thus spread
LiMC is liked because not only does he explain memes to anyone not in the loop, but even kinda explains it to anyone actually in the loop that didn't really think about the subconscious "why" to it all

BtM, in contrast, had a grating voice, a bad habit of dragging things out, and generally didn't offer much in the way of information that you couldn't just find on the topic's Know Your Meme page

@Just Call Me Kai Likewise, thank you so much!

In one if his videos about the importantace of the dislike button, he says that this video had fair criticism put against it and his content improved from there. So Yeah this video in hindsight it's kinda not it lol.

Btw like your content man. Hope you're doing well.


If you find yourself in a "vs. 4chan" situation, it's best to just lie down and cry softly, because there's nothing you can do and your demise is inevitable.

@Turkish Delight can't speak for all of 4chan, but based on the people I've met on SS13 I imagine it's the place where all the people who start ranting about China and Tumblr under the SpongeBob meme videos hang out.

Most of 4chan sucks and has had a great decline since the heyday. There's still some cool stuff but not like the past

Wait so does liking pokemon make me a normie? Because I actually find stuff on 4chan really funny

Someone who had a channel teaching about memes should have known this

i know a group of furries that tricked pol into thinking there were hidden trump ballots in the middle of nowhere

This is something I realized with the retelling of the Tumblr vs 4Chan event, and I realized… 4Chan’s like a chaotic storm, a continuous never ending swarm of killer wasps that- if messed with, with rip you apart slowly as they eat your family with the bones of your closest friends. Listening to smash mouth.

They are the naked women cutting cocaine in American gangster of tbe meme econony

@Slacker Shrub Absolute state of this normie.

Watch internet historian if you want an example.

Depends on which part of 4chan. /pol/ is full of useless neo nazis so you'll be fine. Cant say the same for others.

@Impericalevidence actually, depending on the speed, a slow clock is still sometimes correct.

@Slacker Shrub a broken clock is right twice a day, but a slow clock never is.

@Hakime Hamdouchi look at you interpreting intent...  Nice.

The problem with 4chan is hiroshimoot who literally sold data to the Japanese government about 2chan which he used to own.

4 Chan is a honeypot, lurk if you like, but never ever post unless you're behind 6 or 7 firewalls and vpns.

Yes, because a bunch of DDosing neckbeards that can't handle an opposing opinion is something that I should worry about. Woopedy doo, I'll just get a VPN. Still not good enough? Oh no, I guess I'll just have to interact with the rest of the world like a normal human being, something that they'll never actually be capable of.

@John M I guess election fraud can stop the memes

@Based Sneedclave exactly, memes will die eventually, and soon 4chan will say "hey this isn't that funny, what now?" until someone says "HEY LOOK AT THIS NORMIE SHIT" and then they flock to that. not that this is a bad thing though, i do that too, just not on 4chan

<b>heres what 4chan does:(insert something "offensive"/"racist" here) and spam that all over your shit. and then you realize that they're not causing any harm, so you let them be until they go away.</b>

*heres what 4chan does:(insert something "offensive"/"racist" here) and spam that all over your shit. and then you realize that they're not causing any harm, so you let them be until they go away.*

There is.

Don't play. 4chan are literally like bears. If you aren't entertaining, they lose interest really quickly.

@Slacker Shrub you've never been to /pol/ in the last months right, it's full of magapedes not neo-nazis

@Dante's Inferno feds: haha paid moderators and jannies go <b>BANHAMMER!*, *SHILLSRUNFREELY</b>

@Dante's Inferno feds: haha paid moderators and jannies go *BANHAMMER!*, *SHILLSRUNFREELY*

4chan are the wolves off the edge of the youtube battleground cliff and getting thrown down there is the ultimate punishment any youtuber can be subjected to

You can just sit down and watch something t'ill 2 days pass.
Having a raid means getting off your ass, doing something, not watching gore, and not playing videogames.
That's why they are more often than not a failure. If you just don't give them a reaction they'll just crawl back to /gif and call it a day

@A Fez but haha big chungus dood hahahahahha

i know this sounds like something that they teach you at school but and this only works with a troll, just ignore them lol

Though to be fair I can understand why his Normie Audience was applauding him for "Taking on 4Chan" a site based on hating everyone and everything tends to get little to no Sympathy

There's no way to defeat 4chan once you have outraged them

at the very momemt you start a discussion with a troll, you already lost


“Content cuck” <br>God that’s so fitting right now

“Content cuck”
God that’s so fitting right now

@Face McShooty sneed, feed and seed
chuck, __ and __

@Face McShooty sneed, feed and seed
chuck, ____ and ____

Tea perhaps it shall be a mystery forever. The universe goes on, and the cycle continues with no end in sight. An answer that seems to be out of reach.

Tea Tbh idk why I made this reply 2 months ago lol


this is so fucking reddit moment, "the normies and the outsiders" this is disgusting and cringe af. how come people hate someone for making content the creator enjoyed

@ReallyReal Bro, the thing is, it really doesn’t matter. They’re memes, why does it matter at all. It’s honestly not that deep.

So nothing is able to be criticized anymore. Why can't anyone dislike people who spread misinformation?

@Hydro Zyrge Who cares? Get a grip, go outside, do something with yourself.

Yeah. Why aren’t we attacking PewDiePie for killing memes ON PURPOSE unlike Behind The Meme who kills memes accidentally?

@Hydro Zyrge <br>ya mean he deserves getting bullied off Reddit... fair enough

@Hydro Zyrge
ya mean he deserves getting bullied off Reddit... fair enough

Normies like stuff just because they are popular, and don't understand it. Also behind the meme, isn't immune to criticism, just because he's making what he likes. He should atleast put some more effort into his shit videos, so that more people have a depth of understand the meme instead of just a superficial understanding.


@Classclown 102 people who start memes with nobody are far more damaging to meme culture thsn blt ever was

Reddit memes in general except for inside ones

Reddit memes in general except for inside ones

tbh dank memes in general are dead. I think they've just became mainstream memes

tbh dank memes in general are dead. I think they've just became mainstream memes

@BurgerStanky no no, what you meant was meme culture is damaging to our society as a whole

After looking into it, I’d argue that Behind the Meme was a badly executed channel, and while the person who ran it came off as condescending in his reactions, I don’t get why people would send him death threats or doxx him.

Guys, I made ANOTHER relatable meme! Gimme some of that upvote and award shit!

Guys, I made ANOTHER relatable meme! Gimme some of that upvote and award shit!

smaller subs like r/ComedyNecrophilia are actually pretty decent

smaller subs like r/ComedyNecrophilia are actually pretty decent

@BurgerStanky le reddit hahhahahahahahhah kill me now hahahahhahahahahha

@BurgerStanky le reddit hahhahahahahahhah kill me now hahahahhahahahahha

i thought they ban repetitive  meme formats now?

i thought they ban repetitive  meme formats now?

@Mach Godzilla had an aneurysm reading this and fucking died.

@Mach Godzilla had an aneurysm reading this and fucking died.

Honestly reddit is pretty cool for smaller communities imo, just r/dankmemes and shit like this is pretty bad.

@BurgerStanky hey man I just needed help with building a pc

@BurgerStanky hey man I just needed help with building a pc

@BurgerStanky as a redditor, never before have i been so offended by something i 100% agree with

@Mach reddit is only good for indie media, porn, speedrunners, and hobby-stuff like audiophiles or trains

@BurgerStanky if you stay away from some key subreddits (r/dankmemes, r/wooosh, etc), Reddit is honestly pretty decent. I learned how to mod my NES mini from Reddit

There are good memes on Reddit, they’re just hard to find

There are good memes on Reddit, they’re just hard to find

@Ephexia they are the same shit, both are: nobody: chungus minecraftimus 1000

@Ephexia they are the same shit, both are: nobody: chungus minecraftimus 1000

Nobody:
Not even a single soul:
Not even the subatomic quarks:
Not even the fabric of space and time:
Me: agrees

r/dankmemes is the result of people watching behindthememe

r/dankmemes is the result of people watching behindthememe

Reddit is damaging to Society as a whole

Reddit is damaging to Society as a whole

(random news article)
(reaction image)
80k upvotes and a bunch of wholesome awards

(random news article)
(reaction image)
80k upvotes and a bunch of wholesome awards

Agreed. In fact the whole of Reddit at this point is probably one of the more harmful forces in the current 'memescape'. I remember back when they used to make fun of ifunny, nowadays they've basically become the new ifunny

hot take: reddit isnt very different from twitter<br>sorry for using the "hot take" meme ):

hot take: reddit isnt very different from twitter
sorry for using the "hot take" meme ):

@BurgerStanky While I agree, TikTok is 15 times more damaging to MY SANITY so I really only have YouTube.

@BurgerStanky As a reddit user I wholeheartedly agree.

@BurgerStanky As a reddit user I wholeheartedly agree.

it's come to such a point where r/memes is a better source of funny than r/dankmemes

Reddit is a site filled with corruption and power-hunger.

Reddit is a site filled with corruption and power-hunger.

@Dante's Inferno lmao no one likes either of those subreddits, the subreddits r/banvideogames and r/consolemasterrace were made specifically to make fun of those subreddits.

Jett’s Dad Died You have never used Reddit not even once

Jett’s Dad Died You have never used Reddit not even once

@BurgerStanky That was genuinely an unexpected reply.

@BurgerStanky That was genuinely an unexpected reply.

@Packle Kackle i know, my old comment is dumb.

@Packle Kackle i know, my old comment is dumb.

I am not a r/Dankmemes user I personally hate the subreddit but the misunderstanding of the jokes posted on it and everyone thinking they still post shit like keanu chunges no I went there once recently to see if the sub has gone into peak stupidity and there was not even a single one of those dumb unfunny memes everyone who does not use Reddit likes to call damaging to meme culture.

@BurgerStanky
Ok, I understand my man.
Stay safe and have a great day

@BurgerStanky
Ok, I understand my man.
Stay safe and have a great day

@Jason don't the comment above is cringe and I don't agree with it anymore

@Jason don't the comment above is cringe and I don't agree with it anymore

@BurgerStanky So should I uninstall Reddit or leave r/"dank"memes

@BurgerStanky So should I uninstall Reddit or leave r/"dank"memes

@Vincent Lira i like some of them and i also lile r/gocommitdie man i dont wanna be a normie but i kinda like the memes. Mainstream medias bullshit though

Meme: haha boom boom was said millions of times.<br>Mmmmm funny

Meme: haha boom boom was said millions of times.
Mmmmm funny

bruh, okay. So I'm an around everyday user of Reddit and memer myself, considering that most users are defensive of their memes I'd say it's helping it. It's literally producing more goods for the trade. I use 4Chan as well pretty often and if I had to guess most of you guys use neither so let me fill you in without trying to be bias, in r/dankmemes some people use old formats and re-use dead memes but those are dubbed 'Low Effort' memes, most of which either get removed by the mods or never get to 'hot' (the reddit version of trending) the best ones and or ones that get the most instagram normies attention are the 'fully' [OC] memes, these are ones that are completely original, not just the caption but nothing in it has been used in a meme before. Those are the kind I make which are usually gifs rather than pictures with a caption. Please do your research and don't make false claims, this was literally the main point of this video!

Someone 234 I feel so bad for pewdiepie, he’s a nice guy but his fandom is such a shir show hivemind

@Ephexia it's getting ruined thanks to pewdiepie

@Ephexia it's getting ruined thanks to pewdiepie

@Dante's Inferno r/redditmoment and r/averageredditor are good

@Dante's Inferno r/redditmoment and r/averageredditor are good

Based.

And also I would argue Pewdiepie

Based.

And also I would argue Pewdiepie

something 123 even the “hoodclips” memes on #memes have more substance than reddit’s

something 123 hell no. Instagram memes are eons better than anything r/dankmemes, r/memes, and r/pewdiepiesubmissions can ever put out

Ephexia I mean the only reason those are still half-decent is because mods ban memes quickly so they aren’t overused. The meme flow there isn’t natural, it’s very fast and oftentimes stifling.

Za Ya meh I think OKBR is pretty fine so far, same with comedy epilepsy

Za Ya meh I think OKBR is pretty fine so far, same with comedy epilepsy

@Ephexia tbh anything subreddit that has above 500k usually turns to shit pretty fast. It's hard, but possible, to find smaller more niche meme subreddits that are actually decent. honestly though, the effort to do so isn't even worth it half the time, because eventually they all get ""corrupted"" eso to speak).

n00baddict 53 hell no
r/dankmemes r/pewdiepiesubmissions
r/memes r/animememes are all shit holes.

@Dante's Inferno i already know that bro, those kind of people are the majority of redditors (sorry for bad grammar) but people keep forgetting about the minority of redditors who actually work hard on their reddit posts, my problem is how that minority keeps being forgotten about

@duncan chillake the fuck are you talking about? If you want to see stolen artwork look no further than r/gaming and r/pcmasterrace. Original creators are not given credit and those are two of the biggest subreddits on there.

To be honest, people always say things like "redditors are ruining memes" but not every redditor is an immature sheep who sends death threats to others, reposts an artwork that is made by someone else without giving credit, makes the most unoriginal and unfunny memes possible and disrespects anyone who doesn't hate on somebody because some guy on twitter did

Cough pewdiepie cough i know that was before the video but still

Cough pewdiepie cough i know that was before the video but still

Don’t forget most of youtube’s comment section

Don’t forget most of youtube’s comment section

There is no subreddit that is not cancerous. I lose brain cells there.

There is no subreddit that is not cancerous. I lose brain cells there.

@ERW NBE maybe years ago, but now? You have to filter through all of the bullshit to find maybe one good meme, then the mods will delete it before it gets to hot.

probably just by having a karma threshold and STILL producing stale and repetitive memes that never try something new helps a lot in the killing

That's probably because r/dankmemes is still active, while BTM is not.

That's probably because r/dankmemes is still active, while BTM is not.

BurgerStanky heyheyhey

Reddit memes are bad for meme culture but don’t judge me if I waltz on over to r/cats or something

No one:
Absolutely nobody:
Not a single soul:
BurgerStanky: If anything r/dankmemes is far more damaging to memes than behind the meme ever was
r/dankmemes: That wasn’t very Keanu Chungus Wholesome 100 of you.
Jesus: I like this guy./s

Just typing that out hurt my soul.

@Mach holy shit reading this gave me an aneurism

@Mach holy shit reading this gave me an aneurism

@BurgerStanky citation

Speedrunning, Smol Fighting games and ye old games communities being an exception

probs some gear or unknown hobbies subs too like audiophile and yoyos byt eh who are to know which part of reddits are bad0

@Major Mutant  Let me retract my statement.

Those who use reddit are far more damaging to internet culture

“No one:
(Insert character): (insert le epic maymay quote)”
Every meme on reddit

“No one:
(Insert character): (insert le epic maymay quote)”
Every meme on reddit


Coming back to this today really shows just how much Emp has grown in his style of commentary and his methods. It’s honestly inspiring.

This might have been the first video he made that is close to a documentary.

Not that he did anything wrong here, but I would not consider this one of his best videos.

@Detah his more recent stuff is more like a mix of documentary/story telling and it's really, really good. And well doesn't go well with the edgier stuff since he talks about things that clearly makes him curious.

though part of me misses his edgier crazier more rebelious videos. His modern stuff is nice and all but it feels more, sanitized more corporate


EmpLemon did a simpsons and predicted idubbbz's cucking.

Why do I feel like he knew something we didn't.

Ironically he supports iDubbbz in that situation lmao


Emplemon is such a god at pacing out his video, I never once wanted to leave, nor divert my eyes.

It’s amazing how every vid is like this. New fave youtuber 100%

He’s very good at analyzing media and his content is entertaining, but his editing and humor is eye rolling, I have to explain to everyone that it was a product of the time whenever I watch his videos at the dinner table. I still really like his videos though. And maybe I’m just not immersed in the era.

He's also a god at explaining things and how amazing his enunciation is. It really becomes apparent when he has guest commentators pop in for a bit. Every now and then one of them will require captions or rewinding, but EmpLemon has this perfect pacing where I always fully get what he's trying to say.

Wow, this actually explains why I love these.

Its because he was one of the founding fathers of this video format, everybody else is just replicating

@Snowmaske's Dead Channel your left <b>small</b> ball?

@Snowmaske's Dead Channel your left *small* ball?

@Snowmaske's Dead Channel its a blessing and a curse lmao, i just wanna watch youtube for gods sake


When I was in highschool, I used to browse 4chan alot. I introduced the site to this one kid, and now I'm pretty sure he's why /b/ is full of interracial porn and gore.

@Zombies4EvaDude good question but this comment is a year old so he prob wont reply

@Zombies4EvaDude Shekelstein asking the real questions

What’s wrong with interracial porn? Not porn itself but why does making it interracial make it bad?

You have broken Rule 2 of the internet. You have talked about /b/ and now you are being sentenced to "Play Party Time with Winnie the Pooh on PS1 until the end of time"

GAMP: Sicker than your average kigger nilller

@Booty eatin' Benadryl bandit a well known hacker

thanks for sharing with us@Booty eatin' Benadryl bandit

Greentext with the sneed wojak pepe 4chan kek janny

@Cameron Thayer >inb4 implying implications

>implying a single person turned /b/ into a gorefest and porn forum
>implying you could've possibly had a hand in this at all, let alone caused it entirely
>inb4 >meme arrows on youtube


what I love about having a bad memory is that I can watch these videos over and over and they never get old.

@Dr. Doppeldecker that's everyone that liked his comment lol when else is a better time 😂

I've watched Emplemon's videos so many times that I've lost count. But yay for that glorious watch time!

I may know it all too well, but I still love this video and it will never get old for me, because I love his style.

I watch these while eating lunch or dinner. Much better than TV.

@Lexi Lou yeah, this video has pretty good rewatch ability.

Honestly if you don't have a bad memory, stuff like this is still good repeatedly.

Watching videos while being stoned has the same effect! I am amazed by videos over and over and over again:)

Sometimes I watch his vids so much i can almost quote any part of it because ive watched it so much


Hearing the word normie is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s a old meme on its own that people have just written as cringe. On the other hand, it’s accurate as a definition. We need a new term to describe these smallbrain Internet tapeworms.

I've heard Basic but that's in itself a normie term, huh...

I think there is a word for that. I think it's "Sheeple".

I call them "normals". It's more dystopian, less funny word, it works.

Or I use normie when I'm just fuckin around

@r32guest

There should be a word to distinguish average joes to internet users

The concept of normie is an ancient meme, as old as outsider culture itself. It's been called many things. "Normie" will not be its final name.

@High Definition and neither are the people who want in on the club. no one deserves a free pass and that’s not changing.

@Slacker Shrub hope the tickets were free because then they still gave money to the people they dislike

Nothing is more normie than gatekeeping memes. You are not special.

@10 Outta 10 also pretending to be a normalfig detector over Wojaks. Oh do tell us your arcana, supreme Memelord 😹😹

@10 Outta 10 Reading comprehension: Do you keep it?

@Viscount Rainbows if you use or like the NPC meme or any wojak for that matter you ARE the normalfig

I propose The Greys. A nod to the NPC meme without committing to the dehumanizing, but also pointing to the ALIEN[ayyy]ation the Outsiders feel when their once cozy interest groups are supplanted in membership and executive power, by percieved outsiders. An Invasion, if you will, by the non-understanding foreigners, as it were.

normies define the word targeted towards them as "cringe" and insult whoever uses it as an incel neckbeards<br>who could have possibly seen this coming?

normies define the word targeted towards them as "cringe" and insult whoever uses it as an incel neckbeards
who could have possibly seen this coming?

Normie is literally just internet slang for minority/conservative

The term was ruined by redditors and now anyone who says that word is asscociated with redditors and is labeled a "redditard"

Any person with common sense can figure out the hilarious irony of this

Yes, I can argue that Normies are the ones who think they know everything, like EmpLemon. The actual people are who we call ‘normies’ are just average people who like their specific things.

How does calling someone a "Kasey Combs" sound?

@The Shield At least I can think for myself and I have actual reasons for liking it that arent "dance look funny"

@Mr. Personal Space not really Chapo sub was the best as long as it existed

@Cameron Roper well the thing about that is tik tok isnt even bad. These people mock it as Musically 2.0 but if they would actually try it, they'd find it has many communities of many different types of people. Some even getting similar to 4chan levels of organization. Like when leftist tiktok trolled a trump rally by ordering tickets in mass then not showing up.

@Mr. Personal Space Whats wrong with the video game and music subreddits? I find r/consolerepair quite useful frankly.

@SilverStar555 Or anything related to politics. Or music. Or video games.

@Ballz If you stay away from any meme specific subreddit reddit isnt that bad. Ive genuinely laughed at r/copypasta some stuff on there is funny

@Fluffynator That's exactly what someone from the other group would say, banish!

@creative_name_here i was kidding and yeah fluffy i agree that its pretty silly to attack someone for liking a popular thing (tik tok for instance)

@Cameron Roper I really hope you are being ironic.

a normie is someone who doesnt understand pewdiepie memes and plays anything other than minecraft


people when behind the meme kills a meme: how you dare to kill it, disgusting<br>people when Pewdiepie kills a meme: lol thats fun

people when behind the meme kills a meme: how you dare to kill it, disgusting
people when Pewdiepie kills a meme: lol thats fun

Pewdiepie’s channel is just a hive mind for redditors to clang rocks against each other and talk about how they’re superior because they aren’t normies just as half of the old comments in this videos comment section were doing lol

He mostly only reviewed memes that had already gotten big on his subreddit meaning the normies probably already had seen them.  He also ignored less mainstream memes like steamed hams.  Also his reviews unlike behind the meme's were actually funny

@some of my comments are cringe unpopular opinion:people who still call people normies are normies

@some of my comments are cringe I don't care about a meme dying. But at least Pewdiepie didn't pretend to commit suicide to try and guilt trip his critics.

@Chicken Nugget Now your going off-topic

@Cindy Aurum bro in the long run nothing is special because destruction is inevitable but thinking like that where does that get you in life

@Chicken Nugget Ik, but at the long run they're not that special, really...

@Cindy Aurum wdym and? the area 51 raid literally hit the public news and some people actually went there to area 51 trump literally is a walking meme a meme is not a stupid post on facebook its a form of expression

Memes die by themselves and they do it all the fucking time, blaming someone is childish

@Cindy Aurum Your life is also nothing special tho

@CommanderGuy Well pewdiepie can do anything. he can clickbait super hard, but its ok because its a joke. he mentions it for 5 seconds half way through his reddit video. so its technically just something exaggerated from the video. Its not click bait. annoys me.

Today in Meme Culture: <b>laughs nervously</b>

Today in Meme Culture: *laughs nervously*

@Cindy Aurum area 51 raid?
We are number one?
Rickroll?

Its probably cause of the self-awareness

i really dont care if anyone kills a meme, after all that meme was most likely made by normies for normies


emp is rather shrill here, can't believe he made this compared to his current content


my first time watching this almost 5 years later and wow some of this has not aged well and behind the meme didn't deserve the hate from the terminally online crew.


Honestly. Internet Historian is basically Behind The Meme done right.

EDIT: This comment was made before Lessons in meme culture. Please stop.

Lessons in meme culture is the exact fucking same thing except emplemon didn't talk about him so he's more liked because emplemon viewers are the exact fucking same type of "Normie" they complain about. Instead of going on facebook or whatever they go on reddit to post on dankmemes or some shit and pretend like  that's some esoteric part of the internet nobody will understand when it's got massive traffick and its humour has such wide appeal even fucking instagram accepts it.

People who think lessons in meme culture is somehow decent or different in any way from behind the meme need to accept that humour isn't something you explain, it ruins the joke to talk about it in an analysative matter.

Internet historian never did this, he focused on interesting happenings on the internet instead of trying to explain away  jokes, you can't compare behind the meme to internet historian because they are totally different channels discussing different topics.

What about Lessons in Meme Culture??????? SMH

lessons in meme culture is legit just btm but in a new coat of paint. we just are fucking morons

@ekmad for real, people give him a pass because they like him but if Behind the Meme's a normie then so is Internet Historian. He LIKED Behind the Meme, for the record. This comment section is full of hypocrites lmao

@Eighty8percent your 100% wrong I'm sorry

@Eighty8percent your 100% wrong I'm sorry

@kitmrngold Idk, I’ve learned more from LIMC about memes I already fully understand than being taught about memes I haven’t heard of from other channels

<b>obligatory LIMC mention goes here</b>

tbh i dont enjoy lessons in meme culture either but certainly technically better than behind the meme was. i just find lessons' presentstion boring. i want something like meme review/minute memes again.

Meme analysis takes a deeper and more philosophycal take on memes, I really recommen his channel

@aceman0000099 big boss isn't so bad either. he might be a ripoff to Internet Historian, but i see him as good, and i consider him as a replacement rather than a ripoff ( i know his editing style is the same as internet historian, but it doesn't matter to me as long as the content is good unless it's a watered down, dumb, obviously tryhard ripoff)

@aceman0000099 that’s what makes it correct

Lessons in Meme Culture wants to know your location

Your profile picture shows that u are a man of culture

Let's not forget lessons in meme culture

Let's not forget lessons in meme culture

麻王 That does NOT mean he focuses on memes mostly , as from what you can tell internet historian's channel name means that he talks about things that happened on internet , events not exactly memes.

Internet Historian was Not as normie as BTM

Internet Historian is Youtube done right.

Internet Historian is Youtube done right.

aruce9 I agree. LIMC has educated me on memes I wasn’t even aware of, possibly making me a normie

@Tyler Harris even his sponsors are interesting. he's that good

foudn that guy like 2 years ago, hes great

foudn that guy like 2 years ago, hes great

Yhang! And Internet Historian are the mystics of Internet culture

Internet Historian is like a good version of BTM

Whang! is nice channel too with his tales from the internet series.

behind the meme is internet historians evil cousin*

Dude's really creative about it and presents the silliest things as if it's animal planet lmao

He's cooperated with emplemon in his 2nd channel (Internet Historian: Incognito mode) about a video of YTP.

If you found the right video you will find Japanese domino

internet historian is meant for the 4chan userbase. also he doesnt "explain" memes, he just explains certain events related to 4chan, which may become memes or are related to memes.

The Disgruntled Anon Admit it, you only like him for his teeth.

He also documents major meme events as well, like the whole HWNDU fiasco.

Alicia Kistner-King understandable, have a nice day

BIKER BOT Yep. I'd rather him than some guy ranting about BTM for half an hour.

Internet Historian does a different role but there's a lot of overlap, and in the context of EmpLemon's theory he's quite easily an outsider due to the references he makes

Skech8 literally about to.comment this, good eye mang

dude internet historian is damn good quality content

Dank senzu weed 420 he should change his name to *4chan historian tbh

not quite memes though, meme related events


I wonder if he ever looks back on this video and realize how ridiculous he was being and how this aged like milk🤣

@lucca guimarães Why did you reply to a comment that was a few months old?

@Neurono C. that is alot of free time, do you work or study? Do you have a girlfriend?

Nah. It was criticism of his content. The backlash was overkill however.

@Neurono C. That's a very deep and introspective question, my dude. There answer is: why not?

@D-Skull Gaming Then why even bother if he won't care?

@Neurono C.  You mean exactly what idiots did for Emp? Not at all, Wavy never sent anyone here. He, like any other YouTuber, discourages that. I'm here cause I saw a snippet on wavy's video and came to check out the rest of it & I'm sure Emp doesn't care if people hate on this 5 year old video, specially one that was immensely stupid.

@D-Skull Gaming So, you did it because your overlord effectively told you to do it. You didn't find this video, you were, well, to quote past Emp, <i>spoonfed</i> the content.

@D-Skull Gaming So, you did it because your overlord effectively told you to do it. You didn't find this video, you were, well, to quote past Emp, _spoonfed_ the content.

@Neurono C. It was. Saying BTM was destroying "meme culture" was beyond fucking stupid (aka asinine).

Also, not that weird seeing new people here after a YouTuber like Wavy makes a video on the topic.

@D-Skull Gaming Was it really asinine though? Do you even really know what that means? I mean, the fact that you pinheads are STILL attacking this five year old video kind of speaks for itself...

@Neurono C. "his rant about normies and outsiders was correct." Yeah, the most asinine part of the video was totally correct XD good one

nah it aged fine. Meme culture has been ruined

@mike bazinga I'm not defending him, I'm just attacking you level 5 apple thinkers for fun.

@Neurono C. you've been in multiple comments replies defending this guy like your life depended on it lmao, d.ickriding a YouTuber is crazy. he don't know u bro.

@Neurono C. and what are you? A meme expert? Spend some time outside of the internet

Imagine actually still using normie as an unironic term 💀 go buy some grass


every couple months i come back to this video to remind myself ive come so far in life, far away from the me that used the give a shit about the "memescape"

I mean...while yes at the end of the day we are just talking about memes on the internet, they were still special forms of entertainment and comedy. Unique ones at that.
It's extremely similar to talking about movies. Film criticism has been around for years and people treat it like war, even myself since I am passionate about movies, but if its so non-sensical why are you even bothering? I'd argue that the "memescape" that Emp talks about actually matters since it is part of the internet's version of comedy. And I'm guessing you yourself would look at memes nowadays, so there would be an interesting change. Regardless of it being a silly topic, it's a topic nonetheless. I think it's pretty interesting how memes have changed.

People since 2018 has latched onto the sympathy side of seeing Kyle as an innocent soul who only wanted to bring joy to the world. Yes, he was just a naive guy who didn't know that he was making content in a field of an audience that is sardonic and hard to please. I could tell from day one that Kyle was just that. However, Emp's points still stand since Kyle's content was fundamentally flawed.

Yeah it may be true and silly that I'm defending this adamantly about memes on the internet, but it's an interesting topic like I said before, and mainly because saying Emp is bullying Kyle is none other than a blanket criticism that is completely flawed. When you say stuff like that, you don't understand what you are saying, nor what Emp is trying to say.

Ikr. Imagine getting this worked up about fucking memes lol


4 years later and EmpLemon, Fantano, and a lot of people like him stopped BTM in 2018 and thus, Lessons in Meme Culture was born.

bro killing memes or not at the end they're both just covering dumb images people laugh

@Detah the best solution for stuff like this might just be to keep inside jokes, well, inside jokes. since for a long while, internet memes were just that: just general things people at the time were a funny joke but then either slowly faded naturally or ended up prevailing somewhat (nowhere near at its height of popularity though), since thats what i ended up seeing in one community i took part of... although, i see this ends up being the case with some 4chan memes like pepe the frog and stuff (the fact that they were inside jokes), and they were able to attract the "normies" somehow?<br>so in the end, there could be a lot of factors as to why "current dead memes" exist, like maybe its people explaining the joke; or the memes end up being mostly based on media that ends up being really popular in the moment, but then is forgotten; it could be the overuse and misuse of the meme which bores people; and probably others. but there is no single reason you can pinpoint with exactitude as to why it happens when dealing with things of this caliber.

@Detah the best solution for stuff like this might just be to keep inside jokes, well, inside jokes. since for a long while, internet memes were just that: just general things people at the time were a funny joke but then either slowly faded naturally or ended up prevailing somewhat (nowhere near at its height of popularity though), since thats what i ended up seeing in one community i took part of... although, i see this ends up being the case with some 4chan memes like pepe the frog and stuff (the fact that they were inside jokes), and they were able to attract the "normies" somehow?
so in the end, there could be a lot of factors as to why "current dead memes" exist, like maybe its people explaining the joke; or the memes end up being mostly based on media that ends up being really popular in the moment, but then is forgotten; it could be the overuse and misuse of the meme which bores people; and probably others. but there is no single reason you can pinpoint with exactitude as to why it happens when dealing with things of this caliber.

@Detah oh no, memes are dying, AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Yeah sadly he is basically btm just more covert and slightly more tolerable but he is killing memes all the same

@Rocky Curo imagine listening to the Anti Defamation League

@Zanvesta I don't think the anti defamation league counts as some website

@Nullpointer I mean it is, it's classified as one now. Also imagine using normie unironically must be sad

Honestly seems like the same as BTM but with a accent

LIMC is basically behind the meme but he sounds smarter and acts like vine booms are a form of art

@marko 2001 people were complaining about BTM for being normie and now people are complaining LiMC isn't normie enough. Fucking pick a lane

@Flybreaker Footage LIMC's newer videos are worrying because he immediately explains some recent memes that like in a day or two without it being COMPLETELY POPULAR.

@Flybreaker Footage every time I scroll past a LIMC video I realize I am a complete normie to internet culture now

Now LIMC is on a downfall with a different problem, Oversaturation, and another one called "Nobody has fucking seen the memes he covers now"


can't believe I took a dude whining about internet jokes for 30 minutes seriously

@Rishabh Vailaya It was never a point with Emp’s criticism. Rather the fans being the problem.

@Rishabh Vailaya  the core of the argument is VERY real tho . Ruining entertainment by catering to the lowest denominator is a real phenomenon , as real as the oxygen you are breathing and you cannot deny that fact...   like how online video games have devolved into casinos that farm the underage and gambling addicts , instead of content for love to the art . Or how most people complain that Marvel movies have conditioned audiences in the cinemas  to laugh after a character says anything , because they are expecting some jab or family friendly joke.
Mainstream media is always devolving.
That's why people become more attached to less accesible things.
Same way people DO NOT want Dark Souls to become more "like others" by having an easy mode or clear linear story...
Radio became more corporative , so then it got boring and people moved to TV . TV became more corporative , so then it got boring and people moved to the internet.
The internet is becoming more corporative , trends ar egetting boring and people are looking for a new piece of media that gives more freedom.

@Rishabh Vailaya Yeah the criticism should have just stayed as BTM was mediocre when it came to researching said memes and talked down to his audience with his delivery of almost everything he said. It devolved quickly unfortunately.

@Sonic2Metro genuine criticism of behind the meme died out right in the beginning. after that it was just people whining about how he explained jokes to "normies" and how he was "ruining the memescape" which is just bullshit.

True it is about memes out of all things. But I still agree with everything Emp talked about. BTM's content was generic and lame.


Fascinating. This back then very young man lacked of self-awareness *cough* NORMIE  according to his own definition *cough* and understanding of what was going on on the Internet.
Seriously, a Zoomer that fills his video with excerpt from Spongebob episodes he watched as a kid and from Simpsons episodes he watched years after the previous generations did? Seriously, Weird Al as an outsider icon? He got platinum records thanks to his AUTHORIZED parodies. Look, a Mon Calmari dressed as WWE wrestler! Every cultural references are very standard in this video. Being that much deferential toward Fantano and 4Chan isn't an outsider thing at all.

2017's Internet was bigger and more central in our world than 2011's. So of course memes got a faster lifecycle in 2017 than in 2011. That scapegoating was ridiculous.

Fascinating. This back then very young man lacked of self-awareness **cough** NORMIE  according to his own definition **cough** and understanding of what was going on on the Internet.
Seriously, a Zoomer that fills his video with excerpt from Spongebob episodes he watched as a kid and from Simpsons episodes he watched years after the previous generations did? Seriously, Weird Al as an outsider icon? He got platinum records thanks to his AUTHORIZED parodies. Look, a Mon Calmari dressed as WWE wrestler! Every cultural references are very standard in this video. Being that much deferential toward Fantano and 4Chan isn't an outsider thing at all.

2017's Internet was bigger and more central in our world than 2011's. So of course memes got a faster lifecycle in 2017 than in 2011. That scapegoating was ridiculous.


Behind the meme wasn't needed for the degradation of meme culture, Reddit has that covered.

@o Tbh everytime I someone use that it's ironic

People love a scapegoat. Memes have been shit for a long fucking time now and it's not becayse of dome YouTube channel

@Atlas <br>I haven’t seen many Elon simps on Reddit, maybe I’m just not looking in the right places

@Atlas
I haven’t seen many Elon simps on Reddit, maybe I’m just not looking in the right places

Reddit pewdiepie Keanu reeves wholesome 100 big chungus

Edit:thank you for the gold kind stranger


You know, just under a year after this, behind the meme went on a complete downward spiral and hasn't uploaded since. Considering Emplemon's entire brand is a downward spiral, I am shocked someone outclassed Emp's legendary spirals.


looking back on this w hindsight, 2016 was the moment where u notice this cyclic progression of memes, starting as niche injokes, and headin mainstream. just on a near planetary scale. its surreal seeing an injoke just materialise in the real world after its gotten old for me, so i guess its just some eternal cycle of natural selection. whats new grows old, it happens to everyone i think though.

the outsiders grow old into the mainstream, and the young form the new bell curve. shock humor was the antithesis to the impact font before it, and now thats given way to a far more abstract humor, an identity of the current generation (and maybe that shows in the political atmosphere lmao). memes are reflective of something far more innate than just a funny joke, and thats something i think about a lot. even this channel shows that, 2016 marks a drastic shift in not just content, but greater ideals, which i appreciate.

its still so fucked up that the internet has accelerated this pop culture progression, but i guess its always been accelerating. from the market square, to the tv, and now the internet. now we see the whole world on a macro social scale, with the progression of ideas and beliefs being visible to the new generation. idfk why i wrote this and idk if anyone will see it, but its something to think about i guess.


MEME Theory: How MEME Theory is ruining the Memescape as we Know it

PewDiePie is literally doing the exact same thing as behind the meme with his "meme review" videos But Emp did not criticize PewDiePie because has really high sub count Emp is criticizing behind the meme because it has a lower sub count now I'm not defending behind the meme at all I actually hate behind the meme but the fact that Emp only criticize behind the meme is disappointing even though PewDiePie "meme review" videos IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING AS BEHIND THE MEME

Sorry for my bad English I'm an Indonesian citizens so if you don't understand what I said then it's okay

King Dededelicious It’s a monarchist American flag, in any single way, how would that be a meme?

@Hamxakron Chromium There's too many of them (question: it can't be too normie to use a King Dedede profile picture right?)

MEME Theory: How Hamxa Kron is ruining the Memescape as we Know it

Btw if were all outsiders, why do we want to keep the memescape as it is? This makes no fucking sense

I'm Grammy Norma, I'm old and I've got gray hair <br>🐵🔫👮😃😎🍆😍🐵🔫👻💜

I'm Grammy Norma, I'm old and I've got gray hair
🐵🔫👮😃😎🍆😍🐵🔫👻💜

Behind the meme? More like...BEHIND THE NORMIE

One two three, one two three four, how many normies are in my store

MEME THEORY BOUT MEME THEORY: How MEME Theory about MEME THEORY is ruining the Memescape as we Know it

But thaaaat's juuuust a theeeeory, a MEEEEEEME theeeeory! Thiiis is my reeeeal fucking voooooice.


Wanna know two other people who do Behind the memes content but better? Internet historian and Lessons in meme culture.

@Detah you're still using the word normie unironically, get a grip

@Bruh Momento filler  itself docs points for me

@Simon Petrikov 39 well yeah better content so no need for more filler

@The lasagna Man some of his videos felt forced or too recent for a meme that came recently for Like 5 minutey

@Marshaler the essence is he is a person who explains memes like BTM, however made much better content, choices and etc

@Bruh Momento More of a honest look, but straight and he networked with YouTubers, which heavily contrasts from BTM

Internet Historian liked Behind the Meme tho. I honestly don't think he'd condone the hate that was thrown to him

But they still kill the memes by exposing them to more and more normies

Meme analysis is a really good channel that well, analysis the meme in a more phylosophical level.

Internet historian doesn't talk about memes often

lessons in meme culture is rather a reincarnation of btm

Whang's quite good, if you can cope with feeling chronic facial hair inadequacy.


I can’t believe people (including me I won’t lie) used to take this stupid internet shit so serious

Comodification of art is a problem and should be taken seriously

@Akogiri Yeah. It’s in its own little community.

I mean... it's the meta of an internet site, discussed in a video which takes itself semi-seriously. I don't see why he wouldn't take the issue seriously.


And now, he is reborn as “lessons in meme culture”.

@Bigb 2029 Same concept and problems; “Guys the door is made of sticks not straw this time it’ll hold up against that murderer!”. At least with BTM you could laugh at the low quality of it all, but with lessons in meme culture you’re just… you feel nothing.<br>You know what’s the worst part of a joke? Explaining it, and yet it’s the only thing the guy does. Every single day, some niche joke falls victim to his lazily made and mass-produced content scheme. Literally just compare the thumbnails of his videos! It’s the same thing with a different topic!

@Bigb 2029 Same concept and problems; “Guys the door is made of sticks not straw this time it’ll hold up against that murderer!”. At least with BTM you could laugh at the low quality of it all, but with lessons in meme culture you’re just… you feel nothing.
You know what’s the worst part of a joke? Explaining it, and yet it’s the only thing the guy does. Every single day, some niche joke falls victim to his lazily made and mass-produced content scheme. Literally just compare the thumbnails of his videos! It’s the same thing with a different topic!

It’s not as shit as behind the meme plus it’s a different guy


Memes are like age ratings on games. You see an age rating of "17+" on it, but a bunch of 9 year olds still wanna play it, and they do, but they make the game worse because they just don't have the maturity to play it.

Let's be fair here. We all did the cars fly cheat in gta san andreas when we were 9.

Internet was better when it was populated by teens and 5-8 years olds. Now its adults, teens, 12 year olds and corporations

@Anonymous T mate not to be rude'but you need to work on your grammar.

Pie2 Spot on. I don't get why memes are seen as some complex art untainted by the evil cringe normies!!!!

ah yes you have to have a very high Iq and maturity to use reddit to understand the humor they use.

And then 20 somethings end up playing Splatoon.

It doesn't always have to be a mature rated game and kids ruin it. There are plenty of games which has a bad reputation due to little kids, you get what I'm saying?

@TheSquidThatDid Bionic Commando Rearmed for Xbox 360

robert I'm thinking that's somewhere between Sniper Elite and Wolfenstein

I remember I had a game that was rated M at 5.
It was a good game, never beat it.
The reason it had the rating was because at the end, Hitler's head is blown up.
Otherwise, the game could have easily gotten an E or maybe a T.
Pretty good game.

@anon ymous <br>Lol, he wasn't talking about that, tf

@anon ymous
Lol, he wasn't talking about that, tf

TheSquidThatDid ah yes the maturity to play such hits as modern war and battlefield<br>Get over yourself

TheSquidThatDid ah yes the maturity to play such hits as modern war and battlefield
Get over yourself

Wat were u sayin wen ppl r say dat they all played san andreas

solorhypercane 695 The irresponsible parents are to blame. They buy the game, not the children.

Devvrat Singh no, you have to have an ID and be 18 years old to purchase an M rated video game. Pretty surprising huh?

Guess what? Anyone can play the game! It's not your frickin' game! Pretty surprising, huh?

Then they give a bad name to kids who play the game minding they're own business not trolling anyone or raging and actually helping noobs Only to be kicked because we are kids

Soon enough the games popularity crashes and burns


going back to this video 4 years later
this is the video that made me subscribe to your channel
it's interesting to see how your content evolved since. better video and audio mixing, tighter script. your music selection definitely improved, but it's somewhat charming to hear and see modern WWE references.
your script writing definitely became more and more impersonal and the years went on.
i do miss the rustic YTP charm your older video essays had. it shows through some skits though.

looking forward to 4 more years, emp

I do quite like his more smooth and subtle approach in his editing style. But his crazy YTP style of editing gives me mad dopamine rushes. It just adds to the comedy.

@ToxicTurtle907 I don't think I've noticed the wordiness of his current scripts. However, current youtube essayists feel the need to produce over 90 minute-long videos and I'm grateful Emp hasn't truly followed that bandwagon.<br>I think Emp reserves his passion for youtube-related videos. The copyright series is a good example, especially the final part. I really doubt he would care as much for something like rare items or the themes in The Thing; he doesn't have much commentary on these topics. I can understand why you would find it off-putting, especially when you compare his current cadence to videos like these.

@ToxicTurtle907 I don't think I've noticed the wordiness of his current scripts. However, current youtube essayists feel the need to produce over 90 minute-long videos and I'm grateful Emp hasn't truly followed that bandwagon.
I think Emp reserves his passion for youtube-related videos. The copyright series is a good example, especially the final part. I really doubt he would care as much for something like rare items or the themes in The Thing; he doesn't have much commentary on these topics. I can understand why you would find it off-putting, especially when you compare his current cadence to videos like these.

@CommanderGuy I don't really watch limc but I think he handles memes a bit better then btm, I think his content is mybe just a little bit above average

Some btm defenders using lessons in meme culture as a gotcha moment, assuming that since we dislike btm that we hate limc as well

It’s weird coming back to lemon as a former YTP addict, as a current YouTube documentary addict

It's also really interesting that we have lessons in meme culture now, which is actually respectful of memes while still being very approachable by normies.

I love the evolution of his production for all of the reasons you stated too, but I've noticed two flaws grow with his current content that I am critical of him for nowadays: his monotone voice-overs and being needlessly wordy. Listen to how passionate he sounds in this video. The energy he pours into his voice about the subject makes us care about it simply by his tone. Of course the substance matters as well, but for YouTube the message is the medium, and even in a vacuum this type of delivery much more compelling than him using a completely flat, "professional" voice reading out a dull script that's so verbose sometimes it sound like a high school essay trying to reach a minimum word count. Being a little more concise and animated would give a lot more zest to his content, which is already top notch besides my criticisms.

This video is a time capsule and the reason why he has 780k subs today


I come back to this video at least once a year because it’s honestly one of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever seen on this website. Sure, it is a major critique but to me the amount of editing skill, wit, and raw unfiltered emotion conveys to me the ideal youtube. A place where you can create whatever you want, about anything you want. Among a mass of sterile and emotionless videos there are those like Emplemon who make content they want make, rather than the content that will get them the most views, and I think that’s just really neat.

Facts. I absolutely adore this video. Not just for the points but the Youtube Poop editing style is just awesome. Makes it much more funny.

@Alkindi look what i want and i don't need a guide to show me which content is the "right" content. Get a life

@Guilhermessj being mediocre means little effort with less quality, this what btm does. Viewer rising and people support him for that is wrong.

Did you even watch the video bruh?

@Alkind Pretty sure no one thinks like that. Nothing wrong with being mediocre. Tho ppl like to try to achieve better than that,there's nothing wrong with it

And this comment, expressing a love for a particular type of video although not amassing likes, is also pretty sick, and it's nice to see others like this type of content.

Unless you're Behind The Meme,then you make the content you want,but you get slandered and pursued for being yourself and getting death threats.

Definitely agreed. It's such a joy to watch someone talk about a topic with passion. It's gotten very rare on Youtube these days...


It's wild watching this after that one smear article fried Fantano's brain and turned him into a parody of his former self. Maybe if BTM made a video about the Sam Hyde connection first their channel would still be a hit, oh well!


As a former pooper myself, I almost threw up when he said “sentence shifting”. That is unforgivable.

@lugia's VHS archive it's not that he got it wrong, it's that he makes a video about it without being informed on the topic

Watching Emp put youtube poops on a pedestal like its some new age art is ridiculous. I compare youtube poop to edm. There are some beautiful pieces out there but its mostly random garbage hobbled together by 13 y/o kids

fattylugia I watched a Super Mario Maker 2 Tips Video where the person referred to a “ground pound” as a “butt bounce” and so many of the comments were talking about it. I seriously find it hilarious (and kind of depressing) how big of a deal people were making out of it. That’s like flipping because someone said “level” instead of “course” or “leaping” instead of “jumping.”

@Fluffynator its called sentence mixing.


Looking this deep into memes is a meme in and of itself


I find myself coming back to watch this video after 3 years. Yup still just as good and even more relevant. Emp, you really are a master of your craft sir.


this recommendation 4+ years ago revealed a content creater that surpassed the commentary community at its time and continues to create content that is interesting to us. Thank you emplemon. You are truly an underdog in the youtube landscape.


Ngl tho, I've stopped even keeping up with memes cause there's like a new meme every 2 days or some shit, or they've managed to live a couple of months cause they're forced as hell.

A someone who was in Highschool when modern internet memes took off around '12-'13, the older you get, the less you give af about internet culture...

And they're extremely unfunny as well. Then they call people who think their memes are bad normies lol


It's like Syndrome said "when everyone's super, no one will be"

Translation: "I want memes to be understood by only a small amount of people so I can feel special!"

He also sold nuclear weapons and shit so not an apt comparison

Jex Cala I wish that were true, ‘twould be quite hilarious.

Not exactly, according to my eyes, there are two types of normies, there’s the ones who go on with their life with out getting offended by a Pepe meme, and there is the one who get offended to memes on an instant

2 Years later...

Everyone looks at memes and memes have become in itself part of normie culture...
Sadly that means that casual memes have become normie memes.......

Well yeah. People are so superior for watching ear rape and finding it funny or liking marginally humorous shit. Get over yourself. There's nothing special in that. There is something 'special' in finding yourself special. So hey. I invalidated my argument. You are in fact special. Congratulations. Now what was I doing? Oh yeah. Leaving

At least there are a few safe lily pads. Don't tell the normies about TJ """""""Henry""""""" Yoshi.

Formula Uuno true, but what we are saying here it's that if you wanna be super you need to do the efforts for it. For example, you wanted to be a cook ? Nice you learned how to make pizzas and work on it for 2 years. And there comes a guy(The normies) who said he knows how to cook too but the only thing he does is taking a pizza in the refrigerator (that he didn't make) and put it in the oven. He's not a cook because he dont want to be it. He just want to be like the real cooks who actually cook but he dont want to inform himself on the subject first.

When everyone is dank...............<br>no one will be.

When everyone is dank...............
no one will be.

"When every one's super."
*Laughs*
"No one will be."

Or Mrs. Incredible says everyone's special
Then dash says that's another way of saying no one is. Ah screw it not really.

"When every one's super."
**Laughs**
"No one will be."

Or Mrs. Incredible says everyone's special
Then dash says that's another way of saying no one is. Ah screw it not really.

yeah i think behind the meme has some kind of syndrome

"oh my god if these many normies start using memes i wont feel special anymore!"

i for one welcome our new normie overlords

dang you I literally just watched the Incredibles within the past week

Intergalactic Human Empire holy shit, how can i not see that

When everyone makes memes, memes will be normified.


I think a better definition for normies and outsiders is a matter of taste.
Normies have a vague, extremely loose taste defined mostly by the culture of the day.
Outsiders have a clear, refined taste that suits their own beliefs and opinions.

There, you did it without being smug, condescending or petty for an entire half an hour.

The term "normie" used to define any definite person in reality is already pretty flawed by its premises. "Normies" while onto a pretty decent understanding of certain groups of people and their interests, "normies" aren't really representative of any genuine "real" individuals, and those who try to make it seem that way it are often highly smug elitist individuals who often want to form some narrative over their superiority over and others and are the "unique" "deep" "outsider" unlike the "generic" "dull" "uncreative" plebians, when in actuality everyone to some degree has their own niche at one time or other or act in ways that are somewhat quirky and outside the bounds of "typicality", however for various reasons, some act out far more than others or go into their own echo-chambers (which with the rise of the internet this process has greatly accelerated) and EMP fails to understand that to make an overgeneralized understanding of how trends work to suit his own narrative regarding a youtuber he had a vendetta against and who wanted to see their absolute destruction.


I think the rapid death of memes can mostly be blamed to the memes just going down a chain from 4chan to reddit to twitter to ifunny to instagram to Everyone In days

@Gordo Pendejo I agree with you on that brother, it's a tragedy

@Cameron Thayer when memes started dying in a month was the beginning of the normie invasion, memes werent supposed to die that quickly

@Gordo Pendejo "most memes... are made in reddit or instagram" shit tier take, seems like honest-to-god-or-whatever-you-believe-in-or-lack-thereof projection, memes come from anywhere, and you're right that a lot come from normies. But that's the problem. Memes have evolved from outsiders making them and the normies oversharing them killing them, now normies are the ones making the memes, and so when back then memes die in a month or so, nowadays it's about a week. A fucking week. Memes are dying.

most memes at the moment arent made in 4chan, most are made in reddit or instagram, and thus are targeted to normies

it's not really a chain per se, 4chan doesn't make every meme (though it does make a lot), it's more like the meme is originated on one of those social medias, then gets shared to the next, to the next, then it dies.


This aged like fine milk spilled on the floor<br>Thank fuck your Melee video is more popular than this

This aged like fine milk spilled on the floor
Thank fuck your Melee video is more popular than this

Ikr, I remember when there was so much drama on youtube over this.


I'm sorry emp but after thinking about this for years, this video is heavily outdated. I'd argue more dated than the dead memes themselves, especially when compared to your new content!


The internet's first meme is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early meme's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then meme subsides to meme.
So 4chan sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

GameToon I remember that from the outsiders

Yo dude, I cried when dally died, half the tears were sadness the others were laughter of how far he flew when he was shot

RIP Dally and Johnny.<br>We couldn't get along without the both of you.

RIP Dally and Johnny.
We couldn't get along without the both of you.

Wike mazowski The poem came into mind because when he first mentioned "outsiders" i thought of the book, and I decided to <del>change</del>  improve the poem

Wike mazowski The poem came into mind because when he first mentioned "outsiders" i thought of the book, and I decided to -change-  improve the poem

Ha! I like this version better than the original poem

Poetry and memes. Get me some apple juice in a wine glass, and I think we've got a day for my top ten.

Goddamn this madman tried to post something of quality in the comment section equivalent of autism.

Such an hero

I fucking saw the poem when I was reading the book, The Outsiders. The book and movie were surprisingly, not that bad.

Robert frost is frickin' cool. HA! "cool", BAH DUM  BUM Heh heh...

Save it.

Gonna go die now.

Robert frost is frickin' cool. HA! "cool", *BAH DUM  BUM* Heh heh...

Save it.

Gonna go die now.

GameToon <br> oh I love me some Robert Frost lmao

GameToon
 oh I love me some Robert Frost lmao

Just another person who understands the reference..

GameToon that was on my literature test lmao

Mr.Dank
LMFAO!! For your sake, we'll pretend you were just trolling.
Johnny dies in a fire of a burning church, He's saving some kiddies in there that were trapped.(I think they were trapped. I forgot)
Novel's 50 years old
Film's almost 35 years old

P.S. Norman dresses as his long dead mother to kill people in Psycho.

HAHAHAAHAHAAA!!! <br>Are you serious? R. Frost? You truly did win. Cookie in the shape of a gold star is in the mail.

HAHAHAAHAHAAA!!!
Are you serious? R. Frost? You truly did win. Cookie in the shape of a gold star is in the mail.

Aquamarine bruh its been out for years fuckin watch the movie or read the book

+Doc Scratch  Yeh i was pretty chuffed that I came up with that :3

You are a genius. Parodying a poem most people know about through a book called the outsiders. And the outsiders are those who understood memes are the outsiders and those outsiders enjoy this poem.

GameToon the best nothing gold can stay rendition I've ever heard

Losc ander my god now i wanna watch the movie and read the book now

+Snailbob12765 lol i never even noticed that! xD

Losc ander i watched the movie before the book lol

GameToon "ah I see you are a man of culture aswell"

Haha yes :D Didn't expect anyone to get the reference, well met stranger have a good day :)

GameToon robert frost? nothing gold can stay


Man, your editing style these days is a lot more subtle and a lot less loud noises.

I loved that crazy editing style. He doesn't do it as much in something like the Sympathy for the Villain since that wouldn't make sense. HIs YTP style of editing was awesome.

Ikr. I kinda miss his angrier and more chaotic days but people have to grow up i guess.

It’s because when he was making this video he was still making YTP which tends to be as chaotic as this video


We have someone far superior to behind the meme and it's lessons in meme culture


God, when the Melon was still somewhat cool. Emp, promise me to stay the way you are. The human heart can only take so much pain and suffering.


I think Emplemon is happy to know Anthony Fantano crushed Behind the meme by a large number of subscribers (even though subscribers are not fundamental to "internet cred")<br>At least Anthony has the recognition he deserves now

I think Emplemon is happy to know Anthony Fantano crushed Behind the meme by a large number of subscribers (even though subscribers are not fundamental to "internet cred")
At least Anthony has the recognition he deserves now


Well, you actually suprised me with this video, I went into this as a fan of Behind The Meme and expected to come out of this hating you, but I actually agree with what you said, and I feel all the better for watching this. So, from the deepest depths of my heart I thank you.

Man, I like how the public perception of this EmpLemon video has changed so much over the course of 5 years. After looking at the more recent comments, they are really dunking on Emp's old video or are talking about how much he has grown, of which he has grown and matured quite a bit. But I think this video in particular grew from a place of passion about funny memes, and BtM was pretty bad even in foresight, but he probably shouldn't have gotten so much hate though.

+The Division Nub <br>I respect them a little bit more for even confessing to it.

+The Division Nub
I respect them a little bit more for even confessing to it.

BitStreak funny thing he actually confessed  he was a normie

Travel further Normie. Do you hear that? That is the sound of pepe ,oh bless that name,  beckoning you. Come join the brotherhood of KEK, and have your mind,soul,and body (yes your body), opened.

I was once a BTM subscriber as well. At the time, I thought it was an interesting new idea that was worth exploring, and he wasn't overtly terrible, so I gave him a chance. I think, perhaps the first thing that pushed me away, however, aside from the barely watchable Antony Fantano "Comeback" video,  was when he changed his outro to "memes are keeeengagagagagah!" possibly the most blatant and clumsy attempt to be quirky and humorous I've seen in years. Then I noticed something else too. Every time he made a video, the subject would be new and unique to me, but I quickly reached a point where I just hated everyone who tried to use each new meme. The jokes got slower and the timing got worse, with the punchline almost never marking the end of a gag. And then he said the words, "After literally <b>two hours</b> of research, I came up with nothing!" and I realized I'd wasted every minute I'd spent watching his shoddy, poorly researched, dime a fucking dozen content. Anything would be better than this. I unsubscribed and felt ashamed for having subscribed in the first place.

I was once a BTM subscriber as well. At the time, I thought it was an interesting new idea that was worth exploring, and he wasn't overtly terrible, so I gave him a chance. I think, perhaps the first thing that pushed me away, however, aside from the barely watchable Antony Fantano "Comeback" video,  was when he changed his outro to "memes are keeeengagagagagah!" possibly the most blatant and clumsy attempt to be quirky and humorous I've seen in years. Then I noticed something else too. Every time he made a video, the subject would be new and unique to me, but I quickly reached a point where I just hated everyone who tried to use each new meme. The jokes got slower and the timing got worse, with the punchline almost never marking the end of a gag. And then he said the words, "After literally *two hours* of research, I came up with nothing!" and I realized I'd wasted every minute I'd spent watching his shoddy, poorly researched, dime a fucking dozen content. Anything would be better than this. I unsubscribed and felt ashamed for having subscribed in the first place.


I think that we're living in an 'outsider only' world, and that's terrifying for many reasons.


Oh boy... When people start to get too attached to memes, that they become insanely protective to them... Their stuff just earns to burn on normie-fire. This concern is so pretentious that their treasures just earn to get normified. At least then they must find something more meaningful to define their identities.


holy shit dude. that samoa joe theme is the hardest audio that has ever been piped into my ears. i looked it up thanks to your tracklist and have been looping it for 20 minutes. i’m in astonished awe at what these waveforms are doing to my brain right now. thank you for this, EmpLemon. eventually i’ll get back to the video but i need another few rounds of this theme on repeat first. wow


MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we know it but everytime EmpLemon says "Normie" there's more earrape and distortion

he also kills memes because he shits out new memes so quickly

And when you can no longer hear the word Normie it resets the video to normal and you can start the process over again.

MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we know it 🅱ut Stingy claims everything

MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we Know It, but it's actually funny, interesting to watch, and my ears aren't bleeding over his shitty voice.

You know it's good to let shitty memes die, right?

roan macphee emplemon IS already earrape

MEME Theory: How Behind The Memes Is Ruining The Memescape As We Know It but every time flashing lights and distortion appears it cuts in to a 3000 degree knife and every time it cuts through something it cuts back to MEME Theory 2x faster but every third time this happens it gets more distorted and slowed but the 24th time that happens Toy Story 3 starts playing start to finish and every time the colour blue appears it gets slower and when the MEME Theory video ends it begins again backwards at 7.000.000.000 times

I got a bee meme but it's funny and Luke warm tho ;)

roan macphee more like Meme Theory: How Behind The Meme is ruining the Meme scape except for every "meme" there is more ear rape and distortion, and every "Behind the Meme" is a new Behind the Meme video.

MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is Ruining the Memescape as we know it but every normie is replaced with the entire 🅱ee movie script


i agree on what ep is saying, but, if I'ma be honest ep really dose sound (and act) like the guy in your class who would say normie un ironically


this video is definitely a product of its time but it's still fun to look back at nonetheless. i'm glad emp (and myself) is not uber-edgy anymore


Why is this at the end of a Danganronpa OST Playlist lmao

Don't tell me 537 people have never misclicked on adding a video to yt playlists

just me.. slamming my head onto the pavement

Because danganronpa v3 stands for (spoilers)

53, and there are 52 black osts and they were like:
“Oh no there HAS to be 53”

SilverStar555 it adds it to the playlist you most recently added something to, so if they’ve been adding stuff to that playlist and slip up, it can be weird.

As someone who makes a lot of music playlists its easy to accidentally add a video to a playlist on mobile without knowing it. If you addicentally press the "save" button it adds the video youre watching to a random playlist. People that make many playlists dont look at their playlists too often and a video that was accidentally added a long time after the playlist was made will slip under the radar of most creators.

What? did you miss behind the meme's trial and execution? It was my favorite part


"i predict this video is going to get a shit load of views because im being critical of someone"
becomes his most viewed video

"i predict this video is going to get a shit load of views because im being critical of someone"
*becomes his most viewed video*

I personally never understood how that was funny. Maybe it was a little funny at first but it grown so stale.


Imagine caring that much about fuckin memes lmao


god this is so cringey looking back why were we like this


People getting pissed at this video for gatekeeping ironically only proves some of the video's point. Dont agree with everything, but people's "critisms" comes off as vindictive rather than insightful.

@LogicallyImpared it can go both ways then. why obsesses yourself and get upset at something that seems so inconsequential. If people see it pathetic, then why obsess over it too. Now it about the lack of self awareness

I feel like a lot of people just think it’s pathetic to see a grown man complain about someone explain a meme. I feel like the ‘go touch grass’ insult is perfect here.

@Andy F. Not really, its like repeating a joke and completely missing the point of it, and getting angry when people get confused at the way you use it.

Translation: "I want memes to be understood by only a small amount of people so I can feel special!" It's like saying a joke isn't funny if you understand it and why it's funny.

@High Definition it was. The main point was that "normies" were people who liked to act like they know or understand something when at best they have is surface knowledge. People like to cry out gatekeeper when small communities don't want others with barely any knowledge of the subject either spread false information or overdoing it on the hype.

Wasn't the video's point just that Behind the Meme was a normie and EmpLemon didn't like that


I remember when I didn't liked the video initially I mean I didn't even watch the entire thing. Later I saw YouTube geographic abt the 1st video and then I was impressed and watched more of your videos and became one of my favourite creators Emp.


This is a surprisingly constructive Rant. I've rewatched it 3 times already just for the amount of effort put into it

Ed Unce this is the second time I’ve watched it all the way through, I just love this guys content

This rant isn't really as great as a lot of his future videos. I especially love "YouTube Has Been on a Downward Spiral", "MEME Theory: How Donald Trump used Memes to Become President", "and about all of his YouTube Geographic videos thus far, especially his most recent video over LeafyIsHere.

The Jimmy Kimmel rant was also good, but it was certainly less structured.

Sometimes I rewatch this from start to finish again, but sometimes I came here back to check out the highlights I like more from this rant video <3

Whats nice is theres only one ad. Ive seen 10 minute videos with more ads

Mrgoodvibe....just stop, you aren't funny or cool, stop being salty for no reason. And if you respond to this, then it just shows that you are just like behind the meme when it comes to criticism, you get pissed off just because someone disagrees with you and you try to either, A. Look like a hero or B. Try to "be cool". Just stop.

mrgoodvibe100 It's sad to see someone with no life at all would waste their time writing to someone who hasn't responded back.

Trolling or not, you should probably see a doctor about getting on some meds.

1. *You're

2. It's the name of a community on Reddit, if the post I made ever gets noticed, be ready to get buttraped by everyone lmao. That being said I'm surprised nobody already destroyed you on this comment section previously seeing how much of a tryhard hardcore badass you have been.

Anyways, if you want to continue to spam me, don't even mind to do so since I'll simply screenshot everything you say and if there's enough content I might even make a video reading out loud the stuff you said for the lulz.

I'm not really sure if it's constructive or not. However, thing for sure, it's entertaining.

mrgoodvibe100 WATCH OUT WE GOT A BADASS OVER HERE

"Catorgies"
"I could easily take this guy's girlfriend"
Ten year old spotted.

IsThisAName ??? No it's not behind the meme fanboy

Yeah i also watched it alot. i don't even think its rant though.


>"Stop teaching normies about memes!"

>Plugs his subreddit

ok

>"Stop misrepresenting memes to normies"


honestly. I dont mind the documentary style vids of emplemon but I miss the chaos of it all.


Judging it as a rant, this was pretty entertaining; watching people complain passionately is sometimes just funny(agree or disagree with them). You even made some interesting points.<br>And, "4chan ain't good for much, but..." lol that was a funnier and more original way of just saying, "4chan overall sucks."

Judging it as a rant, this was pretty entertaining; watching people complain passionately is sometimes just funny(agree or disagree with them). You even made some interesting points.
And, "4chan ain't good for much, but..." lol that was a funnier and more original way of just saying, "4chan overall sucks."


(25:36) The Trial was probably the most genius song you could’ve put in there. THAT is culture at its finest.


That dinosaur metaphor is even more fitting than you think -- not only are dinosaurs still alive (as birds), but they outnumber mammals 2 to 1.

Even in a world ruled by outsiders, the normies are still the majority. Damn those cunning bastards.

"Noooo you can't let people who aren't on the internet 24/7 understand memes! Only a small group of people can understand what memes mean or else I can't feel special!"

@Tech Von Eldreth and there are cats (which are mammals) who kill birds.

GlobstersMessenger| I disagree, but I am not going to elaborate a response because I got things to do.

By "normies" I believe you mean the productive members of society who push along progress and don't live on their computer. We are not leaching off our parents and dont have our hands out going "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme". Honestly you guys are just as lazy as socialists or communists. Always with your hands out begging for more.

HoopsAndDinoMan Democracy is garbage so i suggest outsider-fascism.

@ChristianSkelton You do realize that the entire thing is based off of The Bible? The majority of your proof has little to nothing to do with your statement, sure, some of it does help your statement, but still, I'm sure you never even read it all.

5,416 mammal species vs. 9000-10000 bird species.

HoopsAndDinoMan I agree with you but I think there are more Humans than dinosaurs

Normien are killing memes so thats pretty sad

HoopsAndDinoMan Outsiders are the renegades, normies are our rulers.

Dude I totally get the metaphor u mean to say but...

Jesus Christ save these fucking atheists

just delete the word "meme" normies will catch on to using them and we'll have our things

HoopsAndDinoMan and the T-Rex has a brain the size of a walnut

thats why there are still normies today, they are the birds

But the mammals reign supreme. Then again, there are a lot of stupid mammals.

Hey, glad to see you here! :)<br>Been watching your videos ever since the first Dinosaur Story all those years ago, and your videos are still consistently great! Keep up the great work, and always remain motivated and inspired, no matter what happens.

Hey, glad to see you here! :)
Been watching your videos ever since the first Dinosaur Story all those years ago, and your videos are still consistently great! Keep up the great work, and always remain motivated and inspired, no matter what happens.

It's always a surprise to see you again!


And now memes die so fast that zoomers consider memes to be obsolete, supplanted by Tiktoks of all things.


There's not wrong on liking more mainstream things or popular stuff, hell, those same subjects may have been underground and underappreciated some day, something got popular what you gonna do, stop liking it? no. IMO, what makes someone truly a normie is settling for mediocrity and mindless consumerism of media and content without consideration on what that means for you as a individual, following trends for the sake of following.


emplemon single handedly took down a dude who felt like making easy to produce meme explanation videos for fun by basically telling him its “cultural appropriation”<br>edit: and then an army of 14 year old kids who thought they were cool and edgy harassed him until he gave up

emplemon single handedly took down a dude who felt like making easy to produce meme explanation videos for fun by basically telling him its “cultural appropriation”
edit: and then an army of 14 year old kids who thought they were cool and edgy harassed him until he gave up


This video had made me single-handedly resent mainstream society. I still face the psychological tribalism to this day. Bravo.


Can't wait for Behind The Meme to make a response video to this

kirbyfan 12 watch as EU is about to ban MEMES. Are you still not taking it seroiusly?

+Jest Meister Because they talked about it in 4chan instead of a fucking Discord server

This is a video about memes and i cant take it seriously-

nitro nut you know that's the exact symptoms of the Liberals but he is become one

he doesnt need to he is too big for this little fellaw over here

We need to get him to see this video. It faces him with two dead ends: accept the video and take his place as a normie or respond, which he will not be able to do.

Probably another video where he can't come up with an argument. Then he will rely on Mama Memes and his emo younger brother to "ROAST" him.

THAD YT Well that going to be fucking soon

THAD YT to tell the truth, i doubt he will.

Yaaah me neither (I am not a cow).

(Okay this part of the comment is serious) But this video's so well done that I think he'll actually get the message.

also he wont emp lemon exposed him too much

THAD YT hey I got 666th LIKE ON YOUR COMMENT

You know he won't be able to. He only has time to research on KYM and google random xd funny gifs for his videos. Watching this video would take longer.

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!  People are making fun of me on the internet!!  Plz roast them for me, git the noobs gud."

(See what I did there I used outdated memes because BTM doesn't know god damn shit about memes)

"It seems some people don't like it when memes are shared with the rest of the world and want them all to themselves." All read in his fucking emotionless voice like the soulless automaton he is.

THAD YT btm is gonna make a cringey comeback like the one he did with Anthony fantano

W H Y
A R E
T H E
S I M P S O N S
G R E E N

Well, he responded when /b/ tried to prank him with a fake meme.

THAD YT It'd just be dead air. He cannot win in this argument, all points are laid out and the carpet is rolled.

Hello ıñţəřņėţ, welcome to BEHIND THE *MEME*, where I will now -REGURGITATE-, I mean <i>ggggggggggggggggg</i> yall about memes in a biased w ay because  (I'm afraid of no one remembering me)

Hello ıñţəřņėţ, welcome to BEHIND THE *MEME*, where I will now -REGURGITATE-, I mean _ggggggggggggggggg_ yall about memes in a biased w ay because  (I'm afraid of no one remembering me)


Good to see even so I was conservative edgylord, I still disliked this video back in the days, not because I watched BTM but because I always thought protecting shitty memes and calling them "culture" was painfully pretentious.

You have a playlist of anime songs you can’t speak on politics or culture. (I agree the vid is bad)


I like you, emplemon, but i think you need to understand that Normieism itself is an ever evolving, ancient, effective, and the original meme.

Knowing the normie meme is a path to powers many would find... unnatural.


as much as I love you and your channel, coming back to this video is one of the ironically cringe experiences in my life. This shit is awful lol.

Nah I love this video. It was a really nice dissection of BTM’s content. The problem I had with Emp was not the video but for the fact that he never had noticed how Kyle was just a regular guy who didn’t read the room well. And even then, didn’t deserve to get slaughtered by tons of people. If you didn’t like this video, idk it just feels like you wouldn’t like Emp. He’s the master of talking about pointless topics but finding them extremely interesting.

Yup, this gives off awful school shooter vibes<br>"How dare you appropriate my memes, reeeee"

Yup, this gives off awful school shooter vibes
"How dare you appropriate my memes, reeeee"


Users like Behind the Meme and Ryan have become an epidemic on the platform, from stolen art to the overall exploitive nature of the content. Quite frankly, it's annoying.


IDubbbz: the cop
Nerd City: the forensics team
Emplemon: the prosecutor

@sh4d0w2013 IH is the guy who makes a documentary on the crime. Except it's an actually entertaining documentary like Tiger King

Emp doesn't need to update the autopsy report to win, AND knows what a breakfast burrito is.

@Therworldtube it reminds me when pewdiepie yells stop in his Swedish accent

@sh4d0w2013 And The Outsiders: The Judge(s)

@SockEater4293 THE LONGER THE ICON OF SIMP IS ON EARTH, THE STRONGER HE WILL BECOME.

@(STUDENT)William Giles Keem writes the transcript of the court case


2017, when insufferable r/DankMemes redditor teenagers were complaining about the le nOrMiEs taking their memes, as if they're not normies themselves, and as if their memes aren't all super popular and easily accessible. Good times. Behind The Meme really was the chad all along, looking back.

@Pundit07 when you get a paper cut you bet youll be calling for mama

@Pundit07 So you'd rather take the side of insufferable teenagers who watch Pewdiepie and browse Reddit all day and use le funney internet images xdd as a replacement for having interests and personality and a life? Ok then...

So a person who has to get their mom to defend them from the internet on camera is a chad? Ok then...

Reddit is the normie central but BTM was normie radiactive cancer


Who knew there could be such a passionate level of...

...telling jokes the right way

its kinda annoying when you tell a joke and someone else you know misuses it. Then you have to explain before being told that it doesn’t matter.

Yeah, they’re right to an extent but it’s kind off annoying right?


5:17 i feel like the "If something works, why change it?" is the reason why a lot of games have "metas"
since one thing is so good, nobody is going to bother trying to do it a different way because it won't be as effective as the thing everyone does


I remember when this was a huge deal. Memes ended up better than ever. I think everyone who felt so strongly like this during the time had their heads stuck in the reaction animal times. You mentioned how memes at the time were dying a lot faster, but failed to notice how many more new memes that were coming out. How memes were evolving.

And oversaturating (mr incredible becoming uncanny)


I would like to take a moment to appreciate just how amazing EmpLemon's music taste is...

The use of 'The Trial' was an exellent choice for the outro.

@Akiel Steewart exactly.. hate it when people say that. music is subjective

@Akiel Steewart For the record, you can't just take definitions off the internet and then tack your own addendum to them and then expect them to hold up in an argument. 😂

According to the Oxford Dictionary, woke means, "alert to injustice in society, especially racism." You will find that the words "especially" and "exclusively" have different meanings. Therefore yes, my argument that you were being "woke" by pointing out that my opinion on music is only an opinion and thus your implications that calling it objectively "good" is an injustice hold up.

So please... Go listen to some music or something. We can agree to disagree here, but know that your opinion is wrong. 😂

@The Arachnid woke = "alert" to injustices in society, especially racism, or acting pretentious about a political issue.

Yh my comment was sooo woke and political.

@The Arachnid _woke = "alert" to injustices in society, especially racism, or acting pretentious about a political issue._

Yh my comment was sooo woke and political.

@Akiel Steewart Bruh please go be woke somewhere else. It was already clear that the point of my comment was to express both agreement with and approval of his taste in music. Pointing it out doesn't make you look any smarter or cultured, bud.

i'll never understand what "good" music taste is. You mean his music taste is similar to <i>yours.</i>

i'll never understand what "good" music taste is. You mean his music taste is similar to _yours._

3:18 Gran Turismo 4 arcade mode music to add to the list of good songs put in this video.

Yeah but I gotta say I was waiting for the CAUSE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTYS WHAT IM ....

Yes, this man listens to both MF DOOM and blank banshee

Mr. Clean I’m not a Prog Rock Expert but Tarkus or Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 2112 by Rush, the Close to the Edge by Yes are a pretty good first few set of Prog Rock compositions.

I’ve discovered a lot of really great Prog Rock thanks to this guy.

i swear, also hes one of the only youtubers that leave the music in the description


People getting mad over there precious memes is dumb and pathetic.

Normies getting mad about a guy who doesn't even care about the subject he was so livid about 3 years ago are even more so.

Edit: Sorry, FOUR.

Normies getting mad about a guy who doesn't even care about the subject he was so livid about *3 years ago* are even more so.

Edit: Sorry, FOUR.


I miss Thatistheplan. it was good seeing another side of the Internets busiest music nerd. especially when his content was so nice to watch.


Today most people who get into memes are trend chasers because they know memes will make them HIP bruh. It's not actually about enjoying the spontaneous humor or clever responses, or even knowing the context. It's like making a joke except all you said was the punchline and expecting everyone to laugh.

Sono what do you think happened to monty python and space balls over thirty years.

Sono lol im part of the people who are constantly on the internet that they know every meme and the reference.

<b>I AM SICK AND TIRED OF EIGHT TO FIFTEEN CHILDS IN MY SCHOOL SHOUTING 'DO YOU KNOW DA WAY' OUT IN CLASS I WANT TO DIE</b>

*I AM SICK AND TIRED OF EIGHT TO FIFTEEN CHILDS IN MY SCHOOL SHOUTING 'DO YOU KNOW DA WAY' OUT IN CLASS I WANT TO DIE*

Sono <br>This kind of thing is why I can't understand most memes these days.

Sono
This kind of thing is why I can't understand most memes these days.

Arbaaz Patwari Normies over- saturate them. End of story.

Dixon PSYduck yep all the normie meme accounts like Daquan’s children HAVE POSTED THEM and all the normies are like “woahooAYY DU YU NO DEE WÆ HEHEHEH” and that’s how our meme died

CinemaSlackerTV pls don't tell me the normies found ugandan knuckles

CinemaSlackerTV <b>50 emojis that basically say that I agree and found your comment funny</b>

CinemaSlackerTV *50 emojis that basically say that I agree and found your comment funny*

hey.... bike is short for bichael.... why is no one laughing....

People are hopping on the anti normie band wagon left and right. Before this video, only 4chan bitched about normies.


I lost my ear drums watching this, to the point where i can’t even play the drums anymore.


I always forget how insanely hilarious this is.


looks like emp predicted the future. i mean look at memes today its a week at most then its gone