Memes come in a broad variety, but the 3 main categories I will be using right now are Surface Level, Contextual, and Deep. Some examples of a Surface Level meme are:
These memes require little to no prior knowledge of what a meme is or even of other forms of digital media to understand what is being captured in the image. This is the reason that I would call these a Surface Level meme.
Past that are memes that require some understanding of another medium or reference to make sense. Some examples would be:
To provide context, there was a common theme going around on Twitter where people would create long stories about their hatred of Stuart Little. The second one uses context from two different sources and combines them into one image. This is obviously the scene of Mufasa's death from The Lion King; however, it is combined with the death animation from Fortnite.
Lastly, are Deep memes, which go into a layer that can be called Cursed memes.
The first meme in this set would be what I classify as Deep, a meme that has little to no meaning unless someone has been around memes or the internet for a certain amount of time. A Cursed image, such as the second one, is generally something designed to make the viewer uncomfortable, yet provide a level of comedy. They are not made to be "understood", most of them just kind of happen.
Thank you for checking this out, and if you made it through this load of bullshit, I hope you have gained a new level of understanding.
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