If your meme is to be repeated long after even you stop caring about it, it has to be both simple and unique. Yet another Animal/MS Paint meme attempt. The phrase 'forced meme' is actually an oxymoron, if you think about it. What is it that makes people force memes? Why? WHY? It is very rare that a forced meme becomes an actual meme (See: Desu). An example of a forced meme is 'MAARRGEE, YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART!' a faked, forced meme by members of Something Awful. A meme is forced (usually on /b/ on forced meme Mondays, every Monday) by having one person or a group of people try to spread the meme all over the interweb, or pretending that they like the meme so other people may catch on, like a fad.
B: Not having a funny story/ copypasta attached to it.Įver since the explosion of fame the O RLY owl meme had on the Internets, now everyone wants to take a shot at making the next Internet meme.A forced meme is an attempt to use what TOW calls the exposure effect to make one's attempt at humor a part of Interweb history, otherwise known as a meme.