MEMES TODAY

WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT MEMES...

In this days social media has taken over since it is a platform that is used in this generation, the new born babies today are also aware of social media and they also participate in different platforms for we have seen kids in TikTok, You Tube, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms as they own accounts. Seems incredible on how social media keeps on growing very fast today.

A good percentage of young people find most of their time online . In social media there is much to learn and more of entertainment also is found in this media platforms. Memes is one of aspects of entertainment in social media, memes are pieces of text, images and videos that are typically humorous in nature which is copied and spread rapidly by the internet users, often with slight variations. Memes are entertaining and also some affect others. As it is fast shared on the Internet to entertain sometimes is personal and also affects others.

Advantages of memes are:

Memes are entertaining- most of the time you find people just smiling on their own phones on social media, a high percentage of them are always reading memes and funny videos on people's status on Whatsapp on Facebook and other social media. Memes can make you really laugh and have fun .

Memes show our true nature- sometimes memes written on social media really shows who we are. It is a mimic but most of them tell of our true colors and behaviors.

Memes also educate- as you can also find out that when you read a meme written and maybe it mimics your wrong behavior it makes you feel bad and you find yourself changing from what you do, or you see something and get educated from it.

Memes bring unity and togetherness - when we laugh and have fun together on social media it makes us move as one as we share the same memes for example the meme that has been trending " murife don't run" made most of our days as we could joke together.

Apart from advantages there are also disadvantages: 

 

Memes make serious things be taken for granted - most people mimic serious issues making most young people find it fun rather than thinking through it .

Memes affect people mentally and even affect their self esteem- this is when memes concerning physical appearances and personal status are used for a laughing zone some feel bad and start believing that they are not looking good.

Memes bring confusion on some that things in that some are just lies but when others read and believe in it brings effect on what is right or wrong.

Memes makes others make wrong decisions when they get themselves doing what was only mimicked about but not true at all.

One important thing we should put in mind is that memes are a form of entertainment and so no one should find themselves believing in what they have just seen there and are not sure about.

Be mindful of the Memes you post!!.