happy birthday blue dog homemade meme

Oh look.  A meme. A Happy Birthday Meme!

Happy 100th Birthday Blue Dog.

In its most minimal form, a meme is a photograph.  For the purposes of this explanation, that's where we will start.  Happy 100th Birthday Blue Dog!

Blue dog just keeps on kicking.   Just a few minutes ago he was jumping around the kitchen for some kibble.  What an awesome old guy!  Here's to 100 more! 

 A meme is words + pictures.

But a meme is more than just a picture, as a meme will almost always include words as well.  Think of it like a greeting card.  A meme conveys a message, usually humorous, with that message conveyed in conjunction with the image.  

Here, this might help ... A meme = words + image.  A meme is a method of conveying information quickly.  For example, "advice animals" are common memes.  Google the phrase "socially awkward penguin" if you don't believe me.

But, like a greeting card, there is some art to this.  We might all agree that some folks have a gift for writing greeting cards.  It is the same with memes, and very fine examples of memes might have you entertained, even laughing out loud (LOL) for hours on end. 

Uno mas, por favor!

Is it funny?  Who knows.  One person might think so, while another might disagree.  Is it important?  Yes, memes have the potential to be very important in a number of ways.  Memes convey information quickly and on multiple levels.  Memes can be used to inform people on any topic.  Got that?  ANY TOPIC.  Politics, religion, science, etc.

Memes can be used to teach, train, entertain or persuade.  That would mean, of course, that memes would be highly useful in advertising.  Anyone under the age of 20 seems to know this instinctually.

Near my house is a gi-normous billboard.  On the billboard is a Katie Perry's face with simple text, essentially a meme, advertising a product.  Pop goes the meme, as they say.

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YOUTUBE IS WHERE IT'S AT

If you would like to try this, download the first photograph and plug it into Preview (on a Mac) or whatever program Windows-based computers are currently using for this purpose.  Have a go at it.  Make your own.  Homemade memes are the best.  Hot fresh homemade memes!