Why Are Memes Funny and Important? - The Underrated Pills of Happiness!

Source- Know Your Meme 

What is a Meme?

A meme is a text-enhanced image that has gone viral and usually makes a point about cultural icons, societal concepts, or current events. A meme is usually a visual or video, although it can also be a block of text. When a meme strikes a chord with a large number of people, it is shared on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, messaging, and more. 

The higher the cultural influence of a meme, the more it spreads. Some memes stick around for a long time because they symbolize something timeless that people can relate to, such as fatherhood. Other memes are tied to a particular event or concept.

Memes as a Coping Mechanism

Memes are increasingly being used by Generation Z as a coping strategy and a means of expressing emotions in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Memes, or popular online jokes, have served to calm anxieties about calamities in 2020, such as the COVID-19 epidemic.

What is there about memes that make people feel better as the pandemic progresses? 

"I believe it's simply a way for us to be creative and connect with other people by sharing our experiences, and then knowing we're not alone by seeing 'OK, other people are battling with this throughout the epidemic,'” COVID-19 memes' popularity has certainly helped normalize the mental health issues that many people have suffered throughout the pandemic. Using memes to cope with tough emotions such as stress — and even mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety — is becoming increasingly popular.

Memes can help people be more open with others around them about the fact that they may be struggling with their mental health. While memes are typically used to make people laugh, they can also help people be more open with others around them about the fact that they may be struggling with their mental health. Memes are more than just a source of amusement. They can be used as discussion starters, information carriers, transmitters of key cultural ideals, and, most importantly, stress relievers. When it comes to dealing with stress, jokes and laughing are essential. 

The spread of COVID-19 is a stressful scenario, with quarantine resulting in everything from boredom to lost paychecks. It can help to laugh at odd memes on your social media page.

Laughter is a non-pharmacological kind of therapy or a treatment that does not require the use of pharmaceuticals, which has recently attracted a lot of attention in the medical community.

Laughter has such a beneficial impact on mental health that it can even have a favorable impact on physical health. Laughter releases endorphins, which are happy chemicals in the brain that reduce stress and aggression. It also relaxes the body, making it easier for it to rejuvenate. All of this is necessary to cope with the new stresses that are occurring around the world.

These issues are in the news, and they have an impact on our communities. Memes provide a means to see current events in a more positive light or at least make them appear to be more positive. People use memes to cope with stress because they provide them a reason to chuckle about whatever is bothering them.

Short movies featuring fluffy cartoon animals stating "you are perfect" or "I hope you have a pleasant day" are sometimes used as healthy reminders rather than jokes. Memes have undoubtedly become a significant element of our culture.

All of this is necessary to cope with the new stresses that are occurring around the world. Memes are mass transmitters of fears, news snippets, political viewpoints, and much more.

We use appropriate memes to communicate and express our feelings. They have had a profound impact on popular culture as well as our emotions. When online users come upon such content, they feel a range of feelings including joy, grief, happiness, fear, and so on. Another feature of memes is that they stimulate engagement and sharing on social media sites. It gives people the opportunity to contribute and be a part of a community. 

Many well-known meme creators in the culture or around the world participate on platforms such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. These platforms enable users to engage with people from all over the world, and they have become their voice and a language through which they express themselves or convey societal issues in their culture. 

Memes now have a tremendous impact on the current language and culture. They feature the lives of people from all walks of life. Marketing professionals use memes to promote their products and communicate their ideas to a targeted audience on social media. Memes are strengthened by online users sharing and tagging one another from all over the world. By creating memes, anyone can go from being nobody to becoming famous overnight.

Written by- Hanshu Varandani