You can see pictures with funny captions on the pages of any social network or instant messengers for communication. Sometimes they can express the opinion of the author or commentator better than a thousand words. Today you will learn the history of the appearance of this phenomenon on the Internet. Where did the Igor Nikolaev meme come from and why did it gain popularity so quickly? This and much more in this article!
What is a meme?
A unit of cultural information that can reproduce. That is how Professor Richard Dawkins described the term he coined. It can be a picture, sound, phrase - all that people convey to each other through imitation. No matter how strange it may sound, but a meme is a form of art. Everything changes, and in the modern world jokes and ditties go down in history. Now the younger generation is sharing the latest memes and spreading them at lightning speed. A sort of network folklore. He has already become an indispensable part of life in the virtual space.
Types of Memes
Visuals. The most popular and most common. It can be a picture, a demotivator, a face. Most often they are used to express their attitude to what is happening, without using long reads and without engaging in polemics with opponents.
Auditory. They appear much less often and do not live long. If visual memes can go on the net for years, then a song, melody, or sound usually has a short lifespan. Examples: “The ice is melting between us”, “Dad in the building”, “Patimaker”, “The color of the mood is blue”.
Mixed. Most often, this is an excerpt from a film, program, interview or song, a few seconds long. They like to use such memes if the picture cannot clearly express their opinion. Words or music add clarity.
The most famous memes
Almost any picture can become overwhelmed and become famous, you just need to be able to select it for the situation. Start-ups and bloggers often use memes to promote. If you approach the matter wisely, you can get an easy start to your project.
Obvious stupidity
A meme with an African American putting his index finger to his temple is used when they want to express a banal and silly idea. This is a frame from the series in which the main character talks about his girlfriend, who is not only beautiful, but also smart. In the USA, the meme became popular back in 2016, and on the open spaces of the Runet gained fame in 2017.
Waiting
The sculpture of an artist from Holland was so liked by Russian users that this dearest creature for a long time became the personification of expectation. Actual for many countries, it symbolizes the patience and endurance of all who take the line or just wait.
Boromir
One of those memes that uses not only a screenshot from the movie "The Lord of the Rings", but also part of the monologue. The phrase "You can’t just take it and go to Mordor" received a new life with a wide variety of variations. The meme itself is used when you need to convey to other people that this business will not be easy and you have to work hard.
Charles
In this case, the frame from the series The Walking Dead began to be massively distributed thanks to the invented phrase of the first author. In fact, during this scene, Rick says, “Oh no! No no no!". He did not utter the word “Karl,” but it was the name of the son of the protagonist that became more popular than the meme itself. Until now, when people go to express their indignation or point out obvious things to another person, a part of the meme is added at the end of the phrase. Example: “Bread is made from flour, CARL!”
Dratuti) 0)
Not only Zhdun touches Russian web users. The bizarre tree pattern is very much like a smiling dog. The signature "Dratuti) 0)" means "Hello." And it takes its roots from the time when the popular humorous program Gorodok went on one of the federal channels. One of the characters named Modest welcomed the rest of the participants in the videos in this way.
Let's drink for love
Meme with Igor Nikolaev became viral for some reason. The photo of the singer from the beginning of the 90s of the last century with a beer in the sauna seemed funny, and the phrase from his song logically completed the picture. Later, the figure of Igor began to be added to other pictures, but the meaning remained the same: in any strange situation, drink for love.
Igor Prokopenko
Memes about this TV presenter and the channel on which his program was broadcast have long been known to all lovers of chats and forums. The man himself became famous thanks to his pseudoscientific projects. “The most shocking secrets” were especially interesting for the audience, since this particular program was supposed to reveal the truth that the Earth is flat, and aliens have long been living among people. Most often, memes are used when they want to show that the opponent’s opinion does not have any evidence.
Puff in pink
Not the most popular video blogger became known to the general public in early 2018. Despite the fact that his channel on the famous video hosting has almost 500,000 subscribers, his face is almost not lit up in other places. He is known for doing bright makeup for himself, and not for himself - he trusts only his mother's hands. In January, he decided to launch his own show called "Lose Weight". At that time, he weighed 189 kilograms and decided to demonstrate to all his viewers how he would lose weight. The goal was this: lose 80 kg in 4 months. I managed to throw a little more than twenty. In the first issue, he went through the weighing procedure, and someone liked this scene. The meme "Igor Sinyak in pink pants and with a naked torso" instantly scattered across the Web.
Other memes about Igor
To explain the reason for the popularity of this name among the creators of funny and not so pictures is very simple. It all started with the TV series Interns. Dr. Bykov practically idolized his flower in a pot, which was named Igor. The following were the Ural dumplings. In their show, they showed an old woman who in the middle of the night did not let her son, his wife and grandson sleep. Shouting: "IIIiiigor!" she brought all the audience to tears.
This phrase walked around the web for a long time and found a place among memes. It's been 4 years, but the popularity of the pictures is still high. Igor often appears in memes and can be an octopus, a good friend and even a member of House-2. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, many pictures appeared with Akinfeev. All football fans of Russia hope for this Igor.