This page is a collection of instances of the phrase “memed into existence”. I’m collecting them out of nerdy academic curiosity. Some of these examples are silly, others can be troubling. Be warned.
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“We memed alt-right into existence” – 2016 Richard Spencer interview, Vice (youtube.com)
You Must Meme Your Dreams Into Existence (medium.com)
Meme into existence, by Alice Guarnieri
“Bitcoin’s value has been memed into existence” (fa-mag.com)
“Now that the Snyder cut is real, what’s the next do-over you’d like to see memed into existence?” (resetera.com)
Gameware Express Podcast, Episode 220 – Memed Into Existence [2020]
“There have been multiple instances of cards supposedly being “memed into existence“, where Konami seemingly randomly makes a card that happens to relate to a specific meme.” – tvtropes.org, on Yu-Gi-Oh! cards
“The single most important person for a cryptocurrency is the meme maker. Cryptocurrencies are literally “memed” into existence unlike fiat which rides the back of military/police power.” – spoonjim (news.ycombinator.com)
“…the idea of a queer Babadook was first broached on Tumblr — one of the platforms where the internet is made — and then memed into existence, perhaps even earnest existence.” – (vox.com, 2017)
“Anywhere you see something get “memed into existence”, like funding a startup or stoking a riot, that’s reflexivity.” –(danco.substack.com)
“But the imaginative investment in Trump, however temporary, reveals something important about politics in the present. If he can be, as posters on 4chan put it, “memed into existence,” then that, but they are not just illusions either.” Final Fantasy, James Duesterberg (thepointmag.com)
“In this modern world, where cuteness is memed into existence, and cats wage an increasingly large scale war against dogs for the position of the internet’s mascot, it’s tough to find genuinely cute animal stories.” – (twentytwowords.com)
“This mod is based on the Nintendo DS game named Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey and its recent remake on the 3DS, as well as other MegaTen games. This mod was basically memed into existence.” – (forum.zdoom.org, 2017)
“For the love of all that is kino tweet at john cena and beg him to be Shazam opposite The Rock. It is the only casting choice that needs to be memed into existence” (boards.fireden.net, 2017)
“Did this new protein powder just get memed into existence? Seems like it!” (forum.priceplow.com, 2018)