If you’re looking to understand the Internet culture or keep up with the latest fads, Know Your Meme might be just what you’re looking for. Know Your Meme features a database of submitted memes (rhymes with ‘themes’), a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet. This resource allows you to have these cultural phenomenon explained and their background stories told. This way you can understand the jokes and use them appropriately in your Internet conversations.
The meat of Know Your Memes lies in its three offerings. You can browse or search for write-ups of the memes to read about them in the Memes database. With each article, there are a bunch of example images and you can browse those independently through the Image Stream. Finally, the best part of the site (in my opinion) is the episodes where they thoroughly explain and demonstrate a highlighted meme after a proper investigation. Check out the very educational and entertaining latest episode (as of publishing) on Auto-Tune (click to play):
Find more episodes and all the things I’ve already mentioned (plus a forum and store) at Know Your Meme of The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies.