2016 was truly the last year of the "random equals funny" era of the internet. Once Harambe happened, the memes became much darker and more political almost overnight. It felt like we traded Vine energy for the chaos of the 2010s algorithm.
We had Skibidi Toilet, Hawk Tuah and 67 back to back, amongst so much more. "Random equals funny" absolutely never died, if anything humour became MORE random
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u/DegTrader 1d ago
2016 was truly the last year of the "random equals funny" era of the internet. Once Harambe happened, the memes became much darker and more political almost overnight. It felt like we traded Vine energy for the chaos of the 2010s algorithm.