Quick Chat 22: Do you speak meme?

In this episode, Kevin, Jack, and Xochitl talk about memes on the internet. Do you speak meme? How do you use them? What are your favorites? How are they different in your country?Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/?p=1855If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/ Discussion Questions:What is a meme? Have you ever created a meme? If yes, what was the meme? Do you enjoy looking at and reading memes? If yes, why? If no, why not? Full Transcript:  00:00:02oYou are listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:09KevinWelcome to an A-Z English quick chat. Today we're going to surprise each other with a topic and see where the conversation goes.00:00:16KevinRemember, you can check our website for a study guide with vocabulary notes, discussion questions as more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media so you can join in the convo.00:00:26KevinPatience and today, for the first time, as many of you saw or listened to in our live stream, we are joined by socho, our new third and amazing host.00:00:38KevinSo we're going to let her introduce a topic.00:00:40KevinFor today and see.00:00:42KevinSee what the youth of the?00:00:43KevinWorld want to talk about?00:00:46발표자 1OK.00:00:46XochitlOK, so the topic I thought about.00:00:48XochitlIs means and I think I'm sure you guys were around Internet called design.00:00:54XochitlYou know, Internet culture wings were first emerging.00:00:57KevinYeah, I I remember some very old means.00:00:57XochitlYou know what I mean?00:01:01KevinI'm on.00:01:01KevinI'm on Reddit a lot.00:01:03KevinLike probably too much.00:01:05KevinAnd so that's where I get most of my memes.00:01:08KevinI don't do a lot of Facebook or other social media, but but read it's a meme culture as well.00:01:13KevinAnd so, yeah, that's where I get a lot of mine.00:01:16KevinAnd I was.00:01:16KevinDefinitely around at.00:01:18KevinThe beginning of the Internet, the dawn of time.00:01:21JackYeah, I'm pretty Internet.00:01:23JackI'm, I'm, I'm, I'm a dinosaur, you know, when it comes to this stuff.00:01:29발표자 1So, so I'm curious.00:01:30KevinFor me means, although I see them online, a lot of people just post them on Reddit as you know this is the thought or whatever and then people comment on them.00:01:41KevinI use memes as as a reply mostly I I don't like create my own means too much, but like if I'm in a chat with a friend, I have a small library of memes that I have saved on my phone, just the ones that I like the best.00:01:58KevinAnd and I use them to reply.00:02:00KevinSo if a friend like Jack not too long ago asked me if I was able to do something to help him and I like Rick and Morty, and there's the the Oh yeah can do meeseeks meme.00:02:12KevinAnd so I replied with that meme to him instead of, you know, typing out yeah, yeah, I can do that.00:02:18KevinI replied with the meme.00:02:19KevinHow do you use memes?00:02:23XochitlI think also like in conversations or sometimes like, I think we make our own names and post them on our Facebook or Instagram or our stories.00:02:24KevinWith the same.00:02:33XochitlLike, I'm sorry.00:02:34XochitlFacebook stories, but I do.00:02:36XochitlUse a lot in conversations, but I do tend to make my own for a while.00:02:39XochitlMy friends and I had a picture of me.00:02:42XochitlWhere I looked like I was giving like I was like what the heck like this like what the heck look on my face and.00:02:49XochitlWe would use it.00:02:50XochitlFor like Redis is mean of me ever like weird happened so like please.00:02:53발표자No, no.00:02:56XochitlUse our own face.00:02:58XochitlSometimes we just make.00:02:59XochitlTheir own names and then also.00:03:00KevinAnd do you still put text on them like you often see with with more traditional Internet means?00:03:05KevinOr is it just the image of you?00:03:06KevinWas that itself the mean?00:03:09XochitlI think they just the.00:03:10XochitlImage was in teams, yeah?00:03:10KevinIt was just the.00:03:11KevinImage so just confused right?00:03:14XochitlLike, yeah, so yeah, and.00:03:17XochitlThen we do often, just like take.00:03:19XochitlNames from the Internet like download it on her phone.00:03:23XochitlAnd then I'm sure you see this a lot, but you black out like the word.00:03:25XochitlAnd put a new one on top of it.00:03:27JackSure. Yeah, kind of building.00:03:28KevinOh, OK.00:03:29KevinSo it's not like it's like subtitles.00:03:30JackOn an idea, right, like, yeah.00:03:33XochitlLike the famous bringing words like I am once again asking for financial support and we would like blacking out.00:03:40XochitlBut I am once again asking for your emotional support and once again asking.00:03:44XochitlFor whatever, like, yeah, yeah.00:03:47KevinYeah, OK.00:03:48KevinI've I've seen those, though.00:03:49KevinMean there's so many meme.00:03:50KevinGenerators online as well.00:03:53KevinI have made some of my own as well, like just copying the format of 1 but you know changing it to fit the context and sending it over.00:04:02KevinYeah, means are a cool part of Internet culture.00:04:06JackWhen when do you think that they started like when did when was the first?00:04:10JackBecause I know the first meeting was like the one of the first means.00:04:15JackIs like the kind of dirtbag guy, you know, he's had these sideways and he's kind of a a scumbag, you know?00:04:24JackSo anytime, is that what it is that you?00:04:24KevinScumbag Steve.00:04:26발표자 1Yeah, yeah.00:04:26JackIs that him?00:04:28KevinThat you ask.00:04:29XochitlSo something like that.00:04:30KevinIt's scumbag, scumbag Steve.00:04:30JackYeah, so like what would be like a situation where you would use scumbag?00:04:35JackHe would be like if somebody.00:04:37JackDid something kind of rude to you or whatever.00:04:41JackYou would reply with a picture of scumbag Steve and that would that.00:04:46JackI mean essentially that's is that I mean, how right?00:04:49JackAm I using the memes correctly?00:04:50JackI'm I'm I'm not really sure.00:04:52KevinYou know what I would see a lot of times is like for those memes because they usually have text.00:04:58KevinOn them, and you can put your own text on them as well.00:05:01KevinAnd So what would be an example of a a scumbag Steve thing?00:05:05XochitlI remember 1 words like.00:05:08XochitlThere's hand towels in the bathroom, but he uses your, she told.00:05:12XochitlLike, wipe his hands and I remember that it.00:05:15XochitlWas just like scumbag Steve.00:05:16KevinYes, that's great.00:05:18KevinSo so maybe Jack you come over to my house and you use.00:05:21KevinThe wrong towel.00:05:23KevinAnd so then, like in our group chat, you know of, of everyone, you come over and I reply later with that.00:05:29KevinLike Jack comes over to my house and uses the wrong towel and I use this scumbag Steve meme and I and I post that.00:05:32JackOr I drank your last beer or something like that.00:05:36JackLike I take the last beer out of your fridge and then you go to get your beer and I'm already drank.00:05:41JackIt so I'm scumbag Steve, you know?00:05:46KevinYeah, those are, yes.00:05:47KevinKind like Steve is definitely one of the older means not not super old, but it's one of the older, older memes for sure.00:05:54XochitlThat was one of the first means because that was like the first one that is exposed to that one in awkward Penguin and the little kid that does like.00:06:02XochitlThe fish thing.00:06:02XochitlLike, yeah.00:06:03JackYeah, that's right. I.00:06:04KevinAwkward Penguin.00:06:05KevinAn awesome Penguin.00:06:06KevinRemember like where they switched the colors and switched the sides?00:06:08KevinYeah, those are definitely older and it it's really fun seeing memes.00:06:13KevinCome back because.00:06:15KevinScumbag Steve, awkward Penguin.00:06:17KevinYou don't see those too often these days, actually, but you know, ten years ago that was.00:06:25KevinYou know, almost every everything on Reddit was one of those, one of those memes.00:06:30KevinAnd sometimes people bring them back and fill them back, and it's always great when they're when they're used correctly.00:06:36JackYeah, I I remember another meme of is it like a nerdy kid named Brian or something and he's got braces?00:06:45JackAnd he just has bad luck all the time.00:06:48JackLike, you know you, Brad.00:06:48KevinBad luck, Brian. Yep, that's.00:06:50JackLike Brian.00:06:51JackIs that what he is?00:06:51JackIs am I right?00:06:52XochitlYeah, good memory.00:06:54XochitlOh my God.00:06:55XochitlSaid that like Brian.00:06:56KevinI'm, I'm.00:06:56KevinI'm reading a lot.00:06:57JackBrian he's got bad luck.00:06:58JackWhat's his name again?00:07:01JackYeah, so like he he shows up at 10:30, but the test started at 9:30 or something like that, you know? So there's some some horrible luck situation. Yeah, bad luck, Brian. Scumbag Steve.00:07:01발표자 1Give it to me.00:07:12KevinI think one of my favorites of the old names was overly attached girlfriend.00:07:17KevinDo you remember that one?00:07:17XochitlOh yeah.00:07:18KevinIt was like the girlfriend who's like got this like this look up.00:07:21KevinJust like I love you look.00:07:22KevinAnd and it was always just, yeah, like everything you do, she's just overly attached to you.00:07:29KevinShe's an interesting example of of meme culture as well.00:07:33KevinThe the woman who was that because most of those means it was just some random.00:07:38KevinIt was like the picture of Socho.00:07:39KevinThat her friends use.00:07:41KevinBut then it.00:07:41KevinSlowly just goes out into the actual Internet and people.00:07:44KevinJust start to.00:07:45KevinUse it.00:07:46KevinAnd so it was like, oh, that's me.00:07:47KevinLike there's there's confused social that yeah, so the the girl who did overly attached girlfriend, she actually used it to make a bit of a a social media presence.00:07:49JackYou're famous, it went, it goes viral, I mean, yeah.00:08:00KevinShe got a bit famous from it.00:08:02KevinI think she had like a pretty famous Instagram account and Facebook page and things for for a while.00:08:07KevinI think she's calmed down now.00:08:08KevinI never really followed her, but I.00:08:09KevinJust saw things occasionally.00:08:11KevinCome up. Yeah, she yeah.00:08:11발표자 1She had a.00:08:12XochitlGQ but I remember seeing YouTube video and then and it was just funny because like the the means are cultural too, right?00:08:20XochitlAnd then so like a lot of the things that like she.00:08:22XochitlSaid like she would she?00:08:24XochitlWould name herself as like examples of overly attached girlfriend and I'm thinking and this is confirmation I get into with my friends.00:08:28KevinRight. OK.00:08:32XochitlA lot.00:08:32XochitlIn Mexico, like, those things aren't considered like overly attached girlfriend. In the US, it's like.00:08:37XochitlIt's really weird.00:08:38XochitlLike casual dating here is really formal compared to the US like US is really casual here. Like you could go on a casual date and the person will.00:08:47XochitlTake you out to eat.00:08:48XochitlAnd pay for.00:08:49XochitlEverything involving and like in the US it's like.00:08:51XochitlHey, you wanna Netflix and chill?00:08:53XochitlLike it's just it's weird to see the differences between like and.00:08:57XochitlIt just goes back to me.00:08:58XochitlIt's like the.00:09:00XochitlThere's means in Spanish language and names in Korea and using English.00:09:05KevinMeans definitely are very cultural.00:09:08KevinYeah, it's it's interesting to see how how the same thing.00:09:12KevinIt's like, this is funny, right?00:09:13KevinAnd someone in other countries like, no, but what do you mean?00:09:16KevinI don't, I don't understand.00:09:18JackYeah, what's the joke, right?00:09:18KevinLike, I mean, this doesn't.00:09:20KevinYeah, exactly, but that's humor.00:09:20JackYeah, yeah.00:09:22KevinI mean, that's actually something that would be.00:09:24KevinInteresting to talk about, maybe in another episode later on is is humor types and what works in America?00:09:31KevinI mean, even in English speaking countries, it's different.00:09:33KevinAmerican humor is different from British humor and it's famous.00:09:37KevinThere's there's British.00:09:39KevinAnd that's the same with means, of course, as as well, my favorite for means.00:09:44KevinI don't know if you guys ever use it like I we're on WhatsApp, of course, right?00:09:49KevinAnd WhatsApp is A is a pretty good app for chat. And my favorite chatting app though is discord.00:09:55KevinBecause Discord has an amazing mean library, you can basically type it.00:09:59KevinThey've got like thousands and thousands and thousands of memes to to send.00:10:03KevinIt's basically the emote acan of of WhatsApp. So instead of sending a little sticker or whatever, instead of sending a modicon, you send me to everyone. And so yeah, discord is great.00:10:13발표자 1For for that.00:10:14KevinYou have an entire conversation in meme only.00:10:18KevinWell, so for everybody listening out there, what's your favorite meme?00:10:22KevinAnd even if it's in your language, actually, maybe try and reply to us in our WhatsApp chat or on our web page and actually send us a meme.00:10:29KevinI would love to see some some non-english means, although please if it's in your language translate it to English and then we can see if we can actually understand.00:10:37KevinWhat the joke itself is because I I.00:10:41KevinI think it would be interesting to see both the meme and how it's used, so please share your memes with us here on the A-Z English podcast.00:10:52KevinSo thank you everybody for listening.00:10:54KevinRemember, you can join our WhatsApp group.00:10:56KevinCheck our web page, tell us what you think, and if you're on Apple Podcasts, you know, click that.00:11:01KevinFive star button and leave us some comments that will be very helpful.00:11:04KevinSo we'll see you all next time.00:11:06발표자 1All right. 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