Not all memes can be wholesome.
North Korea
"30 Illegal Photos Smuggled Out of North Korea" is a parody meme of a clickbait article of the same name originally published by OtherBuzz.com. The original article featured clickbait images as advertisements above the actual article, which in turn have been made fun of for their misleading nature. Here are some of the ones the internet has conjured up!
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un had a historical meeting today in Singapore. The meeting, during which Trump announced the United States would cease military exercises near the Korean peninsula, was broadcast live internationally. Jong Un, in response, pledged that North Korea would remain committed to ridding themselves of nuclear weapons.
While the surprising meeting is an exciting step for international diplomacy, it's also proved to be an exciting step for this month of memes. Photographs of the two leaders are being meme'd to oblivion on Reddit - and the results have been dank, dirty, and absolutely hilarious.
The Photoshop Battles subreddit is a veritable treasure trove of hilarious content, and they're no strangers to poking fun at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Their latest efforts focus on a photo of Jong-un looking very happy in front of a television screen. The memes that have resulted are absolutely genius. Here are a few of our favorites.
The volatile relationship between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un is officially even less stable following a tweet last week from the President. The tweet in question, which reads "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen!", immediately went viral, and has resulted in Trump being sentenced to death by the North Korean leader.
Death threat aside, the pot-stirring and insult-laden tweet has inspired many hilarious copycats -with references ranging from Shakespeare to Mean Girls. Here are our favorites so far.
September 21, 2017 will forever be known as the day the world googled "dotard." Spoiler alert: the term, which was used by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un to describe Donald Trump, is not complimentary.
The insult was hurled at the American President in response to his September 19th U.N. speech regarding North Korea. Trump threatened to "totally destroy" the Asian country, and then referred to Jong-Un as "rocket man" - all in front of the United Nations. Kim Jong-Un did not take kindly to the speech, and threatened to tame the "dotard" with fire.
While threats of nuclear warfare are undoubtedly chilling, Twitter was far more interested in meme-ing the 14th century insult.
