Internet
The Meme Is Not Funny Anymore Because You Are Not in the Room
Humour that depends on context stops working when the context leaves, and almost all internet humour depends on context. A defence of things that have aged badly.
Internet
How a Joke Becomes a Rule, in Four Steps I Watched Happen Nine Times
Communities generate their own norms out of humour, and the process is consistent enough to predict. It is also how a welcoming place becomes a closed one.
Internet
Every Meme Format Dies the Same Way, and You Can See It Coming
Six years of watching formats arrive and burn out in one community. The stages are consistent, and the third one is where it stops being funny.