About
Know Your Meme (KYM) inside jokes are a collection of jokes started on this website. They usually appear in image galleries and spread as a little trend for a short amount of time.
Origin
KYM inside jokes became popular in 2009 with the inclusion of the artice Super Robo Jesus was made. It formed into a running joke through the community and referred to as “The God of KYM” despite its deadpool. Other popular trends on this site include the goat, the cheeto, and “Time to killed people”
Notable Examples
Super Robo Jesus
One of the first inside jokes began in 2009 as the article Super Robo Jesus was created. This article was a misleading article with no information other than how it was a mix of images from Google combined using paint. Regardless of its Deadpool, the article became popular with everyone on the site.
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The Goat
The Goat is a inside joke referring to a female goat the was featured in a hentai called Little Goat (koyagi) by kishibe. The beginning of the comic shows here looking around a room for “Video Games” leading up to her opining a guy’s pants to reveal his genitalia. The goat proceeds to get raped by the man. Do it it’s suggestive context, it has been brought up on the forums frequently. She is often associated with Super Robo Jesus and The Cheeto.
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The Cheeto
The Cheeto is an image of a cheeto with bulging eyes and a mustache. Although its origin is unknown, it seems to have swarmed the community as another inside joke. He is usually seen in forum posts and avatars and is associated with The Goat and Super Robo Jesus.
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I Need Blood
I Need Blood spawned from a picture uploaded to Deviantart in 2013. The picture[1] features one Sonic the Hedgehog OC claiming he needs blood while another one, his mate, offers her own. Due to the poor quality of the art and the context of the OCs, this image was posted in the Cringeworthy gallery[2]. The dialogue was considered humorous to the people who saw the art in the gallery, causing it to spread between member on the forums. Various parodies have been made and submitted to the Cringeworthy gallery.
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Time to Killed People
Time to Killed People is a inside joke that sparked up controversy on this site during this year. It started when a picture of an image of the Rake saying “Time to killed people”[3] was posted onto the Cringeworthy gallery[4]. While the picture was greatly criticized, the owner of the art made an account on this site and commented to everyone who was making fun of her art. She received a huge backlash from the members and had her entire gallery uploaded to the Cringeworthy gallery. The moderators noticed these events, and called for the gallery to be shut down temporary as the art started to be cleaned up. The artist was blocked from KYM for a while until mods decided it was okay for her to keep posting.
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King Satire/HAWHAWHAW
King Satire is from an image[5] posted on this site used to call out all the satire images posted in the Cringeworthy gallery.
It represents a KYM user uploading a satire image (Represented by “SATIRE” in all red caps) to rank in upvotes as he manically laughs as he is dressed up as a king. Is facial reaction and the context became really popular with the people viewing that gallery and a popular way to call out satire posts that were not Cringeworthy at all.
Since most of the pictures based on this are reposts, not that many Notable Derivatives are available.
Circulese/Herculoon
Circulese/Herculoon is a piece of fetish artwork[6] of Hercules inflated to the point where is is a giant sphere. Users tend to uses this to represent a roiling or circular object followed up by the phrase “FUCKYOURFETISH”. It has gotten really popular with the community and is probably one of the most recent inside jokes created on this site.
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External References
[1]Deviantart – Jake and Maribelle
[2]Know Your Meme- I Need Blood: The Original
[3]Deviantart – Rake’s Have Time To Killed People
[4]Know Your Meme- Time to Killed People
[5]Know Your Meme- SO MUCHCRINGE
[6]Deviantart- Herc-spansion