I find them pretty funny. Here are the Know Your Meme pages if you're interested in learning more. The 'i'm stuff' meme in particular took on a life of its own on r/dogelore, which is why there's a doge version of Robert Downey jr.
It is a spin on the "My child will X" meme with satan and jesus. But instead of jesus doge presumably saying that his child will go to a piracy website, the "stuff" doge interjects with legal concerns. It is an older meme, and not one that I made.
Self esteem and peer pressure are probably a part of it, but I think money is too. Both youtube and nikado are making money off of what could be considered self harm through binge eating. The company could easily demonetize or ban his content to remove that motivating factor, but chooses not to. (I'm not up to date on the latest drama with this so maybe they changed their tune)
My folder of old doge memes is nearly depleted. I'm not creative enough to make OC every day or even every week. This is not a cry for help but rather a very cool and intimidating threat that I will follow through on.
What about your friends, family, and coworkers? Carpool in a smart car and be consumed by its unquenchable thirst for data
Inspired by the recent Mozilla Foundation study concerning smart cars: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/
le tragedy has arrived
Balltze (aka Cheems) died today at age 12.
A quote from his owner: "Please don't be sad, please remember the joy that Balltze brought to the world. A Shiba Inu with a round smiling face connecting you and me, he has helped many people during the pandemic and brought a lot of joy to many of you, but now his mission has completed.
"I believe he is running freely in the sky and having a lot of delicious food with his new friends. He will always be inside my heart. I hope he can continue to bring joy to everyone in the online world, that’s my only humble request."
This is the comic it's based on. Unfortunately I don't know who the artist is.
A better man would've put Doge in that "H8 is Gr8" t shirt and Cheems in the pink skirt, but my image editing skills aren't up to the task.