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Memes Throughout the ages episode 282: Three Purple Hearts

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Memes Throughout the ages episode 282: Three Purple Hearts

The podcast explores the origins and evolution of the "Three Purple Hearts" meme, which stems from a 2004 Jib Jab animation titled *This Land*. The meme references Senator John Kerry’s claimed Purple Heart medals from the Vietnam War, a point used in political discourse and later distorted into a humorous, viral internet phenomenon. The video was reinterpreted and widely shared on TikTok using AI-generated effects like lightning, lasers, and screen shaking, amplifying its reach and absurdity. While Jib Jab once produced political satire, including content featuring Barack Obama and political commentary, the company shifted focus to e-cards and digital storytelling products after 2014, citing creative burnout and new business directions. Despite this, the "Three Purple Hearts" meme persists as a niche but humorous cultural artifact, symbolizing how internet trends repurpose old content through technology and absurdity. The discussion also touches on broader themes of creative passion, corporate shifts, and the role of AI in modern meme culture, highlighting how even once-celebrated satirical content can be revived through community-driven digital reinterpretation. The podcast concludes by noting the lingering cultural significance of the meme, even as Jib Jab’s original political vision has faded.

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hello my name is rem tgm and i'm bca and i'm super mega man 10 and welcome to memes throughout the ages that's not gonna help you because i won three purple hearts welcome back to the podcast everyone i'm still a little bit sick but don't worry i'm relatively you're a sick human being no one likes you yeah you know what maybe you're right maybe i should kill myself you know not rem kindly you need to stop opening episodes like this what are you doing hey boy hey hey boy where's that from do you remember that yes it's kanye yeah he said that oh wait whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa shut up yeah yeah it's yay said it it's it's a video of kanye going hey boy hey hey boy and he's getting mad at like an interviewer it's yay shut up okay no no case slurs shut up don't say that here shut up falling apart anyways where do you get your sneakers anyway yeah all right listen bca yeah what is our meme for today our meme for today is jib jab's three purple hearts aka this land by jib uh jiblet wow i almost said jiblet what a word aka this land by jib jab you know i don't actually know much about this meme to be honest with you literally all you need to know is that the i don't actually know much about this meme to be honest with you literally all you need to know is uh running well he was never president uh what do you call someone who wants to be president but never gets to be president um isn't it electorate or whatever yeah sure i uh all you need to know is that the guy who was against george bush during the election i forgot what year it was uh tom john oh my god john kerry no no no you can't say that they can john kerry he won three purple hearts in vietnam i'm pretty sure and that's literally all you need to know three purple hearts yeah but you couldn't it's true he won a price but you couldn't secure one locate one one one single point on camino pal i'd like to see you do that yeah see he can't do that wait i think he's dead is john kerry dead let me google that probably is john kerry kerry still alive uh wow he's still alive is if you think about this he's kind of like he's he's like a glup shido wait how old is he um i don't know he was born in 1943 wow he's nearly 100 he looks surprisingly good for his age what the hell he does hold on let's see here is it a portrait does that mean that that's not a portrait that's a photo what's his name again uh john kerry this was taken in 2021 but he looks surprisingly good oh yeah whoa huh 82 that's a that's a decent 82 yeah i think 82 i'm ready to die i think that's like a good age to go i think i'm ready to just give up like honestly though like what what's like what do i do anymore what would be a good age to die i think like 90 i'm ready i'm you gotta be like all the other old people like molest someone i prefer not to it's on your bingo card wait it's like it's like when anakin goes to mortis and he sees the future he's like i will do horrible things you remember that i i do do you all right no i'm laughing actually what do you mean ask you the thing i haven't even talked about it yet well oh right you already asked me the thing i'm stupid yeah yeah we're talking about the meme right now yeah megaman you're a bit quiet uh i i was gonna i was going to answer that question you asked about um uh when we should die oh yeah what age you should make me get a little closer and 18 is good megaman what do you think is a good age to die i probably say somewhere 22. i probably say somewhere in like your mid or late 90s but if you want to go a little bit further that's fine if you want to keep going but i feel like it's nice like mid or late 90s sounds like a you know if you want to rebirth that's fine it's not optimal but uh if you want to stay on the same run you can you can do that i don't know if we're gonna make it that long man would you rather would you rather die permanently or die and then like tongue tongue comes to you and goes hey you can get revived but you'll be a little boy in north korea i i'd stay dead that's i'm i'm good off all that but but but your your all your memories get wiped okay so like even worse i have like nothing good now okay well you get to keep your memories yeah i'm good your outcome ever dude i wonder what the outcome of this memory will be how long do you think kim jong-un would survive against 2011 x um you know what he's probably got some good tech you could uh 2011. that's that's the new sonic dota xc i feel i feel like his moveset would be relatively light like uh eggman oh actually no you're right he's fat um that's about it he's got money good one also has a huge army he does the kim jong army what are we talking about i don't know this relates to it because we're talking about political stuff and this is like a yeah it is trump recently meant uh meant well met with kim jong-un he looks fatter than for both of them what did what did they do it's a great question it's like met up to say hi yeah probably like had like a toddler for breakfast too oh god anyways rem yeah anyway so one second there we go all right so three purple hearts or this land um by jib jab is a reference to memes that have started to pop up recently where they take uh a clip from from the song three purple hearts or you know this land oh no no it's called this land you know i'm sorry this land the jib jab song and um they just they just post it they just post it on tiktok and they do like they run it through ai they love running it through yeah they put like the the like ai lasers and lightning effects and like you know the whole shebang it's always it's like it's always blue and purple i don't know why yeah and they always do it like that screen effect where it like shakes but also like flips as well like you know what i'm talking about yeah with like the explosions they love doing that one and what what even are memes nowadays like what what is this a meme nowadays is running something through chat gpt like 30 times adding the impact font and having lasers shoot out their eyes is that all it takes yep apparently so megaman i bet i could take a photo of your face add apparently so run it through an ai generator like 30 times and i could post that in a tiktok comment section and have it get like a thousand likes that probably seems about right you probably could you know i'm really wishing my winning was a bit more certain better call my friends at halliburton you know none of you got this right it's another jib job oh it's relevant it's relevant yeah i have no idea what that one gloppy oh i wish you know when it was a bit more certain better call my friends who is jib jab jib jab was originally these two brothers who ran the company together and made like political stuff but then uh they stopped doing that and then just started making e-reader cards oh yeah they made elf yourself right i think they did make elf yourself yeah i i keep on saying that they made elf yourself let me go confirm this did jib jab oh my god didn't jib jab make elf yourself yep wow yeah they did wow what what an accomplishment yeah i guess i think i used to have uh elf yourself on my phone when i was little go redownload it i can you maybe if it's in his purchase if he has the same apple account he should be able to redownload it yeah i think it's i really i wonder if i can redownload furby boom probably if maybe because like some games like some apps you can't even redownload even if they're in your yeah you know you're right there are some games that just kind of disappear oh still well you still can't download it download now we need it is this still on the app store we click on it like i can't i can't oh no they took it down mega this is a relic yeah it's it's niche it's lost media right now oh my god it still works it still works mega man elf yourself right now hold on he's helping himself but i can't i can't redownload angry birds star wars but um yeah yeah yeah use our memes is oh this is relevant to the episode guys send it to me once once you do it okay let's let's let's speak about this while he does it because it takes forever um i mean that's really the meat we'll play the uh the audio here should i play like one like part of it or should i play the whole thing how long is it no the the song is like three minutes oh hell no i'm not we're not just play the three purple hearts part right here yeah a nuclear that really scares me sometimes a brain can come in quite handy but it's not gonna help you because i won three purple hearts this land will surely vote for me so yeah that's that's the entire joke it's something i've noticed with these jib jab memes because there's more than one of these there's there's better call my friends at halliburton there's one dollar 73 and then three purple hearts i think that's the only three right now did he make one about 9 11. no oh and then the other one is um no wait no there's there's two others there's uh there's barack obama he's come to save the yeah he's come to save the day and uh the change he must change uh whatever both two of those are barack obama things they did a lot of political stuff yeah why what because because they were passionate about it they thought it was funny they made uh political cartoons that sounds so boring then they stopped no it was funny oh yeah that's funny but like if you're not like if it wasn't like an elf yourself like well yeah that's what makes it funny yeah yeah yeah i see i see i see i think they need to do more though they didn't really do that much they did one relatively recently in like 2020 i think and then they stopped again okay i got it i got oh my god he finished the old okay so we got why is meow skulls here why do you think click dance dance here we go oh my god this is so cool oh my god did you you helped yourself yeah you helped himself thank god i'm gonna help why are people like freaking out about this it's literally just a png moving on an image because they're on an animation at the time it was like crazy that's like was it i i guess this is such a long thing i i love this because i love this because i love this dude i'm going crazy i wish you guys could see this i wish we were like impulsive and i could show my phone to the screen is it is it that cool no it's like mildly amusing anyway that was pretty cool um yeah one can you download it yeah i could cheer i could cheer yeah please do it put it in the discord put it in the discord put it in the discord you can just be connected to the internet to share oh no it's not gonna work anymore because because the game technically isn't connected well you can just record it yeah do that later and then put it in the discord server and ping everyone yeah all right uh rem continue uh i mean that's really all i have um bc well do you have do you have any more about the the meme so because you know a lot more about this than i do um so are we talking about like like the joke or the or the actual video uh it could be it could be both i'll talk about the joke um the joke is literally just three purple hearts it's it's because he says it funny that's that's literally it every single one of these jib jab jokes is someone saying something like saying something funny well the thing isn't funny it's saying it in a funny way or like having it stand out and then it gets screenshotted puts a caption on it ran through chat gpt like 50 times um put in a comment section that's literally it really is just that easy to yeah make some make some uh but uh but the i think the entire joke started with this with a twitter post where it says did i make the song of the summer and it it's jib jab this land but he put like a really bad 808 like over it you know it's on heartbreak and it has like lightning lightning eyes sound effects sorry sound uh sfx like it's okay only plays oh my god not again it's like i won't say it anymore i didn't mean to say it that time it's all right it's all right so um filter filter right that's the word they put like ai like lightning filter over it and that's that was the entire joke i think that's how it started which i think i'll actually get into because i see it right here and spread but that's not my thing so bca yeah what is the origin of this meme where did it come from all that jazz you know so the democratic 68th united states secretary of state john kerry who served under barack obama is known to have that is known to have been awarded three purple heart medals for his service in the vietnam war reportedly kerry mentioned his purple heart medals numerous times during his campaign against george w wish for presidency in 2004 and this was used against kerry by political opponents in the past you know what's funny if john kerry won president do you think the odd ones out dog who died would be named kerry because his parents named the dog after bush do you think they would have named him kerry are they gonna name them john yeah well oh right yeah because because the dog's name was georgie anyway this is stupid um where am i oh this was used against remember getting me sick through the screen i'm sorry i just wanted to make sure that remember getting me sick through the screen i'm sorry that's my bad this was used against kerry by political opponents in the past with some spreading claims that he lied about his service to get the medals and that he's not actually a purple heart winner and he didn't win it right dude he's not like us shut up stop this is literally kendrick versus drake i'm sorry what do you say you can get multiple purple hoards what do you say i was i i asked um how can you have multiple i thought you were supposed to have one no you can win multiple um see john kerry even proves it the video was originally published on jib jab's website on july 19 2004 as a flash animated oh my god as a flash animation titled this land which garnered significant virality and media attention i had trouble reading that word because no one says viral anymore since this is a flash uh since this is a flash animation you can edit the actual animation people have been making jib jab mods we should we should because you can get the original flash file off of archive.org and you can add whatever you want i saw someone added penny someone added like luigi someone added mario the low to your god was there radio shack was there i don't know why hold on do you think luigi would have three purple hearts maybe because actually no it would be three purple moons oh that's great okay the funny thing is there was a jib jab mod that i saw where it was called three retro hearts and uh i think i think it's sort of no it was called um this retro land or something i can't remember but luigi says i'm a proper heart wiener and you're destroying it nice so canonically luigi did win three purple hearts okay well i don't think luigi would get a purple heart because he's not a part of the u.s military um what if he was well you know if he was maybe on november 16 2007 the jib jab youtube channel uploaded an animated video that pits bush against carrie in a singing battle like it's friday night funkin in the video they sing a parody of this land where the lyrics are changed to be about their accomplishments and downfalls in the video carrie mentions his purple heart medals three times because yeah it's true he won it thrice so i yeah brother thing hold on you know i don't know anyway super mega man 10. can you tell us how this meme spread gladly on july 9th 2025 x user blooper loopers posted did i just make the song of the summer this is the thing i was talking about over a flock remix of the song and video garnering over 21 000 likes in nine months on july 21st tick tocker rish xe reposted the remix garnering over 403 000 views in the same rough span of time the video and song became the subject of further memes in march 2026 for example on march 1st the video and song became the subject of further memes in march 2026 for example on march 1st the video and song became the subject of further memes in march 2026 for example on march 1st 2026 tick tocker crab juice 07 posted a brain rut edit based on the video garnering over 107 000 views in just under two months on march 4th 2026 tick tocker dank sonic fan oh my god brain rot edit based on john keurig's portion of the song garnering over 129 000 views in just under two months on march 11th tick talker nano chipa posted an edit of the video that combined several niche brain rot meme formats garnering over 185 000 views in a month and that's it that's it that's it hey boy hey boy but yeah jib jab um they sold out and they just started doing e-reader cards well you know did it it had to have made money it no it did it made a lot of money yeah because i mean even elf yourself that was paid at one point right uh i think so well they're literally still making new readers they made one a year ago about easter who's buying these i don't know probably old people probably they can just use ai now yeah you know what that's actually really sad stop giving the people money who's ai it's better no one wants that pencil slop yeah pencil slop is for corny people use ai yes founding fathers wait what founding father's day chip jab father's day e-card yeah maybe a few years jib jab will be great again and you are right yun chay banu because they are relevant again actually i i have something to ask you guys do you think jib jab will come back and do something like their old animations because so many people are talking about three purple hearts uh well okay well maybe um megaman have you seen this a lot a jib jab only tiny amount of times but not all the time like on tick-tock a little bit yeah okay i haven't seen this at all but one time so i think this is like a niche thing that's only on like yours it's on like b-side tick-tock i the videos i see have like a hundred thousand likes okay i saw this once like a month ago and i've not seen it since that's insane because i just got a stronger than you parody have you been looking it up on tick-tock no okay this is weird because like i've santa's twerk shop okay that's two years ago by jib jab that sounds about right how the mighty have fallen it's just why did they make this i don't know i'm not i don't see anything about this like ever really no it's just like it's just from you and i hear stuff about it oh my what is that thumbnail i don't know what you're talking about i don't know what you're talking about sorry i just saw something that like took my breath away you want to hear a line from the new drake album i'm sure because the ice man was a nice man now i'm cold okay anyway i guess this isn't on like everyone's for you page but it must be on some people's because someone in my class literally knows about three purple hearts i've seen i have seen a couple times but i don't really care you should care yeah i like i've seen it like once or twice but it's not like it's not like taking the internet by storm or anything well it should you know maybe you're right because you know this is this is awesome is it it's it's funny it you know you're i mean you're right it's just there's not much to it besides three purple hearts does there need to be i guess that's the question we're gonna have to leave all of you with that's true anyway what do we think about this meme i like it i think this is all right i think it's funny i think it's funny i think it's god mega man you said this about like every meme we've done for like the last three seasons it's all right well some of these memes that we do like i don't even know them at all if you don't give me an essay right now i'm kicking you off the podcast what he's right come on i'm waiting what essay i need you to give me a full paragraph right now about this meme and your opinion on it i can't really say much because i don't really know it why not i neither do i i could i could give you a full paragraph i'll do it right now i can do that well see first of all the meme all the meme all the meme all the meme all the meme all the meme all the meme all the meme all the meme it doesn't appear much on my for you page it doesn't mean that the meme doesn't appear on others for you pages as bca is an example of that as well as bca's classmate because he or she uh hey i don't assume gender here are they you know why did i say hey he's a guy okay um so even though it may not be like the most well-known meme people still know about it and our job here is to talk about all memes regardless of their size um or how funny they are i think the meme is i think the meme is entertaining i think the backstory of it is really interesting how that dude ended up making elf yourself and being uh like big on political stuff and making jokes about it i think they were on there was a point in time where jib jab was on the news really yeah barack obama himself sat down and said i don't know what at like a dinner like at a presidential dinner and watched their animation uh what was it barack obama he's come to save the day they watched that with barack obama that's funny stuff like that doesn't happen anymore because our president's an idiot well you know maybe see benjamin big net and yahoo wouldn't do that i think we should make it we could have gone an entire segment without mentioning net and yahoo you know if yay was president oh my all i'm saying is that you know he he would he would make an entire album in the oval office he would turn it into the studio he would call the album oval office no it's too basic you'd call it um oval i guess call it i have a button to destroy the world a bully house bully ball anyway bullying ball no bully ball yeah but like bullying bullying ball bullying ball it's so stupid bullying man i am a bully man oh right yeah the ballroom yeah we we just uh started construction on the ballroom yeah we just destroyed you know what he destroyed to put that in he destroyed the that's the room with all with all the uh presidential wives yeah voids and then he hung he hung his image up in there and then he hung his image up in there and then he hung his image up in there and then knocked it all down why why why i don't know construction on the ballroom i'm very construction on the ballroom i'm very construction on the ballroom i'm very excited for my ballroom oh yeah three excited for my ballroom oh yeah three excited for my ballroom oh yeah three stages of grief i am not going to live stages of grief i am not going to live stages of grief i am not going to live to see it to see it to see it hopefully hopefully hopefully can you say that can you say that can you say that no no no you cannot say that no no you cannot say that no no you cannot say that happening around the time captain kirk happening around the time captain kirk was uh was it yeah oh wait yeah it was uh was it yeah oh wait yeah it was uh was it yeah oh wait yeah it literally happened the day after literally happened the day after literally happened the day after oh that's right yeah people were oh that's right yeah people were oh that's right yeah people were talking about that talking about that talking about that they were like i know that mr president they were like i know that mr president they were like i know that mr president is absolutely distraught about this and is absolutely distraught about this and is absolutely distraught about this and that custom talking about it so he just that custom talking about it so he just that custom talking about it so he just started construction on the ballroom uh started construction on the ballroom uh started construction on the ballroom uh jimmy kimmel made a joke about jimmy kimmel made a joke about that do you do you understand how much that do you do you understand how much that do you do you understand how much of a field day jib jab would be having of a field day jib jab would be having of a field day jib jab would be having right now if they still did political right now if they still did political right now if they still did political satire why don't they satire why don't they satire why don't they because like they just lost their because like they just lost their because like they just lost their passion for i think they sold their passion for i think they sold their passion for i think they sold their company i can't remember maybe this is company i can't remember maybe this is company i can't remember maybe this is this is gold right here they have so this is gold right here they have so this is gold right here they have so much to work with much to work with much to work with and they'd have an audience too and they'd have an audience too and they'd have an audience too yeah jib jab in 2019 jib jab was yeah jib jab in 2019 jib jab was yeah jib jab in 2019 jib jab was acquired by private acquired by private acquired by private by the private equity firm catapult by the private equity firm catapult by the private equity firm catapult capital but i don't know what that is capital but i don't know what that is capital but i don't know what that is wait hunt why did jib jab money wait hunt why did jib jab money wait hunt why did jib jab money jib jab's not making political videos jib jab's not making political videos jib jab's not making political videos um jib jab's not making political videos um let me ask for the 2012 united states let me ask for the 2012 united states let me ask for the 2012 united states presidential election presidential election presidential election jib jab did not make an election video jib jab did not make an election video jib jab did not make an election video and instead began to focus their efforts and instead began to focus their efforts and instead began to focus their efforts on their e-card business on their e-card business on their e-card business so it was literally for money yeah i so it was literally for money yeah i so it was literally for money yeah i thought so thought so thought so that's really stupid they still do it that's really stupid they still do it that's really stupid they still do it like do do it like do do it like do do it like make the political cartoons plus make like do it like make the political cartoons plus make money from it no money from it no money from it no well i i wish that were true but well i i wish that were true but well i i wish that were true but let me let me read this from their blog let me let me read this from their blog let me let me read this from their blog really quick the jib jab blog really quick the jib jab blog really quick the jib jab blog stick your face in it the end of the stick your face in it the end of the stick your face in it the end of the road road road urine review 2005 2014. urine review 2005 2014. reposted from jib jab's facebook page on reposted from jib jab's facebook page on reposted from jib jab's facebook page on december 10th december 10th december 10th tons of jib jab we have we have some news tons of jib jab we have we have some news tons of jib jab we have we have some news that many of you will not like that many of you will not like that many of you will not like after 10 years of producing jib jab urine after 10 years of producing jib jab urine after 10 years of producing jib jab urine review music videos review music videos review music videos we've decided that 2014 would be the last we've decided that 2014 would be the last we've decided that 2014 would be the last year year year after nine years of it why did we make after nine years of it why did we make after nine years of it why did we make that decision that decision that decision first completing a decade of year in first completing a decade of year in first completing a decade of year in the real uh year in review videos the real uh year in review videos the real uh year in review videos felt like quite the accomplishment second felt like quite the accomplishment second felt like quite the accomplishment second after 10 years of producing them the after 10 years of producing them the after 10 years of producing them the creative format started to feel stale to creative format started to feel stale to creative format started to feel stale to us so we decided to make us so we decided to make us so we decided to make oh my god oh my god oh my god rem i'm really sorry rem i'm really sorry rem i'm really sorry it's all right it's all right it's all right actually no you can just cut that part actually no you can just cut that part actually no you can just cut that part out because they didn't say that out because they didn't say that yeah let me back up a little bit yeah let me back up a little bit yeah let me back up a little bit felt like quite an accomplishment second felt like quite an accomplishment second felt like quite an accomplishment second after 10 years of producing them the after 10 years of producing them the after 10 years of producing them the creative format started to feel stale creative format started to feel stale creative format started to feel stale for us if we couldn't get excited about for us if we couldn't get excited about for us if we couldn't get excited about it we knew we'd never deliver a winner it we knew we'd never deliver a winner it we knew we'd never deliver a winner third our creative siren is calling us in third our creative siren is calling us in third our creative siren is calling us in different directions different directions different directions namely our new jib jab app and our kids namely our new jib jab app and our kids namely our new jib jab app and our kids and family brand story bots wait they and family brand story bots wait they and family brand story bots wait they did story bots yeah what for those of did story bots yeah what for those of did story bots yeah what for those of you who are looking forward to our year you who are looking forward to our year you who are looking forward to our year and review video we are truly sorry to and review video we are truly sorry to and review video we are truly sorry to disappoint you our mission is to make disappoint you our mission is to make disappoint you our mission is to make billions of people happy remains billions of people happy remains billions of people happy remains unchanged and we hope our newer unchanged and we hope our newer unchanged and we hope our newer initiatives deliver some smiles and initiatives deliver some smiles and initiatives deliver some smiles and laughs to you and your family you care laughs to you and your family you care laughs to you and your family you care about about this whole no my god the about about this whole no my god the about about this whole no my god the people you care about this holiday people you care about this holiday people you care about this holiday season your pals evan and greg season your pals evan and greg season your pals evan and greg spiridelis jib jab co-founders aka the spiridelis jib jab co-founders aka the spiridelis jib jab co-founders aka the guys in the logo so they stopped because so they stopped because so they stopped because they started to get bored they started to get bored they started to get bored which is i guess completely fair yeah which is i guess completely fair yeah which is i guess completely fair yeah and now there's so much they could do and now there's so much they could do and now there's so much they could do though though though yeah if they came back yeah if they came back yeah if they came back yeah even if they don't own the company yeah even if they don't own the company yeah even if they don't own the company anymore they could do it anymore they could do it anymore they could do it as a different no they do own the company as a different no they do own the company as a different no they do own the company i was wrong about them telling it i was wrong about them telling it i was wrong about them telling it because because because because they do okay well they can do because they do okay well they can do because they do okay well they can do it interesting i i guess they just i guess interesting i i guess they just i guess they just aren't feeling it anymore they just aren't feeling it anymore they just aren't feeling it anymore well mega are you feeling it mr crab uh well mega are you feeling it mr crab uh well mega are you feeling it mr crab uh i gave my paragraph i gave my paragraph i gave my paragraph where's yours do i seriously need to where's yours do i seriously need to where's yours do i seriously need to make a paragraph make a paragraph make a paragraph no we're joking no we're joking no we're joking guys in 2020 they did a year in review guys in 2020 they did a year in review guys in 2020 they did a year in review they did they did they did yeah jib jab 2020 year in review 2020 yeah jib jab 2020 year in review 2020 yeah jib jab 2020 year in review 2020 you've got to go you've got to go you've got to go and so many people were happy and so many people were happy and so many people were happy well that's a that's a good way to end well that's a that's a good way to end well that's a that's a good way to end it it it so they just can't come back for one so they just can't come back for one so they just can't come back for one last one last one last one yeah yeah that's that's cool yeah yeah that's that's cool yeah yeah that's that's cool christ this year was bad enough to you christ this year was bad enough to you christ this year was bad enough to you for you guys to finally write one 2020 was so bad that it pulled jib jab 2020 was so bad that it pulled jib jab 2020 was so bad that it pulled jib jab out of retirement out of retirement out of retirement minecraft dungeons and subnautica well minecraft dungeons and subnautica well minecraft dungeons and subnautica well this comment really like really sums up this comment really like really sums up this comment really like really sums up my thoughts about this e-cards 1k views my thoughts about this e-cards 1k views my thoughts about this e-cards 1k views in a year year in review 100k in a week in a year year in review 100k in a week in a year year year in review 100k in a week can you not take a hint like guys can you not take a hint like guys can you not take a hint like guys if you just made these like i if you just made these like i if you just made these like i understand not being motivated to make understand not being motivated to make understand not being motivated to make them at all oh well he did talk about them at all oh well he did talk about them at all oh well he did talk about joe biden and trump joe biden and trump joe biden and trump hitler's language trump is using hitler's language trump is using hitler's language trump is using but like i understand that they're but like i understand that they're but like i understand that they're probably not very motivated to make probably not very motivated to make probably not very motivated to make these and 2020 being so bad just made these and 2020 being so bad just made these and 2020 being so bad just made them make one them make one them make one because i guess i got motivated again because i guess i got motivated again because i guess i got motivated again but like guys but like guys but like guys you have so much to work with but like guys you have so much to work with like hire some writers maybe like like hire some writers maybe like like hire some writers maybe like then it really isn't your own thing but then it really isn't your own thing but then it really isn't your own thing but like like like is losing some creative freedom really is losing some creative freedom really is losing some creative freedom really worth making e-cards every year they haven't even uploaded in a year they haven't even uploaded in a year they haven't even uploaded in a year their last upload was a year ago maybe their last upload was a year ago maybe their last upload was a year ago maybe they just want to live their lives now they just want to live their lives now they just want to live their lives now yeah you know what that's true anyway my members your paragraph oh my anyway my members your paragraph oh my anyway my members your paragraph oh my god god god uh they made elf yourself so they did they uh they made elf yourself so they did they uh they made elf yourself so they did they did make did make did make millions billions smiles because elf yourself is a big thing right because elf yourself is a big thing right because elf yourself is a big thing right it was unless it's just like it was unless it's just like it was unless it's just like with the the iphones back in the day yeah with the the iphones back in the day yeah with the the iphones back in the day yeah yeah unless it was just like a yeah unless it was just like a yeah unless it was just like a niche thing for massachusetts which i niche thing for massachusetts which i niche thing for massachusetts which i doubt doubt doubt and they made storybots i i don't really and they made storybots i i don't really and they made storybots i i don't really knew episodes of that once oh it's this knew episodes of that once oh it's this knew episodes of that once oh it's this i didn't know they made this it sounds i didn't know they made this it sounds i didn't know they made this it sounds familiar hold on let me familiar hold on let me familiar hold on let me are they like 3d joe are they like 3d joe are they like 3d joe yes okay hold on that's oh i remember this oh i remember this oh i remember this yeah they made this okay well they were yeah they made this okay well they were yeah they made this okay well they were probably busy doing this probably busy doing this probably busy doing this maybe because it's a show maybe because it's a show maybe because it's a show it's just funny that like they ended that it's just funny that like they ended that it's just funny that like they ended that 2014 and then this was like 2014 and then this was like 2014 and then this was like 2018. it's funny that they like 2018. it's funny that they like that they stopped doing like political that they stopped doing like political that they stopped doing like political satire satire satire to make storybots that's kind of nice yeah i think this show was like 2018 or yeah i think this show was like 2018 or yeah i think this show was like 2018 or 2019. it's just very funny uh anyway uh anyway uh anyway vca did you say what you vca did you say what you vca did you say what you thought about the thought about the thought about the yeah i said that was funny all right i yeah i said that was funny all right i yeah i said that was funny all right i like it like it like it well well well i believe that's the meat i believe that's the meat i believe that's the meat yeah you won three purple hearts yeah you won three purple hearts yeah you won three purple hearts what would you do what would you do what would you do at home you guys what would you do if you at home you guys what would you do if you at home you guys what would you do if you won three purple hearts won three purple hearts won three purple hearts they can show them off they can show them off they can show them off yeah just kind of have them somewhere so yeah just kind of have them somewhere so yeah just kind of have them somewhere so this kind of show off this kind of show off this kind of show off can you know because it's true i want it can you know because it's true i want it can you know because it's true i want it thrice we'll see you guys in uh the mean games we'll see you guys in uh the mean games we'll see you guys in uh the mean games goodbye Hello and welcome to the Meme Games, Games, Games, Games, Games. Hello everyone and welcome to the Meme Games, the part of the show where we play games based on this episode and episodes before. RemTGM, would you like to go into further depth? Alright, so the Meme Games is the part of the show where you'll play games based on this episode and past episodes. We have a picker wheel that we call the Meme Wheel with a bunch of games that we can play on it. Whoever has the most points by the end of the season from these games wins the Meme Games. Let's spin that wheel. Spin that wheel, spin that wheel, spin that wheel, spin that wheel. Uh, we literally just did this one, so spin it again. Spin it again, spin it again, spin it again. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Criticism Storm. How do we play this one, RemTGM? In Criticism Storm, what we must do is we must find, uh, when it is our turn, we will ask someone to give us a review. And there's the chance to get three points here. You can get one from, uh, how many stars the review is, uh, another point from when the review was left, and the third point from, uh, who wrote the review. And, uh, if you get all those right, you get three points. If you get one of those right, you get one point. If you get two of them right, you get two points. You get the, you get it. You get the gist. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, right. Yeah, I see. I was really captivated by these horrible things we made. Um, so, the name wheel is, we have a picker wheel called the Name Wheel. It has all three of our names on it, and we're going to be spinning it to see who goes first. Second and third. In today's meme games, let's see who's going first. RamTGM, you are going first in today's meme games. Let's spin again to see who goes second and third. MegaMan, looks like you're going second in today's meme games. That means I'll be going last, unfortunately. Is everyone ready? Yes. Yeah. All right. Three, two, one. Do, do the thing. Well, Ram has to pick which one of us. Oh, I'm first? Oh, right. I'm first? Yes. Oh, I wasn't paying attention. Sorry. I, like, I can't get it out of my head what we were just doing. Just close, close it up. I, it is. It's just, like, engraved in my mind. Um, if you want to find out what we were talking about, pay for the Patreon. Yes. Or just join the Discord server. Yes. Um, anyway, I want, MegaMan, I want you to give me one. Okie dokie. Oh, did you guys see that Spotify changed the, uh, their icon for the app? They did? Yeah. It's for the, uh, the anniversary, right? Yeah. It's a disco ball. Oh, okay. Cool. Cool. Someone just joined. Oh, the guy's, the guy's back. Oh, well, he's, he's in for something. Oh! Yeah, we, we switched. You're about to leave again. I think I found a really good one that you might not get, Rem. What, what, what is it? Okay, so, the, it is titled, sorry, that's really loud. That was loud. What was that? Kill yourself. I'm sorry. Let me, how do I, like, silence everything? Oh, I don't. Hide alerts. Okay, sorry. The review is titled, Amazing, and entails, I'll never find a better meme podcast, and in, uh, parentheses, I sound more excited than I typed it. Amazing by Yang? Sorry. Okay, so, give me some guesses. All right. So, it's called. It's called Amazing, right? Yes. Well, that would mean five stars, obviously. Of course. Um, would you mind rereading it just one more time? You don't have to do the full thing, just so I can, you know, get a gist. I'll never find a better meme podcast, and in parentheses, I sound more excited than I typed it. Hmm. Um, I feel like this is a more recent one. Um, so. I'm a little lost. Can I get a, can I get a small hint? Doesn't matter what it's for, whether it's the time period or name, but. Uh. A small little hint. The part where you say, where you said it's recent, that's not true. That is not a little hint. Oh, my God. Well, that, that could mean a lot of different things, you know? It could be one year ago. It could be multiple years ago. Oh, no, you're right. I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry, man. Um. Oh, it doesn't matter. Why does everyone keep ignoring our AI? Acknowledge me. Sorry. Uh, by the Patreon, if you want to get that. Um. Hmm. Okay, so. It's not recent, but I probably sound more excited than I'm making it. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Um. Um. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Okay. Well. That's. That's it. That's it. So. Skip to one minute. So, you good? Yeah. You only got one correct. And that was the stars. The three purple stars. It was made three years ago. And it was made by Evil Pan. Evil Pan? Yep. Yeah, Evil Pan. With two N's. I feel like I remember that name, but not. No. No, I don't. It's like something Chaos would say. Behold, sky losers! My Evil Pan! It does. It was a good one, Mega Man. Very niche. Niche and underground. Rem, you're up next. Nothing. Not Mega Man. Sorry, you're up next. What am I saying? Jesus. Uh, I want. Oh, wait. Oh, Rem gets one point. Remember? Yep, Rem gets one point. Now it is my turn, and I want Rem to give me one. All right. Bye. Just pick one, buddy. I'm going. Oh, my God. Oh. All right. I've got one. This review is titled, I need to know. And it entails, what censored-ing music plays during the meme games on the latest episode slash at time of writing episode 250? That is certainly a comment. Yeah. Okay, so. This is five. Star. This was probably made a year ago. And. I'm gonna say it was made by. A guide? You think Guy wrote that? I'd hope not. Well, Mega Man, you only got one right. You got. You got the stars right. Um. But this was made seven months ago. And it was. by a missing person guys make sure you leave more two and three and one star reviews yeah guys if you could leave us some one star reviews that would be cool don't don't actually do that one of you is going to take that seriously don't do that we already got a one star review on um uh reviewers throughout the ages like right after i we i made the new episode so that really goes to show how much support you guys have for the thing you begged us to bring back i maybe it was just like some random who disagreed with your opinion maybe it was maybe or maybe it was ducko i wouldn't be surprised what did you do uh oh you did on mall right no i did luigi's mansion right right we could do mall though that would be a good one i'm not going to show you his sneakers i'll do a reviewer so the ages eventually i just i want to get more youtube videos up yeah megaman you should do one you could do one on michael good you have the room all to yourself now i you don't got to go in the closet that's what i that's what i did when i recorded mine i went into the closet and i recorded um i mean if somehow my mind if my mind thinks of it then i'll probably do it but like depending on if i think about it then oh i'll make you think about it basically megaman saying that he hates you guys i'm not saying that he says i hate all of you i hate my fans you know what i hate all of your support and i'm taking down my twitch channel when i wake up when we go when i wake up i'm gonna go defcon 3 on on fortnite people fortnite people yeah i'm a defcon 3 on pubg players god i hate i hate pubg so much but that's that's a different story anyway i'm up yes and i i want i want rem to also give me one all right so let's see here hmm playing ranked reload in my stream today so many jobless bums it ranks yeah like i know that i'm not that great at ranks but i didn't want to at least win one i mean i did the last my last streak yesterday which was just pure luck but it's always constantly annoying that there's just a whole bunch of jobless bums who think that it's okay to just play competitively on just rank like if you want to be competitive go play in an actual competitive game fortnite is a competitive game yeah i hate to tell you megaman you're uh you're playing the competitive mode in the competitive game i know it's supposed to be i know it's supposed to be like i know it's supposed to be like that but can you just can you not have it be like all competitive players playing that but it's ranked i know it's ranked get off of ranks i want to play okay well then get better i would like people are losers and no life the game but that you're telling them to get off the mode that's made for them to no life the game i would like to get better but there's too many competition then play casual and get better and then you can go to rank or practice on creative like by yourself like practice building and stuff learn how to build i've got one oh mom mom ca is here oh hi i can't hello floyd did you like the uh the ai image oh did you see the ai image we made you like it we made more you want to see more yeah we made more of them can you show them yeah these really suck oh what about the hitler hate of the shoes one that one is i'll make it green hey you yeah i'll make it green yeah it doesn't even look like me yeah it's actually super funny no it is funny because it's stupid but all right love you mom love you too is this the first time that mom ca has said something on actually i don't know why i'm calling her mom yeah i've always called her bca mom is this the first time she's like spoken on the podcast episode no episode 100 but does that really count as a podcast episode well yeah the only one that has videos because we spoke about the thing yeah the only part that has the video is spotify that's the only right right and youtube and youtube yeah but wait but that's just the video yeah all right i might i honestly might cross post those to my account so i can just have more content to fill my channel how do i get some easy it's funny they're funny videos that i'd hate for people to not see them they are anyways yeah all right bca here's yours this review is titled bye bye and it entails thanks for reading my story it took a long time and i'm glad you guys enjoyed it i can't wait to share the next one please give me tips and advice also this is for dust if you're listening you're screwed kid eat my shorts and have a cow sorry about that i broke character and forgot to lock in i almost spilled the next step of the operation that would have been bad bye bye also bca is not racist but he does hate women rem is rem is three foot two inches with with tall with into jesus christ rem is three foot two inches tall with red hair and big green slackers and super mega man 10 is the goat rock on super mega man 10 you're my bro actually actually he's fort man stop those who know those who own the uh the patreon subscribe to the page no those who joined the discord server yes they got pinged five times um okay so this is underwater jaguar he's he he's one of the more prominent storytellers i i feel like it's him are you sure yeah maybe i'm wrong i don't know but you say man i'm i'm confidently saying underwater jaguar five star uh am i giving a year or a month right it's a year right i'll give yeah it's a it's years okay this was this was um wait a second no wait no this is guide wait guide makes stories right am i stupid i think that might be ecd oh my god wait maybe guide i don't we have a lot of people that make stories no no no but but he just he mentioned dust i i feel like the competitor for competitor turned collaborator to dust is underwater jaguar so i'm gonna say underwater jaguar one year ago five star well you got two points okay uh you got the five star and you got the one year this was by bop oh right yeah because bop what did bop do i'm sorry this that sounds really neat what did he do uh it was something about sanic i think oh it was it was right i remember that he hasn't done it in a while but i yeah i believe it was maybe i'm just giving like false memories or whatever but i think it was oh my god um all right so megaman gets one point rem got one point i get two points i so i win i win uh we'll see you all in criticism castle goodbye hello everyone and welcome back to criticism castle at the point the show where we read reviews from you guys all the way down under in the review section below remtgm what are our reviews for today all right so as always oh by the way first of all i just want to say how nice it is to be back doing an episode on a friday i know you guys um listening uh have no idea about this but this is like the first episode we've done on a friday in like a month yeah um yeah we have we did one on like tuesday we did one on like saturday sorry sunday yeah i don't think we had did the patreon no special oh for me for april yeah that's what i was gonna say uh are you guys able to do it tomorrow um maybe yeah sunday yeah yeah i can do it tomorrow yeah i can do it too heck yeah bro what are you going to be doing goose yes i'm not doing two what wait why do you say two because the the last one hold on mate what are you talking about what are you talking about man okay i think yeah okay never mind never mind i thought we're i thought that like the last sunday was the 24th like the last sunday of this month is the 31st that's scary so i was talking i'm sure because the next weekend i'm going with my mom yeah so i just wanted i just wanted to make sure good where does your mom get her shoes god mom anyways rem yeah same thing all right so we're gonna read three reviews one from one from apple podcasts one from spotify and one from the discord server again as always remember to join us on the discord server and we'll see you next time bye bye in the discord server if you are not already in it what are you doing all right starting off with apple podcast you've got a jesus christ guys leave more please is it just a it's just a well you know what we're going with all right this review is titled man and it entails man hope everyone is doing good also you should make an episode about ytps because i want to know how they originally came to be that's a good one how have we not done ytps i mean we talked about we've talked about some ytps yeah yeah i don't think we ever actually did a full-on episode that'd be a good one yeah uh they're some of the funniest videos on youtube well some of them are funny yeah i like this one specific nightmare before christmas one that is like not popular at all but i think it's really funny and i think that's the same one that i watched it is it is there was one i watched back in like i think like 2019 that was really funny charmix reacted to it was like now he starts the fourth reich or something like that i don't know if it holds up now because that was 2019 yeah but i remember it being really funny i remember so many ytps on let it grow oh my god rem you got that name word for word well is it maui starts the fourth reich yeah eight years ago oh my god jesus that was a good one i remember many of like ytps on let it grow yeah i dubs got me got me banned from youtube my parents my parents banned me that's true because no yeah i know the exact same reason but i'm not gonna say anything anyway um also cheering you on for episode 300 guys we've got to have a we've got to have like a real discussion about this we need to we need some what in the world are we doing for episode 300 i looked up tickets i looked up tickets assuming that we somehow get your mom on board which we won't it would be a thousand dollars tickets to what to go to lynchenburg what the hell is lynchen oh my god you've got like the memory of a goldfish the what you have a the memory oh of a goldfish no not oh my god christian yes okay yeah we're not going my parents won't let me yeah i know that's why oh my god oh my god we drive we drive oh my god we'd make a drive yeah i'm not a 10 hour drive yeah bro that's not that bad you know it's not okay how is it a five way words how is it a five hour plane ride but a 10 hour drive it seems like it should be a lot longer anyway uh we're gonna we'll come up with something don't worry we'll figure something out yeah um thank you for cheering us on for episode 300 uh and this review is by underwater jaguar 855 is it a five star it is a five star review thanks so much underwater jaguar for the five star view next review all right moving on to spotify here oh my god thank you i'm feeling much better than i did uh i'm saying that's because i need your trades okay wow um let's see here comments you got a b and uh let's see uh this review uh is titled nothing because it's at it's um it's on spotify and it entails at 11 23 rem you said i got the hentai virus instead of the hentavirus i did say that yeah the joystick is a metaphor for the piece okay i think this was like a this is like surprising because although we did say we like we made a point of me saying that that was in the break room um i think this was like a this is like a surprise because although we did say we like we made a point of me saying that that was in the break room um i think this was like a this is like a this is like a surprise because although we did say we like we made a point of me saying that that was in the break room um i think this was like a this is like a this is like a surprising because although we did say we like we made a point of me saying that that was in the break room um i think this was like a this is like a this is like a surprise because although we did say we like we made a point of me saying that that was in the break room um i think this was like a this is like a this is like a this is like a this is like a surprise because although we did say we like we made a point of me saying that that was in the break room he just said the thing yeah uh rem don't make that joke ever again it was funny i saw some some idiot on tiktok steal it from me i think people have been saying this yeah they took it from me i think i saw like a twitter post of like an ai image okay but uh yeah rem did say that i did yeah um and this was by this is this is by uh ecd thank you so much ecd for the next review oh my god um sorry sorry Let's see here. You got this round. This review, uh, we've got, we've got A. A. Alright. Now this review is titled nothing, because it's on Spotify. Oh my god, it's on the Discord server, sorry. And it entails, so, it's been 11 months. I promised I would leave the server and wouldn't return, uh, until Sunset Saga came back, came out. Um, but yeah, here I am breaking that promise due to some very sad news. Today as I was going home, my mom let my amazing little bearded dragon outside to get some sun. And while a few moments later she was found with her mouth gaping wide open, like as if she was defending herself. And it turned into a light. A light sand color, and two bumps of the back of her head were flat. In fact, caved in due to overheating and dehydration. And it is possible that she had, uh, an infection with her lungs and was having a hard time breathing and had kept it a secret. Surprisingly smart, but for the, uh, for the worst thing possible, uh, she wouldn't eat, she would hardly drink, but my mom. her up and rushed to put her in some lukewarm water and she was also in a heat stroke and we didn't know and we didn't know that so my mom did everything she could she could do and then i walked inside my home after a great second to last week of school and thought nothing could go wrong i was having the best time of my life getting ready to do some homework and my dad says that he has some that he has bad news and i didn't know what what sorry i didn't know what happened and i thought it was something like like ah this thing broke but no it was the worst thing i could hear after going home from school my mom came in crying and in a great amount of stress and dismay and i was so confused then uh i was i'm sorry i was so confused then they told me and showed me her her head was held up with her mouth gaping open arms limp she looked dead i was petrified i didn't cry i didn't whimper i was paralyzed we brought her outside to the back porch and it was shaded out there no sun and she looked so weak so frail so misty-eyed i wish she could have moved to a better spot than where she was uh in the front i think uh tbc to be continued i i'm pretty sure that's what that means too many words and i need sleep it's a five-star review sorry to hear that man that really sucks yeah i'm sorry to hear that too um hold on i just want to make sure i have this right okay so the bearded dragon is not dead right i think it's just good okay uh i hope your bearded dragon gets better it's always sad when a pet is sick uh you always hate to see it it's not not fun not at all yeah so yeah i'm praying for him uh hope she gets better soon and thank you for the five-star review thank you for the five-star review guide uh so thank you so much our jaguar ecd and the guide for the five-star and supposed five-star reviews if you want to be encouraged to watch the five-star review cast next time make sure to leave a review five star or not doesn't matter we just want to hear your criticism like the name implies uh we wouldn't do dust story but why are we doing it well why do you not want to do it sorry i'm tired but yeah no we can do it well you know you should stop being tired i also need to go put my laundry away and redo my dad no you know should have thought about that pal i can't my cat threw up on my bed oh well you know it's a slime cookie okay yeah yeah let's read hold on um where did we leave off um um , i don't remember hold on you don't you don't remember hold on i'll i'll edit i'll edit this part out i'll i just need to see where the last part was okay all right we got it so um let's see here all right continuing where we were from last time um let's start um all right you're gonna read five minutes of dust book uh so hope you enjoy you shouldn't call yourself a god you know the demon said walking up beside him the cray the crawly ends I don't know if I said that right, might get mad if they heard you put yourself on the same level as order. He reached out a hand and pressed it against Hammerblade's bleeding stump. The pressure only seemed to multiply the pain, prompting another agonized cry on his part. Tears started flowing down his face, gently pattering against the soft floor. People had started whispering, a few going as far to laugh at his pain. How could they take pleasure in his agony? Most of these men were still alive because of his generosity, and they dared spit in his face. He reached out with his remaining hand and tried to activate his magic on as much of the room as he could so that he might see them all bow. Another much sharper pain prevented him from doing so. The demon's hand had started to glow, and as it did, his arm began to burn. He dropped to his knees as the agony finally overwhelmed his senses. Too pain to scream, too weak to resist what the man was doing to him. A few seconds later, the demon took his hand back, and Horus found his arm wasn't bleeding any longer. Order. Curse you, he muttered through clenched teeth. You'll probably still die, if not given actual treatment, the taller man said. Cauterizing a wound isn't the same as fixing it permanently. But hey, that's what healers are for. You might have a week, nothing more. That's a joke, of course. I'd personally give you till sunset, Saga, if you're lucky. He pulled his hand back, then backhanded Horus in the face, knocking him down into the small pool of blood which had accumulated beneath him. When he raised his head up, he found it dangerously close to the tip of the demon's outstretched blade. Don't ever talk to me again. Nightbreakers already claim that hand of yours. I would hate to tarnish it by taking anything more. Understood? Horus whimpered, and nodded, begrudgingly forcing the words out of his mouth. I understand, the demon shook his head. Louder. I want your entire order, cursed staff, to hear. I understand, he said again. The demon lifted up his foot and sent it into his chin, knocking his head back against the floor. I said louder. I understand, Horus cried out, his words quickly devolving into more wordless screams as his pain seemed to multiply further. Perhaps this was what that girl had felt. Not sheer agony, but the mixture of pain and shame, working together to crush anyone who was unfortunate enough to be subject to their combined power into pulp. Into a pulp, sorry. The demon sheathed his blade, then smiled. There we go. That's better. He turned back and walked towards the room's exit. It's been fun working under you, but I think your time as a god has come to an end. With those words, he left through the door, leaving Horus Hammerblade alone in a room full of men and women who had just watched him cry like a child in a pool of his own blood. They all stared down at him, before each one stood up and followed into the demon's footsteps. After they went, multiple others entered the room through its various entrances. Each had a similar reaction to the sight. They saw Horus and his pained tears, looked down at his dismembered hand, and left. None bothered helping him, save for his designated healer. Horus, the demon, was the only one who could help him. He was the only one who could help him. An hour later, even she seemed disgusted as she worked, using her magic to stitch together his skin. He didn't have the strength to feel bad for himself in any sort of way. He just let it all unfold around him. And that's where we're going to leave it for today. Well, thank you, Dust. That deserves three purple hearts. Yes, it does. Anyways, news. Mega Man. Yep. Make it quick. Tell us three purple news things. I don't know. Three purple crowns. Okay, act three of Fortnite Showdown started. Very small milestones this time around. There's three rewards to get. The first one for. Both teams have been unlocked. And we got Overwatch. Which is a really surprising collab. And then. for probably a lot of fortnite players especially me because i never thought that that would happen and apparently it did too mad's gonna go turbo we got a new artist in the item shop we got sd kid blacked out like a phantom phantom there's also the mandalorian and lego odyssey i am currently working on a new video i think i have all the footage i need i'm writing the script for it uh because because i did gameplay this time i got my own gameplay uh i don't know why i'm saying this time i've had my own gameplay for three videos now but do you think we'll see it by the end of the month uh maybe oh okay i want to get one out this month i might i might take some of the old mtta videos and put them on my channel because i edited them and stuff yeah but uh those i just kind of want them there because because they're cool and i i think more people will see them because yeah people yeah we have almost 5 000 subs on the mtta youtube channel but no one really no one likes those video like people probably like them but no one like likes them yeah like physically i don't know i i think they'll do better on my channel and they'll make more sense there so i'll put them up there yeah i think they will yeah they're not they're not the best videos ever but i think they're funny and i like them and most people are they're they're not they're not going to the channel to watch those videos they're just that they're either watching it on spotify or they're listening to it on others yeah so they're either watching it on spotify or they're listening to it on others yeah so if you want to i don't think i'll do i do episode do i do i include the episode 100 thing do i put them up do i put that on there uh the episode 100 video yeah i'd assume not right because that's that's just mtta yeah oh i thought that's what you were talking about oh should i put that on there i mean maybe what other videos have we done well we did the fnaf movie and then we did some other stuff like i don't know we did some other stuff like i don't know we did some other stuff like i don't know i don't know we did some other stuff like oh okay yeah i get i get what you mean yeah i'd have to wait is the only two we did that one in the fnaf movie yes did you guys do like the flash no we didn't do flash i don't know i'll put i'll i'll probably get those two put them on my channel at some point uh along with all my school projects those will not all of them but a majority of them might go on there at some point oh yeah oh no what may 4th i forgot to upload the the video to the channel that we uh revenge of the sith oh damn it that's all right i'll put it up eventually yeah well there's there's always going to be another may 4th so just wait till next year yeah i'll do that uh everyone uh yeah definitely post your your projects to your channel because those you spent a lot of time on and they're good yeah those will be like between uploads probably yeah just something for people to watch uh that's basically all from me oh i'm gonna probably buy an xbox for 65 so that's pretty cool anyway with ram what's up with you what do you got uh sunset is going well of course i'm gonna have a lot more time to work on it since i'll be out of school next week um uh subnautica 2 is out i'm going to be getting it tomorrow very excited to play because i love subnautica um what else drake dropped three three times you dropped three times three albums uh i haven't listened to the other two but i've listened to iceman i thought it was good i liked it um but the other two i have i've heard they're not good um it's almost like when you drop three albums a lot of the songs won't be good you know you're right um i think that's i think that's all the news i don't really have anything else all right well actually actually actually actually hold on sorry this is big news uh the six-year anniversary is next week oh it is yeah uh so we should we're going to do these on that one that's not a bad idea it's going to be your meme megaman so we're going to do two episodes next week hope you guys are excited for that um but yeah i have a vca i've been super megaman 10 and i'm rem t super megaman 10 and i'm rem t gm thank you all for listening to our episode of memes throughout the ages we'll see you all later goodbye goodbye see ya i won three purple hearts this land will barely vote for me

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The meme "Three Purple Hearts" originated from a Jib Jab animated video titled *This Land*, which references John Kerry’s claimed Purple Heart medals from the Vietnam War, used as a political talking point during the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign.
  2. The meme has been amplified through TikTok and AI editing, with users applying filters, lasers, and animations to the original video, turning it into a viral, visually exaggerated internet trend.
  3. Jib Jab, once known for political satire and animations, shifted focus to e-card products after 2014, citing creative fatigue and a desire to explore new ventures like storybots and apps, leading to a decline in political content and public relevance.

Summary:

The podcast explores the origins and evolution of the "Three Purple Hearts" meme, which stems from a 2004 Jib Jab animation titled *This Land*. The meme references Senator John Kerry’s claimed Purple Heart medals from the Vietnam War, a point used in political discourse and later distorted into a humorous, viral internet phenomenon. The video was reinterpreted and widely shared on TikTok using AI-generated effects like lightning, lasers, and screen shaking, amplifying its reach and absurdity.

While Jib Jab once produced political satire, including content featuring Barack Obama and political commentary, the company shifted focus to e-cards and digital storytelling products after 2014, citing creative burnout and new business directions. Despite this, the "Three Purple Hearts" meme persists as a niche but humorous cultural artifact, symbolizing how internet trends repurpose old content through technology and absurdity. The discussion also touches on broader themes of creative passion, corporate shifts, and the role of AI in modern meme culture, highlighting how even once-celebrated satirical content can be revived through community-driven digital reinterpretation.

The podcast concludes by noting the lingering cultural significance of the meme, even as Jib Jab’s original political vision has faded.

FAQs

The meme originates from a Jib Jab animated video titled 'This Land,' released in 2004, which features John Kerry mentioning his three Purple Heart medals earned during the Vietnam War. Political opponents later spread misinformation claiming he didn't earn them, leading to the meme's viral spread.

John Kerry, a U.S. politician, is associated with the meme because he publicly mentioned winning three Purple Heart medals during the Vietnam War. The meme humorously references this, with political opponents falsely claiming he lied about his service.

Jib Jab was a company founded by two brothers that created political satire animations and e-reader cards. They were known for political cartoons and animations like 'This Land' and 'Barack Obama Saves the Day.'

The meme gained traction after a TikTok user remix of the Jib Jab song 'This Land' with AI effects like lightning and lasers. The video was shared widely, with edits and AI-generated versions using Chat GPT and filters, leading to massive virality on platforms like TikTok.

AI effects like lasers and lightning are added to make the content visually striking and attention-grabbing, mimicking viral internet trends. These effects enhance the humor and make the content more shareable on platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

No, Jib Jab officially stopped political satire in 2014, shifting focus to e-card and app-based products like 'Elf Yourself' and 'StoryBots.' They have not returned to political content since, though the 'three purple hearts' meme kept their legacy alive.

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