There have definitely been memes made about the idea that if we ever met with aliens, we would probably end up showing them memes in an attempt to make them understand how humans and their sense of humor work. While it might be quite confusing at first, these days the internet has such an all-encompassing database of funny pictures and videos that there is a lot of information to be gleaned from them about the contemporary existence of human beings (or at least the significant proportion that make or consume memes on some level). Even we can learn from them, or see our own lives reflected in these silly little tidbits that litter the average online experience. Ultimately, though, the main reason that most people are going to approach memes is not for the reason of education, extraterrestrial or otherwise. They just want to have a good time for a couple of minutes,