Imagine it’s the year 3500 and another one of Mark Zuckerberg’s evil clones, Zuck version 5.0, has just reanimated itself in order to continue its mission to turn the new world wide web into an infinite virtual shopping mall. But something lurks on the original internet (which is now known as the Dank Net)—An unstoppable army of memes. As soon as the abominable Zuck releases an AI upgrade to help the system crush humor and joy at every turn, a new kind of highly advanced meme is born, impervious to the Zuck’s futile attacks. With the power of humor and decentralized, viral dissemination, memes run rampant all over the Zuck’s totalitarian internet, making a mockery of the Zuck and its austere self-importance. Like a virus, the memes infect every inch of the Zuck’s Metaverse until there’s nothing left but funny image macros free for anyone to consume, just like the good ol’ days.

The internet might look very different in the future, but memes are eternal. Memes are the heart and soul of the internet.