14 Internet Memes We're Totally Obsessed With Using

9. "Do This, They Said"

The advice and fortification of others can help us through our day-to-day lives. We're often told we can do anything when we put our minds to it, and it can lead to some gratifying and rewarding places. But what happens when doing something rewarding turns out to be a dead end, only to leave us in pain or ridicule? "Do This, They Said" is the perfect meme to explain those types of situations. The advice and admiration of others can only go so far before it starts caving in on our judgment. Before we know it, we've ended up putting ourselves in an embarrassing and humiliating spot, or taking advice the wrong way to where we don't understand what happened. "Do This, They Said" visualises this point by posting a picture of something familiar and straightforward, and making it sound like a bad idea inspired by others. Small examples like "Go to school they said, it will be necessary they said" or "Don't do The Avengers they said, it'll be a flop they said" work easily within the system of the meme. Bigger examples would be when we take it into our personal lives and contort it to our own conformities. When among friends, the drive to incorporate the meme into a conversation or in front of others is almost unavoidable. If a friend encourages a little suggestion, only for it end up in failure, why not retort with "Do This, They Said"? The effect would never tire or get old.