“The meme stays the same, but what people get out of it is a little bit different every year,” he said. “Ain’t that unfortunate.” Once, “the house burning may have just been your final ...

Memes rarely endure. Most explode and recede ... Once, “the house burning may have just been your final exams,” Green recently told The Washington Post. “Now, it’s feeling like it ...

You found out about it through word of mouth, you understood it, you changed its context, and you appropriated it for your own usage. And these are the key components of what makes a meme a meme.