# Nice Meme Nice Meme is a sarcastic dismissal that started on 4chan in 2013, used inside circlejerk communities to mock content readers thought was stale, cringeworthy, or trying too hard. The phrase spread through fedora-themed YouTube parodies and a single-serving audio site before exploding in a September 2014 Reddit raid that flooded Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Facebook photos with more than 2,500 comments. ## Origin The ironic use of 'nice meme' surfaced on 4chan's /mu/ music board on February 9, 2013, in a share thread whose earliest archived post has no identifiable author. Later that year, on December 24, a 4chan user replied to a post built around a poorly drawn trollface with 'nice meme' followed by a dorito-face emoticon, locking in the visual gag the phrase would carry into 2014[5]. - **Platform:** 4chan (origin) / YouTube (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview The mechanic is simple. Any post can be reframed as a stale, unoriginal meme by writing 'nice meme' beneath it, and the more effortful or earnest the target, the sharper the sarcasm reads[5]. A dorito-face emoticon often trails the phrase, and reply-guys pair it with fedoras, Doritos, and Mountain Dew, the neckbeard signifiers the joke pretends to look down on[2]. Urban Dictionary submissions from the era rhyme the phrase with 'be glad if I stole that,' hinting at the copy-paste tone that made the joke ideal for spam raids[6]. The audio clip of a voice drawling 'niiice meme' from the Flappy Fedora parody provided the joke's audio hook, later hosted on the single-serving website Niceme.me for one-click delivery[4]. ## How It Spread YouTube channel Reddit Circlejerk pushed the phrase into wider circulation in early 2014. On February 4 the channel uploaded an animated clip of Barack Obama singing 'Nice Meme'[1]. Five days later they released 'Flappy Fedora,' a Flappy Bird parody in which a floating fedora dodges cans of Mountain Dew while a voice drawls 'nice meme' on every successful pass[2]. Momentum built through the spring and summer of 2014. On March 9 the single-serving site Niceme.me launched, playing the Flappy Fedora clip on demand to anyone who visited[4]. On August 7, YouTuber Keith Smerbeck released 'real nice,' a video that loops the Niceme.me audio while he repeats the phrase to himself past the point of parody[3]. The peak arrived on September 17, 2014. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott posted a Facebook photograph of himself with two Aboriginal children from Arnhem Land, and Redditor OrangeMemes_2 quickly seeded a call in /r/braveryjerk to comment 'nice meme' on the image. Over the following six months, more than 2,500 'nice meme' replies piled onto the photo, and BuzzFeed covered the raid the same day it started[5]. ## How to Use Reply with the words 'nice meme' beneath any post you want to write off as unoriginal, overplayed, or too earnest, typically inside 4chan, Reddit circlejerk, or ironic Discord threads. Common convention pairs the phrase with a dorito-face emoticon, a fedora reference, or a link to Niceme.me so the target hears the audio clip[4]. The tone is fake-polite sarcasm, so the reply lands hardest when the target post is fresh content that clearly is not a meme. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Nice Meme? Nice Meme is an ironic dismissal used to mock content the commenter finds stale, tryhard, or exhausted, often deployed as a sneering reply inside circlejerk communities[6]. ### Where did Nice Meme come from? Nice Meme started as an ironic 4chan dismissal in 2013 and moved into wider view through 2014 YouTube parodies uploaded by the Reddit Circlejerk channel[1]. ### What does Nice Meme mean? It reads as praise but functions as sarcasm, cutting posters down for effort or earnestness while pretending politeness[6]. ### How do you use Nice Meme? Reply 'nice meme' under any post you want to mark as low-effort or overplayed, and pair it with the Niceme.me audio clip or a dorito-face emoticon for the full effect[4]. ### Is Nice Meme still popular? The joke became classic circlejerk shorthand after 2014, and the audio clip is still hosted at Niceme.me for anyone who wants to invoke it[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwUPO023aPc]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rzmwPjZ0ug]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA_p63r38bM]() 4. [http://niceme.me]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nice-meme]() 6. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nice%20Meme]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/nice-meme Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library