- Moths love lamps.
- Everyone knows that.
- A new meme is all about the insects’ love of lamps.
- The meme can be traced back to a Reddit post from July.
- The jokes are excellent.
There’s no point in beating around the bush here: It hasn’t been an easy week to be online. But if there has been one redeeming reason to log on every day it’s been the moth memes – yes, the moth memes.
The concept is simple, really. Everyone knows that moths love lamps. That’s pretty much the whole joke.
The meme gained notable traction online this week, but its origins can be traced to a July Reddit post from user No_Reason27. The Redditor posted a close-up picture of what appeared to be a very large moth outside of their window to the r/Creepy subreddit.
But, as with all good memes, the origin is far less interesting than the jokes themselves.
Here are some of the best.
This tweet seems to directly recall the original Reddit post.
the moths looking through my window at night pic.twitter.com/H9aqp6KADq
— Nick (@imkully) September 26, 2018
There's a fresh spin on the classics.
http://instagr.am/p/BoKl_O7hfukhttp://instagr.am/p/BoR8Hg7F4O8
And biting social commentary on that friend who always has to pick the music you're in the car.
moth: yo fam pass the aux
friend: u better not play trash
moth: pic.twitter.com/av4F3R4Brw— zander (@ughzander) September 26, 2018
Some memes are downright silly.
http://instagr.am/p/BoFoMGAlpW2http://instagr.am/p/BoPe3hJHrnchttps://twitter.com/BroachinIt/status/1044797214869135364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thomas Edison: *invents light bulb*
Moths in 1879: pic.twitter.com/7XbfqEy5S6
— . (@nematoad66) September 26, 2018
her: say those three words and I'm yours forever
me (a moth): I love lamp
— jose (@abitchua) September 24, 2018
When a moth sees a lamp pic.twitter.com/gDY41ztsxw
— Joke Maker (@imajokemaker) September 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/ohemgeeijizzed/status/1045508357765951488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
moth:
me:
me: Lamp
moth: pic.twitter.com/c9dXJoYg7i
— Cybebe 🇵🇸 (@cyb3b3) September 26, 2018
Many reference pop culture.
https://twitter.com/erwillz/status/1045773227195338752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
he was a moth
she was a lamp
can i make it any more obvious— ollie (@s4meoldscene) September 27, 2018
someone please explain these moth and lamp memes, am so confused 😅 pic.twitter.com/fzGOaycxRQ
— charlotte haneman (@charhaneman_) September 28, 2018
http://instagr.am/p/BoHetsMnzwk
Admittedly, in real life, moths are a nuisance.
They eat holes in your favorite wool sweater and ruin carpets. But the jokes. The jokes are so good.
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