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The ‘John Lemon’ Meme Is Back From the Dead | The Daily Dot

The ‘John Lemon’ Meme Is Back From the Dead | The Daily Dot

January 04
10:19 2017

Ten years ago, a YouTube video asked us to “imagine” what it would be like if John Lennon had been a talking piece of citrus fruit. John Lemon was born. Soon he would be transformed, become elevated to meme status at age 4, and die of natural causes (people got tired of him). Now he’s back from the dead, and possibly bigger than ever.A brief John Lemon history lesson, courtesy of Know Your Meme: In 2011, the height of Bieber Fever, a Justin Bieber fan asserted on Tumblr that “Justin Bieber is better than John Lemon. Suck my dick.” The statement was apparently an intentional typo, a case of “keming,” or a misunderstanding by a young person unfamiliar with the Beatles. Either way, it was mocked hard. That’s when the canonical image of John Lemon came into being:

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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