- 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 (@3hunnathot) September 26, 2018
There's a fresh spin on the classics.
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
— zander 👌 (@ughzander) September 26, 2018
friend: u better not play trash
moth: pic.twitter.com/av4F3R4Brw
Some memes are downright silly.
If you aren’t on the moth and lamp memes then please educate yourself they are incredible pic.twitter.com/Lpx0yuCbWP
— Douglas Broach (@BroachinIt) September 26, 2018
Thomas Edison: *invents light bulb*
— Keegan Hix (@__Hixee__) September 26, 2018
Moths in 1879: pic.twitter.com/7XbfqEy5S6
her: say those three words and I'm yours forever
— jose (@abitchua) September 24, 2018
me (a moth): I love lamp
When a moth sees a lamp pic.twitter.com/gDY41ztsxw
— Joke Maker (@imajokemaker) September 25, 2018
A group of moths all dancing around the same lamp is called a Moth Pit.
— rad dad (@ohemgeeijizzed) September 28, 2018
moth:
— mindovermaster (@mindIessone) September 26, 2018
me:
me: Lamp
moth: pic.twitter.com/c9dXJoYg7i
Many reference pop culture.
Maybe the moth memes will save us? pic.twitter.com/kqHVCofzcV
— ✨Emma✨ (@erwillz) September 28, 2018
he was a moth
— ollie (@moneyfornthn) September 27, 2018
she was a lamp
can i make it any more obvious
someone please explain these moth and lamp memes, am so confused 😅 pic.twitter.com/fzGOaycxRQ
— charlotte haneman (@charhaneman_) September 28, 2018
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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