MEMES! Everyone loves them. Everyone shares them. But why? And is there any benefit to them? Watch More: Why Do We Laugh? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmqnYY0J1k Support Life Noggin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LifeNogginStudios?ty=h Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin https://www.instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Click here to see more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifenoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Life Noggin Team: Director/Voice: http://lifenogg.in/patgraziosi Executive Producer: http://youtube.com/iandokie Director of Marketing: http://lifenogg.in/JaredOban Animation by Steven Lawson Head Writer: http://lifenogg.in/KayleeYuhas Written by: Michael Sago https://twitter.com/michaelsago Sources: https://www.avidian.com/blog/social-media-and-psychology-why-do-people-share http://www.iab.net/media/file/POSWhitePaper.pdf http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/one-size-does-not-fit-all-in-social-media-2/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201207/the-power http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550612469233 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258189741_Does_Posting_Facebook_Status_Updates_Increase_or_Decrease_Loneliness_An_Online_Social_Networking_Experiment http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/03/06/much-social-media-increases-loneliness-envy-study/ http://www.dictionary.com/browse/meme