The “Disappointed Fan” meme has bagged its place at the Hong Kong Museum of Memes. This news was shared by none other than the star himself, Muhammad Sarim Akhtar. He became a worldwide meme sensation with his “disappointed” look clicked at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2019. A Pakistani player dropped a catch in a crucial moment against the Australian team. The Hong Kong Museum of Memes is the first of its name.
https://twitter.com/msarimakhtar/status/1421598905284931590
Launched in July 2021, K11 Art mall partnered with 9GAG to exhibit yet another aspect of human communication. The exhibition is divided into various segments like Beyond the Meme, Memeingful Tattoo, and many other themed zones like Troll face, Doge etc.
Sarim Akhter’s meme taking the stage at the museum was especially lauded by his fans all over the world and the meme community. His popularity got him promoting with Coca-Cola alongside Wasim Akram. It has been about two years since the meme got viral, but its star remains revered among Pakistanis and international countries. Even ICC used this meme to commemorate the anniversary of the match.
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Pakistan’s meme magic has been going on for some time. In 2015 the internet broke when a friendship triangle meme emerged. Asif, no more best friend’s with Mudasir, announced his newly born friendship with Salman, and from there, an iconic line swarmed the internet “ Friendship end with… and now I’m friends with.”
The meme has spectacularly blended in political discourse to everyday banter among friends. Just recently, at the NFT auction, the Friendship ended meme got sold for a hefty 20 Ethereum tokens ($52,530/ over ₹39 lakh).
⏪12th June 2019, @cricketworldcup
Possibly the greatest #OnThisDay ever? 😂pic.twitter.com/PiJ2PpPm03
— ICC (@ICC) June 12, 2021
Memes have become an integral element of communication in these times. Sarim Akhter has provided the postmodern youth with an impeccable expression to show their disdain from WhatsApp conversations to Twitter captions.
Perhaps soon we’ll see memes become a key topic of study in human learning and linguistics. Internet culture has increasingly become normal in offline conversations as well. Memes just add more flavour to a conversation, though interestingly enough we see the society self-satirising.
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The human conversation evolved all the way from symbols and pictorials to letters, but it seems we’re taking a step back, just this time with modified symbols and pictures on the internet.