The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming

The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?

'The Great Meme Reset of 2026' Might Be the Funniest Moral Panic the Internet Has Ever Invented

Via Expert_Professor_903For the past two weeks my kids have been talking, very seriously, about something called The Great Meme Reset of 2026. And I mean seriously seriously. Whispered conversations over breakfast. Dramatic predictions in the car. Urgent explanations that on January 1st all "brain rot" memes will be deleted from the internet and replaced with "good memes"I said the same thing any responsible parent would say in this situation:"S…

The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming

Memes are getting a reboot. Not like a Marvel-is-trying-to-make-Fantastic Four-happen-again reboot. More like a rewind. The Great Meme Reset of 2026, as it’s being called on TikTok, demands that on January 1 all memes revert to their 2010s glory days. Bland “brain rot” and AI-looking memes are out; Big Chungus is in.As with anything on the internet, the origin of the Great Meme Reset is hard to place. Most sources point to a March post from TikT…