I woke up really depressed, and was even more depressed when I found out about Stephen Hillenburg.
It was sad when Stan Lee died, because he created a rich universe for everyone to imagine good people running around, saving the day in, but Spongebob seasons 1-3 were closer to my own heart because they really were something else.
They were silly and light hearted, but evoked this sense of being weirdly realistic too.
I mean, how iconic are spongebob memes?
How relatable are they, that screenshots and stills and references to old quotes can create a whole new linguistic communication for teens and young adults?
Listen, we can joke about memes being trash all day, but memes possess raw cultural energy.
people use these formats to express in easy-to-understand ways their life experiences and even political views.
Memes are a part of people’s lives, nowadays, or at least, the younger generations that grew up in this digital culture that’s taken over their lives.
And spongebob was just so delightful.
Had so many memorable moments.
So many good quotes, and they don’t have to be deep. they just have to be simple.
“I’m ugly and I’m proud.”
“Is this the krusty krab?” “no this is patrick.”
“We did it, Patrick, we saved the city!”
“The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!”
“the inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.”
The iconic marching band moment.
am i positive that all of these moments are from hillenburg’s spongebob- well no. I honestly don’t remember.
but it doesn’t matter, because spongebob is a cultural icon, and the show exists thanks to stephen hillenburg’s wonderful direction.
Your legacy will live on.
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