The MemeX Preservation Project

s pervasive normification threatens the very existence of our planet's dankest memes, Know Your Meme took a bold step to send a satellite collection of digital cultural artifacts into lunar orbit to serve as a remote backup of our internet heritage. In order to safeguard against a future meme crisis on Earth, project MemeX would commence an emergency safety protocol to ensure our precious memes could be recovered by future generations. We would not let our memes become dreams.

The Meme Vault

Over a 24-hour period, specimemes were submitted by Know Your Meme users to the MemeX collection vault, where a total of 561 images and 245 videos were submitted. All submissions that reached a score of six or higher were selected to be stored in the vault, which included a total of 140 images and five videos.

Top Specimemes

Out of the all the memes submitted to be included in the meme vault, three specimemes stood out above the rest. In third place, KYM media moderator Stoffe submitted a Don-themed edit of a page from the infamous hentai manga Emergence, gaining a score of 123 (shown below, left). KYM pundit Beatie came in second with a It Was Me, Dio image cleverly marked with an NSFW flag, receiving a score of 127 (shown below, right).

Ranking it as the top-voted specimeme included in the collection was an incredibly rare "Tritium Pepe" image submitted by RandomMan, our resident database moderator and meme boi.

The Launch

While the historic MemeX launch was scheduled to commence the evening of April 1st, a pipe rupture was discovered feeding spaghetti sauce into the main thruster, forcing Know Your Meme to delay the event for 24 hours.

On April 2nd, 2018, Know Your Meme launched its KYMLOR-1 (Know Your Meme Lunar Orbital Receiver) satellite from the Dogeberg Air Force Base at an undisclosed location in the Eastern United States.

Due to unforeseen technical problems, the satellite was forced to make an emergency landing on the moon's surface. After several nail-biting minutes, the vessel touched down unharmed, providing a safe location to store the precious meme vault for many years to come.