A Look Back: Newburgh Man Wins The Internet Viral Meme

One of the best things about the internet is that everything basically lives forever. When a big part of your career is to write interesting articles about local people and events, it's fun to go back and see what was popular twelve months ago.

Originally Written December 31, 2020

If you've been on the internet at all this week, you have seen Twisted Tea trending, and might be wondering why. Basically, there was a racist confrontation at a gas station in Ohio earlier this week. Someone isolated the part of the video when a customer had enough and smacked the guy harassing the clerk with his can of Twisted Tea.

Hilarity ensues, as the internet has been flooded with memes and gifs of that smackdown.

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Jeremy Stratton of Newburgh is no stranger to internet fame. Eailer this year, he shared a story about what he had to go through to find his pregnant wife an anniversary gift.
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Jeremy is back with another internet win.

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LOOK: 50 famous memes and what they mean

With the infinite number of memes scattered across the internet, it's hard to keep track. Just when you've grasped the meaning of one hilarious meme, it has already become old news and replaced by something equally as enigmatic. Online forums like Tumblr, Twitter, 4chan, and Reddit are responsible for a majority of meme infections, and with the constant posting and sharing, finding the source of an original meme is easier said than done. Stacker hunted through internet resources, pop culture publications, and databases like Know Your Meme to find 50 different memes and what they mean. While the almost self-replicating nature of these vague symbols can get exhausting, memes in their essence can also bring people closer together—as long as they have internet access.