To help feed my need for more imaginative work, I recently created a set of memes for our Original Memes page, and the reward I felt made me want to produce more, so I added three memes to our Cannabis Groverbs series.

Our Cannabis Groverbs are tongue-and-cheek originals or adaptations of famous proverbs from around the world. I created the Groverb meme series to inspire registered patients to grow their own medicine from home. Since launching, News Joint Original Memes, I have created and published more than 20 Groverbs.

Our Original Memes are often esoteric, outdated, and counter to the latest meme fade, also known as, the “anti-viral meme.” Our favorite memes (and soon to be Groverbs), we have created into T-shirts here.

As mentioned, I have five rules for creating original memes for Illinois News Joint.

1. Because memes are my only real creative outlet, I craft them for me. So they have to entertain me. If I think the meme is funny and/or entertaining and delivers what I want for an original meme, I truly don’t care if others enjoy the meme or not.
2. To entertain me, memes usually have to be funny, offbeat, eccentric, void of clichés, and/or esoteric. Most importantly, I want our memes to be unique, unexpected, and creative. Plus, I’m a huge fan of satirical backhands.
3. I don’t follow or chase meme trends. I won’t hop onto “trending” memes or rehash worn-out memes that everyone is plastering across social media.
4. I don’t force the creation of memes on a schedule. When the germ of the idea hits me, I write it down and see where it goes from there.
5. I create and design each meme from scratch. It takes too much time and usually is not worth the effort.

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