The Jughead ‘I’m weird’ meme might never run out of fuel
There comes a point in every meme’s life where the human imagination can’t fathom any further, better variations on the core joke. That point is the end of the meme’s life, and it’s natural and fine. Like promotional frappuccino flavors, TV shows about child-run governments, and purple ketchup, memes burn bright and die young.
But there is the occasional exception to the rule. For example, I don’t think an end point will ever come for the latest meme spinning off from CW’s Archie comics-Twin Peaks mash-up Riverdale.
It all started with a speech given by Twitter darling (and former Disney Channel star) Cole Sprouse, in character as Jughead. For some context: Jughead is sort of an oddball in the original Archie comics and cares almost…