On December 20th, YouTuber Ethan Holey uploaded a video in which he recommends using 'dank memes' as a replacement for the terms 'awesome,' 'cool' or 'bodacious' (shown below, right).On September 23rd, 2014, Redditor 圎phr0m submitted a image macro to /r/funny, which featured a seated at a computer with the caption 'born just in time to browse dank memes' (shown below, left).
SpreadOn May 26th, 2013, YouTuber fennthulhu uploaded a parody video titled 'How 2 make dank memes!', in which he demonstrates how to create an 'edgy' on the website (shown below, left).
