$PEPE appeared long before crypto, the market, and money.
In 2005, artist Matt Furie drew a simple frog for the comic Boy’s Club.
Meaningless.
No politics.
Just a state.
“Feels good man.”
🌊 When the meme went viral
The internet has done its thing:
started to copy
distort
rethink
$PEPE became:
sad
ironic
evil
absurd
It stopped being a character.
And became an emotion.
⚠️ Loss of control
Over time, the meme began to be used in contexts,
that the author himself did not accept.
There were attempts to regain control.
But memes are not brands.
$PEPE no longer belonged to the creator.
It belonged to the internet.
🪙 When the token appeared
PEPE came to crypto not as a project,
as a collective appropriation of imagery.
Without:
utility
roadmap
promises
Pure meme.
Pure culture.
🌪️ Viral and chaotic
Sharp rise.
Crowds.
Emotions.
Fixations.
But unlike thousands of other memes,
PEPE did not disappear.
Why?
🧠 Why PEPE survived
Because:
it existed before the token
it is recognizable without explanations
it evokes feeling, not expectation
PEPE does not need a narrative.
It itself is a narrative.
🗣️ Iconic phrases of the community
“Feels good man.”
“You can’t kill a meme.”
“PEPE belongs to everyone.”
⚠️ Honestly
PEPE is:
not technology
not an investment plan
not a promise of the future
This is a cultural phenomenon,
living on attention and emotions.
🐸 The finale
The story of PEPE —
this is a story of how the meme got out of control
and became part of the collective consciousness.
Sometimes it’s exactly such things
and live longer than all.
#InternetCulture
