The speaker contends that the remix era of the early 2010s was a peak period for meme creativity.

“the remix era definitely was in the peak of meme creative the remix era started you know laid the foundation for so much of like the [ __ ] impressive high quality memes that you see now true”

The speaker argues that internet memes have shifted from being creative expressions to being more referential over time.

“I think as we get to the more of 2000s and we go through a lot more memes I think that's one thing that we'll start to realize is that memes became less creative and more referential and I think this is the prime example of like when memes Were Meant To Be A Creative expression”