Saw a meme with a cat and a cucumber, still don't get it

I keep seeing this picture of a cat jumping in the air next to a cucumber on the floor. My friend in Chicago sent it to me last week and just wrote 'lol'. I looked it up and found out it's from an old video where cats get scared by cucumbers. But why is it a meme now? Is it just about being surprised, or is there a new joke? What's the deal with this one?

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bell.laura12d ago

My cousin in Denver just texted me that same picture yesterday.

andrew_rodriguez14d ago

Actually, the meme being old is the whole point. It’s not about the cucumber itself, it’s about how something so random from years ago can pop back up and make a whole new group of people laugh. Your friend probably found it in some deep meme hole and sent it because it’s weird and funny again now. These things cycle back when people get tired of the new stuff. It’s a classic, and classics come back around because the joke is just as simple and stupid as it ever was.

kim81914d ago

Wait, your friend just sent you the cucumber cat meme last week? That thing is like a fossil from 2015, how did it take this long to reach them?