How Would You Like To Be An Internet Sensation?

I used to make meme's of myself."Craig's Meme of the Day" was so 2014. I have moved on....or not ;) But I am not an internet meme sensation. But Kyle Craven is. Or was.

Kyle is really "Bad Luck Bryan" The goofy High School senior with braces and letters superimposed over his upper and lower face that have made him a Thousand-aire. You know, this guy.

"The first meme was posted to Reddit by Ian Davies, who has been Kyle’s friend since elementary school. He took Kyle’s ridiculous school photo, named it Bad Luck Brian (catchier than Bad Luck Kyle) and wrote “Takes driving test . . . gets first DUI.”

For reasons they will never know, the meme took off on Reddit, where users’ votes increase a post’s popularity. Before long, Bad Luck Brian was an Internet sensation. His face appeared on Facebook, blogs and advertisements. T-shirts with his photo were sold at Wal-Mart and Hot Topic. Companies made Bad Luck Brian paperweights and Bad Luck Brian stuffed animals. He was flown to Internet conventions across the country. People like me, who barely knew him in high school, bragged about his photo’s popularity.

For three years, he has been able to capitalize on his unexpected fame. On the Internet, three years is a long time. It’s enough time to let something become part of your identity — even when the online fame begins to fade."

To be famous, even online, for a couple of years, and make 20 grand off it? I think it's not a bad way to make a years' salary. My meme's got me...to right here.