Deep Fried Memes are a subgenre of internet culture where images are intentionally degraded through excessive compression, saturation, and sharpening to create a grainy, 'fried' appearance. Emerging in the mid-2010s on platforms like Reddit and Instagram, this style satirizes the low-quality reposts common on social media. Often featuring glowing eyes (lens flares), the 🅱️ emoji, and nonsensical or aggressive text, these memes prioritize a chaotic aesthetic over traditional humor. They represent the post-ironic era of internet memes, where the absurdity of the visual presentation and the 'loudness' of the image serve as the primary punchline.