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$MEME is the mother. Every launch is its child, making it a memecoin.Child coins are priced in $MEME and bought through $MEME. 1% of every child coin trade is paid to that child coin's holders, in $MEME.
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Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke

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Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke
Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke

Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke

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Memecoin

Name
Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke
Image
the meme's own image, fixed
Pair
$MEME, the mother coin. This coin becomes a child of $MEME.
Rewards
1% of every trade of this child coin, paid to its holders in $MEME
Website
kym.fun/memes/wait-i-thought-it-was-a-joke

One signature creates the coin on pump.fun (you pay only pump.fun's creation cost, about 0.02 SOL). With a first buy, a second signature buys it right after. The first launch claims this meme for good.

About

Wait, I Thought it Was a Joke refers to a screenshot of a worried-looking blue fish from an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants often used in image macros and as a snowclone accompanied by a variation of the text, "Wait you guys are actually racist? I thought it was a joke." The meme first appeared in 2019 and grew in prevalence over the following years.

Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke

Origin

The full history, spread and examples live on the source entry: Wait, I Thought It Was a Joke on Know Your Meme.

The Child Coin

Whoever launches this meme first creates its one official child coin of $MEME. The child coin takes this exact image, is priced in $MEME, and pays 1% of its every trade to its holders, in $MEME. After that, the meme is closed here forever.