Assignment 5 - Aria Aminian

Scumbag Hat Meme The “scumbag hat” (also known as scumbag Steve) is a limited addition Boston Red Sox cap. Memes have been created with literally anything’s wearing the hat to describe the character of the person or object. The scumbag Steve meme was originally a picture of a 16-year-old boy Blake Boston, who was wearing the cap with a fur coat. His friends took the picture and created a meme, scumbag Steve. It was made that; the cap represents that one friend who always freeloads off people. A person or thing that seems to be always annoying and does things that affects everyone but himself/itself. For example, backing out of agreements, always borrowing things from others and never returning it, a person who can be really obnoxious it their own subtle ways. The meme can also be represented as something or someone who may backstab you or do things that may mislead people. Meme generators now have a “add scumbag hat” button. The hat becomes pretty popular during elections, debates, government issues (shutdowns) and other controversial issues. This meme became popular after January of 2011 after it was presented. The scumbag hat is an excellent meme that can explain so much about one person or thing with just a simple hat add-on.

Works Cited:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scumbag-hat

http://www.fastcompany.com/3020097/leadership-now/how-a-scumbag-meme-and-massive-marketing-opportunity-was-born#11