Memes in Splatoon 2

Over the course of Splatoon 2's first month, I have noticed a few memes in Inkopolis Square. For example:

• Furries
• "I hate furries!"
• "How do you draw on this thing?!"
• Ketchup = Blood
• "INK THE SPAWN"
• Knack II
• Valuable Salmon Run tips (The Sting Ray sure is powerful)
• "I wish ____ was real"
• "Trans people are awesome!"
• "WAAAAAAAAH! KEEP POLITICS OUT OF MY VIDEO GAMES! WAAAAAAAH!"
• Pineapple on pizza VS pineapple-free pizza (from the future)

What's interesting is the spread of these. Whenever you start the game up, you are put in Inkopolis Square. Unless you use the menu to select a mode like some sort of weirdo, then there is a good chance that you will run into another player's avatar with a pseudo-Miiverse post. This makes it more likely that you will be aware of the latest trend(s) even before you see the posts from Inkopolis Square as graffiti in multiplayer matches, even if you are ignoring the community at large.

I do not know exactly how Inkopolis Square gets populated, but here are some things I have noticed:

• It probably prioritizes posts with a lot of recent upvotes, to get the completely obvious out of the way.
• I imagine it picks from the unpopular posts too? Otherwise, how are these posts trending in the first place?

So, basically, it seems Nintendo has put a decent amount of thought into making sure that you know what the newest trends are in Splatoon 2's community.

Correction and Clarification

Okay I'm back to writing on this blog now let's just get this over with.

In "Puyo Puyo Tetris and How it Pays Tribute to the History of Both Games," I said that the Frozen Puyos item was a reference to the Ice Blocks mode. It apparently showed up in Slot Mode. I guess I had blocked what little I played of Slot Mode on my imported copy of the DS version 20th Anniversary out of my memory. And did not bother to check the Puyo Nexus Wiki page for Slot for some reason.

I did not list Pichu and Alolan Raichu in  "The True Purpose Of The "Pikaclones"?" because they are in the same evolutionary family as Pikachu. I suppose, however, that Pichu was created to promote the baby Pokemon. Alolan Raichu could exist to show off Alolan Forms, as well as the Tapus' Terrains, since Alolan Raichu basically exists to be used on Electric Terrain.

Okay there.