“Moms Against Gaming” meme: meaning, origin and common card

What does the “Moms Against Gaming” meme mean?

Moms Against Gaming pokes fun, through exaggeration, at the alarmist speeches some parent groups give about video games. The technique is deadpan satire: tweets written with complete gravity that look like genuine prevention campaigns. The humor comes from the gap between the solemn tone and the ordinary subject. People reference it to describe outsized outrage over a hobby, or to share a tweet that imitates a cartoonishly worried parent. The target is a type of rhetoric, not real individuals.

Where does the “Moms Against Gaming” meme come from?

The Twitter account @MomsAgainstGam was opened on June 27, 2014 by an anonymous blogger, together with an ask.fm page to answer readers’ questions. It posted satirical tweets about the supposed dangers of gaming addiction in children, exaggerating the language of parent groups hostile to games. Know Your Meme separates it from David Yoo, a design student who created a similar fake organization, MAVAV, in 2002. On June 30, 2014, Kotaku ran a piece titled “Moms Against Gaming Is My New Favorite Twitter Account,” which put the account on the map, and other sites followed on July 1. Within a month it had over 13,000 followers and more than 2,000 tweets. A twist on the My Little Pony slogan even drew a public reaction from voice actress Tara Strong, who denied saying the line before acknowledging the parody. Some users took the account seriously and were offended, which fed its virality.

1. June 27, 2014The Twitter account @MomsAgainstGam is opened.
2. June 30, 2014Kotaku writes about the account, boosting its fame.
3. July 2014Over 13,000 followers and 2,000 tweets in a month.

How to use the “Moms Against Gaming” meme

• Share a fake alarmist tweet about a harmless video game to make friends laugh.
• Call an overblown outrage over a hobby a “Moms Against Gaming” moment.
• Imitate the tone of a mock prevention campaign for a harmless game.
• Remind someone the account was parody after they took it literally.

The “Moms Against Gaming” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 22542
Rarity	Common
Collection	Memes World series 76
Fame	65/100 · #29 of 298
Recycle value	5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)

How to get the “Moms Against Gaming” card

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