So this is a thing people are doing –







This is the original Harlem Shake Video. The one that spawned a million versions. There’s been a Norwegian Army version –







a Jeff Gordon Pepsi Max version –







There’s a Harlem Shake for every occasion. Here’s the problem. Last Friday, by the time I heard about this, everybody was already sick of it. This was the first Harlem Shake video I saw on my facebook timeline –







And later that day I find out people are already sick of it!







What the hell? I just found out about this one. I didn’t even have time to find out what this is all about and the internet is already “over it”?



How did I miss this? I’ve never been one to keep up with trends but this is an internet meme and I’m on the internet all the time.



Is our collective patience for these things wearing thin? Perhaps people who were late to the Gangnam Style party vowed to never look like suckers again so the next time they heard about a popular meme they’d just say they were sick of it right away.



That’s gotta be it. It can’t be that I’m getting too old! I’m only 30! That’s not old, right?



…I’m going to go count the grey hairs in my beard.