Love them, hate them or flat out don't understand them at all, memes are here to stay — at least for the foreseeable future. Immortalized on Reddit, the most popular memes spread through the web like a weird, low-resolution wildfire.
If you fancy yourself an innovator, it's easy to join in on the viral trend and start submitting memes on subreddits such as r/AdviceAnimals.
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If you're interested in making memes, it's pretty easy to get started. For reliable meme generators, tools and photoshop techniques, check out the list below. Know of any that we missed? Tell us about them in the comments.

The most efficient memegenerator for Redditors is "memegen" — Imgur's in-house tool for meme creation. It has a decent drop-down selection menu that you can use to choose your meme, popular examples of those memes and the ability to create an entirely new meme. When you're done creating, your image can be uploaded directly to Imgur to be shared and embedded around the web.

Livememe's homepage is a collection of the Internet's most popular recurring viral characters. After you've selected your image of choice and have added captions, you're prompted to post it to Reddit with a handy share button.

Banned from Reddit for allegedly gaming their voting system, Quickmeme is still a reliable source for meme generation. Aside from general meme creation and custom uploads, Quickmeme is also a quazi-social network for humorous reposted images from around the web.

Created after Reddit banned Quickmeme, Meme Dad is watermark- and ad-free. Its layout is similar to that of Livememe, and it was designed specifically for functionality with Reddit.

Aside from its reliable GIF creation tool, Imgflip also features a meme generator. Some of the better features include customizable fonts and sizes, the ability to draw on images, and add multiple text boxes.

Making a meme in Photoshop is fast and simple. After opening your image file, add a text layer to the top and bottom of the photo. Select the Impact font and make sure you have caps lock turned on.
When your desired text is in place, open the Layer tab, hover over Layer Styles and select Outer Glow. A popup screen will appear, and you should change the effect's color to black. Change the Blend Mode option to Hard Light. You can then edit the thickness of the outline however you see fit.
Making your meme in Photoshop ensures your image is high quality and will not be compressed or watermarked by a third party website.
Mashable Composite, Images: livememe.com