Deep fried memes are meant to deliberately emulate the effect of reposting an image over and over to different sites, progressively getting more and more compressed and low-res, but to a degree that's humorous because no one would– or should– be posting them at the point they have reached.

What does being deep fried mean?

Deep frying (also referred to as deep fat frying) is a cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, traditionally lard but today most commonly oil, as opposed to the shallow oil used in conventional frying done in a frying pan. ... Deep frying is classified as a hot-fat cooking method.

What is the weirdest thing to deep fry?