Dreams have traditionally been interpreted as carrying great spiritual significance, and these memes which users reported seeing in their dreams may have meanings which resonate on an esoteric level. In the 20th century, psychoanalysis interpreted dreams as forms of wish fulfillment, testifying to desires and anxieties that our conscious mind would never accept. Stevie Nicks famously declared that "players love you only when you're playing," while Doggface208 famously chugged a bottle of cranberry juice while listening to the song.

These surreal memes, posted to Reddit's /r/thomastheplankengine, are fragments of the psyche which flashed behind closed eyes at night. These memes either describe situations which users experienced while asleep, or represent content they saw while dreaming that they were using social media. These might be DMs from the other side, viral media from the spirits in higher dimensions. Or they might just be posts churned out by a confused and dreaming brain, flailing around in the ether of unconsciousness.