Memekid circulates as a short meme sound rather than a clip tied to a widely documented film, show or song, so its appeal comes from how easily it travels between edits. It suits the current style of internet humour, where a five-second reaction can carry a joke without dialogue or context. As short-form video and reaction content have grown, sounds like this have become a kind of shorthand, signalling that something funny, awkward or surprising has just happened. That flexibility is why it keeps appearing in new edits long after its first uploads.