For years now, a GIF of a woman ... companies make lots of money off of it while she isn’t paid at all. Slater says she’s glad there are “people who will tag me” to correct the Lawrence ...

As Reilly Slater remembers it, her spit-take ... money from it. And as long as no one is using the GIF commercially, there’s no expectation that an individual in a viral GIF or meme would ...

That would be Fry's "Shut Up and Take My Money" meme. Let's explain the story behind this essential piece of meme culture and why it still continues to be used online so many years later.