
Thanks for the meme-ories.
Memes have become a universal language of the internet, capturing our shared experiences and showcasing them in amusing ways. And while there are new memes popping up every second of every day, there are some that have pushed past the noise and solidified it’s place on the internet hall of fame. So join Tuong La and Meme Lords Emma Currie, Braeden Etienne, and Jacob Barrick as they scour all corners of the internet to come up with a Top 5 All Time Classic Memes List.
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Ground Rules
- Going with the dictionary definition of meme: “an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.”
- An All Time Classic Memes is a meme that has been around for at least a year and that has had some sort of internet culture impact for a decent period of time.
- Criteria for a good meme can include but not excluded to:
- Almost instantly recognizable to people who are internet culture savvy
- It has endured over the years and people still think about this meme today
- Something flexible and be used in a lot of different contexts
- Some memes were popular back in the day and have little cultural relevance today. Those memes could be considered “All Time Classic” but extra points for memes that are still relevant today
*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered lists.
Group Top 5
5. Harambe
1. Rickroll
Tuong’s List
- Distracted Boyfriend
- Doge
- Rickroll
- This is fine
- Blinking White guy
- Swole Doge Vs Cheems
- Its over 9000
- Homer Backing into a Bush
- Crying Michael Jordan
- Condescending Willy Wonka
- Surprise Pikachu
- Success Kid
- Grumpy Cat
- Nyan Cat
- Shut up and Take my Money
- Andy Dropping Woody
- Always has been
- Disaster girl
- End this man’s whole career
- Evil Kermit
- Harambe
- Spidermen pointing
- Anthony Adams Rubbing his hands
- Woody holding Sora Back
Emma’s List
Braeden’s List
- Harambe
- Karen
- Bad Luck Brian
- Rebecca Black Friday
- Planking
- Bed Intruder (Antoine Dodson)
- Arthur Fist
- All Star/Shrek Resurgence
- Kony 2012
Jake’s Multi Category List
On the podcast:
Image Templates:
- Shut up and Take my Money
- Spiderman thinking
- Drake
- Cursed
- Slenderman
- Shrek is Love/Copypastas
Ones that live in my head rent free:
- Tl;dr (actually relevant to my life)
- We have food at home/The food at home
- I ain’t reading that (I’m happy for you though or sorry that happened)
- Sometimes you just have to say you’re fine by you’re not really fine
- Are ya winning, son?
- Slaps roof of car
- Guys literally only want one thing and its fucking disgusting
Personal Classics
- NO U
- LOLWUT
- Ceiling Cat
- Woll Smoth
- Shut Down Everything
- Leekspin
- Combo breaker
- Overly attached girlfriend
- Motivational posters (the OG)
- Rage faces (forever alone, FUUUU, troll face, etc)
- Awesome Face/Epic Smiley
- Scumbag Steve
- Philosoraptor
- It’s Wednesday My Dudes
- Advice Dog
- Weebl
- Boom headshot pwn
- Charlie bit me
- Chocolate rain
- Numa numa
- Peanut Butter Jelly Time
- Star Wars Kid
- It’s CORN
- I like turtles
- Double rainbow all across the sky
- Trollolol
- What’s going on
- Have you ever had a dreams
- Saladfingers
- My spoon is too big
- Flexseal
- Slapchop
- Millennial Cringe
- This Is Sparta
- I can haz cheezeburger/lolcats
- Chuck Norris jokes
- Reactions
- Arthur First
- “Blinking White Guy”
- Thumbsup hacker kid/Brent Rambo
- Stonks
- Surprised Pikachu
Just Simpsons References
- Old Man Yells At Cloud
- Do It For Her
- No, it’s the kids who are wrong
- Steamed hams
Nerdy Ones
- I don’t like sand
- Yamcha Death Pose
- And my Axe!
- It’s a trap
- It’s Over 9000
- What a thrill (Snake Eater)
- For The Gamers
- So Long Gay Bowser
- Copium
- Git Gud
- LEEROY JENKINS
- The cake is a lie
Misc
- Mr Bones Wild Ride (I just like talking about it)
- Updog
- No this is Patrick!
- Just do it (Shia LeBeouf)