The Best Memes of 2018
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Increasingly, my brain chemistry processes ideas and emotions less in sentence form and more as weird visual dichotomies, like Venn Diagrams based on illustrations based on a handshake from the film Predator. Does this mean that I am broken and beyond saving and drifting ever further from the light? Absolutely, yes. But so are you, fellow 2019 Online Person. In celebration of all the ways we irrevocably ruined our dopamine receptors, let us take a look back at all the memes that gave us fleeting hits of joy in 2018.
10. Not A Cell Phone In Sight
This dunk on the kind of person that can’t stop explaining how much better the world was before cell phones was also an excellent chance to make everything from Twin Peaks to the JFK assassination into a cute little kick at minimalists.
9. Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history
Sure, Marvel has done big things, but has never made the radical choices of, say, Disney Channel mega-crossovers or that time the cast of Friends taught you how to use Windows 95. My personal contribution here is that you should check out Mars Attacks IDW, which is a comic collection where the aliens from Mars Attack go up against everyone else in the IDW comic universe, including Transformers, Popeye, Ghostbusters, and the rock band KISS.
8. Steven Crowder’s Change My Mind Table
Conservative “comedian” (?????) Steven Crowder set-up a table on a college campus challenging someone to prove his idiotic ideas wrong. Steven forgot the internet rule of never posing with a sign with a full white background that can be Photoshopped with no effort at all. Now, the internet is full of delightful images of Stevie demanding to be challenged as to whether pee is stored in the balls or to have in-depth discussions about the clitoris. Great job, bud.
7. This Cat Is Chonk / Oh Lawd He Comin
As a proud Cat Dad of an incredibly Chonky Baby Girl, this doctor’s scale for the size of a kitty doubles to introduce a bonus phrase that spins off into its own meme worthy of a spot on this list. Please note that this is not about fat-shaming, this is about size celebration.
