January
1. Mariah Carey started the year without her hot tea
Mariah Carey asking for hot tea during her NYE performance pic.twitter.com/IHOxdCoIke
— mariah carey archive (@mariaharchive) January 1, 2018
2. Tide Pods
The year kicked off with people eating Tide Pods, which admittedly, look delicious.
3. Absolute Unit
It’s hard to believe that people have only been referring to large things as absolute units since January.
in awe at the size of this lad. absolute unit. pic.twitter.com/c7jzhiETs8
— floofs (@floofboys) February 5, 2018
4. FBI agents
In January, everybody began to embrace the potential friendship they could have with the FBI agents spying on them through their webcams.
5. Joe Jonas distractedly eating a banana.
6. Parodies of Black Mirror
February
7. The Super Bowl Kid
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8. Change My Mind
An American Conservative podcaster sat out in public at Texas Christian University with a sign that read “Male privilege is a myth, change my mind.” As the sign was extremely simple to photoshop, he instantly became a meme.
— Blake Thomas (@blakethomas224) February 20, 2018
9. Jonathan Van Ness saying “Can you believe?”
It’s hard to believe that Queer Eye was only released in January, so while this reaction image seems very stale now, it was still brand new in February.
March
10. The Evil Patrick Meme
dwight when he set the office on fire, and watched everyone go crazy during the fire drill pic.twitter.com/fDgnbW7jm3
— Savage Patrick (@ItsSavagePat) March 7, 2018
11. Jennifer Garner at the Oscars
What realization did Jennifer Garner just come to? pic.twitter.com/pWtycEDEVs
— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) March 5, 2018
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One of the highlights of this year’s Oscars was Jennifer Garner’s “Oh God, did I leave the immersion on?” face.
12. Krusty Krab vs Chum Bucket
13. The American Chopper Argument Meme
me talking to my cat 5 times a day pic.twitter.com/XldODAfqAg
— hikikomoriana grande (@mothmaam420) April 4, 2018
14. Exasperated Spongebob
Me after replying to one person pic.twitter.com/MEgKmf1PFl
— Fatima (@fatimaiqbal13) March 26, 2018
April
15. Yodelling Boy
At the beginning of April, a little kid called Mason Ramsey was filmed yodeling in the middle of a Walmart store. The song was extremely catchy and it went viral online, which resulted in Mason appearing on the Ellen Show and performing at Coachella.
16. Who Killed Hannibal
17. Jason Momoa Sneaking Up
18. Squinting Woman
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May
19. “Is This a Pigeon?”
One of the year’s finest memes, tbh.
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20. Yanny/Laurel
One of the worst memes of the year, TBH. The aural version of The Dress.
21. “By age 35…”
By age 35 you should run into friends and say "WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOON!" twice a week. You will never hang out. You'll just scream this at each other until one of you dies.
— Luke Trayser (@trukelayser) May 20, 2018
By age 35, you should have figured out how to spell “bananas” without having to mentally sing Hollaback Girl
— Jon "Jon Baker" Baker (@JonBaker) May 20, 2018
22. We live in a society.
We live in a society pic.twitter.com/jsOS7ppRHr
— mouthbreather (@660th) May 12, 2018
People got sick of the pseudo-wokeness of Banksy fans and turned it into a meme, which took its name from the first five words often used at the beginning of a Facebook rant about how dreadful society is.
23. “I don’t feel so good…”
After Avengers: Infinity War, people turned Spider-Man’s disintegration into a meme.
"Superintendent, I don't feel so good." pic.twitter.com/3XeOXHctp5
— Ice (@IceSeason101) April 30, 2018
24. If you don’t love me at my … Then you don’t deserve me at my …
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June
25. “The most successful people I’ve ever met..”
After one Twitter user listed off the unrealistic lifestyle that you need to maintain in order to be successful, Twitter snapped.
the most successful people i’ve met:
— Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) June 14, 2018
1. put others first
2. dress for success
3. collect vinyl
4. don’t believe in accidents
5. treat service industry workers well
6. will have the creamed spinach
7. should have said, “Therese, wait”
8. are not ugly people, Harge
9. like the hat https://t.co/MdvYjlMjY4
26. Ye album covers
classic pic.twitter.com/05Y0ocXlNN
— Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) June 1, 2018
27. Young Thug on the computer
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28. Big Dick Energy
Something we’ll all be glad to be leaving in 2018.
Pete davidson is 6’3 with dark circles, exudes big dick energy, looks evil but apparently is an angel, and loves his girl publicly the only thing wrong w him is that he’s a scorpio but anyway.....id married him within a month too
— Tina⚔️ (@babyvietcong) June 23, 2018
29. Give ____ a sword.
It all started with Carly Rae Jepsen. This meme peaked in popularity at the beginning of summer and by August, the prophecy had been fulfilled and Carly had been given her sword.
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30. Gay Fear
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July
31. The Polite Cat
32. Solidarity
This eventually evolved into memes of multiple hands joining in on a handshake.
stop being so damn loud pic.twitter.com/p7WmS9a6CA
— krampiss (@diguphisbones) August 15, 2018
33. Italian Elon Musk (and Elon Musk’s from every other country).
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34. Young Cardi B
35. Pee after sex or you’ll get a (insert random abbreviation here).
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August
36. Barbie’s pet Bibble singing
37. Hurt me
Towards the end of August, things got pretty weird on Twitter with everyone posting their greatest insecurities in fears in a fun new meme format.
*during sex*
— lil empath luvs caps (@simplynautica) August 19, 2018
Me: I want you to hurt me
Them: astrology isn’t real
Me: what
Them: you only use astrology as a coping mechanism to try and make sense of the world
Me: stop
*during sex*
— cory (@_averagemeat) August 19, 2018
Me: i want you to hurt me
Her: i don’t like the movie Ratatouille
Me: what
Her: yeah its kinda cute but I just can’t stop thinking about the fact an actual rat is touching everyone’s food, like that breaks tons of health violations & its super gross
Me: stop
38. To All The Boys…
After the release of Netflix Original movie To All The Boys I’ve Ever Loved…, Twitter decided to write some titles for letters that they’d like to write.
To All The Boys That Believed My Fake Orgasms
— kenzie (@polomother) August 23, 2018
To All The Boys I Provided Emotional Support For As They Pursued Thinner Girls
— soph (@SophiaCK) August 25, 2018
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39. Johnny Johnny Yes Papa
The first known Johnny Johnny video was uploaded to Youtube in 2009, and over the last nine years, there have been thousands of different versions uploaded. It wasn’t until this year that grown ups began to watch these videos, and everyone quickly became frustrated at how catchy the song was.
40. Do y’all hear sumn?
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41. “Can’t wait ’til it gets colder so I can really start dressing…”
As August came to a close, Twitter began to think of their winter wardrobes.
42. Bitch I’m A Cow
— 💎A hoe never gets cold💎 (@menabae101) August 15, 2018
It was all fun and games until it emerged that Doja Cat was a tad homophobic.
September
43. Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad
There were plenty of mock-ups done of this viral ad campaign back in September.
44. Elon Musk smoking weed
45. Moths and lamps
This one came just in time for people to get their moth/lamp Halloween costumes sorted.
moths only want one thing and its disgusting pic.twitter.com/7J9jX8VlmX
— sophia (@sophmilone) September 26, 2018
46. Jordan Peele’s Obama meet and greet
A very old SNL sketch, which was remixed a lot this year. In some versions, the characters Peele greets have been replaced with Marvel movies or famous Donut chains, but the finest iteration of this meme was probably the “How I deal with my depression” version.
47. Weird flex but ok
The perfect response to every questionable boast.
Weird flex but ok https://t.co/jM1zImIkjp
— art boy (@ka5sh) September 21, 2018
October
48. “Let’s get this bread.”
Me walking into work with my two hours of sleep pic.twitter.com/WwcNPiZvex
— holly jolly jazmine ☃️ (@xo_babyjaz) December 16, 2018
49. thank u, next
One taught me love
— LG Updates (@LadyGagaVegas) November 6, 2018
One taught me patience
One taught me pain pic.twitter.com/GTI7X1Ppea
November
50. Not a cellphone in sight.
Just people living in the moment.
not a cell phone in sight. just ppl living in the moment. pic.twitter.com/3gwNf61N70
— odalys (@toastodilly) November 5, 2018
51. Surprised Pikachu
Me: puts $150 of groceries in the cart
— Surprised Pikachu (@SurprisedPika) November 2, 2018
Cashier: that'll be $150
Me: pic.twitter.com/goC2goqM9i
52. Don’t say it. Don’t say it. Don’t say it.
*watching someone pour copious amounts of creamer in coffee*
— coffee folk (@coffeefoIk) December 19, 2018
My brain:
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Don’t say it
Me: You want some coffee with that creamer?
53. They did surgery on a grape.
This one is hard to explain. They did surgery on a grape. How? Why? Who? Read about it here.
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they did surgery on a grape pic.twitter.com/ghXRzeOB2u
— i miss hoseok (@sunlitjhs) November 24, 2018
54. Knickers the giant cow (steer).
i've done some research and can confirm that you have not been misled, the cow is indeed very large
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) November 27, 2018
