WARNING: IT MIGHT come as a shock to you that all of these memes happened in the last 12 months.
Some of them feel like they’ve been with us for years.
So sit back, relax, crack open a cold one with the boys, and let’s delve right in:
1. January opened strong with Salt Bae popping up everywhere
2. The start of the year was so grim that an Irishman’s fake BBC breaking news ticker was everywhere
And it kept popping up throughout the year.
3. Michelle Obama’s face during Trump’s inauguration felt like the most relatable moment
4. And the final embers of the Joe Biden memes burned out
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5. Everyone took the piss out of Trump’s inauguration crowd
6. It was a year for political rants over pints
7. This guy popped up in February and has never left us
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8. Meryl Streep was at the centre of one of 2017′s most prevalent jokes
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9. And Irish people jumped right on board
10. It was in February that the “White Guy Blinking” meme was born
11. And March brought us the joy of Beyoncé ordering in a restaurant
12. Can you remember a time without the Spongebob mocking response?
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13. All summer we saw “the floor is” all over Twitter
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14. With some delightful local variations
15. The latter part of the year was dominated by what became known as the Distracted Boyfriend meme
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16. And every single brilliant version has been done at this stage
17. That was quickly taken over by the “first of all” tweets
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18. 2017 didn’t live up to the billing
19. But it was the year that a “big bag of cans with the lads” became a stock phrase around Ireland
20. And fitted surprisingly well into Galway Girl
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21. While America had their own version
Not quite as good as a big bag of cans, but a cold one will do:
22. In October, a since deleted tweet took on a life of its own
The responses were… unexpected:
23. Everything Gemma Collins did in 2017 became a meme
24. There was a pointed meme reaction to Kevin Spacey’s much-ridiculed response to accusations of sexual assault
25. The “couples costume idea” took over the internet on Halloween
26. And there were some top notch Irish efforts
27. You might not be able to believe it, but the first ever prominent Pintman meme was posted in Ireland Simpsons fans in January
Feels like it’s been with us forever.
28. He now has his own Facebook group dedicated to him
29. Tony Cantwell’s soft drink sketch might have been posted in December of last year, but the meme belongs to 2017 – and to a grateful nation
30. Republican memes carried their momentum throughout the year
31. And finally… Bella Hadid’s use of “homeboy”, “fresh” and “dope” is a moment that needs to be relived
bella hadid talk like a undercover cop 😂 pic.twitter.com/ENtObBtRxs
— Young Black Jesus (@zekNcashe) October 5, 2017
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Then the memes came:
What a year.
