on the world wide web. This year, we mentioned goodbye to Walmart Yodel Boy and Tide Pods and joined forces to prepare a photo of an egg go viral on Instagram, debated who was cuter — Baby Grinch or
." It really was something special.
As we head into 2020, we can only assume that there really are going to be even more evocative, dumb, and culturally significant memes headed our way. And although it's also early to tell which catchphrases, challenges, and pop culture moments are going to catch on, there's one thing we know for sure: Once it comes to memes, the world wide web never fails. In order to make way for all the hilarious viral moments to come, we've rounded up 19 of our preference memes from 2019. You could thank us later.
World Record Egg
We knew 2019 could be a good year for memes as soon as, on January 4, just days into the new year, @world_record_egg shook the world wide web with a photo of... An egg. The account called for IG users to help make the lone egg photo "the most admired post on Instagram," specifically naming Kylie Jenner because the egg's biggest competition. It wasn't long before the world wide web banded with each other to create it happen, and that single photo is the most-liked post on Instagram to date with a whopping 54 million likes.
Baby Yoda
Disney+ gave us so much this year, from throwback episodes of our preference Disney Channel series to Disney's animated classics. Although maybe the ideal thing the streaming service has given us is The Mandalorian — and more specifically, Baby Yoda. Any time because the adorable creature graced screens everywhere, the creature was immediately memeified. Baby Yoda drinking a slushie? Genius!
"Someone Like You" Haribo Challenge
TikTok really came through this year — as once it introduced us to the #HariboChallenge. The video begins with a solitary red gummy bear on a miniature stage because the live version of Adele's "Someone Like You" plays. Nevertheless because the camera pans, it reveals a group of gummy bears who chime in to support her finish the verse. This is truly a digital renaissance.
Feral Hogs
Following two mass shootings in a sole weekend — first in El Paso, Texas and then in Dayton, Ohio — nation star Jason Isbell took to Twitter calling for gun control. Twitter user William McNabb replied with a bewildering reason to own an assault weapon, writing, "Legit question for rural Residents of the
U.S. - How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?" This atypical tweet inspired a truckload of memes asking who is actually using a AR-15 to defend themselves against 30-50 feral hogs? And how is he shooting into a yard that his small kids are playing in? The resulting tweets transcended memes; someone created a
interactive web game where players can defend small children from — yep, you guessed it — 30-50 feral hogs.
Kombucha Girl
This year, no meme felt like more of a personalized attack than kombucha girl. The original TikTok video showed a woman's reaction to trying kombucha for the initial time. Initially, she hates it; nevertheless within a couple of seconds, her facial expression shifts and she discovers she actually sort of likes it. The ideal segment of all is that her reaction doesn't only apply to kombucha. It could apply to anything! Trying sushi for the opening time? Kombucha girl. Not sure how you feel about asparagus? Kombucha girl. Didn't love Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker although sort of love Adam Driver in a sweater? Kombucha girl, please.
OK Boomer
2019 will go down in history because the year we served our parents' generation with possibly the greatest clapback ever: "OK, boomer." The short, two-word phrase was created as a millennial- and Gen Z-approved clapback to baby boomers. Whether you desire to wear an outfit that your parents deem inappropriate or you're arguing with family member members about faulty government policies, feel free to hit 'em with a "OK, boomer." Seriously, it works.
Rise and Shine
Kylie Jenner may have been defeated by an egg this year on Instagram, however she also made a gigantic comeback whenever her Kylie Cosmetics office tour hit YouTube in October. Once Jenner gave fans an indoors look at her daughter Stormi's room, she also let out the most angelic and cute "rahiiise and shine" you've ever heard. And so, a meme was place on Earth.
Storm Area 51
segment of the magic of the internet is the ability to rally people with each other in support of a cause. This year, that cause was storming Area 51 — a secure government facility that's been the subject of alien conspiracy theories for years. It all began any time as a Facebook event called "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us" went viral. Its tagline? "Let's visualize them aliens." Unfortunately, the event never actually happened, nevertheless that doesn't change the fact that, for a while, most of them of the world wide web was fully on board.
Italian AOC
Congressional caucuses can get, well, intense. Yet thankfully, there really are tons of people on the web waiting to prepare some of the most intense moments a little bit lighter. Thanks to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's hand gestures and facial expressions at one particular caucus, the world wide web obtained the gift that was Italian AOC. She is a lot like normal AOC — except Italian.
"Act My Age"
One Direction may have gone on an indefinite hiatus in 2016, nevertheless their influence is still pervasive. This year, as an example, there was a resurgence of this viral choreographed Vine that was set to the intro of One Direction's "Act My Age." However it's not technically new, a persons vision it's gotten this year makes it worthy of a spot on this list. Right now, Alexa, play "Act My Age." It's almost time to dance.
Cultural Impact
This year, fandoms loved to compare their current faves to things that have been impacting culture for centuries — like, mention, the Mona Lisa. Sure, not everyone's going to agree with every iteration of this meme, although Normani vs. The Mona Lisa? Pretty spot on, in the event you ask us.
I'm Gonna Tell My Kids...
Have your parents ever told you something that you considered merely because you didn't think twice about what they were saying? Well, in 2019, the world wide web started planning out all of the lies they're going to tell their kids in the future. There have been several variations, with people planning on telling their kids that Destiny's Child are actually the founding fathers, Tangled's Repunzel and Flynn are Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes, and Spongebob and crew are actually the Avengers. It truly never gets old.
Bottle Cap Challenge
This past summer, social media was inundated with video clips of people unscrewing bottle caps with their feet. Yes, their feet. The trend was called the #BottleCapChallenge and, while most were impressive, none caused quite as much buzz as Kendall Jenner's, which featured her successfully kicking off the bottle cap while on jet ski. Unsurprisingly, more than a few people came at her for kicking plastic into the ocean, nevertheless Jenner insisted that the bottle cap had been "recovered." Phew!
No One
Have you ever given a unsolicited suggestion or inserted your voice where it maybe didn't belong? If so, you're segment of the reason the "no one" meme exists at all. This meme is all about putting in your two cents whenever literally no one asked, and let's be real: We've all been there.
Where Y'all Sitting?
the world wide web had some very strong suggestions this year, extending all of the way to what table they were going to sit at in the lunchroom. This meme followed several different themes — whether you were choosing your table based on Taylor Swift songs, fictional sitcom characters, or which kind of water tastes better — also it was actually really fun to play along.
Celebrities As Things
Early in 2019, Twitter was flooded with threads comparing celebrities to various things. (Not to be mistaken with accounts serious about celebs doing things.) It may would be anything: The above thread, as an example, compared Harry Styles to a plethora of different juices. The similarities are astonishing.
Woman Yelling at Cat
The Real Housewives franchise has given us so much over the years. And this year, a photo of Taylor Armstrong from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills yelling was placed side by side with an image of a Insta-famous cat named Smudge. As you could tell, Smudge gives zero fucks, which is brilliant for anytime someone is yelling about something that you simply don't care about.
Sorry to This Man
Actress-turned-television-host Keke Palmer was the subject of several memes this year. Moreover to her stunned reaction from any time Bachelor contestant Mike Johnson asked her out on live TV, a clip from Palmer's Vanity Fair interview became the internet's go-to any time as soon as they didn't recognize — or didn't aspire to recognize — a particular person. We truly have no words.
Nancy Pelosi Clapping
Have you done the absolute bare minimum this year? Congratulations! To celebrate, you could aspire to use this meme of Nancy Pelosi clapping. The image gained popularity on social media once people discovered that it's the ideal way to celebrate the little — and by little, we mean microscopic — achievements.