The “Why are we still here? Just to suffer?” meme comes from a quote in the 2015 video game Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain. The meme is frequently used in parody videos to express frustration and hopelessness, similar to Hello Darkness, My Old Friend. Famous YouTuber Pewdiepie often uses the quote in his videos sarcastically. Personally, I have never played the game from which the quote originates which forces my rating of this meme to be a 2.2.
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I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so tired of hearing "Infinity War." I get that it's new. I get that everyone dies. I get that the movie was awesome. I just don't get why after a few of the same conversions, fans don't layoff once in a while. I've heard so much about it even though I've never the movie or even the trailer. I give this a 0.5
Kanye West is known for his unpredictable attitudes and actions-- this however is wild. Out of all people I never would have thought that Kanye West (of ALL PEOPLE) would ever support Trump. Hilariously, meme creators are taking the rare occurrence and turning it into multiple funny memes often portraying Kanye as a child trying to impress his dad. I give this meme a 0.4 because it isn't that funny and I can't lie and say that my respect for Kanye has not wavered slightly.
The Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket are both fast-food restaurants in the cartoon TV show Spongebob Squarepants. The meme format is used when comparing two opposite things-- the Krusty Krab is noted as favorable and the Chum Bucket unfavorable. The episode that these screen captures were pulled from is titled "Help Wanted" and was published on May 1, 1999. February 2016 was the first known instance of a meme format similar to the more popular one, but the actual format was not being used until March 2018. I give it a 7.8 because I enjoy and still quote Spongebob Squarepants.
With any major movie that has hit the box office, one can expect there to be no-context spoilers. I remember when every Hunger Games (a series I really enjoy) movie came out, I would undeniably hear a spoiler or two if I didn't go see the premiere. Spoilers frustrate me so much that I give them a 0.1.
Kate Miller had no idea how much fame would accumulate when she accidentally posted a party invite to the public while also advertising alcohol. Actually, David Thorne had no idea how much fame he would amass when he posted the "Kate's Birthday" prank to Facebook in efforts to "entertain a few people over the weekend." Kate's Birthday has become a pretty large meme; however, after experiencing the initial humor while reading the story, the humor slowly dies down. This meme is a good one-time story, but it is not destined for repetitive use. I give it a 1.7.
I guess I didn't realize how recent the "Trumpet Boy" meme really is! The original photo was posted on January 18, 2018 and thrived as just an image for quite a while. Now, photoshoppers have found a way to animate the image and create a performance with just the picture of the original boy. I find these creations highly entertaining and give this meme a 8.7.
The "Orange Shirt Kid" meme or the "#BoogieDownChallenge" meme is focuses on a kid who wears an orange shirt trying to win #TheBoogiedownChallenge. From simply entering the contest, this boy acquired fame, several remixes on YouTube, and a spot for his dance on the Fortnight emotes list. This meme just comes to show you how easy it is to become a public figure. I give it a 4.6.
If you thought there wouldn't be at least one meme spawned from the Infinity War movie, you were dead wrong and quite naive. However, the "Disintegration Effect from Infinity War" meme was not entirely created by the Infinity War movie. It is simply a revival of the "Naruto's Last Lines" meme. Around May of 2011, a meme format called "Naruto's Last Lines" survived online for about a month. After the reminder from the Infinity War movie, meme creators rebooted the meme format. I give it a 4.3 because although funny, I do not watch Naruto and I did not see Infinity War.
When Jeremy Clarkson uttered "This is Brilliant but I Like This" on the show Top Gear, he probably never imagined it blowing up into a meme. This saying is often used as an image labeler (examples above). Although the meme originated in 2014, it only recently came into fame as most popular memes do. I give the meme a 6.5 because the wording of the text on the meme is usually pretty entertaining.
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