What’s the worst meme of the decade?

[kūhaku]

A good counterpart question would be what are the best memes of the decade?

My personal picks would be Steamed Hams (and similar Simpsons memes like Sugarposting), Virgin vs. Chad, and some of the YouTube memes like "But it's played in an empty mall" remixes of old songs from the 80's and 90's.

Boomer Wojak and the spin-offs of it was sort of cool at first, which is why it took a little longer for it to die, but now it's just gotten ridiculous.

Virgin vs. Chad is great, it always makes me smile. There's some weird perversion of it where there are different types of chads, but the original one is definitely superior.
Boomer/Doomer/Zoomer were the original 3 and I think it should have stayed at that, since it wasn't meant to show all types of people just a certain few.
I might sound like a zoomer here, but for some reason the stupid "Me and the boys" memes always made me giggle like an idiot. Similarly the boys vs girls school meme always was pretty funny, mostly just because the boys were always some over the top ridiculous shit.

I think there aren't any truly "great" memes, because everyone has a different specific sense of humor. The fucking drake format and all of it's spinoffs was trash tier, increasingly verbose sucked ass, as were a majority of white bar memes. Some of them are great though, particularly the animated ones with really fast gifs that are just shitposting random things.

Spoiler: examples

These differ from what I previously said "you’re just putting a reaction image with a hypothetical situation." mostly because the entire image is meant to be ironic and almost a mock of white bar memes, since the situations are so outlandish that they aren't #relateable

 

[Haramburger]

Even though the first Despicable Me came out in 2010, Minions have been a pernicious boomer meme on social media for the entire decade. The merchandise is horrible, and adults that fetishize it are really disturbing. Meme-wise, all of the image macros containing minions are goddamn awful.


I'm tired of getting this shit in my work email!

 

[Xerxes IX]

milkshake duck. all memes have a half-life where they decay into crap. but only a few start out as forced garbage, and none have been as transparently artificial as milkshake duck.

I always saw it as mocking the culture where people are quick to drop things they like because people associated with it got canceled, but then people who do that unironically jumped on the meme.

Even though the first Despicable Me came out in 2010, Minions have been a pernicious boomer meme on social media for the entire decade. The merchandise is horrible, and adults that fetishize it are really disturbing. Meme-wise, all of the image macros containing minions are goddamn awful.

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This is the only context where I'd find "ok boomer" to be a fitting response and that's just because Minion memes are even worse.

 

[Idiotron]

I hate every meme that gets so overused that you can't look at it anymore.

Don't know about "worst of the decade" but I want that one with the woman screaming at the cat to go away fast.
"Ima tell my kids" is really annoying as well.
"Nobody:
some random bull shit" is cringy.
"I'm about to ruin this man's career" is up there.

I'm sure that there are others but you get the idea.

 

[Nguyen Van Phuoc]

Damn Daniel in my opinion is one of the most pointless and forced memes of the decade. On the bright side, it didn't last very long.

 

[Floop]

Damn Daniel in my opinion is one of the most pointless and forced memes of the decade. On the bright side, it didn't last very long.

I’m still waiting for Damn Daniel 2

 

[Jason Wynn]

Freeze Peach gets my vote. Agreed with what some others have said, it's incredible just how much of a turn around liberals have made in the last decade.

Tide Pods was funny to me because I saw so many actual boomers chimping the fuck out over "those good for nothing millennial kids!"

 

[Tour of Italy]

I misread the title of this thread as “worst anime of the decade” to which I was rushing to respond “all of them”.

 

[Gangster Talk]

Twitterites were saying Dat Boi was actually a good meme because it's inoffensive and finally an unproblematic frog unlike nazi Pepe, so I'm inclined to think it's shit just on that merit.

In addition, it lead to this:

Spoiler: CANCER WARNING

Case study on why incomprehensible /s4s/ nonsense should NEVER, EVER get leaked to the public.

Letting the concept of memes in general go mainstream was a catastrophic mistake. As cringy as the alt-right's usage of Pepe can be they deserve props for taking it back by managing to turn it into a taboo.

 

[Mimekiller]

Oh easily its the shut up and let people enjoy things cartoon, at this point it has done way more harm then good>

 

[Jeb-sama]

I'm not sure if MLP counts as a meme, but I remember them reaching pandemic levels on 4chan in 2010 (or was it 2011?). Didn't matter what board or thread you were in, there was usually several special needs children posting ponies and constantly derailing topics.

Nothing since then has even been close to comparable.

 

[Idiocy Abroad]

A good counterpart question would be what are the best memes of the decade?

My personal picks would be Steamed Hams (and similar Simpsons memes like Sugarposting), Virgin vs. Chad, and some of the YouTube memes like "But it's played in an empty mall" remixes of old songs from the 80's and 90's.

Steamed Hams was a very good meme. The first video I saw was the Metal Gear Solid one and I knew it was going to be something special. The amount of effort put into it and attention to detail was remarkable. I also really liked DK Rap sentence mixing and more recently Half Life SFX edits. Really any meme where people actually put in effort to make something interesting instead of just slapping labels over an image and calling it a day will get high marks from me.

I also have a soft spot for Baneposting, just because of how stupid it was.

Spoiler: Some Videos

 

[Freddy Freaker]

Honestly, if I had to pick a "Top 5" of the worst memes of the decade, these would be my picks.

1. "Freeze Peach"
2. Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism
3. Bronies (It's hard to believe that it was originally meant as an ironic joke)
4. Eating Tide Pods
5. OK Boomer

A good counterpart question would be what are the best memes of the decade?

My personal picks would be Steamed Hams (and similar Simpsons memes like Sugarposting), Virgin vs. Chad, and some of the YouTube memes like "But it's played in an empty mall" remixes of old songs from the 80's and 90's.

Boomer Wojak and the spin-offs of it was sort of cool at first, which is why it took a little longer for it to die, but now it's just gotten ridiculous.

Virgin vs Chad I would go so far as to call best of the decade. The OC chopper guys fighting/woman yelling at cat is pretty good too.

And of course...

 

[Pissmaster]

"Nobody:" by a country mile.

Example:

"Nobody:

Youtuber: "I'm gonna hit this thing with a hammer!"

"Nobody:" is the worst meme because it doesn't have a single reason to exist. It doesn't say or imply anything at all. I guess the original usage might have stemmed from something like "Nobody: "I wonder what happens if you hit the thing with a hammer?"", implying that nobody actually asked to see said thing hit with a hammer, but its common usage is just a prefix for a comment pointing something out. Or, you know, you could just... you know, point it out. "Nobody:" really doesn't add anything, but I guess "Nobody:" comments get a lot of upvotes and that's all that matters on clown world social media internet, so fuck me, I guess

Any memes that are clearly corporate-driven are an easy 2nd place tie, like eating Tide Pods, Baby Yoda, stuff like that. Gee, The Last Jedi sure was a horrible movie and Star Wars is dead to us an-OH MY GOD BABY YODA, BESTEST THING EVER, IT'S LITERALLY A YODA BUT NOW ITS A BABY AND IT HAS BIG BABY EYES OH MY GAWWWWWDD I LITERALLY CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT TO CONSUME PRODUCT AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT THAT'S CONVENIENTLY COMING OUT NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH

Star Wars is the epitome of today's soy cuckoldry. The newest Star Wars movie I will ever watch is 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and the double-whammy of Kinect Star Wars and Battlefront II's reboot are exactly what modern Star Wars fans deserve. If Solo and The Last Jedi were so bad, why is anyone giving the Boba Fett TV show a chance? If you go up to a soft serve ice cream machine and make yourself a big ol' chocolate ice cream cone, and take a bite only to discover that there's a Mexican guy inside the machine taking a big ol' swirly shit onto your ice cream cone 'cause he thinks it's funny, why would you EVER go back for seconds, or even thirds, every time he changes the marquee on the machine?

3rd place is cancer, the disease itself, it really sucks a lot and kills people so it gets third place

As for 4th place, its already been mentioned, but Dat Boy has a similar issue to "Nobody:" in that it doesn't seem to have a point and takes no creativity to deploy whatsoever, but at least it's bizarre on its own

5th place goes to Harlem Shake, it kinda looked like a fun one to do if you could get your entire office to participate but it didn't have legs at all and lasted for literally like one week in February 2013

Honorable mentions go to:

My Little Pony, which was fucking intolerable, but lasted for such a long time and grew such a huge community that it's actually sort of impressive. It probably kickstarted Clown World and encouraged faggots worldwide to embrace what fucking faggots they are and grow into militant self destructive psychopaths, but whether or not it was purposefully a gay op or grew naturally, it's so fucked up it's impressive

"yikes", "oof", "mood", etc., they're kinda dumb but whatever, language changes over time. On the other hand, they're a lot better than calling things you approve of "tight", because calling things "tight" like a tight vagina is fucking creepy and how the fuck did that catch on when I was in elementary school

A good counterpart question would be what are the best memes of the decade?

Definitely Virgin vs. Chad. Extremely versatile, can be used for both comedy and self improvement, can be understood by anyone, and has a certain amount of effort needed to where it's too much work for people who spam "Nobody:" and Dat Boy, but not overwhelming for anyone with two brain cells and a few minutes.

Steamed Hams is a great one, too. It's astounding what kind of creativity came from it.

nope.avi was alright

 

[Freddy Freaker]

"Nobody:" by a country mile.

Example:



"Nobody:" is the worst meme because it doesn't have a single reason to exist. It doesn't say or imply anything at all. I guess the original usage might have stemmed from something like "Nobody: "I wonder what happens if you hit the thing with a hammer?"", implying that nobody actually asked to see said thing hit with a hammer, but its common usage is just a prefix for a comment pointing something out. Or, you know, you could just... you know, point it out. "Nobody:" really doesn't add anything, but I guess "Nobody:" comments get a lot of upvotes and that's all that matters on clown world social media internet, so fuck me, I guess

Any memes that are clearly corporate-driven are an easy 2nd place tie, like eating Tide Pods, Baby Yoda, stuff like that. Gee, The Last Jedi sure was a horrible movie and Star Wars is dead to us an-OH MY GOD BABY YODA, BESTEST THING EVER, IT'S LITERALLY A YODA BUT NOW ITS A BABY AND IT HAS BIG BABY EYES OH MY GAWWWWWDD I LITERALLY CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT TO CONSUME PRODUCT AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT THAT'S CONVENIENTLY COMING OUT NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH

Star Wars is the epitome of today's soy cuckoldry. The newest Star Wars movie I will ever watch is 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and the double-whammy of Kinect Star Wars and Battlefront II's reboot are exactly what modern Star Wars fans deserve. If Solo and The Last Jedi were so bad, why is anyone giving the Boba Fett TV show a chance? If you go up to a soft serve ice cream machine and make yourself a big ol' chocolate ice cream cone, and take a bite only to discover that there's a Mexican guy inside the machine taking a big ol' swirly shit onto your ice cream cone 'cause he thinks it's funny, why would you EVER go back for seconds, or even thirds, every time he changes the marquee on the machine?

3rd place is cancer, the disease itself, it really sucks a lot and kills people so it gets third place

As for 4th place, its already been mentioned, but Dat Boy has a similar issue to "Nobody:" in that it doesn't seem to have a point and takes no creativity to deploy whatsoever, but at least it's bizarre on its own

5th place goes to Harlem Shake, it kinda looked like a fun one to do if you could get your entire office to participate but it didn't have legs at all and lasted for literally like one week in February 2013

Honorable mentions go to:

My Little Pony, which was fucking intolerable, but lasted for such a long time and grew such a huge community that it's actually sort of impressive. It probably kickstarted Clown World and encouraged faggots worldwide to embrace what fucking faggots they are and grow into militant self destructive psychopaths, but whether or not it was purposefully a gay op or grew naturally, it's so fucked up it's impressive

"yikes", "oof", "mood", etc., they're kinda dumb but whatever, language changes over time. On the other hand, they're a lot better than calling things you approve of "tight", because calling things "tight" like a tight vagina is fucking creepy and how the fuck did that catch on when I was in elementary school

This post is fuckin' tight homie

 

[ProgKing of the North]

Nobody:

@Pissmaster General:

"Nobody:" by a country mile.

Example:



"Nobody:" is the worst meme because it doesn't have a single reason to exist. It doesn't say or imply anything at all. I guess the original usage might have stemmed from something like "Nobody: "I wonder what happens if you hit the thing with a hammer?"", implying that nobody actually asked to see said thing hit with a hammer, but its common usage is just a prefix for a comment pointing something out. Or, you know, you could just... you know, point it out. "Nobody:" really doesn't add anything, but I guess "Nobody:" comments get a lot of upvotes and that's all that matters on clown world social media internet, so fuck me, I guess

Any memes that are clearly corporate-driven are an easy 2nd place tie, like eating Tide Pods, Baby Yoda, stuff like that. Gee, The Last Jedi sure was a horrible movie and Star Wars is dead to us an-OH MY GOD BABY YODA, BESTEST THING EVER, IT'S LITERALLY A YODA BUT NOW ITS A BABY AND IT HAS BIG BABY EYES OH MY GAWWWWWDD I LITERALLY CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT TO CONSUME PRODUCT AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT THAT'S CONVENIENTLY COMING OUT NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH

Star Wars is the epitome of today's soy cuckoldry. The newest Star Wars movie I will ever watch is 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and the double-whammy of Kinect Star Wars and Battlefront II's reboot are exactly what modern Star Wars fans deserve. If Solo and The Last Jedi were so bad, why is anyone giving the Boba Fett TV show a chance? If you go up to a soft serve ice cream machine and make yourself a big ol' chocolate ice cream cone, and take a bite only to discover that there's a Mexican guy inside the machine taking a big ol' swirly shit onto your ice cream cone 'cause he thinks it's funny, why would you EVER go back for seconds, or even thirds, every time he changes the marquee on the machine?

3rd place is cancer, the disease itself, it really sucks a lot and kills people so it gets third place

As for 4th place, its already been mentioned, but Dat Boy has a similar issue to "Nobody:" in that it doesn't seem to have a point and takes no creativity to deploy whatsoever, but at least it's bizarre on its own

5th place goes to Harlem Shake, it kinda looked like a fun one to do if you could get your entire office to participate but it didn't have legs at all and lasted for literally like one week in February 2013

Honorable mentions go to:

My Little Pony, which was fucking intolerable, but lasted for such a long time and grew such a huge community that it's actually sort of impressive. It probably kickstarted Clown World and encouraged faggots worldwide to embrace what fucking faggots they are and grow into militant self destructive psychopaths, but whether or not it was purposefully a gay op or grew naturally, it's so fucked up it's impressive

"yikes", "oof", "mood", etc., they're kinda dumb but whatever, language changes over time. On the other hand, they're a lot better than calling things you approve of "tight", because calling things "tight" like a tight vagina is fucking creepy and how the fuck did that catch on when I was in elementary school


Definitely Virgin vs. Chad. Extremely versatile, can be used for both comedy and self improvement, can be understood by anyone, and has a certain amount of effort needed to where it's too much work for people who spam "Nobody:" and Dat Boy, but not overwhelming for anyone with two brain cells and a few minutes.

Steamed Hams is a great one, too. It's astounding what kind of creativity came from it.

nope.avi was alright

 

[Xerxes IX]

Also in the same vain as oof and yikes being signs of soy overdose, "heccin doggo" speak indicates someone has a terminal case of Reddit induced brain deterioration and should be euthanized. Especially after the Feds or the glow in the darks (can't remember which) started posting about hecking good boys on their official Twitter.

 

[millais]

That dumbass frog on the unicycle gif. I'm still not even sure what it is all about.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

4. Eating Tide Pods

I always have to wonder how the fuck that even became a thing in the first place, and why it even gained as much traction it did.

My personal picks would be Steamed Hams (and similar Simpsons memes like Sugarposting)

Simpsonsposting is like the complete 180 of the crappy current run, and I love it.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

Even though the first Despicable Me came out in 2010, Minions have been a pernicious boomer meme on social media for the entire decade. The merchandise is horrible, and adults that fetishize it are really disturbing. Meme-wise, all of the image macros containing minions are goddamn awful.

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I'm tired of getting this shit in my work email!

I don’t quite get why literal boomers love them so much. At one of my previous office jobs, several of the oldest employees had a ridiculous amount of Minion merchandise and memes plastered everywhere.