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A round up of some of the best memes we’ve seen this year so far

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When it comes to the internet, pretty much anything is fair game. Social media speaks the language of social faux pas, often turning a poorly thought out tweet into parodies and memes that are worthy of awards.

The beauty of memes is that as ridiculous (and hilarious) as some of the formats are, they are often insightful in their commentary on social and cultural issues.

Their versatility is a strong selling point in offering balance and much-needed relief in times when we’re so bombarded with bad news. 

On the flip side, memes have a much darker side – such is the case with Millie Bobby Brown, who was recently bullied off Twitter because of memes that portrayed and resulted in her being accused of being homophobic and racist. 

But thankfully, most of the time memes come from a place of comedy and pure joy. And so far, this year has provided us with plenty of entertaining internet shenanigans:

By the time you’re 35 meme

This meme originally spawned from a tweet by financial website Marketwatch which stated that by the time millennials are 35 years old, they’d have at least needed to save double the amount of the annual salary.

The responses to that initially dragged tweet remained on topic at first, but soon took on a whole new form when people started weighing in on other things everyone should have achieved by the age of 35. 



Apesh*t memes

Our list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning music’s biggest star Beyoncé and rapper husband, Jay Z, whose fantastic art music video sent the internet into new levels of excited hysteria when they dropped a surprise album along with the Apesh*t music video.

Naturally the Beyhive went into overdrive and started posting reaction memes as soon as they pressed the stop button (probably).

This one comparing this scene from the music video to folding fitted sheets is so relatable tbh:
Queen Bey and Jay appreciating Adele
The Tidal struggle is real (although to be fair, the album is now available on Apple and Spotify as well)

Royal wedding memes

2018 brought us the gloriousness that was the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding.

Not only did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle completely blow us away with their iconic and historic ceremony, but their big day also saw an explosion of delightful memes that are a combination of hilarious and heart-warming. 

These are just some of our faves:

When things got really awkward


There were Disney references (pretty accurate if you ask us)

Left Exit 12 Off Ramp

This meme actually came from a video clip which showed a highway board that shows a path to head straight or to veer off ramp. It’s become a metaphor for choosing the straight path and deviating and doing either the thing that’s most familiar to you or something that’s not actually good for you.

And oh how painfully relatable it is. 

If you can’t handle me at my worst meme

This glorious meme is actually delightfully self-deprecating, proving that not only is the internet funny, but we know how to poke fun at ourselves in a way that’s wholesome and healthy.

We feel this one on every level

Same


Even celebs joined in on the fun

May the memes keep on coming. We can't wait to see what the rest of the year has in store.

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