9 memes from 2018 that were just kind of bad
2018 was a year — and some of this year's memes reflect that.
Although plenty of the memes that came out this year were the perfect platform for top-tier shitposting, a lot of the memes that cropped up were not. Some were distasteful in the least cute way, and some were just mediocre. Some just lacked the staying power of a quality meme.
Here are 9 of 2018's memes that were ... just kind of bad.
1. Logan Paul's suicide forest memes
Yeah, Logan Paul's suicide forest debacle was this year. Amidst the controversy over filming the body of a dean man, Paul's shocked expression in the thumbnail became a crappy meme. Like a terrible precursor to the surprised Pikachu meme, internet users tossed his face onto death-related images. The context of the meme is in bad taste, and honestly, it's pretty lazy.
2. Krusty Krab vs. Chum Bucket
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Look, everyone loves a good Spongebob meme — after all, the cartoon is so freaking memeable. But this one is just another version of Drake's Hotline Bling meme, except in a different format. It's essentially rejecting one thing for another, and it's been done before.
3. Gru's plan
Gru's Plan wasn't necessarily a bad meme, but it did die pretty quickly. It was fun while it lasted but it just lacked the staying power of a good meme.
4. We live in a society
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OK, Banksy. The "We live in a society" meme poked fun at art trying to be too deep and highlighted underrated media, but at the end of the day it's just people categorizing themselves in meme format again.
5. Stairwell Kermit
The Youth love a good nihilistic meme, but like Gru's Plan, Stairwell Kermit inexplicably didn't stick around for long. Maybe it went meta too quickly, or maybe r/MemeEconomy invested too heavily, but the meme hardly made a dent on the general internet beyond Reddit.
6. Yanny/Laurel
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This auditory version of The Dress tore apart the internet, which was fun until the White House tried to jump on the bandwagon. Yanny/Laurel is dead. It's gone. Let it go.
7. The "In My Feelings" challenge
Drake's absolute banger "In My Feelings" swept the internet after Shiggy created a dance challenge for it, but teens took it way too far and started getting hit by cars. The National Transportation Safety Board even released a statement against the challenge. Is it worth the clout? Is it?
8. Singing Bibble
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This meme is fun but Bibble is ... just another Meryl Streep meme. It conveys the same purpose: a call and response about something you're enthusiastic about.
9. Drake & Millie Bobby Brown
Drake, a 31-year-old grown man, and Millie Bobby Brown, a 14-year-old child, raised eyebrows when she gushed about their close friendship that involved sending messages like "I miss you so much." The whole situation is gross enough without people making memes about it.
2019 will (hopefully) bless us with many, many more beautiful memes, but we can settle for some mediocre ones too.
