Maybe we’re getting old, or maybe the constant white noise of online content has finally driven us crazy, but lately we’ve been finding memes exhaaaausting. From Game of Thrones characters telling us to prepare ourselves, to Jack White’s ugly mug, and Kim K’s oiled posterior, the proliferation of these overused, annoying Internet memes has gotten to be too much. That’s why we’ve put together this list of Internet memes that need to do everyone a favor and just die.
We’re not trying to sound like a bunch of grandpas, we sincerely hope these memes find themselves in a paradise called "Meme Heaven," but we just want a little piece and quiet while we try to check our Facebook. But now, every time we post a link to the new Sufjan Stevens album, some keyboard cowboy has to come along and declare our status “a Spiderman thread.” What does that even mean? We understand that memes are a way for people from different walks of life to understand a concept, or have an inside joke (which is amazing when you think about it) but when does the memeing stop?
Now that we’ve basically turned this intro into one long Rage Comic, it’s probably best that we let you get on with reading this list of the most annoying memes on the Internet. Vote on which meme you think needs to be put in the ground, and leave us a comment about any memes that we missed. And if you post an ermahgerd gif we’re going to come to your house and drop a pile of Goosebumps books on your head.
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Morpheus
The Morpheus meme started on Reddit (where else?) in 2012 and since then it's been applied to every political faction, sexuality, computer brand, etc. etc. etc. Now that this meme is out of steam, it's time for Morpheus to disappear back into the Matrix.
Ermergerhd
We've been ignoring ermahgerd for like, four years now, hoping that it would it would quietly slip out of the cultural consciousness and become a Jeopardy answer in 2020. But no, it keeps popping up in comment sections and Facebook feeds. Please, for the love of Gerd, let it die.
Keep Calm and Carry On
Keep Calm and Carry On was a motivational poster produced by the British Government in 1939 in preparation for WWII. Somehow that poster transferred itself to every fandom known to man. Let's keep calm and stop using this poster.
The Y U No Guy
The Y U No Guy is a rage comic that began around 2009 with "Y U NO TX BAK?!" and it was immediately applied to every topic that anyone could ever think of. This comic might still be funny, but the web ran it into the ground. Y U NO STOP DOING THIS MEME?!
Kim Kardashian Breaks the Internet
Is it possible to boo a meme? Like, can we just boo forever at our computer monitors? Because this Kim Kardashian meme makes us want to scream until our voices go hoarse. When the original photo showed up online in 2014, the Internet didn't break so much as it became a place where you went to check your email and post your own photoshopped Kim K pic. Every time we think this meme is going to die, it comes right back. Surely there's nothing more to do with Kim's butt.
Dog Shaming
Dog shaming started around 2012 when a pet owner on Tumblr starting posting photos of their dog with a note detailing the pet's most recent negative activity. From there, the Internet took the concept and ran with it. But do we really need to keep shaming our pets? Whenever we see a new instance of dog shaming it just makes us feel sad.
Jack White's Angry Face
On June 22, 2014, a Twitter user tweeted a screenshot of a Cub’s game during which Jack White was caught on camera looking piiiiiiissed. Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 600 retweets and over 600 favorites. We get it; Jack White has a goblin face and it was funny for like, five minutes, but now we just want to listen to the man play one of his million songs, no matter what his face looks like.
Rickrolling
The first known instance of a rickroll occurred in May 2007 on /v/, 4chan's video game board, where a link to the Rick Astley video was claimed to be a mirror of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV. And that's where it should have died. But instead, denizens of the Internet continued to be rickrolled any time they tried to watch a trailer or download a Coldplay album until the man himself, Rick Astley, appeared at the 2008 Macy's Day Parade performing his only hit single. Unfortunately, the meme is still going strong.
Apparently Kid
Please, stop sending us links to the apparently kid. We laughed the first time we saw it in 2014, but now it's starting to grate on our nerves. Let this kid grow up in peace.
Imma Let You Finish
At the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards in 2009, Kanye West infamously rushed the stage during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for the Best Female Video award. He uttered the immortal phrase "Imma let you finish..." and the Internet f**king exploded. The meme died down a little bit within the next few months but we still see it in the middle of Facebook arguments, which begs the question, do these people know that Kanye is still doing plenty of other crazy stuff?