Funny Video of Guy Laughing When Drug Kicks in
The decade in memes
Past Kirsty Grant
Newsbeat reporter
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It'southward 2010. TikTok is simply a vocal by Ke$ha, you're playing Flappy Bird on an iPhone 3gs, and One Direction accept merely but formed.
Oh, and there aren't hundreds of new memes circulating the internet everyday.
Fast-frontward a decade and it'southward incommunicable to count the number of internet inside-jokes being shared daily.
As the decade comes to a close, we've done our best to round up some of the virtually iconic memes the internet has brought u.s.a. over the past ten years.
2010: YouTube
There'south no denying that 2010 was a strange year. There weren't *really* memes equally we know them today - simply in that location were viral cyberspace sensations.
1 of those was a lady named Elonia - whose YouTube video singing "sitting on the toilet", while she's sitting on the toilet - currently has more than than 9m views.
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"And flush" - what a finale.
The video sets a pretty standard precedent for early 2010 memes. They were simple, poorly-produced and lacked intellectual depth.
But, there's no denying Elonia'southward song has been cached somewhere in our minds for 10 years, so fair play.
2011: Classic meme format
In 2011 pictures with bones text captions on them emerged.
Ane of the early examples was a Futurama screenshot, with memes that followed the template: "non sure if ___, or just ___".
Looking back at present, it's surprising that nosotros ever found these funny.
2012: Overly attached girlfriend
There was no escaping the simple picture and cake text format in 2012, where the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme was born.
Information technology came from a YouTube video by Laina Morris, in which she sings Fellow by Justin Bieber but changes the lyrics to fit the character of a crazy, possessive girlfriend.
Her grapheme must have been pretty strong - it got millions of views and her creepy smile was meme-fied.
Upward until a few months ago, Laina Morris was nonetheless regularly doing videos in the Overly Fastened Girlfriend grapheme.
2013: Chloe and Gavin
When nosotros were putting together this list, 2013 stood out for its contribution to memes. Information technology was when 2 children, Gavin and Chloe, were introduced to the meme-sphere - and they've stood the test of time.
Chloe's disturbed expression proved to exist very relatable:
And Gavin's oftentimes dislocated, disgruntled facial expressions saturated the internet in 2013 and - to exist honest - have done ever since.
He truly is the "net's son".
2014: 'But that's none of my business'
The meme that dominated 2014 was an image of Kermit the frog drinking iced tea - and minding his business.
Run into if y'all can effigy out how information technology was used:
You also couldn't coil for long without seeing "starter packs".
Nobody was safe from having their entire personality and fashion ripped to shreds by one of these picture grids.
They were elementary, but fantastic banter.
Another special mention has to become to this iconic photo. The streets volition never forget.
Amazingly, the veiny guy apparently went to school with the Overly Attached Girlfriend.
If nada else, they definitely once met.
Incredible effort from both of them there.
2015: Why you e'er lyin'?
2015 was the top of Vine'due south popularity - and information technology was the yr that Nicholas Fraser sang along to the tune of "Likewise Close" by Next.
But this wasn't whatever old singing video. Nicholas featured his ain lyrics, about liars, and made a dance to go with information technology. Information technology went viral.
It was also the year that Drake released Hotline Bling and his trip the light fantastic toe moves in the music video were every bit memorable as the catchy chorus.
People added their own twists to the video...
2016: Meme sophistication
The word "meme" was being searched for a lot on Google in 2016.
Epitome source, Google Trends
Arguably, past then, the days of stock images with assuming white text were pretty much gone - memes had get much more nuanced.
One that was particularly popular was "Arthur'south clenched fist".
Similar about memes, it got entirely out of manus and even concluded up being made into embroidery.
2016 was also the year that "Damn Daniel" was born.
It was a great example of how to support your friends - and likewise make them Twitter famous.
Daniel, his friend, and his white Vans were invited on to The Ellen DeGeneres show, and were even mentioned in a Jay-Z lyric.
2017: Blinking guy & Distracted fellow
2017 was as busy as ever, with far too many memes to mention them all. Merely a special shoutout goes to Blinking Man.
You know it well - the simple gif of a homo doing a surprised, double-accept blink.
Stock epitome memes made a resurgence in 2017, with Distracted Boyfriend impossible to escape.
It tackled aboriginal history...
... primary school memories....
Information technology was also the year Radio 1 Newsbeat (that'south us) did a documentary all nearly the joy of memes.
2018: Kids running memes again
One of final twelvemonth's biggest stars was Stonemason Ramsey. Or - equally you might know him - the child who yodelled in a Walmart store.
The video of Bricklayer went viral.
Stonemason definitely made the most of his sudden fame. He released a follow-up unmarried, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, performed at Coachella festival and fifty-fifty featured on Lil Nas 10'south Quondam Town Route remix.
But information technology wasn't but Bricklayer putting kids on the map in 2018.
At some point during all of this ASMR - people trying to trigger a tingly feeling with whispery noises - happened. YouTuber LifewithMaK managed to crossover into memes.
2019: Sorry to this human being
You lot've made it to 2019 - congrats. Or, if you're a Facebook user, you might still be in 2018. Present memes often showtime on Reddit before making their way to Twitter, then Instagram, WhatsApp and finally Facebook.
Oh, and their shelf life has massively decreased. Hundreds are churned out every day, unlike the start of the decade when they'd be recycled for months on stop.
They're oftentimes still self-deprecating and observational, but are simply better - and faster - produced than in earlier years. That'due south why we call up 2019 was the best year for memes.
Actress Keke Palmer gave united states of america one of the twelvemonth'due south best reaction videos when she was shown a picture of one-time Vice President Dick Cheney.
Next upwardly: Jasmine Masters and her infamous "and I oop".
No thought what that is? 1. Have you lot been living under a rock? two. Permit the video practise the talking.
The moment (when drag queen Jasmine hits her genitals past accident) has been used for Titanic memes...
Obviously, we can't epitomize the year without mentioning Kombucha Daughter.
Brittany Tomlinson'due south video has more 40 million views on TikTok.
Something else we've seen a lot of in 2019 is No Context accounts.
Undoubtedly the best was battle promoter Eddie Hearn. Here are but a few of our favourites:
They even got pretty meta, with memes being referenced within other memes.
The final special mention of 2019 goes to Nicole - one of the near elementary simply effective memes of the yr.
It's been the decade when memes as we know them were born, and they've but got more creative and plentiful.
Here's to more great memes in the adjacent decade.
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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50599756
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