Keanu Reeves Dont Talk to Me or My Son Again Meme

(Pocket-lint) - The Oxford English Lexicon defines "meme" as "an image, video, piece of text, typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations."

And if yous've spent any time on Reddit or Buzzfeed then y'all'll probably find many who believe this is what the internet was made for.

Well, they say laughter is the best medicine and so crack a smile at some of the best, stupidest and most famous memes we've found from effectually the spider web.

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Change my mind

In the early days of 2018, comedian Steven Crowder posted a photo of him sitting at a tabular array with a sign that read "Male person privilege is a myth, change my listen."

His actions were designed to spark debate outside a Texas University for his Podcast and Youtube channel. The results were interesting.

The photograph chop-chop became a template for many memes with people changing the words on the poster, but also Photoshopping someone else backside the desk. The meme also proved incredibly pop on the Subeddit /r/dankmemes.

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Success kid

Success kid (also known as "I hate sandcastles") became popular in around 2008 when a photo of a smug baby at the beach was used beyond the spider web on social media, mainly as personal profile photographs.

Later, the photograph was Photoshopped and turned into thousands of different memes in the animal advice style or referencing his apparent hatred for sandcastles.

Success kid goes past the real name Sammy Griner and has now aged a few years, merely still seems but as pleased with himself in all the contempo photos we've seen. His fame as well helped to successfully pay for his father's new kidney afterward a plea for funding for a transplant went online in the middle of 2016. Then mayhap he is successful after all!

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Ermahgerd girl

In 2012, a mail service titled "Simply a book owner'south smiling…" was submitted to Reddit and, shortly after, the celebrity that is Ermahgerd daughter was born. Featuring a young girl, awash with nerdy excitement and brandishing a trio of Goosebumps books, the photograph soon became synonymous with "oh my God" levels of excitement.

Some say the misspelling of "oh my God" as "ermahgerd" is meant to represent the difficulty that would come speaking with teenage braces. Every bit a result, the text accompanying these memes is often misspelt along the same lines.

Ermahgerd spawned many spin-off memes in the form of various excited animals eying upwardly treats and tasty morsels.

The girl in the original photograph was eventually institute. Maggie Goldenberger was really simply playing clothes-up with friends when the snap was taken and found it hilarious many years later on when told about the meme.

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Shut up and take my money

Animated science-fiction series Futurama features a down-on-his-luck commitment boy Philip J. Fry who finds himself trapped somewhere in the 31st Century after an unfortunate incident with a cryogenic freezing machine.

In flavour six, an episode aired called "Attack of the Killer App" in which the creators parodied Apple tree with the release of the new "eyePhone". Fry rushes to purchase 1 of the new devices and interrupts the sales genius with the phrase, "Shut up and take my money!"

Fry'due south words and a screengrab of him waving money quickly became a famous internet meme and a subreddit.

Many other nerdy memes also appeared along like lines and became a simple expression of desire for an invention, proposed idea or consumer production.

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Distressing Keanu

Keanu Reeves is something of an cyberspace legend to the point that some have said he might exist immortal. There's fifty-fifty a Snopes page defended to dispelling (or enforcing) some of the myths.

And then when he was snapped past paparazzi miserably snacking on a sandwich on a bench in New York city, "Lamentable Keanu" was born.

The photo first became a meme in 2010 when information technology appeared on Reddit and Dark-green-ovale and from and so on atomic number 82 to Keanu existence Photoshopped, sandwich and all, into other photos and settings across the world.

The meme got such attending that the BBC even asked Keanu about it in an interview with him in 2011.

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That Escalated Speedily

A favourite meme for when things go a bit crazy or out of command on the internet, this meme comes from a memorable quote by Will Farrell when he played character Ron Burgundy in 2004'due south Anchorman.

This phrase was heavily quoted beyond the web on bulletin boards, social networks and in web log comment systems. The Anchorman flick has spawned a number of other memes due to its popularity, only this is possibly the almost well-known.

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Ceiling cat

Ceiling True cat is perhaps 1 of the earliest known internet memes dating back to 2003 when the original photograph of a ginger cat peering through a hole in the ceiling was submitted to FunnyJunk.

The prototype later became a Photoshop meme and appeared in many different variations across the web. The most pop and common version didn't appear until 2006 when the photo was given the wording "Ceiling Cat is watching you...".

And so popular was this meme that a mythology appeared around it which purported that Ceiling Cat was the LOLcat equivalent of God and his nemesis Basement True cat was alike to the devil.

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Grumpy cat

Grumpy True cat is a particularly irritable looking pussy who goes past the real proper noun "Tardar Sauce". This meme again took off cheers to Reddit, in tardily 2012 when original photos of Grumpy Cat were posted online.

Various Photoshopped pics of Grumpy True cat appeared online with captions expressing his distaste for whatever the topic happened to exist about.

Grumpy Cat proved so popular that it spawned all sorts of spin-offs including stuffed toys, books, t-shirts and even a coffee beverage.

A sneak peek for our Twitter fans. Coming before long. #grumpycat #Grumppuccino http://t.co/S4vnf4aEfw pic.twitter.com/ZkZg9M8CNg

— Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) 28 July 2013

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Domo

Domo-kun is of Japanese origin and was originally a mascot for ane of the major TV stations there. He was originally seen in sketches in 1998.

The grapheme outset appeared in meme class when two Domo-kuns were photoshopped into an image to await like they were chasing a kitten a relevant threat nearly God killing a kitten.

That meme saw many dissimilar iterations itself, and so Domo-kun began making appearances in disaster-based photos giving the impression that he was the cause of the misery.

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Disaster girl

In 2004, a photo of a young girl with a devilish smile in front of a burning house appeared online. It was picked up four years later by Buzzfeed and before long got the attention of the net with posts and re-posts all across the web.

Zoe'due south face has since been doctored onto a multitude of disaster scenes ranging from WW2 to modern sinkholes and natural disasters.

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Exit 12

A actually elementary meme that shows a car aggressively exiting the pike at high speed. This photo is just tweaked past calculation a caption to the route sign which shows the author'due south preference between two choices. Simple, effective and ever-so-popular.

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Distracted boyfriend

This meme is fairly unusual in that information technology spawned from a stock photograph. That epitome was originally snapped by photographer Antonio Guillem who uploaded it to iStock in 2015. It wasn't until ii years afterwards that the image became a pop meme. With simple captions added to the image to represent real-life things people are distracted by.

This meme connected to evidence pop in the months that followed, to the point that near the end of 2018 it was even banned from use in an advert past a recruitment company showing the lure of its offers versus viewers current jobs.

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The most interesting man in the world

In 2006, Jonathan Goldsmith appeared in a serial of advertisement campaigns for Dos Equis beer in which he was pitched as "the most interesting man in the world".

During that campaign, his catchphrase was "I don't e'er drink beer, only when I do, I adopt Dos Equis…". The campaign took off and the resulting meme was born - all using the aforementioned format "I don't always…" and finishing "…but when I practice…"

Video spin-offs popped up all over the identify and Jonathan Goldsmith even appeared in a Reddit Ask Me Anything.

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Nokia 3310

The classic Nokia 3310 mobile telephone has developed somewhat of a legendary condition over the years. Originally released in 2000, this phone was a brute of a device; hard-wearing and long-lasting compared to today's delicate phones.

The upshot has been many an agreeable meme purporting the 3310 to exist indestructible with near God-like qualities.

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Doge

Originating in the depths of 2010, this meme came to life thanks to some glorious photos of Shiba Inus - a brood of tiny and agile Japanese dog with a quizzical face. Posted on a personal blog, the original photos appeared with ane such domestic dog named "Kabosu" casually lounging on a sofa with a sideways glance at the camera.

With the help of Reddit, "Doge" was then born. Images of the domestic dog are Photoshopped into diverse poses and situations, plastered with internal monologue quotes in Comic Sans font and delivered to the internet for the world to bask.

This popular meme spawned a trademark claim, a satirical grade of cryptocurrency (Dogecoin) and much more besides.

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Strutting Leo

In 2010, Leonardo DiCaprio was defenseless on camera merrily strutting effectually the set for blockbuster striking Inception.

The image of DiCaprio was promptly cutting-out and put online as an exploitable template on a transparent background which meant that anyone could accept their fashion with it and thus, Strutting Leo was born.

The cut-out photo then institute its manner into a diversity of different scenes including one of Leo strutting his way casually into Mordor and across the moon.

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Facepalm

The classic facepalm is a well-known symbol for dismay at someone's foolish actions – especially where a lapse in judgement or mutual sense might employ.

The virtually common usage of this meme features an paradigm of Patrick Stewart playing Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek with his head in his hands in reaction to events unfolding on the bridge of the Enterprise.

There have been many other instances since, including the joy of double facepalms and this wonderful collage.

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Joseph Ducreux

Joseph Ducreux was an 18th Century French artist known for a peculiar manner of portrait paintings. In 2009, his especially quirky cocky-portrait joined the world of internet memes when superimposed with rap lyrics.

The words ofttimes featured on these memes include an primitive reinterpretation of the original lyrics with an 18th Century spin. The first recorded version read "Disregard Females, Acquire Currency" – a take on Notorious B.I.G'due south song Get Money just has since seen many variations.

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Tide pods

In 2017, for the sake of x seconds of fame, a disturbing tendency emerged where people starting recording videos of themselves eating laundry detergent and uploading the results to YouTube. This trend quickly resulted in a peachy swathe of different memes around the stupidity of doing and so.

Fortuntely, the then-called "Tide Pod claiming" is no longer a affair.

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Be like Bill

In the wonderful globe of the web, keyboard warriors and discourteous people are rife. "Be similar Bill" is aimed at combatting that plague and trolls in general by sending a message of common sense through means of a uncomplicated stick figure called "Bill".

In a series of single frame comic strips, Nib is put into different everyday situations with uncomplicated guidance on how to act – basically tips on how non to annoy other people in real life and online.

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Good guy Greg

Good Guy Greg is rumoured to have its roots in the murky depths of 4chan. This elementary photo of a cheerful chap is meant to symbolise a kind and generous human being who we'd all be happy to phone call our friend.

The actual subject field of the original photo is unknown and was a matter of some fence on Reddit in 2011. Nonetheless, Good Guy Greg has been spreading his first-class attitude always since.

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Scumbag Steve

Scumbag Steve is the antithesis of Skilful Guy Greg. He stands for everything Greg does not. He is selfish and doesn't intendance about your feelings or existence polite.

The original photo of Scumbag Steve features a young man with a baseball cap on sideways standing in a doorway. The photo appeared on Reddit in 2011 and apace defenseless on every bit a popular meme. It often features text portraying Steve as a bad purchase who'd happily steal medication from his grandparents or borrow money and never pay people back.

The real subject of the photograph is Blake Boston a rapper from the group "Beantown Mafia" who purports non to be a bad guy after all. Though he's certainly making the most of his internet fame.

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Donald Trump's start social club of business

US President Donald Trump has been the subject of many a meme in the run up to and well into his Presidency.

One of our (and the internet's) favourites is the Photoshop meme that shows diverse drawings, doodles and delightful scribbles on the open folder that in reality displayed his signature on an executive order from January 2017.

This all started on Reddit with the posting of a Dickbutt GIF.

Then various examples of the meme found their manner onto Reddit and the blithesome Twitter account that is @TrumpDraws was as well built-in.

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— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) 13 February 2017

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First World Problems

This meme takes several unlike forms and often uses a multifariousness of photographs normally including a adult female crying with head in her hands, a tearful photograph of James Van Der Beek from 90's TV Show Dawson's Creek and more.

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The idea behind this one is the summing up of the (oft insignificant) frustrations of privileged peoples of the developed world. These memes are meant to exist delivered with a dash of tongue-in-cheek sense of humor poking fun at how piffling first globe problems are.

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I will observe yous and I will kill you

From the Liam Neeson pic "Taken" comes a meme based on his character'south memorable quote paraphrased to "I will notice you and I volition kill you."

The meme is used to show annoyance with frustrating situations in everyday life, ofttimes in a similar way to the First Globe Issues meme.

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One does not simply walk into mordor

Dating back to 2001, this meme originates from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and features Boromir (played by Sean Bean) explaining how "1 does non simply walk into Mordor" to throw the ring into the fires of Mountain Doom.

The meme features a flick of Sean Bean and is oftentimes used to express the difficulty of doing something specially backbreaking. The meme proved so popular that it even appeared every bit an Easter egg on Google Maps.

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Winter is coming compaints

Sean Bean has proven pop in the meme globe, so much then that he made another appearance thanks to his character Ned Stark from Game of Thrones.

Here the character's quote "brace yourselves, winter is coming" has been used in various ways to humorously predict the influx of internet posts nearly a specific event or product. The classic example being an increment in the number of people complaining most changes to their Facebook newsfeed.

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What if I told you

This meme is a paraphrasing of a scene from the Matrix. In the film, the graphic symbol Morpheus (played by Laurence Fishburne) is explaining to the main character Neo (Keanu Reeves) that he exists inside a computer simulation. He poses a choice between 2 pills to find out the truth or to carry on living in beatific ignorance.

Like many other memes, this one plain commencement appeared on Reddit and has since been used to show a revelation nearly a item behaviour.

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Philosoraptor

Philosoraptor is an unusual one in the meme globe as it came about later the creation and copyrighting of a design for a new t-shirt.

Even so, that may well take had some inspiration from the spider web also as in 2007 a Photoshopped image was posted to 4Chan of a Velociraptor from Jurrassic Park holding a book by Plato.

Since then, the Philosoraptor t-shirt image has been the field of study of many memes and is merely accompanied past various philosophical questions that an intelligent dinosaur might ponder.

Examples include "is a primal still a fundamental if at that place is no lock?" and "is a fly without wings called a walk?"

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Bad Luck Brian

This meme features a young lad with braces wearing a tartan vest and a derisive smile. Information technology originally appeared on Reddit in 2012 and was used with an accompanying caption to describe various embarrassing circumstances.

The photo was later revealed to exist of Kyle Craven who rose to some level of internet fame afterwards revealing himself in a Reddit AMA. Kyle also has a claim to fame later on being spotted (and recognised) past Seth Rogan when out in public.

By all accounts, he's not as down on his luck as the internet would have yous believe.

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Walking Expressionless Carl jokes

The Walking Dead is a very popular, often controversial TV show about zombies. Also popular is poking fun at the mode the bear witness's character Rick Grimes pronounces his son's name "Carl".

He said/shouted and called information technology a lot during the various seasons.

And is oft heard mispronouncing it as "Coral".

Besides this, the scene where Rick discovered his wife was dead also reached the internet in meme form just this time every bit a comic strip for poor dad jokes.

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That'd be great

From the 1999 classic "Office Space" comes a meme derived from Gary Cole's character Bill Lumbergh. His sole purpose in life seems to be getting people to finish paperwork and work actress hours over the weekend.

The meme is inspired by this scene where Peter tries to duck out of the office on Friday merely is caught at the final second by Bill who asks him to come in on Saturday.

This is phrase is and so turned into a meme where something horrible is requested followed by a non-confrontational "that'd be dandy".

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Boozer baby

What's funnier than a baby drinking beer? An intoxicated infant spouting drunken wisdom that's what. And that's how this meme was born when a photo of a child sitting next to a pint was uploaded to Reddit in 2012.

This uncomplicated meme gained popularity on 9gag, Facebook and more than with a variety of different captions beingness added to the original photo.

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Ain't nobody got time for that

In 2012, Kimberly Wilkins (aka Sweetness Brown) was interviewed by a local news station in Oklahoma City subsequently being evacuated from an apartment building that was on fire.

Her quote finished:

"….I said 'Oh Lord Jesus, it'south a burn', then I ran out, I didn't grab no shoes or nothin' Jesus! I ran for my life. So the smoke got me. I got bronchitis. Ain't nobody got time for that!"

Which made hilarious waves on the cyberspace, specially when autotuned.

In the meantime, the perfect meme was created and could hands be used for anything taxing that yous might not take time for.

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The indestructible Nokia 3310

The archetype Nokia 3310 mobile phone has developed somewhat of a legendary condition over the years. Originally released in 2000, this phone was a brute of a device; hard-wearing and long-lasting compared to today'southward fragile phones.

The result has been many an amusing meme purporting the 3310 to be indestructible with nearly God-like qualities.

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Yo Dawg

This classic meme was inspired by American Tv set show Pimp My Ride. In it, host Xzibit and his squad improved people's automobiles, usually by adding something they liked into the vehicle and so they could feel information technology while out and about. And thus the meme was born.

This meme follows a simple formula where 10 and Y are replaced with the relevant subject matter:

"Yo dawg, I herd you lot like X, so I put an X in your Y so you can VERB while you VERB"

This simple however constructive sense of humor lent itself to thousands of memes across the years, with Xzibit's grin face happily photoshopped into relevant images.

Stuck in the Suez Culvert

Later the captain of the MV Ever Given managed to get the massive cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal, holding up masses of other ships trying to pass through the region all manner of memes appeared online. Although a mishap of adequately epic proportions, the result even so managed to bring chortles to many of us around the earth.

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The Fresh Prince

At the 2022 Oscars, Volition Smith went onto the stage and slapped comedian Chris Stone for what he accounted to exist an inappropriate joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, The slap was televised and whipped upward quite a tempest online with all sorts of memes and jokes quickly appearing.

The actor apologised merely that didn't finish him from quickly condign the source of many memes based on screen grabs of the incident.

This is i of the most amusing ones nosotros saw which used the opening scene from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air to relate what happened with the intro to the prove that made him famous.

Writing by Adrian Willings.

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