There are some things in life that money can buy. For everything else, there's memes.
shrek
This bizarre, dank, and often deep-fried meme leaves us with a lot of questions:
- Why would someone want to 'shop Youtuber/video game commentator Markiplier with Lord Farquaad from Shrek?
- Why the letter E?
- Why did people start to blend this meme with the Zuckerberg trials?
- Finally, WHY is this meme still going since its creation in April?
These questions kind of prove the point the first 'Markiplier E' memes were trying to make. The first examples fall into the Memes Then/Memes Now category. The heavily distorted and arguably hideous 'shops really do make the contrast between current memedom and the Impact memes of yore extra palpable. But that doesn't mean we really "get" these memes at all.
A clueless (some may say optimistic) sorority girl unintentionally spawned our new favorite twitter meme after tweeting a vision of her "best life." The idyllic tweet from Mallori Taylor represents what can only be described as a white co-ed's version of the American Dream:
"LADIES imagine this, it's 15 years from now—your son is up to bat, your husband is the hot 3rd base coach, your little girl is cheering on her big brother at the fence,&you are team mom, taking pics with a fancy camera,&keeping the scorebook
THAT WOULD BE LIVING MY BEST LIFE"
Cue John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
Mallori's tweet went viral after two days, after which Twitter users began making fun of her relatively normie "best life." Here are some of our favorite jabby, pop-culture reference-filled responses.
Congratulations are in order for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle! The duo said their vows on Saturday and people from all over the world tuned into their tellies to witness the high profile occasion. While we appreciate a public declaration of love as much as the next sap, you know we're really in it for the memes. And this couple's wedding has definitely delivered.
