All The Best 'Pondering My Orb' Memes For Anyone Who Isn't Tired of Them

Look. We love Lord of the Rings memes as much as or even more than most of you. But sometimes a meme becomes so forced that we avoid discussing it. That's what's happened with 'Pondering My Orb' memes. We've been including them in our weekly Tolkien Tuesday collections, but mostly just hoping the format would simply fade away. Unfortunately it's become increasingly clear that's not happening anytime soon. And if you can't beat them, you might as well join them.

pondering my orb pic.twitter.com/obTvTOi7vo
— 𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 (@thatsgoodweb) October 16, 2021

As weary as we are of this wizard and his orb, we had no idea that a simple tweet from October would be making us miserable in December. While the tweet was clearly a success, the internet wasn't quite as saturated until late November. That's when nearly every Instagram and Facebook page or subreddit seemed to feature the illustrated cover of Middle-Earth Quest: A Spy In Isengard. While memers are now using it in a self-aware and low-effort manner, there have been some examples that are actually clever memes instead of a visual inside joke. As ready as we are for this one to retire, it's obvious that the world is pretty pro-orb. So we've rounded up the most ponder-worthy of the memes we could find, for your personal meme pondering sessions.

Posted by Ada Elder