A Cacophony of Compelling Memes

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

Jun 22, 2022 10:00 PM EDT

One of the best things about memes is they aren't going anywhere anytime soon. It doesn't seem like memes are in danger of extinction, but you never know. As a kid, I was anxious about the entire internet deleting itself in a burning of the Library of Alexandria-esque crisis. This dilemma kept me up at night; If the internet got deleted, how would I watch the newest episode of Annoying Orange and Charlie the Unicorn? As I've grown older, I've found much more reasonable end-of-the-world scenarios to catastrophize about, such as the endless numbers of pandemics, recessions, and natural disasters that are nearly guaranteed to happen before I die.

Future archeologists might study the limited memes left in the world to understand how the 21st-century man lived, but they are here now for your enjoyment. Sop them up while you can; You never know when a meteor will wipe memes out for good.