30 Memes for Safe Keeping

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Dec 19, 2023 10:00 AM EST

By their nature, memes have to have some durability. They are inevitably going to pass through so many areas of the internet that they can't afford to flirt with flimsiness. At the same time, we also have to remember that no meme is forever. Not only do the many various types fall in and out of fashion within a matter of days, but all those cables and servers that physically back them up are not as infallible as we would like to believe. We don't know how long everything we consume via our screens is going to last, and that's pretty crazy.

Let's not depress ourselves with existential concerns, though. We're here for one thing, and one thing only: we want some mindless entertainment. That is simple enough to provide, as proved by the examples below. Who knows where we would be if we didn't have this mindless distraction to help us?