If you're a fan of the original Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, are you okay? Really, do you need someone to talk to?
Just kidding. However, I think we all can agree that there's only so much existentialism and themes of solitude we can digest before we start thinking like the famous Ryan Gosling meme. You know the one. He's staring at the giant hologram of Joi, who is now not even his Joi anymore, and he feels an unexplainable amount of dread and loss. She only exists as a way to cater to a man's solitude, but her purpose is not to fix—it's to distract. Sci-fi can be deep too you know.
Instead of going deeper into the film's serious themes, let's talk about how the memes surrounding Officer K's dread. Though Ryan Gosling memes have skyrocketed on every social media platform, his two most popular appearances (Blade Runner 2049 and Drive) have become something of an internet phenomenon. His characters are self-sulking yet unaware, goofy yet painfully serious. The memes work because each person who consumes the media too feels that way. So, if you're feeling like Ryan Gosling today, which by default means you're feeling lonely, scroll through these memes that'll fix that (if only for a single moment).
