Hello Internet!
And welcome to Behind The Meme.
Where we take a look at the meaning and the origin of your favorite memes and trends!
Today we have a look at the best memes of 2016.
Now let me clarify before I get started.
These aren’t necessarily the “best” memes of 2016 because I believe that classifying
something as “the best” is always subjective, especially when it comes to the wacky world
of internet memes where you often have people who hate certain memes and others who love
it.
So instead this is my top 3 list of memes from 2016 these 3 memes I not only enjoyed
but I felt that they impacted the community in a big way.
So without further ado Lets start with number 3
Now ever since the first time I heard this song,it’s really had an effect on me.
I don’t know what it is exactly but there’s something about it that just makes me love
it so damn much.
Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve heard it so many times that at this point it’s just
burned into my brain.
or maybe it’s because the first person to expose me to it was H3H3, who happens to be
my favorite youtuber although he shares that title with mcjuggernuggets.
Or maybe it’s because the concept of two worlds blending together like they do in this
song is interesting to me.
Two worlds that normally aren’t suppose to go together, come together to create something
magnificent!
I’m not gonna go into the complete history of this meme because I already did a video
on that topic, so instead lets look at some of my favorite examples of how it was combined
with video.
Number 2!
Not that number 2 you sick bastard!
We are number one!
Ironically we are number one came in at number 2 on my list.
It seems like most people have it as number one on their favorite memes of 2016, but my
number 1 is special to me.
Know your meme users even voted “we are number one” as their top meme of 2016, and
really who could blame them?
This is another example of a music meme that I heard so many times that I couldn’t help
but fall in love with it.
Before this meme I had no clue to what lazy town or Robbie Rotten was, but after I heard
it I found myself listening to some of the songs from the show on my free time.
Seriously!Particularly that damn “cooking by the book” song which is catchy as hell!
We are number one was unique for a couple reasons, it not only helped propel a new genre
of video here on youtube with all the unique and sometimes shocking ways people managed
to create new edits with it.
But it also managed to help the actor who played Robbie Rotten get some help and support
for the cancer he was dealing with.
The meme community helped raise money for their favorite big chined character’s fight
against cancer.
And at the end of the day that’s pretty special.
And finally we have number 1
Dicks Out For Harambe
Now I know that many people started to hate Harambe towards the end of his meme popularity,
But I have Harambe as number one on my list for a couple reasons.
First off The Harambe memes not only had a huge impact on the meme world but also became
a big part of pop culture for 2016. “even stronger, and and you can see some people
running up right now.”
“Dicks Out For Harambe!! ok thank you Dicks Out For Harambe! alright anyway” I mean
think about it, right when it was at the height of it’s popularity almost everybody had
heard of Dicks Out For Harambe or Harambe in general .The unfortunate death of Harambe
lead to the birth of countless memes and videos that utilized the situation and made Harambe
a meme god in the process.
But the biggest reason to why I chose Harambe as number 1 on my list was because he was
the first meme I ever did a video on.
Yes Harambe’s death was horrible and unfortunate on many levels, I’m pretty sure nobody would
argue that fact.
but if it wasn’t for that event happening that day, this channel would not exist today.
You wouldn’t be listening to me say these words.
My life would be completely different.
And At the end of the day, these videos, this channel, and my viewers, I’m talking to
you.
changed my life for the better and I will always remember 2016 for that reason and it
all leads back to one meme.
Harambe
So thank you all for sharing a part of 2016 with me.
I hope you had a wonderful year, but even more than that I hope you have a magnificent
2017.
Remember you guys, anything is possible with hard work and dedication.
So I hope you all join me on my journey, I have some big plans for 2017 and I would love
you to be a part of them.
So there you have it my top 3 memes of 2016!
I would love to hear what your guy’s favorite meme was…or what you hated about my list.
Because after all this is Youtube, we all have opinions!
But hey!
That’s the internet for you and on the internet memes are Keeeng!
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