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        <p><a href="https://greywolf93.tumblr.com/post/175683793380/takashi0-celticpyro-klubbhead" class="tumblr_blog">greywolf93</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://takashi0.tumblr.com/post/175651737186/celticpyro-klubbhead-neoman782" class="tumblr_blog">takashi0</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/175609127304/klubbhead-neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://klubbhead.tumblr.com/post/175609084678/neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im" class="tumblr_blog">klubbhead</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://neoman782.tumblr.com/post/175609057282/melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im-sorry-not" class="tumblr_blog">neoman782</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="https://melonmemes.tumblr.com/post/175608170050/hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">melonmemes</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>Hmmm</p></blockquote>

<p><a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/mr2qkRfP-E0sxYw3yMPXoWg">@klubbhead</a> I’m sorry (not sorry)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You should be because what the fuck</p>
</blockquote>
<p>50 years from now no one will understand this.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Nobody understands it NOW.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The fuck is going on here?</p>
</blockquote><p>It’s an unholy combination of like five or six Memes. Let me see if I can break it down:</p><p>So the base meme is the one where somebody is writing something on the board and their friend tries to hold up the answer but the person misunderstands it and writes down the wrong thing.</p><p>The guy at the chalkboard is the guy from the unfaithful boyfriend meme. The girls playing the students are the girl he was looking at and his girlfriend respectively.</p><p>His girlfriend is holding up the correct answer but since he was looking at the other girl he put down the wrong answer.</p><p>The thing he was trying to write on the board is loss.</p>: <p><a href="https://greywolf93.tumblr.com/post/175683793380/takashi0-celticpyro-klubbhead" class="tumblr_blog">greywolf93</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://takashi0.tumblr.com/post/175651737186/celticpyro-klubbhead-neoman782" class="tumblr_blog">takashi0</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/175609127304/klubbhead-neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://klubbhead.tumblr.com/post/175609084678/neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im" class="tumblr_blog">klubbhead</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://neoman782.tumblr.com/post/175609057282/melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im-sorry-not" class="tumblr_blog">neoman782</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="https://melonmemes.tumblr.com/post/175608170050/hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">melonmemes</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>Hmmm</p></blockquote>

<p><a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/mr2qkRfP-E0sxYw3yMPXoWg">@klubbhead</a> I’m sorry (not sorry)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You should be because what the fuck</p>
</blockquote>
<p>50 years from now no one will understand this.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Nobody understands it NOW.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The fuck is going on here?</p>
</blockquote><p>It’s an unholy combination of like five or six Memes. Let me see if I can break it down:</p><p>So the base meme is the one where somebody is writing something on the board and their friend tries to hold up the answer but the person misunderstands it and writes down the wrong thing.</p><p>The guy at the chalkboard is the guy from the unfaithful boyfriend meme. The girls playing the students are the girl he was looking at and his girlfriend respectively.</p><p>His girlfriend is holding up the correct answer but since he was looking at the other girl he put down the wrong answer.</p><p>The thing he was trying to write on the board is loss.</p>
        

            
            

                
                
                    <p><a href="https://greywolf93.tumblr.com/post/175683793380/takashi0-celticpyro-klubbhead" class="tumblr_blog">greywolf93</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://takashi0.tumblr.com/post/175651737186/celticpyro-klubbhead-neoman782" class="tumblr_blog">takashi0</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/175609127304/klubbhead-neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://klubbhead.tumblr.com/post/175609084678/neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im" class="tumblr_blog">klubbhead</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://neoman782.tumblr.com/post/175609057282/melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im-sorry-not" class="tumblr_blog">neoman782</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://melonmemes.tumblr.com/post/175608170050/hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">melonmemes</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>Hmmm</p></blockquote>

<p><a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/mr2qkRfP-E0sxYw3yMPXoWg">@klubbhead</a> I’m sorry (not sorry)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You should be because what the fuck</p>
</blockquote>
<p>50 years from now no one will understand this.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Nobody understands it NOW.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The fuck is going on here?</p>
</blockquote><p>It’s an unholy combination of like five or six Memes. Let me see if I can break it down:</p><p>So the base meme is the one where somebody is writing something on the board and their friend tries to hold up the answer but the person misunderstands it and writes down the wrong thing.</p><p>The guy at the chalkboard is the guy from the unfaithful boyfriend meme. The girls playing the students are the girl he was looking at and his girlfriend respectively.</p><p>His girlfriend is holding up the correct answer but since he was looking at the other girl he put down the wrong answer.</p><p>The thing he was trying to write on the board is loss.</p>: <p><a href="https://greywolf93.tumblr.com/post/175683793380/takashi0-celticpyro-klubbhead" class="tumblr_blog">greywolf93</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://takashi0.tumblr.com/post/175651737186/celticpyro-klubbhead-neoman782" class="tumblr_blog">takashi0</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://celticpyro.tumblr.com/post/175609127304/klubbhead-neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">celticpyro</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://klubbhead.tumblr.com/post/175609084678/neoman782-melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im" class="tumblr_blog">klubbhead</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://neoman782.tumblr.com/post/175609057282/melonmemes-hmmm-klubbhead-im-sorry-not" class="tumblr_blog">neoman782</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://melonmemes.tumblr.com/post/175608170050/hmmm" class="tumblr_blog">melonmemes</a>:</p>

<blockquote><p>Hmmm</p></blockquote>

<p><a class="tumblelog" href="https://tmblr.co/mr2qkRfP-E0sxYw3yMPXoWg">@klubbhead</a> I’m sorry (not sorry)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You should be because what the fuck</p>
</blockquote>
<p>50 years from now no one will understand this.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Nobody understands it NOW.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The fuck is going on here?</p>
</blockquote><p>It’s an unholy combination of like five or six Memes. Let me see if I can break it down:</p><p>So the base meme is the one where somebody is writing something on the board and their friend tries to hold up the answer but the person misunderstands it and writes down the wrong thing.</p><p>The guy at the chalkboard is the guy from the unfaithful boyfriend meme. The girls playing the students are the girl he was looking at and his girlfriend respectively.</p><p>His girlfriend is holding up the correct answer but since he was looking at the other girl he put down the wrong answer.</p><p>The thing he was trying to write on the board is loss.</p>
                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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        <p><a href="http://social-justin-warrior.tumblr.com/post/168329256307/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">social-justin-warrior</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/168278393050/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">memedocumentation</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>
</blockquote>

<p>You did this in 2016. You’ll come back in 2019, won’t you.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sorry to break it to you, but this is a forever kind of forever!</p>: tumblr.
 FANDOMETRICS
 Year in Review
 2017
<p><a href="http://social-justin-warrior.tumblr.com/post/168329256307/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">social-justin-warrior</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/168278393050/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">memedocumentation</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>
</blockquote>

<p>You did this in 2016. You’ll come back in 2019, won’t you.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sorry to break it to you, but this is a forever kind of forever!</p>
        

            
            

                
                
                    <p><a href="http://social-justin-warrior.tumblr.com/post/168329256307/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">social-justin-warrior</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/168278393050/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">memedocumentation</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>
</blockquote>

<p>You did this in 2016. You’ll come back in 2019, won’t you.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sorry to break it to you, but this is a forever kind of forever!</p>: tumblr.
 FANDOMETRICS
 Year in Review
 2017
<p><a href="http://social-justin-warrior.tumblr.com/post/168329256307/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">social-justin-warrior</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/168278393050/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">memedocumentation</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
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<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>
</blockquote>

<p>You did this in 2016. You’ll come back in 2019, won’t you.</p>
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<p>Sorry to break it to you, but this is a forever kind of forever!</p>
                    
                    

                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
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<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>: tumblr.
 FANDOMETRICS
 Year in Review
 2017
<p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>
        

            
            

                
                
                    <p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>: tumblr.
 FANDOMETRICS
 Year in Review
 2017
<p><a href="https://quetzelitus.tumblr.com/post/168196085096/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">quetzelitus</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
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<p>Goodbye meme documentation. You shall be missed on my dash. You brought me much joy and much confusion during this last year.</p>
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<p style="">Thanks for the kind words! Goodbye!<br/></p>
                    
                    

                    
                
            

            
            
        

    

    

        
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        <p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
</blockquote>: tumblr.
 FANDOMETRICS
 Year in Review
 2017
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
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                    <p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
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 FANDOMETRICS
 Year in Review
 2017
<p><a href="https://thefandometrics.tumblr.com/post/167990693459/tumblr2017-meme-documentation" class="tumblr_blog">thefandometrics</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><i>Fandometrics compiled the year’s top meme tags, but we know that memes are so much more than the metadata we measured. To add some color to 2017’s meme culture, we invited Justin and Nick, the moderators of Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>), to contribute their expertise to Year in Review.</i><br/></p>
<h2>2017 in Memes</h2>
<p>Life is fleeting. Life on the internet even moreso. Because of this, my friends and I launched Meme Documentation in 2015. It was a place to document the memes that became popular on Tumblr. We were committed—even checking the Tumblr at our high school prom. After a year of steadfast dedication, we decided to take  2016 to focus on our IRL instead of the URL. We found we missed the memes too much and came back with a vengeance this past year. </p>
<p>2017 has been an exciting year of memes on Tumblr. We saw the popularization of  <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163767097995/explained-oh-worm-meme"><b>“oh, worm?”</b></a>, discovered Tom Holland may or may not be hiding <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163685526110/explained-frog-in-tom-hollands-mouth-meme"><b>a frog in his mouth</b></a>, and debated <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164625266690/on-the-origins-of-the-man-checking-out-another"><b>the origins of the distracted boyfriend meme</b></a>. We also noticed that many of this year’s most popular memes had one thing in common: the concept of nostalgia.</p>
<h2>The year of nostalgia</h2>
<p>Memes are more than just jokes made on the Internet. They’re a way people can connect and feel a sense of belonging. 2017 has been…difficult. It seems many of us have felt the need to look back on simpler times, and the growth of nostalgia-heavy memes reflected that. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/161911779555/explained-the-floor-is-lava-meme"><b>The floor is lava meme</b></a> reminds us of the popular childhood game of the same name. <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/162414119895/explained-woody-collective"><b>The Woody Collective</b></a>, in its own strange way, calls back to the films we enjoyed as kids. Even songs from nearly a decade ago began to resurface as new memes.</p>
<figure data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200" data-tumblr-attribution="blazepress:kdbQDdK3C3sydwno-wlwPA:ZcTlgo1h8D5xl" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/c97e7983ebcb30561140853dd9f06612/tumblr_nm11s8k3jJ1tq9q5vo1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="245" data-orig-height="200"/></figure><p>In February 2017, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by Bag Raiders began to get repurposed in <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/164030829380/explained-shooting-stars-meme"><b>video remixes</b></a>. Typically, the song kicks in when a person or character flies into space. </p>
<p>Over the summer, the 2009’s “Fireflies” by Owl City transformed into a text-based meme that riffs on the line, “You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies.” You probably recognize one of the more well-known posts: “<a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/163069671870/you-would-not-believe-your-pants"><b>you would not believe your pants if ten million fire ants</b></a>.”<br/></p>
<figure data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500" data-tumblr-attribution="owlwithabrokenwing:8fUHVmp27SGAaA8Pl2R_tA:ZjoYHj2L1qZ9R" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/5e19965137d10b554068c0c57f30aa4e/tumblr_op05wgFD5i1ui4jjso1_500.gif" alt="image" data-orig-width="500" data-orig-height="500"/></figure><p>The <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/165664089680/explained-elf-on-the-shelf-meme"><b>Elf on the Shelf meme</b></a> offered up a double dose of nostalgia, melding the children’s picture book and toy of the same name with 2015’s meme “You’ve heard of Bigfoot, now get ready for Smallhand.”</p>
<h2>Memes in the future</h2>
<p>All good things must come to an end, and that includes <a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>. We’re moving on in 2018. That doesn’t mean documenting memes has to be over. Anyone can do it. If you love a meme and want to remember it, consider documenting it yourself. Maybe even tag it <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/meme%20documentation"><b>#meme documentation</b></a>. </p>
<p>And remember, if you’re ever feeling nostalgic, especially about the nostalgic memes, Meme Documentation’s documented memes from <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented"><b>2015</b></a> and <a href="https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/documented2"><b>2017</b></a> will always be here for you.<br/></p>
<p>&lt;3, - Meme Documentation (<a href="https://tmblr.co/mdUW9tqdzDClnF0RPnSPZJw">@memedocumentation</a>)</p>
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