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This year, memes brought many together, pushed many apart and brought levity to extended crisis after extended crisis
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<aside class="right-rail__container right-rail__container--ad"><div class="right-rail__ad__wrapper right-rail__module"><div class="right-rail__ad" id="right-rail__ad-5922998"></div></div> <div class="OUTBRAIN right-rail__outbrain right-rail__module" data-src="https://time.com/5922998/the-most-impactful-memes-of-2020/" data-widget-id="SB_2" data-ob-template="timemag"></div></aside> <img decoding="async" class="wp-block-gutenberg-custom-blocks-featured-media" src="https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/memes-2020-pope-kamala-bernie.jpg" alt=""/> <p>You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 was a rollercoaster of intense emotions, from frustration to boredom to sadness to anger. You also don’t need us to tell you that memes helped many cope with this long, long year.</p><p>Memes were a force in 2020. A force to vent, a force to call for change, a force to find normalcy, a force for finding connection, more than ever, memes became a shared language that bridged gaps during lockdown, but also widened partisan splits. The Cheezburger Cat and Success Kid memes of a younger internet has matured into waves of jokes that betray a more biting, more cynical online community. The memes of 2020 reflected an internet that has become desensitized to the burning house around it and the phrase <a href="https://time.com/5355468/this-is-fine-senator/" >“this is fine”</a> is more of a plea than a resignation. Memes, and the internet which spawns them, have been sharpened to a fine, sometimes desperate, point.</p><p>At the same time, memes continue to exist as they always have: inclusive inside jokes and an entertaining shorthand for life’s very specific experiences. They still spark recognition and even community, whether people connect over <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkoGuy/status/1313487501277962250" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">COVID-19’s impact on mental health</a> or about <a href="https://twitter.com/SmilingObject/status/1335824910317309953" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">waiting to order coffee</a>.</p><p>They also continue to be joyfully, immeasurably dumb. Look no further than when <a href="https://twitter.com/luulubuu/status/1340291338110201856" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">a picture of a carp</a> blanketed most of Twitter earlier this month.</p><p>Through group chats, social media, oversharing coworkers and so many other ways, memes brought many together, pushed many apart and brought levity to extended crisis after extended crisis. So as 2020 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up some of the memes that captured the true essence of this unprecedented year—and left an indelible impression on the internet in their wake.</p><p> </p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Bernie Sanders is once again asking</h3><p>It seems safe to say that no one on the Bernie 2020 campaign team could’ve predicted that a <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1211784529129590784" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">December 2019 video</a> of the then-Democratic presidential candidate candidly requesting donations while strolling down a snowy street would result in the screengrab that launched a thousand memes. But that’s exactly what became of a still from a fundraising ad featuring Sanders bundled up against the cold, asking his supporters for financial aid.</p><p>So many people were left wanting this year. And a snug Bernie, chapped in the winter cold, provided the perfect avatar to ask for help.</p> [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/clopotle/status/1223806701981310976" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am once again asking for approximately (1) molecule of serotonin <a href="https://t.co/kLpJADq6Lv" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/kLpJADq6Lv</a></p>— agent c (@clopotle) <a href="https://twitter.com/clopotle/status/1223806701981310976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 2, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/curledbitch/status/1224077398276104192" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">someone: *tells me their name* <br><br>me 7 seconds later: <a href="https://t.co/ZnC0fR63GT" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ZnC0fR63GT</a></p>— lucy,, (@curledbitch) <a href="https://twitter.com/curledbitch/status/1224077398276104192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 2, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/GraceSpelman/status/1223022464638365697" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/r7sYI7zjMj" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/r7sYI7zjMj</a></p>— grace spelman (@GraceSpelman) <a href="https://twitter.com/GraceSpelman/status/1223022464638365697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1222704935667630081" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">when u don’t wanna talk to anyone at a party <a href="https://t.co/fOCeApgJCY" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/fOCeApgJCY</a></p>— gary from teen mom (@garyfromteenmom) <a href="https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1222704935667630081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Going full Sue Sylvester mode</h3><p><em>Glee</em>‘s six-season run may have ended in 2015, but you’d never know that from online memes. While it felt like someone was working to sabotage all our lives from behind the scenes, it’s easy to see why Sue Sylvester—McKinley High’s ultimate saboteur and played by the legendary Jane Lynch—enjoyed a resurgence in meme popularity.</p><p>The ruthless cheer coach striving to create the most toxic environment possible was a full 2020 mood in itself, but it wasn’t always an accusation. While many used Sue’s threat as a way to vilify those seeking destruction, the meme was also often used in the first person by those gleefully bringing a bit more chaos into the world.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/quintabrunson/status/1331344297464049665" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/vivafalastin/status/1332583994790121472" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">shakespeare writing all of his plays <a href="https://t.co/Ge02ogduWo" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Ge02ogduWo</a></p>— sippin on that 🇵🇸 (@vivafalastin) <a href="https://twitter.com/vivafalastin/status/1332583994790121472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/connolly_reece/status/1332663963864199174" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">me every single day <a href="https://t.co/O7nx11Q8CB" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/O7nx11Q8CB</a></p>— take another little reece of my heart now baby 💕 (@connolly_reece) <a href="https://twitter.com/connolly_reece/status/1332663963864199174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/MattBellassai/status/1332154381345681409" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my mom telling a story <a href="https://t.co/nNjL0jyXY2" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/nNjL0jyXY2</a></p>— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBellassai/status/1332154381345681409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/the_av_club__/status/1331377079254978565" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The President of Disney Channel <a href="https://t.co/qx100mVmpq" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/qx100mVmpq</a></p>— AVAVAVAVAV (@the_av_club_) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_av_club_/status/1331377079254978565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/LoriBeth570/status/1313215922874834945" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">psychologists in the 70s <a href="https://t.co/vEkbh2uF5d" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vEkbh2uF5d</a></p>— omone (@0mone_) <a href="https://twitter.com/0mone_/status/1313215922874834945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Animal Crossing to the rescue</strong></h3><p>Weeks after New York City shut down, Nintendo released the perfect game to play in the middle of a pandemic. Animal Crossing is a game that relies on players to have ample time to spend collecting, decorating and personalizing things only to show them to other people who have collected, decorated and personalized their own life away. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/animal-crossing-isnt-escapist-its-political/610012/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The game is a deeply relaxing, pleasant experience</a>, full of cute characters and charming moments. Millions of people, many of whom claimed not to be regular video game players, dug into crafting their island and learned what it feels like to be deeply in debt to a tanuki. </p><p>Though there was no single meme that swept the internet, Animal Crossing inspired multiple riffs, one offs, subgenres and fandoms based around the game. This lovely game allowed an escape in the game and in the memes it helped create.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/haleiga/status/1243693198897274882" ></div> </div></figure> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/potch/status/1242881381404835840" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/2xZoV8gTWc" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2xZoV8gTWc</a></p>— potch (@potch) <a href="https://twitter.com/potch/status/1242881381404835840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/chiliramenlady/status/1241798140870696962" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/XoJjuQWrSA" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XoJjuQWrSA</a></p>— Olivia (she/they) (@idobealysosome) <a href="https://twitter.com/idobealysosome/status/1241798140870696962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 22, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/txepvi/status/1252722827624660994" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">late to the kk slider bandwagon but here's k.k. stardust <a href="https://t.co/tcmzLu0BKp" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/tcmzLu0BKp</a></p>— Amelia h (@amegosh_) <a href="https://twitter.com/amegosh_/status/1252722827624660994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 21, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/dami_lee/status/1253023560198754309" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">KK slider one more time <a href="https://t.co/dCgKgt0jax" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/dCgKgt0jax</a></p>— Dami Lee (@dami_lee) <a href="https://twitter.com/dami_lee/status/1253023560198754309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 22, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Primeslimee/status/1252765460573143042" ></div> </div></figure> <p> </p><p> </p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Pope Francis gives his blessing</h3><p>On the internet, nothing is sacred. So it’s no surprise that the concept of Photoshopping the Pope offering up a communion wafer in religious reverence took off on Twitter. Even though people have been editing this particular picture since it first appeared online in 2013, Twitter users put a new spin on the meme by employing the social media site’s tiled image format to make it look like Pope Francis was holding everything from Simba to the <em>Twilight </em>DVDs to an Auntie Anne’s pretzel.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/badboygargar/status/1316973284332797953" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me at the mall <a href="https://t.co/unexHpd9gG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/unexHpd9gG</a></p>— Garrett Williams, BFA (@badboygargar) <a href="https://twitter.com/badboygargar/status/1316973284332797953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/alyxsistexass/status/1338177223929507847" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/nerdjpg/status/1316962982174261253" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/GeneticJen/status/1317199966083973121" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Hmm <a href="https://t.co/XDFTS34Tba" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XDFTS34Tba</a></p>— Jennifer Harrison (@GeneticJen) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeneticJen/status/1317199966083973121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/MisterABK/status/1317112502782742528" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Recursive Pope <a href="https://t.co/9PrsChBAWZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/9PrsChBAWZ</a></p>— Alasdair Beckett-King (@MisterABK) <a href="https://twitter.com/MisterABK/status/1317112502782742528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/zachsilberberg/status/1316967446461534208" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Jason Derulo is falling into the Pope’s hands <a href="https://t.co/iu4UhkNGLF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/iu4UhkNGLF</a></p>— zach silberberg (@zachsilberberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/zachsilberberg/status/1316967446461534208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/morgan_sung/status/1317171835780231168" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/Bn7qlNajMP" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Bn7qlNajMP</a></p>— morgan sung from rat.house (@morgan_sung) <a href="https://twitter.com/morgan_sung/status/1317171835780231168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">How it started vs. how it’s going</h3><p>No matter what you thought 2020 would bring when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, it probably wasn’t a global pandemic that would send the world into lockdown for months on end. Of course, that’s why a meme format making fun of scenarios where things don’t quite work out how you expect was pretty much universally relatable this year—even if it did start out as a <a href="https://twitter.com/vjllanelles/status/1308759200445739012" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">cutesy way to brag about your relationship</a>.</p><p>Though this meme can be seen a riff on <a href="https://twitter.com/_Lawbytheway/status/1272365008551378950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1272365008551378950%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5853677%2Fbest-memes-2020%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">My Plans vs. 2020</a>, it wasn’t only used to denounce the year. In a refreshingly positive twist, for many this meme became a way to showcase how far they had come in learning skills, achieving goals, sharing childhood pictures or even proudly showing off their identity.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/RandallOtisTV/status/1316110980842229762" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How it started: How it’s going:<br><br>I’m gonna write I have <br>a novel during forgotten how<br>quarantine to read</p>— Randall Otis (@RandallOtisTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandallOtisTV/status/1316110980842229762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/excesstential/status/1314417093052260353" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">how it started how it’s going <a href="https://t.co/1YvbfVxylW" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/1YvbfVxylW</a></p>— jp (@excesstential) <a href="https://twitter.com/excesstential/status/1314417093052260353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 9, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/molnne/status/1339975385937825792" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/adnannhussainn/status/1321892697788076039" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/3hotcheetosb0i/status/1315345637744017409" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/desmondtanko/status/1315182966293827585" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How it started How it's going <a href="https://t.co/ciVb924eQR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ciVb924eQR</a></p>— Tanko🇨🇲🇬🇭 (@desmondtanko) <a href="https://twitter.com/desmondtanko/status/1315182966293827585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 11, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/perlhack/status/1339600494440767489" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">me in 2020:<br>how it started how it's going <a href="https://t.co/gdT4DvdUtu" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gdT4DvdUtu</a></p>— Nate Limit Exceeded @natesmith.dev on bsky (@perlhack) <a href="https://twitter.com/perlhack/status/1339600494440767489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 17, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/ZackKopplin/status/1316915194862370816" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/amberjay85/status/1332208556955766784" ></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">The trolley problem</h3><p>It may be grim, but so is 2020. The trolley problem is a famous thought experiment that asks people to weigh in on the ethical dilemma of whether it’s better to let a runaway trolley take its course and kill a group of people, or divert the trolley and kill only one to save the others. Finding new ways to frame this problem, with the height of internet gallows humor, became a staple of online coronavirus discourse this year.</p><p>The meme was often used to highlight binary choices that many believed were not binary choices at all. Can the world’s richest country afford to help keep the economy afloat, or should businesses stay open even if hundreds of thousands of people die? Is wearing a face mask protecting people, those they love and their community, or is it a complete loss of personal liberty?</p><p>Trolly problem memes questioned the very nature of these choices, and are meant to highlight the absurdity of limited thinking.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/JuhanaIF/status/1242486856035512322" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/zenalbatross/status/1242470254061772800" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/yZgiF7hnec" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/yZgiF7hnec</a></p>— janus.bsky.social (@janusrose) <a href="https://twitter.com/janusrose/status/1242470254061772800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Alex__1789/status/1339176870647111681" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2020 as trolley problem <a href="https://t.co/KcDHxOeVzW" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KcDHxOeVzW</a></p>— Alex Hochuli 🇰🇬🇲🇭🇰🇮🇸🇨🇲🇿 (@Alex__1789) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex__1789/status/1339176870647111681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/clebdotcom/status/1338593315449614350" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/ramencult/status/1340816741669081090" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">gingerbread trolley problem <a href="https://t.co/EhIC9eR4zH" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/EhIC9eR4zH</a></p>— clara rehmann (@ramencult) <a href="https://twitter.com/ramencult/status/1340816741669081090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 21, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/davebrarian/status/1339162800502009858" ></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Nature is healing</h3><p>As <a href="https://time.com/5813778/coronavirus-climate-success/" >carbon emissions dropped</a> in the early part of the year as COVID-19 brought much of the world to a screeching halt, people began posting heartwarming photos and videos of <a href="https://twitter.com/iam__luca/status/1239863383354224641" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">animals supposedly returning to urban areas</a>. Many of those viral posts turned out to be <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/joeydurso/coronavirus-misleading-animals-cities?bfsource=relatedmanual" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">misleading</a>. But on the bright side, they did set Twitter users up for one of the best parody-driven meme formats of the year: “nature is healing, we are the virus.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/CapriCornyCait/status/1254587854577172481" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/taladorei/status/1243190429283213313" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">with everyone on lockdown, the lime scooters are finally returning to the river. nature is healing, we are the virus. <a href="https://t.co/I0IbCfiMnj" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/I0IbCfiMnj</a></p>— ronnie (@taladorei) <a href="https://twitter.com/taladorei/status/1243190429283213313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 26, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/roobeekeane/status/1244320113958019073" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wildlife finally returning to Thames. Nature is healing🌷 <a href="https://t.co/d6uBxSaIAx" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/d6uBxSaIAx</a></p>— ruby 🐊 (@roobeekeane) <a href="https://twitter.com/roobeekeane/status/1244320113958019073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 29, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/roxiqt/status/1246829594751184903" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/benwassertweet/status/1247198733432913921" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the yodel boys are returning to their natural habitat. nature is healing, we are the virus <a href="https://t.co/JX1xyBBigz" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/JX1xyBBigz</a></p>— ben (@benwassertweet) <a href="https://twitter.com/benwassertweet/status/1247198733432913921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/meesterleesir/status/1249373249265455104" ></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">D.W. through the fence</h3><p>Where summer 2016 gave us the <a href="https://time.com/5023849/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-arthur-memes/" >Arthur clenching his fist meme</a>, spring 2020 gave us a resurgence in popularity of the D.W. peering longingly through a fence meme.</p><p>Scenes from the beloved ’90s PBS children’s show <em><a href="https://time.com/5769871/best-arthur-memes/" >Arthur</a> </em>have long been fodder for relatable online jokes, but perhaps never more so than when people began missing the everyday outings—from getting their nails done to grabbing margs with friends—that make life enjoyable while staying home amid coronavirus. The FOMO is so, so real and, in the simplicity of the image, many immediately recognized their own yearning.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/antnyvlz/status/1338150859788734467" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/savgossett/status/1245109371291533314" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/9VXxE2En2G" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/9VXxE2En2G</a></p>— savannah gossett (@savgossett) <a href="https://twitter.com/savgossett/status/1245109371291533314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 31, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Ny_The_Creator/status/1244350803323826177" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/artbylitzy/status/1244781807230320641" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/rieslingbeauty/status/1244115001528463361" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/KUxHdJIw2n" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KUxHdJIw2n</a></p>— Sketel 🇯🇲 (@rieslingbeauty) <a href="https://twitter.com/rieslingbeauty/status/1244115001528463361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 29, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Everything is cake</h3><p>In July, BuzzFeed’s food website Tasty shared a <a href="https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">video</a> compilation of a chef cutting into a number of hyper-realistic cakes decorated to look like everyday objects, including a Croc shoe, roll of toilet paper and potted plant. The internet quickly arrived at the conclusion that, in a year when nothing else made sense, it was entirely possible for anything at all to actually to turn out to be cake.</p><p>Collective “everything is cake” anxiety took over, and nothing has been the same online since. This post is probably cake.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These Are All Cakes <a href="https://t.co/ejArkJHaid" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ejArkJHaid</a></p>— Tasty (@tasty) <a href="https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/TheAndrewNadeau/status/1281363908318629888" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I sob in despair as I eat my cake wife. She is delicious.</p>— Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAndrewNadeau/status/1281363908318629888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/spinubzilla/status/1281806182404042753" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/ossiyuh/status/1282177152138522629" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Yassir_Lester/status/1282166473234907136" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Roysenotes/status/1281622239717335041" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i have chained my roommate to the kitchen table. i will be cutting him open to see if he’s a cake. he says he isn’t, but that’s exactly something a cake would say <a href="https://t.co/DdBFYGmHVg" target="_blank">https://t.co/DdBFYGmHVg</a></p>— royse (@Roysenotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roysenotes/status/1281622239717335041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/kanyinsola111/status/1281876502771052544" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’re actually living in a world where the person sitting beside you could be a cake <a href="https://t.co/ZlR1K8yVts" target="_blank">https://t.co/ZlR1K8yVts</a></p>— Kany ♡ (@kanyashleyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/kanyashleyy/status/1281876502771052544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/unhingedpeach/status/1282304811577352192" ></div> </div></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"></h2><h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Play how you feel</strong></h3><p>At the end of the summer, <a href="https://time.com/5896905/skateboarder-fleetwood-mac/" >Nathan Apodaca reflected our own collective vibe</a> with nothing but a skateboard, some cranberry juice and “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac. A short TikTok showed him skating down the street, taking a swig of juice and singing the words “it’s only right for you to play the way you feel.” It was one of the most beautiful moments in 2020.</p><p>On TikTok alone, the video received over 77 million views. It caught the attention of Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood. It sent “Dreams” to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/fleetwood-macs-dreams-viral-tiktok-man-skateboarding-drinking/story?id=73448397" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the very top of iTunes</a>. It spawned a “Dreams” challenge. And gave us all a few seconds to chill this year.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@mickfleetwood/video/6879849755204259077" data-video-id="6879849755204259077" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;" > <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mickfleetwood" target="_blank" title="@mickfleetwood" target="_blank">@mickfleetwood</a> <p>@420doggface208 had it right. Dreams and Cranberry just hits different. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dreams" title="dreams" target="_blank" target="_blank">#Dreams</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cranberrydreams" title="cranberrydreams" target="_blank" target="_blank">#CranberryDreams</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fleetwoodmac" title="fleetwoodmac" target="_blank" target="_blank">#FleetwoodMac</a></p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dreams-2004-Remaster-6844610572080794373" target="_blank" title="♬ Dreams (2004 Remaster) - Fleetwood Mac" target="_blank">♬ Dreams (2004 Remaster) – Fleetwood Mac</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1313134705445875712" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Army is weighing-in on the Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” challenge. <br><br>Fantastic…<a href="https://t.co/VJjG0yXccC" target="_blank">https://t.co/VJjG0yXccC</a></p>— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1313134705445875712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <p> </p><p> </p><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Four Seasons Total Landscaping</h3><p>One of the most bizarre stories that played out on the national stage, which is saying something, happened on Nov. 7, the day most major news networks called Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election. That morning, Rudy Giuliani held a press conference in the parking lot of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping company, located in Northeast Philadelphia between a sex shop and a crematorium.</p><p>At 9:35 a.m. that day, <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1325084492076347396" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">President Trump tweeted</a> that there would be a meeting held at the Four Seasons, which many took to be the hotel chain. Ten minutes later, he <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1325087011464749056" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">tweeted again</a>, saying “Big press conference today in Philadelphia at Four Seasons Total Landscaping,” which, no offense to the business, many in the press had never heard of.</p><p>Thanks to a <a href="https://twitter.com/fsphiladelphia/status/1325102014964109312" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">tweet</a> from Philly’s Four Seasons hotel, it seemingly came to light that someone in the Trump camp had mistaken the family-owned landscaping business, for the luxury downtown hotel. While the Trump campaign denied there was a mistake, that stopped few people from assuming that the whole press conference, bafflingly held adjacent to a busy, noisy highway, was a huge self-own.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/BrandyLJensen/status/1325263374435954695" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">on at least ten separate occasions i have thought about four seasons total landscaping and i laugh harder each time. this thing will get me through the winter</p>— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandyLJensen/status/1325263374435954695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1325242917519233024" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I work at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in PA <a href="https://t.co/cX6bIMkag8" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/cX6bIMkag8</a></p>— Christine Nangle (@nanglish) <a href="https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1325242917519233024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/1325320695681835010" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the moral arc of the universe is long but bends toward four seasons total landscaping between the sex shop and the crematorium</p>— JP (@jpbrammer) <a href="https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/1325320695681835010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/eliza_morey/status/1325494320279941120" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sometimes the angel gets it right. 💙💙💙 <a href="https://t.co/a524CAhYOb" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/a524CAhYOb</a></p>— eliza petersen (@lizemopetey) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizemopetey/status/1325494320279941120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/zschutzy/status/1327266689784950788" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/hungry_cap/status/1325801353998987264" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Drivont/status/1325454291352629250" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1325834472286162945" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">guys be like “i know a spot” and take you to four seasons total landscaping</p>— gary from teen mom (@garyfromteenmom) <a href="https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1325834472286162945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 9, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/nodmcfall/status/1325107449012097024" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. <a href="https://t.co/BB1IVnPxN6" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/BB1IVnPxN6</a></p>— foster the sheeple. (@nodmcfall) <a href="https://twitter.com/nodmcfall/status/1325107449012097024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"></h3><h3 class="wp-block-heading">Don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine</h3><p>As misinformation surrounding the recently introduced <a href="https://time.com/5921608/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-hospitals/" >COVID-19 vaccines</a> has ramped up—a development that’s led to increased <a href="https://time.com/5922176/vaccine-hesitancy-us/" >vaccine hesitancy</a> among Americans—some pro-vaxxers have turned to memes to comfort those afraid to get vaccinated.</p><p>One increasingly popular online bit asks people to reconsider their thoughts on the vaccine if they’ve ever participated in a number of common experiences that could potentially have more worrisome side effects.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/HalfOnionInABag/status/1336424479048646656" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you’ve ever used the same sponge to wash your dishes for more than a few days, don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine.</p>— Half An Onion 🧅 (@HalfOnionInABag) <a href="https://twitter.com/HalfOnionInABag/status/1336424479048646656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/MillyTamarez/status/1335950986158993411" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you ate public school lunch in america, don't worry about what's in the vaccine.</p>— Whacktose Intolerant (@MillyTamarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/MillyTamarez/status/1335950986158993411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/mta_bitch/status/1338537513586200585" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1338378799365414912" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/JacobDisagrees/status/1339913410503426048" ></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/femaleredhead/status/1337842707016732672" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if your mom let you play on the jungle gym inside a mcdonald’s don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine</p>— Rachel (@femaleredhead) <a href="https://twitter.com/femaleredhead/status/1337842707016732672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 12, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/Kellie_McCarthy/status/1335626440688226304" ><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you have ever used a Warped Tour porta potty, don't worry about what's in the Covid-19 vaccine.</p>— Kellie! (@Kellie_McCarthy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kellie_McCarthy/status/1335626440688226304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 6, 2020</a></blockquote></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="time-embed time-embed__twitter" data-provider="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/shannbon/status/1335817968211685377" ></div> </div></figure>
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--- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2021-01-21 17:26:38.000000000 Z entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://time.com/?p=5922998 title: The Most Impactful Memes of 2020 categories: - Uncategorized - Explainer - viral content: "\n<aside class=\"right-rail__container right-rail__container--ad\"><div class=\"right-rail__ad__wrapper right-rail__module\"><div class=\"right-rail__ad\" id=\"right-rail__ad-5922998\"></div></div>\n<div class=\"OUTBRAIN right-rail__outbrain right-rail__module\" data-src=\"https://time.com/5922998/the-most-impactful-memes-of-2020/\" data-widget-id=\"SB_2\" data-ob-template=\"timemag\"></div></aside>\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-gutenberg-custom-blocks-featured-media\" src=\"https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/memes-2020-pope-kamala-bernie.jpg\" alt=\"\"/>\n\t\t\t\t<p>You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 was a rollercoaster of intense emotions, from frustration to boredom to sadness to anger. You also don’t need us to tell you that memes helped many cope with this long, long year.</p><p>Memes were a force in 2020. A force to vent, a force to call for change, a force to find normalcy, a force for finding connection, more than ever, memes became a shared language that bridged gaps during lockdown, but also widened partisan splits. The Cheezburger Cat and Success Kid memes of a younger internet has matured into waves of jokes that betray a more biting, more cynical online community. The memes of 2020 reflected an internet that has become desensitized to the burning house around it and the phrase <a href=\"https://time.com/5355468/this-is-fine-senator/\" >“this is fine”</a> is more of a plea than a resignation. Memes, and the internet which spawns them, have been sharpened to a fine, sometimes desperate, point.</p><p>At the same time, memes continue to exist as they always have: inclusive inside jokes and an entertaining shorthand for life’s very specific experiences. They still spark recognition and even community, whether people connect over <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NikkoGuy/status/1313487501277962250\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19’s impact on mental health</a> or about <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SmilingObject/status/1335824910317309953\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waiting to order coffee</a>.</p><p>They also continue to be joyfully, immeasurably dumb. Look no further than when <a href=\"https://twitter.com/luulubuu/status/1340291338110201856\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a picture of a carp</a> blanketed most of Twitter earlier this month.</p><p>Through group chats, social media, oversharing coworkers and so many other ways, memes brought many together, pushed many apart and brought levity to extended crisis after extended crisis. So as 2020 comes to a close, we’ve rounded up some of the memes that captured the true essence of this unprecedented year—and left an indelible impression on the internet in their wake.</p><p> </p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bernie Sanders is once again asking</h3><p>It seems safe to say that no one on the Bernie 2020 campaign team could’ve predicted that a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1211784529129590784\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2019 video</a> of the then-Democratic presidential candidate candidly requesting donations while strolling down a snowy street would result in the screengrab that launched a thousand memes. But that’s exactly what became of a still from a fundraising ad featuring Sanders bundled up against the cold, asking his supporters for financial aid.</p><p>So many people were left wanting this year. And a snug Bernie, chapped in the winter cold, provided the perfect avatar to ask for help.</p>\n[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/clopotle/status/1223806701981310976\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am once again asking for approximately (1) molecule of serotonin <a href=\"https://t.co/kLpJADq6Lv\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/kLpJADq6Lv</a></p>— agent c (@clopotle) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/clopotle/status/1223806701981310976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">February 2, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/curledbitch/status/1224077398276104192\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">someone: *tells me their name* <br><br>me 7 seconds later: <a href=\"https://t.co/ZnC0fR63GT\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/ZnC0fR63GT</a></p>— lucy,, (@curledbitch) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/curledbitch/status/1224077398276104192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">February 2, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/GraceSpelman/status/1223022464638365697\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://t.co/r7sYI7zjMj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/r7sYI7zjMj</a></p>— grace spelman (@GraceSpelman) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GraceSpelman/status/1223022464638365697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1222704935667630081\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">when u don’t wanna talk to anyone at a party <a href=\"https://t.co/fOCeApgJCY\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/fOCeApgJCY</a></p>— gary from teen mom (@garyfromteenmom) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1222704935667630081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Going full Sue Sylvester mode</h3><p><em>Glee</em>‘s six-season run may have ended in 2015, but you’d never know that from online memes. While it felt like someone was working to sabotage all our lives from behind the scenes, it’s easy to see why Sue Sylvester—McKinley High’s ultimate saboteur and played by the legendary Jane Lynch—enjoyed a resurgence in meme popularity.</p><p>The ruthless cheer coach striving to create the most toxic environment possible was a full 2020 mood in itself, but it wasn’t always an accusation. While many used Sue’s threat as a way to vilify those seeking destruction, the meme was also often used in the first person by those gleefully bringing a bit more chaos into the world.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/quintabrunson/status/1331344297464049665\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/vivafalastin/status/1332583994790121472\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">shakespeare writing all of his plays <a href=\"https://t.co/Ge02ogduWo\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/Ge02ogduWo</a></p>— sippin on that 🇵🇸 (@vivafalastin) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/vivafalastin/status/1332583994790121472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/connolly_reece/status/1332663963864199174\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">me every single day <a href=\"https://t.co/O7nx11Q8CB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/O7nx11Q8CB</a></p>— take another little reece of my heart now baby 💕 (@connolly_reece) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/connolly_reece/status/1332663963864199174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 28, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/MattBellassai/status/1332154381345681409\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">my mom telling a story <a href=\"https://t.co/nNjL0jyXY2\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/nNjL0jyXY2</a></p>— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MattBellassai/status/1332154381345681409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/the_av_club__/status/1331377079254978565\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The President of Disney Channel <a href=\"https://t.co/qx100mVmpq\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/qx100mVmpq</a></p>— AVAVAVAVAV (@the_av_club_) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/the_av_club_/status/1331377079254978565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/LoriBeth570/status/1313215922874834945\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">psychologists in the 70s <a href=\"https://t.co/vEkbh2uF5d\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/vEkbh2uF5d</a></p>— omone (@0mone_) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/0mone_/status/1313215922874834945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Animal Crossing to the rescue</strong></h3><p>Weeks after New York City shut down, Nintendo released the perfect game to play in the middle of a pandemic. Animal Crossing is a game that relies on players to have ample time to spend collecting, decorating and personalizing things only to show them to other people who have collected, decorated and personalized their own life away. <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/animal-crossing-isnt-escapist-its-political/610012/\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The game is a deeply relaxing, pleasant experience</a>, full of cute characters and charming moments. Millions of people, many of whom claimed not to be regular video game players, dug into crafting their island and learned what it feels like to be deeply in debt to a tanuki. </p><p>Though there was no single meme that swept the internet, Animal Crossing inspired multiple riffs, one offs, subgenres and fandoms based around the game. This lovely game allowed an escape in the game and in the memes it helped create.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/haleiga/status/1243693198897274882\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<p> </p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/potch/status/1242881381404835840\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://t.co/2xZoV8gTWc\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/2xZoV8gTWc</a></p>— potch (@potch) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/potch/status/1242881381404835840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/chiliramenlady/status/1241798140870696962\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https://t.co/XoJjuQWrSA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/XoJjuQWrSA</a></p>— Olivia (she/they) (@idobealysosome) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/idobealysosome/status/1241798140870696962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 22, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<p> </p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/txepvi/status/1252722827624660994\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">late to the kk slider bandwagon but here's k.k. stardust <a href=\"https://t.co/tcmzLu0BKp\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/tcmzLu0BKp</a></p>— Amelia h (@amegosh_) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/amegosh_/status/1252722827624660994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">April 21, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<p> </p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/dami_lee/status/1253023560198754309\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KK slider one more time <a href=\"https://t.co/dCgKgt0jax\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/dCgKgt0jax</a></p>— Dami Lee (@dami_lee) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dami_lee/status/1253023560198754309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">April 22, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<p> </p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Primeslimee/status/1252765460573143042\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<p> </p><p> </p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pope Francis gives his blessing</h3><p>On the internet, nothing is sacred. So it’s no surprise that the concept of Photoshopping the Pope offering up a communion wafer in religious reverence took off on Twitter. Even though people have been editing this particular picture since it first appeared online in 2013, Twitter users put a new spin on the meme by employing the social media site’s tiled image format to make it look like Pope Francis was holding everything from Simba to the <em>Twilight </em>DVDs to an Auntie Anne’s pretzel.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/badboygargar/status/1316973284332797953\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me at the mall <a href=\"https://t.co/unexHpd9gG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/unexHpd9gG</a></p>— Garrett Williams, BFA (@badboygargar) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/badboygargar/status/1316973284332797953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/alyxsistexass/status/1338177223929507847\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/nerdjpg/status/1316962982174261253\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/GeneticJen/status/1317199966083973121\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Hmm <a href=\"https://t.co/XDFTS34Tba\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/XDFTS34Tba</a></p>— Jennifer Harrison (@GeneticJen) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GeneticJen/status/1317199966083973121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/MisterABK/status/1317112502782742528\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Recursive Pope <a href=\"https://t.co/9PrsChBAWZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/9PrsChBAWZ</a></p>— Alasdair Beckett-King (@MisterABK) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MisterABK/status/1317112502782742528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/zachsilberberg/status/1316967446461534208\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Jason Derulo is falling into the Pope’s hands <a href=\"https://t.co/iu4UhkNGLF\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/iu4UhkNGLF</a></p>— zach silberberg (@zachsilberberg) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/zachsilberberg/status/1316967446461534208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/morgan_sung/status/1317171835780231168\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://t.co/Bn7qlNajMP\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/Bn7qlNajMP</a></p>— morgan sung from rat.house (@morgan_sung) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/morgan_sung/status/1317171835780231168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it started vs. how it’s going</h3><p>No matter what you thought 2020 would bring when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, it probably wasn’t a global pandemic that would send the world into lockdown for months on end. Of course, that’s why a meme format making fun of scenarios where things don’t quite work out how you expect was pretty much universally relatable this year—even if it did start out as a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/vjllanelles/status/1308759200445739012\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cutesy way to brag about your relationship</a>.</p><p>Though this meme can be seen a riff on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/_Lawbytheway/status/1272365008551378950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1272365008551378950%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5853677%2Fbest-memes-2020%2F\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Plans vs. 2020</a>, it wasn’t only used to denounce the year. In a refreshingly positive twist, for many this meme became a way to showcase how far they had come in learning skills, achieving goals, sharing childhood pictures or even proudly showing off their identity.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/RandallOtisTV/status/1316110980842229762\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How it started: How it’s going:<br><br>I’m gonna write I have <br>a novel during forgotten how<br>quarantine \ to read</p>— Randall Otis (@RandallOtisTV) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/RandallOtisTV/status/1316110980842229762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 13, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/excesstential/status/1314417093052260353\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">how it started how it’s going <a href=\"https://t.co/1YvbfVxylW\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/1YvbfVxylW</a></p>— jp (@excesstential) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/excesstential/status/1314417093052260353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 9, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/molnne/status/1339975385937825792\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/adnannhussainn/status/1321892697788076039\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/3hotcheetosb0i/status/1315345637744017409\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/desmondtanko/status/1315182966293827585\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How it started How it's going <a href=\"https://t.co/ciVb924eQR\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/ciVb924eQR</a></p>— Tanko🇨🇲🇬🇭 (@desmondtanko) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/desmondtanko/status/1315182966293827585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 11, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/perlhack/status/1339600494440767489\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">me in 2020:<br>how it started how it's going <a href=\"https://t.co/gdT4DvdUtu\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/gdT4DvdUtu</a></p>— Nate Limit Exceeded @natesmith.dev on bsky (@perlhack) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/perlhack/status/1339600494440767489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 17, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/ZackKopplin/status/1316915194862370816\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/amberjay85/status/1332208556955766784\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The trolley problem</h3><p>It may be grim, but so is 2020. The trolley problem is a famous thought experiment that asks people to weigh in on the ethical dilemma of whether it’s better to let a runaway trolley take its course and kill a group of people, or divert the trolley and kill only one to save the others. Finding new ways to frame this problem, with the height of internet gallows humor, became a staple of online coronavirus discourse this year.</p><p>The meme was often used to highlight binary choices that many believed were not binary choices at all. Can the world’s richest country afford to help keep the economy afloat, or should businesses stay open even if hundreds of thousands of people die? Is wearing a face mask protecting people, those they love and their community, or is it a complete loss of personal liberty?</p><p>Trolly problem memes questioned the very nature of these choices, and are meant to highlight the absurdity of limited thinking.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/JuhanaIF/status/1242486856035512322\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/zenalbatross/status/1242470254061772800\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://t.co/yZgiF7hnec\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/yZgiF7hnec</a></p>— janus.bsky.social (@janusrose) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/janusrose/status/1242470254061772800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 24, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Alex__1789/status/1339176870647111681\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2020 as trolley problem <a href=\"https://t.co/KcDHxOeVzW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/KcDHxOeVzW</a></p>— Alex Hochuli 🇰🇬🇲🇭🇰🇮🇸🇨🇲🇿 (@Alex__1789) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Alex__1789/status/1339176870647111681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 16, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/clebdotcom/status/1338593315449614350\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/ramencult/status/1340816741669081090\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">gingerbread trolley problem <a href=\"https://t.co/EhIC9eR4zH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/EhIC9eR4zH</a></p>— clara rehmann (@ramencult) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ramencult/status/1340816741669081090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 21, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/davebrarian/status/1339162800502009858\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nature is healing</h3><p>As <a href=\"https://time.com/5813778/coronavirus-climate-success/\" >carbon emissions dropped</a> in the early part of the year as COVID-19 brought much of the world to a screeching halt, people began posting heartwarming photos and videos of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iam__luca/status/1239863383354224641\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">animals supposedly returning to urban areas</a>. Many of those viral posts turned out to be <a href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/joeydurso/coronavirus-misleading-animals-cities?bfsource=relatedmanual\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">misleading</a>. But on the bright side, they did set Twitter users up for one of the best parody-driven meme formats of the year: “nature is healing, we are the virus.”</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/CapriCornyCait/status/1254587854577172481\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/taladorei/status/1243190429283213313\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">with everyone on lockdown, the lime scooters are finally returning to the river. nature is healing, we are the virus. <a href=\"https://t.co/I0IbCfiMnj\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/I0IbCfiMnj</a></p>— ronnie (@taladorei) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/taladorei/status/1243190429283213313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 26, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/roobeekeane/status/1244320113958019073\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wildlife finally returning to Thames. Nature is healing🌷 <a href=\"https://t.co/d6uBxSaIAx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/d6uBxSaIAx</a></p>— ruby 🐊 (@roobeekeane) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/roobeekeane/status/1244320113958019073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 29, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/roxiqt/status/1246829594751184903\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/benwassertweet/status/1247198733432913921\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the yodel boys are returning to their natural habitat. nature is healing, we are the virus <a href=\"https://t.co/JX1xyBBigz\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/JX1xyBBigz</a></p>— ben (@benwassertweet) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/benwassertweet/status/1247198733432913921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/meesterleesir/status/1249373249265455104\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D.W. through the fence</h3><p>Where summer 2016 gave us the <a href=\"https://time.com/5023849/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-arthur-memes/\" >Arthur clenching his fist meme</a>, spring 2020 gave us a resurgence in popularity of the D.W. peering longingly through a fence meme.</p><p>Scenes from the beloved ’90s PBS children’s show <em><a href=\"https://time.com/5769871/best-arthur-memes/\" >Arthur</a> </em>have long been fodder for relatable online jokes, but perhaps never more so than when people began missing the everyday outings—from getting their nails done to grabbing margs with friends—that make life enjoyable while staying home amid coronavirus. The FOMO is so, so real and, in the simplicity of the image, many immediately recognized their own yearning.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/antnyvlz/status/1338150859788734467\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/savgossett/status/1245109371291533314\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://t.co/9VXxE2En2G\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/9VXxE2En2G</a></p>— savannah gossett (@savgossett) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/savgossett/status/1245109371291533314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 31, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Ny_The_Creator/status/1244350803323826177\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/artbylitzy/status/1244781807230320641\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/rieslingbeauty/status/1244115001528463361\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://t.co/KUxHdJIw2n\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/KUxHdJIw2n</a></p>— Sketel 🇯🇲 (@rieslingbeauty) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/rieslingbeauty/status/1244115001528463361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">March 29, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Everything is cake</h3><p>In July, BuzzFeed’s food website Tasty shared a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> compilation of a chef cutting into a number of hyper-realistic cakes decorated to look like everyday objects, including a Croc shoe, roll of toilet paper and potted plant. The internet quickly arrived at the conclusion that, in a year when nothing else made sense, it was entirely possible for anything at all to actually to turn out to be cake.</p><p>Collective “everything is cake” anxiety took over, and nothing has been the same online since. This post is probably cake.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These Are All Cakes <a href=\"https://t.co/ejArkJHaid\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/ejArkJHaid</a></p>— Tasty (@tasty) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/tasty/status/1280966608933003264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">July 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/TheAndrewNadeau/status/1281363908318629888\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I sob in despair as I eat my cake wife. She is delicious.</p>— Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TheAndrewNadeau/status/1281363908318629888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/spinubzilla/status/1281806182404042753\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/ossiyuh/status/1282177152138522629\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Yassir_Lester/status/1282166473234907136\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Roysenotes/status/1281622239717335041\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i have chained my roommate to the kitchen table. i will be cutting him open to see if he’s a cake. he says he isn’t, but that’s exactly something a cake would say <a href=\"https://t.co/DdBFYGmHVg\" target=\"_blank\">https://t.co/DdBFYGmHVg</a></p>— royse (@Roysenotes) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Roysenotes/status/1281622239717335041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/kanyinsola111/status/1281876502771052544\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We’re actually living in a world where the person sitting beside you could be a cake <a href=\"https://t.co/ZlR1K8yVts\" target=\"_blank\">https://t.co/ZlR1K8yVts</a></p>— Kany ♡ (@kanyashleyy) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyashleyy/status/1281876502771052544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/unhingedpeach/status/1282304811577352192\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h2><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Play how you feel</strong></h3><p>At the end of the summer, <a href=\"https://time.com/5896905/skateboarder-fleetwood-mac/\" >Nathan Apodaca reflected our own collective vibe</a> with nothing but a skateboard, some cranberry juice and “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac. A short TikTok showed him skating down the street, taking a swig of juice and singing the words “it’s only right for you to play the way you feel.” It was one of the most beautiful moments in 2020.</p><p>On TikTok alone, the video received over 77 million views. It caught the attention of Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood. It sent “Dreams” to <a href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/fleetwood-macs-dreams-viral-tiktok-man-skateboarding-drinking/story?id=73448397\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the very top of iTunes</a>. It spawned a “Dreams” challenge. And gave us all a few seconds to chill this year.</p>\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@mickfleetwood/video/6879849755204259077\" data-video-id=\"6879849755204259077\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@mickfleetwood\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@mickfleetwood\" target=\"_blank\">@mickfleetwood</a> <p>@420doggface208 had it right. Dreams and Cranberry just hits different. <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dreams\" title=\"dreams\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">#Dreams</a> <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cranberrydreams\" title=\"cranberrydreams\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">#CranberryDreams</a> <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fleetwoodmac\" title=\"fleetwoodmac\" target=\"_blank\" \ target=\"_blank\">#FleetwoodMac</a></p> <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Dreams-2004-Remaster-6844610572080794373\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"♬ Dreams (2004 Remaster) - Fleetwood Mac\" target=\"_blank\">♬ Dreams (2004 Remaster) – Fleetwood Mac</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async src=\"https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js\"></script>\n\t\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1313134705445875712\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Army is weighing-in on the Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” challenge. <br><br>Fantastic…<a href=\"https://t.co/VJjG0yXccC\" target=\"_blank\">https://t.co/VJjG0yXccC</a></p>— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1313134705445875712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<p> </p><p> </p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Four Seasons Total Landscaping</h3><p>One of the most bizarre stories that played out on the national stage, which is saying something, happened on Nov. 7, the day most major news networks called Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election. That morning, Rudy Giuliani held a press conference in the parking lot of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping company, located in Northeast Philadelphia between a sex shop and a crematorium.</p><p>At 9:35 a.m. that day, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1325084492076347396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump tweeted</a> that there would be a meeting held at the Four Seasons, which many took to be the hotel chain. Ten minutes later, he <a href=\"https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1325087011464749056\" \ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted again</a>, saying “Big press conference today in Philadelphia at Four Seasons Total Landscaping,” which, no offense to the business, many in the press had never heard of.</p><p>Thanks to a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/fsphiladelphia/status/1325102014964109312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tweet</a> from Philly’s Four Seasons hotel, it seemingly came to light that someone in the Trump camp had mistaken the family-owned landscaping business, for the luxury downtown hotel. While the Trump campaign denied there was a mistake, that stopped few people from assuming that the whole press conference, bafflingly held adjacent to a busy, noisy highway, was a huge self-own.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/BrandyLJensen/status/1325263374435954695\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">on at least ten separate occasions i have thought about four seasons total landscaping and i laugh harder each time. this thing will get me through the winter</p>— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/BrandyLJensen/status/1325263374435954695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1325242917519233024\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I work at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in PA <a href=\"https://t.co/cX6bIMkag8\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/cX6bIMkag8</a></p>— Christine Nangle (@nanglish) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1325242917519233024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/1325320695681835010\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the moral arc of the universe is long but bends toward four seasons total landscaping between the sex shop and the crematorium</p>— JP (@jpbrammer) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/1325320695681835010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/eliza_morey/status/1325494320279941120\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes the angel gets it right. 💙💙💙 <a href=\"https://t.co/a524CAhYOb\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/a524CAhYOb</a></p>— eliza petersen (@lizemopetey) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lizemopetey/status/1325494320279941120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/zschutzy/status/1327266689784950788\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/hungry_cap/status/1325801353998987264\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Drivont/status/1325454291352629250\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1325834472286162945\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">guys be like “i know a spot” and take you to four seasons total landscaping</p>— gary from teen mom (@garyfromteenmom) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/garyfromteenmom/status/1325834472286162945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 9, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/nodmcfall/status/1325107449012097024\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. <a href=\"https://t.co/BB1IVnPxN6\" \ target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/BB1IVnPxN6</a></p>— foster the sheeple. (@nodmcfall) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nodmcfall/status/1325107449012097024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"></h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine</h3><p>As misinformation surrounding the recently introduced <a href=\"https://time.com/5921608/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-hospitals/\" >COVID-19 vaccines</a> has ramped up—a development that’s led to increased <a href=\"https://time.com/5922176/vaccine-hesitancy-us/\" >vaccine hesitancy</a> among Americans—some pro-vaxxers have turned to memes to comfort those afraid to get vaccinated.</p><p>One increasingly popular online bit asks people to reconsider their thoughts on the vaccine if they’ve ever participated in a number of common experiences that could potentially have more worrisome side effects.</p>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/HalfOnionInABag/status/1336424479048646656\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you’ve ever used the same sponge to wash your dishes for more than a few days, don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine.</p>— Half An Onion 🧅 (@HalfOnionInABag) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HalfOnionInABag/status/1336424479048646656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/MillyTamarez/status/1335950986158993411\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you ate public school lunch in america, don't worry about what's in the vaccine.</p>— Whacktose Intolerant (@MillyTamarez) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MillyTamarez/status/1335950986158993411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 7, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/mta_bitch/status/1338537513586200585\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1338378799365414912\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/JacobDisagrees/status/1339913410503426048\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/femaleredhead/status/1337842707016732672\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">if your mom let you play on the jungle gym inside a mcdonald’s don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine</p>— Rachel (@femaleredhead) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/femaleredhead/status/1337842707016732672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 12, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/Kellie_McCarthy/status/1335626440688226304\" ><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you have ever used a Warped Tour porta potty, don't worry about what's in the Covid-19 vaccine.</p>— Kellie! (@Kellie_McCarthy) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Kellie_McCarthy/status/1335626440688226304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" \ target=\"_blank\">December 6, 2020</a></blockquote></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"time-embed time-embed__twitter\" data-provider=\"twitter\" data-url=\"https://twitter.com/shannbon/status/1335817968211685377\" ></div>\n\t\t\t</div></figure>\n\t\t\t" summary: This year, memes brought many together, pushed many apart and brought levity to extended crisis after extended crisis carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: US general37 macro_region: USA url: https://time.com/5922998/the-most-impactful-memes-of-2020/ rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - content author: Megan McCluskey and Peter Allen Clark
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