Famous Memes Then And Now

Ah,

memes

, who doesn't love them, from the juiciest image macros to your mom's Facebook

memes

? There's something for everyone, but what we tend to forget is that memes are often real people with real lives, so what's it like to be a meme? How does one become one? meme and what happens after you become a meme, let's find out as we take a look at some

famous

memes from

then

and now, tough luck Brian, let's take a trip back to 2012. You were probably still snooping around Facebook and at the same time you were completely convinced. that the world is about to end it was probably around this time that you first saw kyle craven's 2005 yearbook photo or like it's bad luck brian this was of course the meme showing a teenager looking like brace who, according to the captions, often finds himself in hilariously humiliating situations like throwing his own birthday party and not being invited even though the central focus of the meme experiences some horrible hypotheticals, the real-life Kyle actually has A great sense of humor, he was in on the joke from the beginning and posed with an intentionally silly smile.

However, for this yearbook photo, little did Kyle know that his intentionally terrible portrait would give birth to a little baby, Brian, who would become one of the best memes ever half a decade after the photo was taken. It's 2012 and Kyle's school friend Ian Davies makes a meme of the photo and uploads it to reddit. Ian created the character of an unlucky guy, hence the later name bad luck. The original Ryan Ian meme joked about getting a DUI on a driving test, but it wasn't until another Reddit user recapped the photo with a reliable old joke about Brian's bad luck that it began to capture the Internet's imagination with millions of people sharing jokes at Brian's expense now, 16 years later and the man behind the meme, Kyle Craven, has grown up since getting his braces off to even have a wife. and two children, it seems that things are not so bad after all, after his school days, Kyle graduated in construction management, which comes in handy in his father's construction company, plus, his in

famous

yearbook photo has truly proven to be a money-maker, landing countless merchandising offers, from board games and Walmart t-shirts to even being featured in McDonald's online marketing.

It seems that luck is really on Brian's side. Now, the kid of success, ah, a great vintage kid of success meme that ranks among other dust-covered ancestors of memes, like bad luck. Brian Success Kid is just one of those memes that speaks to a bygone era of memeology, but lives on as one of the founding fathers. It began in 2007 with a snapshot of 11-month-old Sammy Griner on the beach with a handful of sand and a proud face. The meme was born. Sammy's mother, Laney, uploaded the photo to Flickr, where it was initially noticed. like a kid who hates sandcastles, however, attention soon focused on his proud face and clenched fist that matched perfectly with text messages about small personal victories. leading to the name Success Kid in 2012, the photo was licensed and has since brought the family considerable income through a variety of merchandising deals, not only that, but the meme is so powerful that it even saved a life.

Yes, in 2015, Sammy's father, Justin, was in need. of a kidney transplant and through the power of the meme the family raised more than a hundred thousand dollars for the surgery on a gofundme page. That's what I call the successful child. Sammy is now 15 years old and looks very different and is also a successful kid these days. He is also a cool guy, since he likes art music and skateboarding. It is unknown if he still hates sandcastles, although he has an overly attached girlfriend. Oh, Justin Bieber, isn't he such a dreamer? Oh I mean, dumb, so dumb anyway, did you know he's kinda responsible for one of the best memes ever imagine this is 2012 hormonal teens swooning in the masses over bieber they call themselves beliebers um, do you? where did you get that image anyway?

Jb hosted a competition where fans could parody his hit song, Boyfriend, but from the girlfriend's perspective, this

then

inspired 21-year-old Lena Morris to create a parody of an overly attached girlfriend with wide eyes and a smile. broader and more disturbing. Laina's parody about obsessively stalking and controlling her boyfriend quickly went viral, racking up over 170,000 views in its first day, and it wasn't long before screenshots were taken. of Lana Face were characterized by the overly attached girlfriend memes we know today, but where is Lena now locking men in her basement? It's not that the now 30-year-old woman hung her old eyes wide open and murdered you in your sleep.

She smiles for eight years. rode the wave of YouTube success, but in a video titled Breaking Up with YouTube uploaded in July 2019, he signed off by revealing the toll content creation had taken on his mental health, but the hustle didn't end up cashing in on his meme. Lena managed to sell the image macro as an nft in April 2021 for four hundred and eleven thousand dollars and if you are wondering what an nft is, it is essentially a digital signature or token that the creator can assign to their intellectual property officially certifying it as the original, although what significant paying to own the original copy of a meme that can be downloaded online for free is fine, it's up to you to decide nfts apart.

Lena is still very active on Instagram and, apart from short comedy skits, she blesses the world with regular photos of her dogs. Gilly and Cookie and I have to say that being an overly attached dog mom seems like a much healthier option than the meme that made her famous as disaster girl if you've ever wondered what happens if you don't buy cookies from the girl scouts who call your door. your door, then look no further for jokes, other than that the girl featured in this classic disaster girl meme is actually five-year-old Zoe Roth, who, as far as I know, is neither a girl scout nor a girl scout.

Fire in a Buzzfeed interview, the now 22-year-old revealed the truth. Originating from the hilariously sinister-looking image, she explained that someone in her neighborhood wanted to clear her land, so they donated her house to the firefighters for a test burn. Zoe's father and the amateur photographer saw this as a perfect photo shoot and asked Zoe to pose. in front of the house, fast forward to 2008 and his photo won a contest in jpeg photography magazine, having attracted attention for this, it began circulating on the internet with humorous faux context added by text overlays before the Roths Realize, the photo had gone viral. memes one might assume that zoe now resides in a women's detention center, but she actually graduated from the university of north carolina after, ironically, studying peace war and defense, not only that, but she even managed to make with a fortune of 486 thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars later. sell the meme of her as an nft in April 2021.

It seems like a lot to pay, sure, but would you dare say no to that fiery look? I think not glancing at Chloe disgust confusion anger, that's exactly how you want your child to react when you're surprised. them with a trip to Disneyland back in 2013, two-year-old Chloe Clem became a viral meme due to her identifiable sidelong expression after she was told the news that she was going to Disneyland. Chloe stared into the soul of the Internet in a video that now has over 20 million views, although it's more likely that Chloe was simply shocked rather than angered by the revelation that her reaction still made for excellent meme material and Tumblr users turned it into a gif.

This caught attention shortly after in a buzzfeed article and thus the sideways-glancing Chloe meme was born, but Chloe managed to change that scowl. Well, the now 11-year-old is doing typical things for her age, like making slime, and updates are occasionally shared on the YouTube channel she runs. Then Mom, speaking of Chloe's mom, follows this recreation of the famous photo of her daughter. You can see where Chloe got it from. Additionally, the pair have come up with a cunning plan to take advantage of Chloe's signature side eye and plan to bring the meme of her to the nft market. offers starting at fifteen thousand dollars and while mom wants to use the money to put Chloe through college, Chloe says she would like to use the money to buy a pony and ironically build her own Disney world, which shows even someone with a reaction. as bitterly disliked as the side eye, chloe may change her mind over time nian cat in early 2011, our meme sesters hadn't yet imagined a flying pop-tart cat farting rainbows, but for the sake of humanity, that The year 2011 was about to change.

Since then, Miguel Ángel Chris Torres himself has explained how he started with a charity fundraiser. He was participating in a drawing livestream where viewers could make requests while throwing different words at him. He decided to make a fusion of all of them, which resulted in a rainbow fart. pop-tart cat, the doodle was great, but while he slept that night, Chris literally dreamed of taking it to the next level. He claims that as soon as he woke up, he started creating the 8-bit animation that we now know as nian cat and the best one. Part of it is, save for his pie pop body and flying abilities, the cat was inspired by Chris's own Russian Blue Marty.

The good news is that Chris also recently sold the meme as an NFT, raising a whopping $587,000. The bad news, however, is that in November 2012 Marty, Nian Cat's muse, sadly passed away, although I'd like to think he's somewhere up there, still flying high, Charlie bit my finger these days, YouTube It's packed with content, heck, it's what keeps me in a job still in the old days of watching on YouTube how a baby biting his older brother's finger was enough to keep us entertained for hours in May 2007, British dad Howard davies carr uploaded a video of his two sons harry and charlie as a way to keep in touch with his godfather who lived in america on A funny video that focuses on Harry when Charlie bites his finger quickly caught more than just the attention of his godfather, as it garnered 92 million views in its first two years.

It became the platform's most viewed video in 2009 with 130 million views as of mid-2021. The video had garnered a mind-blowing 886 million views, but what are things like for the Davies Carr family now? Well, all the children have grown up. Charlie the toe-chewer is now 14 and Harry the toe-chewer is seventeen, neither of them having delved into a career of cannibalism. They're still in school, so we've yet to see what they'll pursue, although Charlie has enjoyed his taste of internet fame and plans to become a vlogger. Well, Harry likes the idea of ​​becoming an engineer in May 2021. The family sold the video. as an nft for a staggering 760,999, coincidentally for the same guy who also bought the Disastrous Girl and the Overly Attached Girlfriend, removing her from YouTube as part of the process, and while memes may seem like a dumb purchase as works of art precious, some predict that they will hold their value and become more valuable over time, although if you ask me, that's a great Picasso collection you have, it will always sound a little more impressive than the damn son, so some tasty memes, eh?

Have you ever dreamed that memes were poetry, so this next entry? One of my personal favorites would be Shakespeare's work, but I'll let the video speak for you. Have you ever dreamed that you, um, had, could, would, would, could, do, so, do? could you want? you want me to do you so much you could do anything i couldn't have said it better myself the origins of this meme began in 1999 when an hbo production for a video adaptation of the children's book goodnight moon visited a boy called The Joe Crickle School to audition kids Joe was interested in auditioning, but when he was interviewed, things took a turn when he was asked about dreams.

Joe tried to reference a line from one of his favorite movies. Hercules. Have you never had a dream? Something you wanted so much. He'd do anything, although Joe's performance wasn't Oscar-worthy after being invited to the screening. Joe was shocked to see that his audition had been used as a mistake, the audience burst into laughter, but Joe was sadly embarrassed twelve years later in 2011, YouTuber lololark uploaded the clip and it has since been reposted and garnered more of 78 million views, but what is this little dreamer doing now according to his LinkedIn profile? Joe is now the founder of his own company Far East Coast LLC, where he works withsuccess generating and boosting social media content.

Which just goes to show that if you ever dreamed that you, um, you, you, you, you, you, you, uh, stop blinking, white boy, if you looked up the expression, what the hell, you'd probably be presented with a picture of Drew Scanlon . face or rather a blinking white man, after all, is the most accurate display of bewilderment that humanity has produced to date, but as memes tend to be, it was a series of unrelated events that led to the beginning of this classic meme. It's 2013 and Drew makes his routine appearance. On the YouTube channel, giant bomb while playing Starbound, one of the players comments that I have been farming a little with my beloved.

It was this double entender that prompted Drew to perform his iconic blinks. The meme is believed to have been used for the first time in 2015. In a comment on neogaf, a video game discussion forum, it wasn't until 2017 that memes increased in popularity when they began to be repurposed for various reactions on Twitter these days, almost a decade since the original video aired. He sheds his hair and beard and, of course, ages a little. Draw is not recognized very often. He even says that most people don't realize he's the guy with the famous meme, but with great meme comes great responsibility and Drew used the meme of him. fame to raise more than 78 thousand dollars for the national multiple sclerosis society proving that everything can change in the blink of an eye distracted boyfriend if you write famous memes on Google one of the first ones you will see is none other than distracted boyfriend a true work teacher gifted to us by stock photography created by stock photographer Antonio Guillaume, the photo was taken in 2015.

In an interview with Wired Guillaume said he planned to create a series of stock photographs that explored infidelity, but in a playful and fun way. , in 2017 and the Shutterstock image was posted in a Turkish progressive rock group on Facebook, The meme centered on Phil Collins favoring pop music over progressive rock and it was from there that the distracted boyfriend came to symbolize the preference for something you want about something you already have upon discovering that they had been memes, the models and gem were amazed by their virality with guillaume even claiming not to know what a meme was, little is known about where the models are now, but when they are is A completely different question, let me explain in a strange Matrix glitch, people have discovered an old edition of Distracted Boyfriend, The Shot is Coming. from Charlie Chaplin's 1922 film Payday and the resemblance is striking whether it is time travel or not, it is clear that, no matter the time or place, human beings never seem satisfied with what they already have, they hide the pain that Harold in the land of memes really is stock photography. the gift that keeps on giving and if you ask me andra charato's series of archive photos or should i say hide the payne herald is the eighth wonder of the world while on vacation andros uploaded some selfies to social media that caught the attention of a stock Photographer who was clearly looking for someone to point a gun at me, smiles a little after tracking down Andrus, they produced hundreds of archival photographs showing Andras in a variety of situations and occupations, Andres later explained how he got tired of having to smile during shots that This is why his smile appears to cause him serious pain, while the first use of these images dates back to 2011.

The fictional character of Harold is believed to have been born in 2014. In a 4chan thread from that year, users created a narrative about an unhappy person. and a quietly obnoxious man who works as a stock photography model and who gave him the nickname hiding the pain, harold, when andras initially discovered that people were taking his photos out of context and adding funny text, he was not very happy to say I'm not a funny guy, although reflection Andras now takes it easy and accepts his meme status. He says that he sees the joy he brings to people's lives and how happy they are when they see him in public and with such an infectious smile, no wonder please kill me doge.

Doge's story is truly one of rags to riches after being born in a Japanese puppy mill that was eventually shut down by authorities. This Shiba Ino was sent to the animal shelter. It was there that her new mother would adopt her and name her Kabusu. atsuko sato in 2010 atsuko uploaded photos of kabosu to her personal blog, although there was one shot in particular that caught people's attention: the name doge was first assigned to the cute dog in 2010 after a reddit user reposted posting the photo with an intentional misspelling in a small but positive response then in 2012 more photos of kabosu were posted on tumblr blog sheba confessions where they were overlaid with broken english phrases in comic without like wow and so scared these phrases seem to fit strangely well into a dog's inner mind and into the meme. popularity began to increase, it was in August 2013, when for some reason a group of 4chan users attacked the ironic patriotic or murica subreddit with dozens of doge images that things really began to take off and, unlike previous confrontations between reddit and 4chan there was little opposition, the meme was adopted and spread across the web like wildfire since its rise to fame.

Doge has not only entered the hearts of millions but also the cryptocurrency market, in case you have been living under a rock, bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency is essentially a digital currency that can be exchanged for traditional money and in 2013 software engineers billy marcus and jackson palmer created their own cryptocurrency with dogecoin 000 Instagram followers, wow, as much fame as Doge, the big star Gavin, ah, 2013, a simpler time when Vine still existed and for all the generation zer, Vine was essentially the tick tock of my days, many stars emerged in the platform, but none. More meme-worthy than Gavin Thomas making his debut in 2013 when he was only two and a half years old.

Gavin found fame through his uncle Nick Mastodon's vines. His cameos on Nick's Vine account were extremely popular thanks to his hilariously funny facial expressions. expressive expressions and his occasional seemingly fake smile that could rival hiding the harbingers of pain, sometimes, naturally, people en masse began turning screenshots of Gavin into memes, usually with the text mentioning some awkward situation that matched the expressions. by gavin. Gavin's mother, Kate, later explained that she never expected such popularity, but that it was great to see so many people showing love for her son these days. Gavin looks a little more mature.

He is now nine years old. We can assume that he no longer has those adorable ninja turtle pajamas. He has also acquired a staggering 1.6 million followers. his own Instagram where he keeps his fans happy with regular content from Gavin, often co-starring his girlfriends. The best part is that now that he's approaching adolescence, Gavin inevitably experiences all those cringe-worthy teenage moments that everyone goes through in high school. being able to use your own baby photos to get the perfect reaction roll safe gifts like gavin coyote iwomi is another meme legend who found fame using vine coyote created the character rhys smith who due to his initials had given himself the nickname roll safe with his lisp and various antics he was portrayed as a lovable idiot and inadvertently became a meme.

The Coyote's Vine character was such a success that he accepted an offer to develop Roll Safe in the form of an online mockumentary series produced by the BBC. However, there was one memeable moment in particular that stood out, first captured and used as a text reaction taken by the football humor Twitter account in 2016, a simple but impactful smile and a tap on the head is all what it would take to reach meme royalty. The meme soon spread and was used to express intelligence. thinking as a gesture of outsmarting someone or sarcastically when jokingly presenting an obvious dumb idea as clever by 2017, the meme had hit the big time, but in 2022, what the coyote is doing now is good for the disappointment of fans, Coyote never continued with the character for sure even after reportedly being offered a lot of money to do so, Coyotes explained in interviews how, in their opinion, leaving fans wanting more would maintain the value of the character, not only this, but his clear comedic ability also left him in high demand, leading to other projects such as the BBC television comedy. company that Coyote wrote and starred in and nothing says more sure than the kind of cleverness that elevates someone from a meme to a TV star feels old but, ironically, the very subject of this video memes then and now has become a meme, therefore, Be remiss not to delve into it a little often with the caption "feels old", but this variety of memes shows meme stars and celebrities jokingly paired with an older double.

The results, although completely fictitious, can be quite convincing, although most of the time they are just It's funny, that being said, I have to admit that I'm still not convinced that some of these aren't real. I mean, you're telling me that Sid from Toy Story and actor Will Poulter aren't the same person who exists in alternate universes. and what happened to that peanut butter baby who took Vine by storm, well what if I told you that he grew up to be red and link youtuber rhett mclaughlin? He would lie, of course, but the resemblance is uncanny when it comes to john cena, to whom he is so engaged. the whole can't you see me now thing has become completely invisible and draco malfoy now i know this is over the top but if hypothetically harry potter and draco had a rap battle let's just say i know who i would put my money on i would just like to clarify that malfoy doesn't is the real Slim Shady, although if he is he should probably stand up, so which meme origin story surprised you the most, let me know in the comments, and as always, thanks for watching.