1. We didn't have "they're a 10 but" in 2021!
He’s a 10 but he’s impossibly fast and strong. His skin is pale white and ice cold. His eyes change color, and sometimes he speaks like he’s from a different time. He never eats or drinks anything. He doesn’t go out in the sunlight.
2. Back in 2021, we didn't even know who Vecna was!!!
vecna after will comes out to him thinking hes jonathan.
3. We DEFINITELY wouldn't have gotten this combo of the two memes.
he’s a 10 but his vecna wake up song is the gummy bear song
4. Back in 2021, we may have thought it normal to be talking about a dress Kim Kardashian wore, but there's no way we could've known which one!
Kim Kardashian better not even think about this dress 😭😭😭😭
5. Another one for good measure:
Kim Kardashian better not even think about this dress 😭😭😭😭
6. Okay I'm sorry, one more:
can’t believe kim kardashian did this to lady gaga’s meat dress 😩
7. Joker 2 being a musical still makes zero sense to me in 2022, but at least this meme makes sense.
leaked the joker 2
8. As does this one.
joker and harley in joker 2
9. Without some of the recent trash signs of anti-abortion hags, we may not have understood this reply if we saw it in 2021.
we will adopt your baby!!
10. Or this twist on it.
We will not adopt your baby. We will adopt a mouse instead.
11. None of The Boys memes would've made sense in 2021.
Homelander: You're the only one I can trust, we can beat Soldier Boy together Black Noir:
12. We would've been real confused about why Kate Bush and Beyoncé were competing last year.
Beyoncé running up that hill to knock Kate Bush off and get that #1 spot
13. Like, "Running Up That Hill" was out, but it wasn't appreciated the way it is today.
Me and the girlies running up that hill to make a deal with god.
14. Last Pride, we didn't have this A+ meme.
as a bisexual woman in a relationship with a man, I’m despised by the straight and LGBT+ communities alike. That’s why, this Pride, I’m partnering with James Corden
15. Last year, most people didn't even know about Heartstopper!!!!
nick nelson u were so right
16. And Multiverse of Madness wasn't even out!
this was my multiverse of madness
17. Last year, we probably would've believed this screenshot was fake.
i’m losing my god damn mind
18. I don't even know if we would've believed people at Amazon had unionized!
me trying to talk about Bring It On on Amazon’s internal chat app
19. I don't think we would've believed how high gas prices would get. :(
the prophecy has been fulfilled
20. Last year, we didn't live in a world where Elon Musk was considering buying Twitter.
no way Elon Musk already added this to Twitter
21. We also lived in a world where the Oscars slap had not yet occurred.
“tom, you’ll never guess what just happened. so chris rock-” #Oscars
22. We hadn't seen Euphoria Season 2 yet in 2021.
lady gaga and beyoncé in telephone:
23. Like...this would've meant nothing to us.
24. We certainly would've recognized this image in 2021, but we would've had no idea who Rocco was.
“HOW. HOW is rocco gonna eat the cookie zoe”
25. Last year, we didn't have Barbie set pics.
just saw this couple break up outside the harry styles concert
26. We didn't even have The Batman.
"one ticket to barbie, please."
27. Or Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman yet.
WENT TO SEE BATMAN IN 4D I DID NOT KNOW WATER ON MEANT CATWOMAN WOULD SQUIRT IN MY MOUTH
28. Netflix's situation wasn't nearly as dire last year.
The fall of Netflix
29. Cannot believe we didn't have Morbius last year.
the best part of Morbius was when he said "IT'S MORBIN' TIME" and morbed all over those guys
30. The "'drag will confuse kids' what the hell is this?" meme came from 2022!
“drag will confuse kids” what the hell is this
31. DALL•E didn't reach peak popularity last year.
32. And Bored Ape didn't get stolen until this year.
Seth Green right now is like-
33. I would've had no idea what this meme was referring to last year.
megan fox’s ring:
34. Can't believe the Kourt/Travis wedding happened this year!!!
The Kardashian family at Kourtney & Travis’s wedding
35. Along with Kendall cutting a cucumber.
academically, I am kendall cutting a cucumber
36. Kim telling us, "It seems like nobody wants to work these days" honestly feels like a lifetime ago.
kim kardashian giving business advice:
37. And finally, this year Liam Payne basically tried to suggest he was the most successful One Direction member.
liam payne is to one direction what will schuester is to glee. no i will not be elaborating on this point further.
Wow, a lot has sure happened this year. What other memes and cultural phenomenons could you never have predicted would become popular this year? Let us know in the comments!
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