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30 Hilarious Memes From 2022 That Really Wouldn't Have Made Any Sense 10 Years Ago

Just be glad Adam Levine didn’t slide into your DMs this year.

Let's get right into it: 2022 is almost finished, and this year came with many new memes that we'll never forget.

So, here are just some of the funniest memes from these past months that somehow sum up this year very well:

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1. There were these highly specific Spirit Halloween costume memes:

Twitter: @edroso / Via ninelineapparel.com

There was a costume for everything:

Twitter: @Noorthevirgo

2. Those Little Miss memes that captured every aspect of the human experience:

Twitter: @alltooriah

3. Everything to do with "the ick":

If I was dating the tinder swindler and he texted me saying someone was after him I’d just get the ick

Twitter: @Orlaaaaaaaaa

4. Speaking of the ick, those, um, DMs from Adam Levine:

Goldilocks trying the first bowl of porridge

Twitter: @1664timemachine

5. Chris Pine at the Don't Worry Darling premiere:

chris pine rethinking his entire life decisions that lead him to this point

Twitter: @lordeonfilm

6. The wildly famous "it's corn" meme — which went viral on TikTok after the adorable ~corn kid~ Tariq was interviewed in a video posted by the account @doingthings for the web series Recess Therapy.

no one: absolutely no one: me to myself: 🌽 IT’S CORN 🌽

Twitter: @JakeMatthewList

7. There was that Euphoria scene of Cassie hiding in a bathtub that worked for everything:

me when the doordash person knocks instead of just leaving the food there

HBO / Via Twitter: @aallleeexxxxxx1

8. There was the infamous "she's a 10 but" meme:

She’s a 10 but she rewatches shows 3+ times because she has attachment issues

Twitter: @ih8rts

9. Kamala Harris's laugh:

Kamala Harris laughing two women laughing laugh meme reaction video

Twitter: @memereactionvid

10. Nick Cannon announcing he's going to be a father again...and again:

Twitter: @slimhackett

11. That performance of Camila Cabello singing "I'll Be Home for Christmas" that resurfaced:

Camila Cabello is like I’ll be home for

Twitter: @veryharryhill

12. Every joke about The White Lotus — including these "Send Them to the White Lotus" memes, featuring some of the most iconic wealthy TV and movie characters:

The CW / Alamy

13. All the "it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me" jokes after Taylor Swift's Midnights dropped:

when taylor said, "it's me, hi, i'm the problem, it's me" my self-sabotaging side felt that 🥹 #MidnightsTaylorSwift

Twitter: @notwowie

14. There was that time when NASA's new James Webb telescope released its first images...

Space is lovely, dark and deep. You're looking at the deepest infrared image of the universe ever taken—the first full-color image from @NASAWebb. Go deeper on the galaxies of SMACS 0723 at https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I #UnfoldTheUniverse

NASA / Alamy / Via Twitter: @NASA

...the internet decided to make a meme out of it:

it's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date

Twitter: @JillKrajewski

15. The "when I send you"/"if I text you" meme:

when i text you “🪗” it mean i’m finna start acting accordingly

Twitter: @jjaahz_

16. The "we need an American Girl doll who" memes:

17. The endless Wordle jokes and memes:

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟥⬜️🟥⬜️🟥 🟦⬜️🟦⬜️🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪⬜️🟪⬜️🟪 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️🟧 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Twitter: @JimmerUK

18. There was that time when Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness came out — and people couldn't help but joke about the title by referencing crossover moments in pop culture:

Disney Channel / Via Twitter: @sameoldsouvnir

19. When the annual Spotify Wrapped released this year and told us everything about ourselves:

Twitter: @of_the_nephilim

20. That time when people roasted Morbius after it came out:

having No Way having Morbius Home spoiled spoiled for you for you

Pixar / Via Twitter: @PostCredPod

21. There were the memes featuring 50 Cent after he performed upside-down at the Super Bowl:

me trying to connect my charger without getting outta bed

NBC / Via Twitter: @defffkapp

22. When the US government announced they would be distributing 1 billion COVID rapid tests for free to every American household, but Twitter users made fun of the fact that you could only order up to four rapid tests per household — no matter how many people were living there:

Bob D'Amico / ABC / Courtesy Everett Collection / Via Twitter: @shadesofgreaves

23. There were the memes about "soft launching" your S.O. on social media:

Girls soft launching their bf’s on Instagram

Nickelodeon / Via Twitter: @twakeonline

24. And, ah yes, all the jokes about increasing gas prices nationwide:

Thankfully gas prices can never go above $9.99 since most of the signs only have three digits

Twitter: @greg16676935420

25. And the jokes about inflation in general:

gas is almost $5. 1 bedrooms starting at $2000. mcdonalds just told me $2.13 for 1 hash brown…. God please 😭

Twitter: @_chulani

26. There was that time when the Elvis biopic starring Austin Butler was released in late June — and people couldn't stop making memes about his sweaty behind-the-scenes photo:

just took out the trash in 110 degree weather

Bazmark Films

Relatable, TBH.

Twitter: @peterjmarshall

27. There were the memes after Drake released his surprise house album Honestly, Nevermind:

Drake’s surprise album was like when your teacher surprises the class with a pizza party and you end up with this

Twitter: @saviourmitchy

28. When the first photo of Ryan Gosling as Ken for the live-action Barbie movie was released — and people had lots of reactions to share:

Freddie Prinze Jr's Fred walked so Ryan Gosling's Ken could run

Warner Brothers. / Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros

29. When people couldn't stop talking about the new Minions: The Rise of Gru movie, and in came a flood of new Minion jokes:

cop: can we come inside? me: [knows minions are real because i ran one over with my car in 2019] what's this about officer

Twitter: @giant_idiot

30. And last, but not least, Usher's famous "watch this" from his Tiny Desk performance:

ME: i bet Twitter won’t run the Usher “watch this” meme into the ground Twitter:

Twitter: @dshif

What's your ~absolute favorite~ meme from 2022? Let us know in the comments below!

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