Here at Digg, we try our best to cover the most important and confounding memes that come across the timeline. But the web is littered with tons of great memes that never quite hit the mainstream and instead just bounce around the weird corners of Twitter or Reddit. Enter our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked.
This week, we've got Trump behind glass, Steve Kerr at the DNC, full-time fans who don't need a job, J-Lo divorcing Ben Affleck and the things people will definitely remember about you.
5. Bennifer break up, again
The Meme
Jennifer Lopez officially began her divorce proceedings with Ben Affleck this week after being married for the past two years. Their romance, which spans decades, has been a turbulent one — and now, with years of context and backstory, the jokes have become a bit self-referential.
Examples
wearing all black to Dunkin tomorrow https://t.co/zATBZnC6Ak
— David Wright (@DavidWright_7) August 21, 2024
https://t.co/VeLFBQ3s6H pic.twitter.com/kTzcouo9ls
— keira (@kettlevinyl) August 20, 2024
when i get divorced please don't use the photo where i dressed up as a bat https://t.co/Oah8r8Rc4C
— mutable joe (@mutablejoe) August 21, 2024
Ben Affleck, no! pic.twitter.com/albdUiJSEH
— ⃟ (@andromedism) August 21, 2024
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez getting a Divorce
— Dylan G (@JDG919) August 20, 2024
Matt Damon be like pic.twitter.com/L8FIn3ULFu
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck when they get married again in 20 years pic.twitter.com/YN5pDQuct8
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) August 21, 2024
Bennifer
— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) August 21, 2024
Bennifer: Here We Go Again
B3nnifer
BenniFOUR
Bennifer: 5th Time's the Charm
Adwait Patil
4. Trump behind glass
The Meme
After almost being assassinated back in July, Donald Trump is set to continue doing outdoor rallies for his 2024 presidential campaign — and the secret service has decided to encase Trump in a bulletproof glass case, protecting him from any more bullets or even people throwing shoes. An image of him behind glass has since spawned the obvious jokes one would expect, including being a burrito in a microwave, an animal at the zoo, and so on.
It's not the meanest stuff people online have said about Trump, that's for sure! But it's a very funny photo; him looking forlorn as rain hits the glass (just know that image going around is actually from 2019).
Examples
if you toss a blanket over his case he’ll think it’s night and just go to sleep pic.twitter.com/GQ5YpXit6U
— Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) August 19, 2024
The vegetables in my crisper looking at me Doordashing yet another meal pic.twitter.com/zWa1ASn82v
— Tyrone (@TheTyronePalmer) August 19, 2024
10 year-old me: I’m going to marry Leonardo DiCaprio
— paige (@BonerWizard) August 18, 2024
my Princess Diana beanie baby: pic.twitter.com/Dni3Pfg9f8
the seahorse inside the bar of soap in my parents bathroom pic.twitter.com/9N6C74ALgy
— kenzi (@kenzianidiot) August 19, 2024
9 year old me: Singing the Wicked and Mamma Mia! soundtracks in my room
— Adam (@adamgreattweet) August 18, 2024
The signed baseball my uncle got me: pic.twitter.com/xuo4PNZZKH
— Eric Allen Hatch (@ericallenhatch) August 18, 2024
The bag of spinach in the fridge watching the cheese get taken out yet again pic.twitter.com/IYNhVUkxTT
— Gwdihŵ 🦉 (@youwouldknow) August 19, 2024
The scorpion lollipop I bought in Arizona pic.twitter.com/PBrz4dJyab
— c a i t l i n (@hello__caitlin) August 19, 2024
Jared Russo
3. Steve Kerr
The Meme
Steve Kerr, coach of both the Golden State Warriors and the gold-winning 2024 US Olympic basketball team, gave a speech in support of Kamala Harris during the first night of the DNC.
At the end of his energetic speech, he brought in Steph Curry's infamous "Night, Night" meme in reference to Donald Trump's potential defeat in November. The crowd went wild.
Examples
“The scariest part of Project 2025 is that you’ll be forced to start Jayson Tatum in the Olympics, we can’t let this happen” pic.twitter.com/pMQbjcOPqk
— Daman Rangoola (@damanr) August 20, 2024
Steve Kerr just hit Trump with the Steph Night Night celly it might actually be over pic.twitter.com/Wff7P10dGi
— B.W. Carlin (@BaileyCarlin) August 20, 2024
“Everyone was worried about me leaving Tatum on the bench during the Olympics, but I’m here to talk about a more important bench: the Supreme Court.” pic.twitter.com/wK4FYipmUF
— Oluwajomiloju (@JomiAdeniran) August 20, 2024
https://t.co/ax9DLtcenI pic.twitter.com/0ZvCPqFBP0
— gatsby (@Grategatsby) August 20, 2024
BANG! https://t.co/49RMHzesfd pic.twitter.com/ejbcv8tMyf
— luna (@coatlicue_11) August 20, 2024
“…I’m gonna need everyone to Give And Go To The Polls” https://t.co/IvKZhALLw1
— Dar-Wei Chen, Ph.D. (@chendw) August 20, 2024
Grant Brunner
2. Please don't make me get a job!!!!
The Meme
The "please don't make me get a job" meme isn't new, but it has recently been given a new lease of life on X, where people are using it to share screenshots of the actors/musicians/films/things they're currently spending all their time obsessing over.
Example
please don't make me get a job !! pic.twitter.com/Rd1oYipHPB
— lucía 🏹 (@eyretartt) August 18, 2024
please don't make me get a job!!!!! pic.twitter.com/FXt7NzPZEq
— elena (@grnformicatable) August 18, 2024
please don’t make me get a job pic.twitter.com/dwkUbRMCWV
— kath (@v1vaciouslady) August 18, 2024
please don’t make me get a job pic.twitter.com/epP4Ag0HjW
— ੯‧̀͡⬮ (@1234beepbooop) August 14, 2024
please don’t make me get a job pic.twitter.com/QsEJU57Mj9
— lina (@thefoolondehill) August 19, 2024
please don’t make me get a job pic.twitter.com/frin1dS5wd
— SITA (@raspberhrriies) August 16, 2024
please don’t make me get a job!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/4wiNZeKwiJ
— usul (@paulatreideez) August 16, 2024
Darcy Jimenez
1. 'Nobody will remember...'
The Meme
Last week, X user James Hawkins shared a tweet that started off sounding like an "inspirational" LinkedIn post. "Nobody will remember: your salary, how 'busy you were,' how many hours you worked," he began.
It's the silliness of the second half, however — listing the things people definitely will remember about you — that garnered tens of thousands of likes, and sparked a whole bunch of copycat tweets.
nobody will remember:
— James Hawkins (@james406) August 15, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- if you hopped on a quick call
- when you hopped on a quick call
- how many quick calls you hopped on
- how you made them feel when you hopped on a quick call
Examples
nobody will remember:
— aaryan (@blondedicarus) August 17, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many drunk cigarettes you smoked
- if you offered others drunk cigarettes
- if you drank just to smoke cigarettes
nobody will remember:
— Julian, Ph.D. (has tried Black Girl Sunscreen) (@drjuliansass) August 18, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how much sunscreen you wore
- if you offered other people sunscreen
- if you told others to wear sunscreen
nobody will remember:
— Jil Jil ✨ (@jillunillu) August 20, 2024
- your salary
- how "busy you were"
- how many hours you worked
people will remember
- mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
nobody will remember:
— Dylan Hornik (@_Hornik_) August 18, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- Who you said when naming random athletes with the boys
- How random the athletes you named were
- If everyone else said “good pull” after you named a random athlete
nobody will remember:
— lenore! (@lvhment) August 17, 2024
- ur salary
- how “busy u were”
- how many hours u worked
people will remember:
- ur tweets
- ur psychotic episode
- that one time u totaled ur car
nobody will remember:
— Big Tucson Dad (@BigTucsonDad) August 18, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- that one time you tried to get in on the friend group’s riff and your joke bombed so hard that it changed the whole vibe
nobody will remember:
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) August 19, 2024
-your salary
-how “busy you were”
-how many hours you worked
people will remember:
-the time Kelsey Grammer fell off the stage while hosting the Disneyland 50th anniversary celebration on May 4, 2005 pic.twitter.com/q4pfDCsR8H
Nobody will remember:
— Adam (@adamgreattweet) August 19, 2024
- Your salary
- How “busy you were”
- How many hours you worked
Kronk will remember:
- The poison
- The poison for Kuzco
- The poison chosen specifically to kill Kuzco, Kuzco’s poison
nobody will remember:
— velvet milkman (@velvetmilkman0) August 18, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
-your ex
-how hot your ex was
-how bad you fumbled your ex
nobody will remember:
— New York Times Games (@NYTGames) August 19, 2024
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how quickly you solved the Mini Crossword
- your daily Crossword streak
- that time you solved Wordle in two guesses
Darcy Jimenez
And if you're hungry for more memes, here's last week's edition of "The Week's Best Memes,", featuring a controversial Olympic breakdancing performance, a fun new TikTok trend and the ugliest horse in cinematic history.
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