Memes have been around for decades and have been an important part of many people’s lives, from watching Vines or videos on YouTube to Facebook and Instagram. A lot of people still reference old memes today, but what happened to the popular ones that were forgotten?
#1 What are those
When a comedian, Brandon Moore, recorded a cop being arrested and pointed the camera down to look at his shoes while shouting, “What are those!”, it became a big meme back in 2015-2016, and was referenced daily. People would go around yelling “what are those” to everyone’s shoes, until it was overused and slowly died out in 2017.
#2 You’ve been Krissed
A TikTok user created a bait-and-switch video back in early 2022, it blew up with hundreds of thousands of people making these videos. You’d think it was a normal video until near the end of the video, it would pop up Kris Jenner dancing to Lady Marmalade with the title, “You’ve been krissed”. The meme died in late 2022, and people have since forgotten about it.
#3 I’m in the ghetto, Ratatatah
When a TikTok user posted a video of him saying “I’m in the ghetto, ratatah” in late 2019, before hearing gunshots in the middle of his video, it became a massive hit. It was popular at the time. An artist by the name of Tiagz created a remix of the audio with a beat drop, making it go viral. The meme slowly started to fade out of fame in late 2020.
#4 Annoying Orange
The Annoying Orange was a show on YouTube made by Dane Boem in late 2009. An orange with a face on it that would make jokes about other fruits, vegetables, and even kitchen items. It was so popular that people would take pictures from the internet and put their own spin on memes over them. This old meme started falling off around 2013-2014.
#5 No God, please no!
A quote by Michael Scott on The Office, in late 2008, became popular after a YouTuber, PeterPro, released the earliest clip of the scene, gaining millions of views in late 2014. People would use this meme in conversations and reference it a ton, until it slowly died off in 2021-2022, lasting almost a decade.
