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Essays 06 January 2020, 19:05

author: Julia Dragovic

Recap of 2019's Best Memes. Where was the Funny?

What do you mean, memes on a serious website about games? Bah! You like them. We like them. You're cool, we're cool, and the memes are, too.

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The year 2019, for example compared to 2016, when probably half of the so-called music scene died, was kinda ok. Of course, it could have been better, but we all know that it will never be better. While people are protesting in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, India, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, Hong Kong, Holland, London, Poland, and Spain, censorship and propaganda are doing great in totalitarian states. Syria and other countries are still engulfed in war, children and adults die in extreme poverty, the Cathedral of Notre Dame burned, climate change gets more severe, the weather is getting crazy, deforestation of the Amazon is rampant, there's less fish in the Baltic, Koala bears were declared functionally extinct... oh, wait...

What am I talking about...? And, yes, the memes. Some of them commented on specific events like Blizzard's romance with China, Tesla Cybertruck presentations, Apple and Xbox inventions, or the planned attack on Area 51, could be seen in our newsroom as those stories developed. We won't duplicate them here.

What should we expect? This is the only introduction you need:

You've made it through most of the written part. Time for pictures! Here is a half-objective selection of the most popular memes of the past year.

Tuxedo Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh in a suit is an exquisite teddy bear. See for yourself.

He values art and high culture

In his spare time, he practices the art of calligraphy

He has an excellent command of language!

He’s familiar with etiquette and savoir vivre

He’s fluent in even the most difficult languages

And he can do math. Or not – judge for yourself

Julia Dragovic

Julia Dragovic

She studied philosophy and philology and honed her writing skills by producing hundreds of assignments. She has been a journalist at Gamepressure since 2019, first writing in the newsroom, then becoming a columnist and reviewer, and eventually, a full-time editor of our game guides. She has been playing games for as long as she can remember – everything except shooters and RTSs. An ailurophile, fan of The Sims and concrete. When she's not clearing maps of collectibles or playing simulators of everything, economic strategies, RPGs (including table-top) or romantic indie games, Julia explores cities in different countries with her camera, searching for brutalist architecture and post-communist relics.

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