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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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OK Boomer

Ah, the conflict of generations. And the meme. No beating around the bush: you have a boomer here, if you still can't tell

Boomer – the word refers to people from the generation of the so-called baby boomers, people born in the post-war demographic boom of 1946-1964.

Turn off that phone!

American boomers make fun of millennials – the fragile, depressed millenials without jobs or mortgage. Their success looked different. They just have other priorities. Boomer meme is, perhaps, one of the first to trigger them.

Much to my delight!

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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