The most popular memes. Chef salting food

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This year, like the last, did not disappoint: there were jokes and memes on social networks great amount! Users never tire of practicing their wit and sarcasm, and we are happy to do so. We invite you to remember the most popular memes of 2017.

The look of a smart person

The meme in which a man puts his finger to his temple deserves to top the list of the most best memes 2017. The frame became popular at the beginning of this year: in a couple of months, the post with it collected more than 50 thousand retweets. This screenshot of British actor Keyode Ewumi from The Hood Documentary has become both the best and worst source of absurd but logical advice.

Cough cough

Vladimir Putin has long been a source of inspiration for creating memes. And the January press conference of the Russian President gave the Internet another joke:

In a nutshell about what Putin said today that was important: “Cough, cough.”

The fact is that during the entire four hours (more precisely, 3 hours 50 minutes) of communication with journalists, Putin coughed a lot and, according to many active users, social networks, didn’t say anything important or interesting.

Face recognition

Russia and the 2018 Olympics

One of the most discussed topics last month The IOC (International Olympic Committee) began to allow Russian athletes to the Olympics in Pyeongchang only under a neutral flag. But this will not break the Russian spirit. Russians are capable of self-irony - as proven by the memes that have appeared on the Internet.

At the Olympics in Pyeongchang, athletes from the Russian Federation are prohibited from performing National anthem, songs by Leps, Vaenga and Stas Mikhailov.

— Sanction fruit (@Buddy_Judge) December 5, 2017

Beyoncé and the waitress

Even something that seems ordinary, like dinner at a restaurant, takes on a big scale if you... This spring, the artist spent time in a restaurant, after which a photo appeared online of her ordering food from a waiter, holding a menu in her hands. The waiter who took the order was so emotional that he made the entire Internet laugh.

Desperate Agutin

A still frame from the “Voice” program on Channel One, in which one of the mentors, Leonid Agutin, swung his hand to hit the red button and quickly went viral. Users liked the facial expression so much that they immediately came up with funny captions for the photo.

Emotions for every day

— Lil Uzi Puzi Smoothie (@olenevva)

In the top of honor is a meme with actor Kayode Ewumi in the role of Reese Simpson from the comic documentary series “The Hood Documentary”. The character talked about what kind of a smart girl. That didn’t stop users from creating a meme, the hero of which finds ingenious solutions to obvious situations and pressing problems.

In the winter of 2017, memes with comics based on famous fairy tales and cartoons. Any plot became the basis for jokes: users cut together successful cartoon frames and complemented them alternative version transfer to English language. The result was a funny mixture of “French with Nizhny Novgorod”, when phrases in Latin included Russian and English words mixed up.

Zhdun became a real hit that went beyond the Internet. The incomprehensible creature was created by the Dutch artist Margriet van Breefort, who wanted to amuse children in this way. A sculpture called Homunculus Loxodontus (a hybrid of an elephant and an insect) near the children's hospital in Lenden was photographed by a Russian tourist, and away we go.

Meme hero tells you about memes. The spectacle is breathtaking, especially when Sergei Druzhko is in the frame. Hyping a little, as the host of the Druzhko Show himself suggested, he definitely succeeded. However, this is not surprising: the script for the show is written by a team of specialists who know a lot about trends.

Stock photos - real love. The characters in the production clearly don’t know what to do with own life. Otherwise they would hardly be doing such nonsense. However, thank memes, there is the Internet. It helps to reveal new secrets of meaning in seemingly trivial pictures. Among the interesting examples of 2017 are a meme with a waiter (“Waiter, bring me something I haven’t tried yet”) and an exciting story about an unfaithful guy and two girls. You can google all the details yourself.

Turkish chef Nusret Goekce became a meme after the Internet saw him non-standard way salt the meat through the elbow. This photograph instantly came to mean highest degree excellence or the aesthetically pleasing process of creating something. Users came up with the hashtag #SaltBae, wanted to create a special emoji with this gesture, tried to improve the taste of food in the same way, and offered their own versions of the signature gesture with a salt shaker at the ready.

The children's game beloved by many migrated to the Internet in 2017. They took the phrase “The floor is lava” as a basis, and then created whatever they wanted. After all, the condition of the game is universal: everyone has something that they try with all their might to avoid.

Where are we without mimimi? It's always a pleasure to look at fluffy kittens and puppies. So the wave of kind and funny “tut”, “bite” and “my paws” memes is completely justified. Make love, not bite, well, you understand.

The discovery of the fall was a video of a dog being urged on by an impatient owner. It would seem that the task is simple - walk along a log over the water. But, as one would expect, after a warning about the danger, the dog breaks down and falls. What can I say? This is a fiasco, bro.

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Memes on the Internet have become an integral part of us and our lives. And what memes are the most popular? You can find out about this by studying the TOP 10 memes of 2017.

1. Zhdun

The gray shapeless creature with the head of an elephant seal has captivated Runet users since the very beginning of 2017. The waiter, which was originally created as the personification of a person sitting in a hospital queue, became a symbol of waiting for everything in the world. Zhdun has become not just a meme, but a brand. In July, CD Land acquired the rights to use it in Russia and the CIS, and in October it sued VKontakte and Megafon for misuse of its brand. The outcome of the trial is not yet known.

2. The cook salts the meat

A charismatic chef from Turkey has won the hearts of Internet users with his elegant way of salting meat. A video from his Instagram went around the world in January, and the chef’s signature gesture became a famous meme.

3. “On the bottom”

The victory in the “hype of the year” category undoubtedly belongs to Diana Shurygina. Regular 17 summer girl from Ulyanovsk, who accused a guy of rape, appeared on air federal TV channels not even a dozen times. Now the guy is serving his sentence in penal colony, and Shurygina married a Channel One operator. She also sells advertising on social networks and continues to attend various television shows. After a series of broadcasts on Channel One, at the suggestion of Diana, he was born new meme"at the bottom."

4. Glowing Brain

The popularity of this meme is due to its simplicity. A collage with an image of a brain, where in each subsequent frame the brain becomes larger and begins to glow, began to be used in the West, but the trend quickly moved to the RuNet. Unlike many memes, this one did not have a peak in popularity. It popped up regularly on social media throughout the year.

5. African American with a finger to his temple

In 2017, this particular character can be called the most popular Western meme in Russia. Footage from a BBC series on how to avoid problems has become a favorite among internet jokers. The African-American smart guy gives logical but absolutely useless advice about situations where you won't be late if you stay at home.

6. “Let’s hype a little”

The Druzhko Show became a real breakthrough not only in the field of video blogging, but also in the approach to memes. The project on YouTube took off loudly in April, but could not maintain the bar until the end of the year. In the first episodes, presenter Sergei Druzhko talked about memes, parodied famous characters and even himself uttered phrases that quickly became popular among the people. This was the case with the expression “a little hype,” which became business card newly-minted video blogger. The word “hype” itself has become a part of the slang and has even become boring to many.

7. Red button and Leonid Agutin

Another bright meme of 2017. The violent emotions on the face and the musician’s sweeping gesture during the filming of the show “The Voice” were loved by network users. With approximately the same feeling and despair, people sometimes accept thoughtless or very complex solutions. It’s funny that Agutin himself didn’t really understand how popular the meme with his participation had become.

8. Unfaithful guy

The characters of a seemingly ordinary series of stock photographs have gained worldwide fame. It all started with one photo: a guy walks with a girl down the street and looks around with enthusiasm when he sees another beauty. The photo became a striking meme on popular topic“me and my weaknesses.” This could have been the end of it, if not for thousands of other photos with the character. After the successful boost of the first image, people began to deliberately search for them in stock and turn them into memes. This is how the world's first meme series appeared, which has not ended yet.

9. Bazooka Hands

A student from Pyatigorsk, Kirill Tereshin, became famous only towards the end of the year. However, he can fully be called one of the main suppliers of memes. The guy pumped up his biceps to unimaginable sizes with the help of a homemade drug consisting mainly of fat. Many believe that Tereshin’s popularity will end on the operating table, and experiments with the drug can lead to tissue necrosis and even amputation of limbs.

10. “Easy-easy, reel talk”

Another phrase has come into widespread use thanks to rappers. This time two distinguished themselves: Gnoyny and Oksimiron. The latter uttered the phrase: “Eazy-izy, ril tok,” which means “easier, in kind.” And Gnoyny constantly repeated this phrase after his opponent as trolling.

At the end of the year it is customary to sum up the results. This time we did not make a selection by category, but tried to compile the most objective rating of popular memes. Our list is partly based on the results of research and, but this data reflects only the most misunderstood and, as a result, the most searched words and expressions in search engines.

Many memes have undeservedly remained out of attention. It may seem that some of them have already been forgotten, but this is not so. The real indicator of popularity is not the frequency of requests on the Internet, but the number of hits to specific memes in online creativity. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to calculate, but it is quite obvious that all participants in our rating continue to circulate in the media space. And some even went offline and became truly popular. Memepedia presents: The 20 biggest memes of 2017.

Zhdun

A gray, shapeless creature with the head of an elephant seal captivated RuNet users at the very beginning of 2017. Originally created as the personification of a person sitting in a hospital queue, waiting for everything in the world.

The secret to the success of this meme is simple: it reflects a part of life that is understandable and familiar to absolutely everyone. People who are accustomed to living in anticipation recognize themselves in Zhdun and smile, looking at the cute, slightly clumsy creature.

Zhdun became not just a meme, but also a brand: in July, CD Land acquired the rights to use it in Russia and the CIS. And in October on VKontakte and Megafon for illegal use. It is still unknown how the proceedings ended.

The cook salts the meat

A charismatic chef from Turkey has won the hearts of Internet users with his elegant manner of salting meat. A video from his Instagram went viral around the world in January, and the chef’s signature gesture became a meme.

Realizing his popularity, Nusret began posting similar videos on Instagram. And in February, Leonardo DiCaprio came to his restaurant in Dubai. And Goekce also salted the meat for him.

On the bottom

The victory in the “Hype of the Year” nomination undoubtedly belongs to. An ordinary 17-year-old girl from Ulyanovsk, who accused a guy of rape, appeared on federal television channels dozens of times. Now the guy is serving a sentence in a colony, and as a cameraman on Channel One, he sells advertising on social networks, continues to go to various TV shows and is preparing to become a singer.

After a series of broadcasts on Channel One, at the suggestion of Diana, a new meme was born. - this is not only a corporate gesture and a definition of the amount of drink, but also a telling indicator of the standard of living in the country.

Nevelny

Love Russian people blaming all troubles and problems on others led to the transformation of the image of the “universal enemy.” If previously Barack Obama was such a person, then in 2017 he was replaced by oppositionist Alexei Navalny. A meme with a distorted photograph of Vladimir Putin and an inscription appeared in the spring in one of the VKontakte public pages and instantly spread throughout the RuNet.

Very soon the phrase took on a life of its own and became part of oral speech. The meme started the fashion for erratics. And this year the format of distorted pictures with crazy inscriptions has developed into a whole genre.

The expression “blat Navelny” means the desire to shift responsibility for one’s mistakes onto someone else who frankly has nothing to do with the problem. And writing the surname of a presidential candidate with an “e” adds a significant amount of irony to the message, expresses disdain to him or just a desire to joke.

So damn

This meme is the most shining example about the popularity of the word “blat”. A bird with hands, which is still confused with a kiwi, appeared in May 2017 on VKontakte public pages, and then spread throughout the Russian-language Internet. The pose of the dissatisfied cashier that was seen in the picture simply suggested something conversational and everyday. And it became such a phrase.

The meme became an excellent reaction to everything incomprehensible and unpleasant. In some cases, he personifies expectation, but, unlike the humble Zhdun, this expectation is rather of a very irritable and impatient person.

Glowing Brain

Its popularity is due to its simplicity. A collage with images of the brain, where in each subsequent frame the brain becomes larger and begins to glow, began to be used in the West. But the trend quickly came to RuNet. Unlike many memes, this one didn't have a peak in popularity—it popped up regularly on social media throughout the year.

Such memes have an unambiguous ironic subtext: through comparison with a “superbrain,” they ridicule a habit that is ultimately taken to the point of absurdity.

Negro with a finger to his temple

Kayode Owumi, Reese Simpson, Roll Safe, a smart guy with a finger to his temple - that’s all him, the dark-skinned character of the meme. In 2017, it can be called the most popular Western meme in Russia.

Frame from BBC series and inscriptions on how to avoid problems were loved by Internet jokers. The smart guy gives logical but absolutely useless advice. Like situations where you won't be late for anything if you stay at home.

I can't, I have paws

Cat memes have always been trending, but in 2017 they received several new interesting incarnations. First there was a cute excuse. According to tradition, it all started with a picture, but the phrase itself quickly became popular and is widely used when it comes to laziness and unwillingness to do something.

The second wave of cat memes is associated with the fashion for imitating children's speech. The fluffy pets suddenly started talking like babies: , . All these word forms have become an integral part of the slang of 2017.