Editor’s Note: This article is part of Know Your Meme’s annual Top Ten Review series looking back at some of the most memorable and popular memes, events and people that defined the Internet culture in 2015 as we know it.
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hat the f**k did you just f**king say about me, you little b**ch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in Dankology, and I've personally confirmed over 300 memes. I am trained in triggering and I'm the top memer on /r/AdviceAnimals. You are nothing to me but just another fedora-tipping neckbeard. I will meme on you with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my f**king words. You think you can get away with posting my memes on 9gag? Think again, normie. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of robots across /r9k/ and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, s**tposter. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call upvotes. You're f**king rekt, kid. I can post anywhere, anytime, and I can blaze it in over 420 ways, and that's just with Mountain Dew. Not only am I extensively trained in 360 no-scoping, but I have access to an entire collection of rare Pepes and I will use it to its full extent to flood the market and wipe your memes off the face of the continent, you little s**t. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you wouldn't have posted those stank memes. But you did, you had to, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn cuck. I will spew jet fuel all over you and you will melt in it. You've just been memed on, kiddo.
- Internet Meme Guy
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- Profile: These lyrics from the 2003 alternative rock song “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence are often associated with images of a calm-looking subjects juxtaposed next to a picture of the same subject appearing distressed.
- Highlights: Alarm Clock | Marge Simpson | David After Dentist
- Figures: Starting in July, Google searches for the keywords "wake me up inside" began increasing dramatically, reaching their peak for the year in December.
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- Profile: Fefe is an adorable scorpion character with an anthropomorphic face who was ironically created as a replacement for Pepe the Frog on 4chan's /s4s/ (shit 4chan says) board.
- Highlights: Rude | Pepe-Wojack-Fefe Hybrid | Sir Fef
- Figures: Nearly all mentions of Fefe occurred in early April 2015, rapidly decreasing before the end of the month.
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- Profile: Originally popularized by obnoxious YouTubers to calm their victims in harassing "prank" videos, this expression is now used to mock the offending vloggers as annoying douchebags.
- Highlights: Ravioli Ravioli | H3h3productions Reaction
- Figures: Google searches for the phrase "just a prank" reached their highest peak in December 2015.
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| | - Type: Internet Slang
- Profile: This all-encompassing term used to describe thread jacking, circlejerking and non-commercial spamming has become one of the Internet's favorite past times. In 2015, shitposting has morphed into a sport, with some Internet users becoming top tier athletes.
- Highlights: I;m Thinking About Thos Beans | Vertical Posting
- Figures: Google searches for "shitposting" have been steadily increasing since October 2013, reaching their highest point yet in December 2015.
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| | - Type: Onomatopoeia
- Profile: The sound a user from 4chan's /r9k/ board makes when agitated, typically as a result of being confronted with a "normie". It is often compared to the a defensive screeching noise made by several species of frogs when under duress.
- Highlights: "On All Levels Except Physical" | Normies Get Out
- Figures: Google searches for "reeeeeee" peaked in March 2015 and saw a sharp decline the following August.
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| | - Type: Expression
- Profile: This erroneous assertion made by 9/11 truthers that burning fuel from crashed planes could not have melted the supporting beams of the World Trade Center became the laughing stock of the Internet this past year.
- Highlights: Winnie the Pooh Eats Government Secrets | Jet Fuel Job Interview | That Awkward Moment
- Figures: Google searches for "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" peaked in May 2015, seeing short spikes in activity the following September and December.
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| | - Type: Illustration
- Profile: The international meme economy nearly crashed this year when an anonymous 4chan user attempted to flood the market with rare illustrations of Pepe the Frog. How this crisis was thwarted remains a mystery to this day.
- Highlights: Donald Trump Tweet | Medium-Rare Pepe | Rare Pepe Pumpkin
- Figures: Google searches for "rare pepe" saw their first spike in May 2015, where they remained high for several months before dropping in September.
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- Profile: What originally began as a term used to mock cliche in-jokes and viral media has since become an entire way of life. We are now living in the Dank Ages, and it is glorious. Dank memes really do make the world go 'round, it seems.
- Highlights: Meme Cop | ISIS Lures Women | That Makes Me Dank |
- Figures: Google searches for the keywords "dank memes" exploded in 2015, steadily climbing throughout the year other than a brief dip in July.
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