Much hand-wringing has been had recently over the fact that more than ever, the internet appears to be controlled by online shopping. Many social media platforms seem to contain almost as many ads as they do posts and drop shippers rule all. 

It’s a bleak state of affairs for those who champion being online as a place where creativity and freedom of expression rule, but we’re not at the endgame here. Let’s be positive: we still have memes! 

Those funny little pictures have undergone numerous transformations over the years, but they still endeavor to give us varied and free entertainment even while the world seems to be crumbling around us. There will be no prizes for guessing what lies underneath this intro. These memes may only see your eyeballs for a moment, but the legacy of what each one continues to do for us lingers for a heck of a lot longer.