If there is one feature that unites all of the very best memes that have ever existed, it’s that they disrupt the status quo in some way. The main reason they get popular is because they bring some kind of fresh perspective, even if they’re going over familiar ground.

It’s true, good memes are often surprising. At the same time, they also win us over by having an element of familiarity. It might be paradoxical, but it seems to work. They wouldn’t have been entertaining us for this long if that wasn’t the case. 

The wide variety of ways in which memes achieve these goals is the reason we are able to bring you this random selection at regular intervals. Nobody really knows what is going to happen next, and that is part of the beauty of it. We’re all on this wild ride just waiting for the next thing that makes us look twice.