the boy math ain't mathing
That Kevin James Photo, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
Here at Digg, we try our best to cover the most important and confounding memes that come across the timeline. But the web is littered with tons of great memes that never quite hit the mainstream and instead just bounce around the weird corners of Twitter or Reddit. Enter our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked.
This week, we've got David Byrne's kooky moves, boy math and everyone's favorite Kevin James photo.
3. David Byrne dancing
The Meme
I personally love David Byrne and the Talking Heads. They're one of my favorite bands, and one of my favorite movies (and my pick for greatest concert film of all time) is Jonathan Demme's brilliant "Stop Making Sense." It features Byrne, the lead singer and frontman of the band, dancing for two straight hours while wearing a suit that grows bigger and bigger throughout the concert.
Footage of him practicing his zany dance moves recently became a meme, possibly spurred by the recent release of "Stop Making Sense" at IMAX for its upcoming 40th anniversary. And man oh man, did people come up with hilarious ways to quote-tweet and caption David Byrne’s wild antics. I could watch that man dance and sing for hours, one of the most underrated musicians and artists of all time. Love him to death.
Examples
Me when I’m supposed to be writing https://t.co/1uspUo2N64
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) September 25, 2023
me when I get the zoomies https://t.co/VDMEwP1lIV
— actually it’s good (@yungchomsky) September 25, 2023
Me back in the office trying to remember how to act around other people https://t.co/bKtmtaJxGX
— R/GA (@RGA) September 25, 2023
David Byrne is just George Michael Bluth if he was one of the best songwriters of his generation https://t.co/pF6afjx2o7
— Josh (@FLITTER) September 25, 2023
me after the vaccine https://t.co/Hz7YPpF5T3
— 7/11 Truther (@DaveMcNamee3000) September 25, 2023
david byrne in a saw trap: pic.twitter.com/KExyn0bCp0
— the morally corrupt juan barquin (@woahitsjuanito) September 25, 2023
David Byrne: (fucking his friend's girlfriend)
— rh*s (@OttoPivnerBFA) September 25, 2023
Friend: (enters room)
David Byrne: Uh oh! https://t.co/nq2eENjECf
Jared Russo
2. Boy math
The Meme
ICYMI, girl math became a thing recently, and it was a delightful little escape from the everyday mundane. Eventually boys — yes, I’m generalizing — had to ruin it, so lo and behold, boy math was born.
A quick little jab at all the boys who clowned all the girls for doing math. You know it’s gone mainstream when the politicos chime in.
Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 27, 2023
The examples could’ve gotten meaner, and they’re out there, but you get the point.
Examples
Boy math pic.twitter.com/jaIIm8BOE3
— Kristina Hart (@edgykristina) September 26, 2023
Boy math is paying $44 billion for a $25 billion company and, through business smarts and entrepreneurial know how, turning it into an $8.8 billion company
— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) September 27, 2023
boy math is what led to the 2008 financial crisis btw
— kombucha enthusiast (@omnirodent) September 27, 2023
Boy math is opening up your marriage so you can fuck around then getting mad bc your wife is gettin slammed while you severely overestimated your market value
— ✨Muscle Mommy✨ (5'3 btw) (@racheltrains) September 26, 2023
Boy math is how 5’10” measures 6’ https://t.co/85djuD5Nql
— rae 🫠 (@RaeWitte) September 25, 2023
Boy math getting kinda dark…you shoulda let them ladies joke about their Starbucks and purses. Now generational traumas is being brought up n Shit
— Aerin Creer (@FromAerin) September 26, 2023
Me reading every “boy math” tweet: pic.twitter.com/2jdRWTnLVt
— Tiaraoluwa 💕 (@TheOluwabukunmi) September 27, 2023
Adwait Patil
1. Kevin James
The Meme
Sometimes, there's absolutely no rhyme or reason why a certain photo or phrase has gone viral — some things just resonate with us all on a deep, spiritual level, and the memes blossom in a very beautiful, very natural way. One recent example of this phenomenon is that Kevin James photo.
You know — the one of him in a kitchen, hands in pockets, smirking cheekily. It's doing the rounds on X right now for inexplicable reasons, and I'm loving every second of it. Keep the Kev memes coming.
Examples
“yo my homie thinks you cute”
— juju 💰 (@ayeejuju) September 24, 2023
the homie: pic.twitter.com/DGLMiqvbvG
“I’ll take a shot if you take a shot”
— 𝓝 (@elgueroatl) September 24, 2023
Me: pic.twitter.com/Q6FEYuiWa2
can you watch them while I go smoke pic.twitter.com/WpLunhY1Cu
— 🥀 (@allofthel0ve) September 24, 2023
saw you at the show too scared to say hi pic.twitter.com/evFAxg8iyC
— gels (@ieslegnerual) September 24, 2023
Me when I accidentally reveal information that I can’t explain how I know because the way I found out is insane pic.twitter.com/O3OHQEGppG
— brooke (@_milf_vibes_) September 23, 2023
me when my friend posts a screenshot of our text messages on their story so everyone can see how funny i am pic.twitter.com/2DAEDlU2o4
— grace (@gracesftdt) September 24, 2023
“These edibles ain’t shit”
— Plathanos 🐝 🇩🇴 (@SavinTheBees) September 26, 2023
Moments later: pic.twitter.com/QqF7wEcZXs
My buddy’s buddy who I’ve never met before when I pull my vape out pic.twitter.com/M6GvYiUJxu
— Miscounted Cash Flow (@Miscountedcf) September 23, 2023
me watching my girl pay for me pic.twitter.com/16AmIDwmvY
— SK⚡️ (@raptalksk) September 26, 2023
logan roy: are you a sicko?
— female roman roy (@sarahburhans_) September 25, 2023
roman: pic.twitter.com/UwysjVFzkG
me when my friends are telling me what i did the night i blacked out pic.twitter.com/vVrFCT1txG
— aphrodite (@alyvivianna) September 24, 2023
My friends asking me if I threw up in the bathroom after I come back with watery eyes and am a little sweaty pic.twitter.com/lkkQYeOXSR
— the dreaded pirate jordyn (@jordynejoness) September 23, 2023
Darcy Jimenez
And if you're hungry for more memes, here's the last edition of "The Week's Best Memes," where we discussed substance addictions, betrayal, missing military jets and what $100 can get you at the grocery store.