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 a guy who's tried 100 things, a guy who's tried 1,000 things, Golden Retriever boyfriends and Britney Spears' dirt on JT.
3. Guy who's tried 100 things
The Meme
Everybody loves to make up a guy. And a guy can truly be anything you want them to be.
In the tradition of the 10,000-hour practice mark, or whatever Malcolm Gladwell popularized, "a guy who's tried 100 things" was created, along with his nemesis, "a guy who’s tried 1,000 things." A quick one-two jab between the two, these posts seem like a natural extension of the age-old proverb of guys being dudes.
Examples
guy who’s tried 100 coffees: ethiopian yirgacheffe is a delightful cup, has a rare blueberry flavor note which isn’t found in any other bean and a slight spiciness
— adam 🧌 (@burgerkrang) October 24, 2023
guy who’s tried 1000 cofffees: dude you gotta hop on mcdonald’s coffee
Guy who's read 100 Spider-Man comics: Kraven’s Last Hunt is an absolute masterpiece. The height of comic book storytelling and sequential art.
— nebula should have killed thanos (@gwenstacying) October 24, 2023
Guy who's read 1000 Spider-Man comics: dude you gotta hop on Spidey and his Amazing Friends
guy who's played 10 final fantasy games: final fantasy vii is the most philosophically, thematically and ideologically coherent work of fiction ever made. a prescient masterpiece far beyond its years.
— straylight ➡️ AWA 2023 😈 (@strayfromlight) October 23, 2023
guy who's played 100 final fantasy games: y'all slept on mobius final fantasy
Guy who’s read 100 Superman comics:
— shu (@Thantacore) October 25, 2023
Lex Luthor is the greatest comic-book villain
Guy who’s read 1000 Superman comics:
Yo check out this fucking cowboy dude https://t.co/RUiXCm8dho
guy who's listened to 20 Jim O'Rourke records: Eureka is an absolute masterpiece. a beautiful album that masterfully merges the avant-garde with 60s lounge-pop.
— 👻spooky jetski👻 (@jetskitosway) October 24, 2023
guy who's listened to 200 Jim O'Rourke records: dude you gotta hop on Steamrooms 19, 26, 34, 41, 47, 53...
guy who's watched 100 horror movies: Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an absolute masterpiece. the height of slasher films and realistic, textured horror.
— 🎃 Catherine, Queen of the Damned 🎃 (@funkeekatt) October 24, 2023
guy who's watched 1000 horror movies: dude you gotta hop on Basket Case 3
Adwait Patil
2. Golden Retriever boyfriend
The meme
According to the internet, a Golden Retriever boyfriend is "a significant other that is easygoing and makes it fairly simple to maintain a happy and fulfilling relationship." Just like a Golden Retriever, "they require little to make them happy. They just want to know they're loved and receive plenty of affection." Cute, if not a little patronizing.
The "Golden Retriever boyfriend" meme dates back to at least 2021, but it's had a resurgence on X over the past week — though this time, people aren't being as kind to your puppy-like BF as they would be to a real dog.
Examples
your golden retriever boyfriend seems to have contracted rabies i’m so sorry but he has to be put down
— clare (@sadderlizards) October 23, 2023
so many of you want a golden retriever boyfriend but are you strong enough to old yeller him when the time comes
— stoned cold fox (@roastmalone_) October 24, 2023
i’m euthanizing your “golden retriever boyfriend”
— killers of the flower bailey moon (@baileymoon96) October 20, 2023
i let your golden retriever boyfriend outside and he killed like three birds and a squirrel
— clare (@sadderlizards) October 21, 2023
I found your “golden retriever boyfriend” and he was dead in Miami
— wisconsin drunk driver (@fionaapplescock) October 20, 2023
it’s all “i want a golden retriever boyfriend” until he eats your underwear and socks and then throws them up
— cas - ALMOST HALLOWEEN (@campbelIbain) October 24, 2023
Golden retriever boyfriend to YOU. He's a rabid dog to everyone else
— milfzun agenda 🔞 (@sqqslaywer) October 24, 2023
Darcy Jimenez
1. Britney Spears' memoir (or, technically, Justin Timberlake)
The meme
Britney Spears just released a memoir titled "The Woman in Me," and the internet has been very excited about it. Sure, they want to know what makes the iconic pop star tick, but they're mostly here to dunk on Justin Timberlake.
The two high-profile singers, once a couple, were the subject of much media attention early in their careers, so all those folks who grew up idolizing them are absolutely feasting on all the dirty laundry. Even better, the audiobook as performed by Michelle Williams is an absolute treat for those thirsting for "tea."
Examples
Oh yeeahhhh fo shizz fo shizz https://t.co/Mkp5FoB2ib pic.twitter.com/3liUrQtBzw
— Heben Nigatu (@hebennigatu) October 24, 2023
Ginuwine: hello, my name i-
— b (@the_petshopboy) October 24, 2023
Justin Timberlake: pic.twitter.com/TyfXSZZhud
MAY DECEMBER but it's Michelle Williams spending a week with Britney before she records the audiobook.
— Jorge Molina (@colormejorge) October 24, 2023
who’s narrating the britney memoir? pic.twitter.com/Xbbwyyhul4
— alex (@alex_abads) October 25, 2023
Michelle Williams is gonna EGOT thanks to the Britney Memoir and I think that's beautiful.
— Rohita Kadambi (@RohitaKadambi) October 24, 2023
— John Levenstein (@johnlevenstein) October 25, 2023
Grant Brunner
And if you're hungry for more memes, here's the last edition of "The Week's Best Memes," where we were naming rocks, getting tired of Jada Pinkett Smith "revealing" things and enjoying Pete Davidson playing a Swiftie.
[Image credit: Faber Leonardo]
