The best and funniest memes of 2022: Adam Levine, Julia Fox, more
We had the memes like Jagger.
The various high jinks, gaffes and downright laugh-out-loud moments that defined meme culture in 2022 proved to be a godsend during a stressful year that otherwise seemed to offer precious little to laugh about — unless of course you found inflation to be hilarious.
From Adam Levine’s leaked steamy messages with Sumner Stroh to Tom Brady coming out of retirement, everything was fair game — Jerry Seinfeld in streetwear proved to be about as cool as a Kenny Bania standup set, and made us laugh at least twice as hard, Julia Fox had the planet in stitches that one time she forgot how to speak English, while Joe Biden’s famous tangle with a two-wheeler turned out to be a bipartisan comedic highlight. (Apologies to the President.)
Here, the memes that defined 2022.
Adam Le-meme
Jagger would have never.
This summer, Stroh dropped the bombshell that she had been exchanging scandalous messages with the Maroon 5 lead singer.
Levine allegedly wrote “it is truly unreal how f–king hot you are. Like it blows my mind,” to the model and OnlyFans star — a message that the internet quickly reworked to be about food and other items that are often scalding.
“Me vs the hot pocket i just made,” one person Tweeted.
“Printers in the 1990s,” added another.
“Goldilocks trying the first bowl of porridge,” posted a fellow Twitter user.
Julia Fox in ‘Uncut Gahms’
Julia Fox gave the internet a diamond in the rough.
During an interview last February — where the actress commented on a Page Six video saying she was “stoned” — Fox pronounced the title of her breakout film “Uncut Gems” to instead phonetically sound like “Uncut Gahms.”
The soon-viral gaffe quickly became superimposed in the minds of many — whether they liked it or not.
Spirit Halloween
The only spooky thing here is how on point many of these memes were.
Ahead of Halloween, the internet rebranded generic-looking costume packages from Spirit to instead depict hilarious stereotypes from several walks of life.
A few of the best included early 2000s Avril Lavigne, conservative guy scared of big cities and, of course, wannabe Tony Soprano.
Even the meme itself became a meme once it was played out by the end of October.
Little Miss Memes
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Cartoon sketches from the 1971 British kids books “Mr. Men and Little Miss” enjoyed a renaissance online this year.
The adorable looking figures had been satirically captioned with a plethora of first world problems — including “treating yourself at the slightest inconvenience” and “over-planning with Google Docs” — on Instagram and more social sites.
Although the meme was most popular during summertime, posts about “Little Miss drank too much at the company Christmas party” are also floating around this winter.
A special New York City batch of the memes were made as well.
Tom Brady unretiring
Football fans and teams alike had a field day last March when a now-single Tom Brady pulled a Brett Favre by undoing his retirement from the NFL. It was just over a month from when he supposedly hung up his helmet for good.
Prior to the return announcement, it was celebration for all outside of the Tampa Bay area, as even the New York Jets tweeted “this better be real” in excitement on February 1.
But things quickly turned into a comedic nightmare once TB12 struck back like that of the Empire from “Star Wars.”
“Guess not,” Gang Green disappointedly posted upon receiving the news. But Robert Saleh’s squad wasn’t alone in lamenting Brady coming back to the gridiron.
Several NFL teams — along with stadiums’ worth of fans — shared their plight online.
Even Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors took jabs at Brady’s move, jokingly suggesting that he might have been going to too many kids’ birthday parties.
It’s Morbin’ time!
At least there was something that caught fans’ attention from Marvel’s big letdown last April.
Hopes were high for “Morbius,” a Spider-verse villain origin story that followed the smashing success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” But the flick proved to be just as lifeless as the titular vampire played by Jared Leto.
In response, the internet sarcastically demanded endless sequels for the flop. People began cranking out memes — some viewed in the millions — to mockingly call for the new installments, but with a very specific demand.
The protagonist had to exclaim “It’s Morbin’ time!” — a play off the Power Rangers catchphrase “It’s morphin’ time!”
Soon after, “morbin’ time” became synonymous with anything that was a dud or poorly received online.
Jerry Seinfeld wears Kith
It still beats the puffy shirt.
The comedian dabbled in streetwear fashion last September — sporting a Mets hat, floral button-downs, a sweatsuit and brightly colored fleece — as part of a Kith advertising campaign. But fans of “Seinfeld” were quick to air their grievances over the look.
“Jerry Seinfeld wearing someone’s nonna’s couch,” tweeted @JosieJosie35. “They dressed up jerry seinfeld as a beastie boy?” wrote @lionel_trolling.
“Who wore it better” memes also compared Seinfeld to Jason Alexander’s George Costanza from the show.
It had too been suggested that Costanza should have collaborated with the brand after infamously wearing an oversized “Gore-Tex” jacket in the Season 5 episode, “The Dinner Party.”
Sleepy Joe Biden falls off his bike
If only inflation would drop as quickly as the Commander in Chief did.
After President Biden took a spill while riding his bicycle last June, the internet had a bipartisan laugh at his expense.
The emblem for Life Alert — a button used by senior citizens who’ve taken a fall — was quickly stamped onto pictures of Biden’s tandem ride.
“Putin’s gravity hike!” one caption to the image read.
“Joe Biden is only good at crashing bicycles and economies …” another user tweeted.
