Readers reply: what is – or was – the best-ever internet meme?

The dramatic chipmunk, distracted boyfriend, the raccoon with the candy floss or “success kid”, what is - or was - the absolute top, world-beating, best-ever internet meme? Antony Scacchi, Los Angeles, US The meme that launched a thousand memes … Distracted Boyfriend, from 2017.Photograph: AntonioGuillem/Getty Images/iStockphoto The doge that started it all – a shiba inu named Kabosu.Photograph: http://kabosu112.exblog.jp/ The cutscene from the Japanese video game Zero Wing, which was released – brace yourself – 34 years ago.Photograph: Namco Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com . The next new question and replies to this week’s question will appear on Sunday 4 January. Readers reply I love the cat furiously typing at the keyboard . DMCMelbourne Nothing since comes close to the obvious winner - the crazy frog meme. astrothewonderdog Hello, World! Billions of people wrote this as their first ever line of code, or their first web page, a sunny greeting full of the optimism of starting something new. It’s been a rite of passage since long before the internet existed, but it sums up everything that the internet should be. Randomusername222 Badger badger badger, mushroom, mushroom. clodhop and ConfusedDotDom Sneezing baby panda . Also, and not sure it’s a meme as such, but the lolcat bible . Patrickdodds The one of Tom DeLonge (from Blink-182) in the blond wig and moustache mouthing “ What the fuck ” might not be the best but always makes me laugh. SpaceWater Does anyone else have a soft spot for the original cat-in-a-shark-costume riding on a Roomba ? So many imitators! daleaway A photographic diptych shows a woman crying with anger, held back by her friend in the first panel, sneering and pointing with anger at her nemesis in the second panel ... a white cat sat at the head of a table , with a look on its face that says: “I know I hurt you Karen, and I just don’t care.” Everything about it is perfect, the sheer drama of it, and the punchline of a cat with that astounding look on his face. Gets me every time. I still have no idea what’s going on, and I never want to. The joy is in the interpretation. Taffer “I like turtles” ... Universal answer. GreyMouser This all-timer burn reaction gif . Estand Why you always lying . LiamForest World’s most accurate pie chart . DermotTrellis I don’t know if it’s the best, but there are surely none more apposite to the current moment than “the stupid it burns” . IrishIain Homer hedge retreat . CashPoint I’ll always have a soft spot for the original Doge meme. It’s a throwback to a more innocent time on the internet. Wow. Such meme. bearvsshark “I’m not a cat” lawyer Zoom meme. Never gets old and tops if you are having a bad day. Anton1961 Rickrolling . My son finds it hilarious in his mid-teens today, despite the meme coming into existence years before he was even conceived and Rick Astley’s song being released two decades...

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