Welp, this is the way 2016 had to end with a very, very sad meme.
Twitter user Jonny Sun started a meme challenge on Twitter that turned pretty dark pretty quickly.
Sun started by tweeting his own version of the meme, now lovingly referred to as “Sad Kermit.”
when u give urself a gentle hug evrey night before u go to bed, reassuring urself that no mater wat, the day was yours bc u chose to live it pic.twitter.com/fTH8o5k3h9
jomny sun, authoer (@jonnysun) December 13, 2016
Leading by example, Sun challenged his followers to imitate his efforts to create a “wholesome” meme using the picture of Kermit.
@jonnysun the chalemge.. can u wholesome the sadest meme in the worlbd, i think.. no
jomny sun, authoer (@jonnysun) December 13, 2016
Never missing a chance for a challenge, Twitter users immediately stepped up to the plate with their takes on “Sad Kermit” memes and what started as a wholesome challenge quickly took a dark, weird, existential turn.
The memes started innocently:
when ur makin a snowman w/ ur niece but she cant roll big snowballs yet so u be the big snowball & wait for her to put a litle snowball on u pic.twitter.com/9gJGyYd9V3
jomny sun, authoer (@jonnysun) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when ur dog is taking up ur whole bed so u sit in the corner so you don’t wake them up pic.twitter.com/THnBb75yHa
Hannah Carande (@HannahCarande) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when you’re sitting outside and become mesmerized by the way the grass ripples in the wind pic.twitter.com/hAmI6QxvtM
sleigh-na (@DANACHRlST) December 13, 2016
And then got a little bit darker:
@jonnysun when you get overwhelmed at the dance and chill in a stall to collect yourself but don’t want anyone to identify you by your shoes pic.twitter.com/VFXAvHIsg7
Jordan Pryor (@jordodale) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun When ur in an argument with a loved one and ur thinking of the right joke to break the silence and make things okay pic.twitter.com/TJCQnlqS96
Aaron Peever (@aaronpeever) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when ur homesick but u know that feeling is only possible bc u were brave enough to take a chance on the dream of a different life pic.twitter.com/JMzcMPyxYX
Colleen (@ironic_tshirt) December 13, 2016
And then they really went off the deep end:
.@jonnysun when the painful memory comes back, but it’s nice to feel the hurt, to feel anything. pic.twitter.com/aVsFA0DDvk
Andy (@andydvnn) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when you realize that your daughter is now too big to hold without it looking silly, and you will never pick her up again pic.twitter.com/ZMbCAdUcB8
Andrew W Chamings (@AndrewChamings) December 13, 2016
@jonnysun when you intellectually know that masculinity is a toxic prison but keep catching yourself perpetuating and benefitting from it pic.twitter.com/LErN3sAvTl
ohbusiness (@ohbusiness) December 13, 2016
Looks like everyone’s favorite meme star Kermit ended 2016 the same way as the rest of us did.
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Read more: http://mashable.com/2016/12/13/jonny-sun-kermit-meme/
