It’s relatable, somewhat amusing, and easy to comedically flash-forward from. May 24, 2013, the day Flappy Bird was uploaded to the App Store), waiting has been a chronic theme. Be it a bus, a train, or simply waiting for the world to change (we’re looking at you John Mayer), waiting is something relatable to literally everyone. Well, there’s a high chance you’re only reading this article because you’re waiting for something. So how did such a simple meme become so popular? Often, the meme is nothing more than one of these templates, captioned, “waiting for (insert variable),” or “when (insert variable) doesn’t happen,” yet somehow, it has been an internet staple for years. Bean waiting for yonks to be picked up by a moped.Īnother early variation of waiting memes, as many things do, originated on 4Chan, from an image of a skeleton lying across a red velvet sofa with text that read, “OP will surely deliver/Let’s just wait”. ![]() Since its humble beginnings, the waiting meme has evolved into many formats including the waiting for package meme, wait wait wait meme, narcos meme, guy waiting meme, various skeletons doing various things, what are you waiting for meme, underdog meme, wait what meme, SpongeBob Squarepants questioning his existence in a Bikini Bottom diner, Quinton Tarantino wandering aimlessly around a house, and Mr. When that coworker you always eat lunch with is sick… #DontDieOnMeNow /8rj2iBvOux ![]() The original post received 40,000 points on Reddit and ended up on most of your social media feeds as a result. ![]() This is probably the variation you’ve seen the most, titled: “When that co-worker you always eat lunch with is sick…”. This time the caption read: “When you watched the leaked episode and now have to wait for 10 days instead of 7.”īut the day the Pablo Escobar waiting meme became an internet staple was February 5th, 2018, when it snuck its way into the subreddit r/funny. Three days later, a Reddit user launched that image into circulation by posting that badboy to the subreddit r/oneplus, captioned: “When you bought oneplus 3 but the site says ‘pending shipment'”.ĭespite the niche-ness of the OnePlus advocate community, the meme gathered enough attention to make it’s way into the rather mainstream r/AdviceAnimals subreddit. An anonymous meme generator uploaded a three-panel image of the series’ star waiting miserably in a selection of locations. The first known sighting of the Pablo Escobar meme can be tracked back to October 8th, 2016 one month after the 2nd season of Narcos was released on Netflix.
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