The 2019 meme season is well under way. It started when the #10YearChallenge turned from earnest picture posting to a viral meme and now, as we head into the second half of January, we have “Some of y’all… and it shows.”
As with many of the great meme formats, it’s easy to understand and you can plug almost anything into it. This is what made things like “Distracted Boyfriend” so popular. Of course, that meme required downloading a picture, coming up with a label for all three characters, and at least a minimal amount of photo editing. “Some Of Y’all” is text-based and you only have to come up with one thing. It’s the simplest possible format. It’s a Mad Lib with one blank. It’s memes boiled down to their essence. If you’ve always wanted to get into making memes but were too intimated, now is your chance. It’s really hard to go wrong with this one.
Be nostalgic.
Some of ya’ll never listened to dubstep back in 08’-12’ and it shows.
— Vital Events (@VitalEvents) January 13, 2019
Some of ya’ll didn’t record songs from the radio to cassette tape so that you could listen and rewind 100x to write down the lyrics in a spiral notebook and it shows.
— New Year, New G (@GisEloquent) January 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/NaomiCh33331864/status/1084462616783790080
https://twitter.com/dianazng/status/1085024341358755841
https://twitter.com/spoticry/status/1083896464986832897
Be super earnest and judgy.
https://twitter.com/AlexisR95457667/status/1085263429781184512
Some of ya’ll don’t know how to be alone and it shows.
— Susiee. (@svdzz_) January 13, 2019
Some of ya’ll didnt pay attention when your grandpa was teaching you to say “Yes sir” or “Yes ma’am” or to respect others and especially yourself.. and it REALLY shows
— Gavin Huke (@GavinHuke) January 13, 2019
Some of ya’ll didn’t have to be funny because you were attractive and it shows
— omar (@heymynameisomar) January 9, 2019
Be oddly specific.
https://twitter.com/allie_fast/status/1084877552152387584
https://twitter.com/__dxnny/status/1082481118757044226
some of ya’ll have never listened to this legendary 6-stages high note by Yoo Hweseung aka the super-power-maknae-vocal (according to himself) and it shows pic.twitter.com/ZPABTsKfYB
— tung☀️ (@fluffyhwehwe) January 12, 2019
some of ya’ll never used bath and body works cucumber melon hand soap as a kid and it shows
— remi cruz ✨ (@missremiashten) January 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/jwesley710/status/1082101378862829569
Some of ya’ll don’t love your water and wastewater #infrastructure and it shows. pic.twitter.com/gx8XtzHPIy
— Jones & Henry Engineers (@JHEngineersLtd) January 8, 2019
Just be plain mean.
Some of ya’ll know how to use AirPods & not dental floss and it shows . pic.twitter.com/GtAD1A70T8
— Pancho Guillen (@panchothedoc) January 16, 2019
Or even downright confrontational.
and some of ya’ll ONLY date drug dealers and it shows 😂 https://t.co/fQIjTR8y5u
— sabrina (@sosababy3hunnid) January 16, 2019
Not surprisingly, brands have jumped on the trend to start selling us things. They mainly opt out of using “Some of ya’ll” and go with the more straight-laced “Some of you” like a bunch of squares.
Some of you have never received an end piece of a baguette as your side and it shows.
— Panera Bread (@panerabread) January 15, 2019
Some of you haven’t had Whataburger this week and it shows
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) January 14, 2019
Some of you have never had to reconcile being a peanut while also advocating for the consumption of peanuts and it shows.
— Mr. Peanut (@MrPeanut) January 14, 2019
Does such a basic meme have any real staying power? Sure, it’s fun to remind people that Drake & Josh was a thing you watched instead of doing your homework, but how long exactly will that remain viable or interesting? With a meme format this simple and ubiquitous, it probably won’t be long before you receive a text from your mom saying, “Some of ya’ll haven’t texted your parents this week and it shows.” That’s when you’ll know the party is over.
If “Some Of Ya’ll…” is going to stick around, it’s going to have to evolve into something new in the next few weeks or it’s going to end up in the meme graveyard hanging out with “Charlie Bit My Finger” and “Chocolate Rain.”
