In reality, this fly, sly duck doesn't even need a caption to make you laugh. One cannot even believe this animal exists. Alas, it does and it was one of

the people's favorite memes of the year.

As long as Beyonce exists, there will be Beyonce memes. That's likely the only constant we can be sure of in this crazy world we live in. While Queen Bey

ordering gave way to some hilarious interpretations, they weren't as great as the ones that came from her infamous, less than good-looking Super Bowl performance. Oh, you know that face

we're talking about.

There are some great expanding brain memes out there, but there are a lot that fail. Seriously, some make no sense whatsoever. With that, this one is on point.

Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul went to a fashion show. Being that he's more like us than the fancy Hollywood types, he was really confused as to what the hell was

going on. Not a horrible meme, especially since the actor got in on it himself, but not as widespread as some of the others on the list.

With a new Star Wars came a new obsession. Well, a couple. We'll talk about porgs later. Right now we're all about that little scene where the emotional wreck that

is Kylo Ren basically rocked mom jeans. That one instance inspired people all over the world to take part in his far, far away fashion.

Without a doubt, Asahd Khaled is the coolest baby on the planet. At least that's what we're led to believe with his dad's Snapchat game. It's like that kid was

born to be a meme, but what if he wants to be something more?

Text-based memes are harder to pull off because um, pictures are just a hell of a lot easier to process. I can't hate that much though because the best of

First of All memes had me rolling through 2017.

When the person who holds the highest seat of power in the United States can't spell a common word, you better believe it'll become a staple in the world of

memes.

Kendrick Lamar dropped Damn at midnight on April 14, 2017. By 12:01 am people were recreating the cover in some pretty fantastic ways. The only thing is that those not

in the know didn't even know where the cover came from. We're talking about soccer moms who share memes on Facebook...

Had memes been as ever present when Gordon Ramsay first started yelling at people on TV, there would be a hell of a lot more featuring him. Alas, his infamous

"idiot sandwich" line found its way to the forefront in 2017 and become a favorite of many. Personally, the dude has said way worse things to people on his shows.

Come late October, Kim Kardashian shared a picture of her mother looking well, you see. She told the world to "caption this" and her followers did not disappoint. Don't you

kind of love that the Kardashians are in on their own jokes sometimes?

Insinuating that all Italians a speaka like dis with their hands, a cascade of creative memes came into play.

We all know we'd probably look down on the world too like Blue Ivy if our mama was Beyonce and our daddy was Jay Z. Her shade on the balcony

produced some of the realest memes because of it.

An oldie, but always a goodie. People still found a way to make Michael Jordan's tears relevant AF in 2017. When you see it..

Although Jersey Shore ended in 2012, the meme world made it poppin' again after many took scenes and marked them as famous movies. Like this Breakfast Club one. It's so

simple, yet so comical at the same time.

Republicans can be a little extra at times. So much so that people decided to run with it by giving birth to some of the best memes that would leave

Trump and his gang shook.

Taking the simple fact that society thought by 2017 the world would look like Space Odyssey when in reality it's as backward as ever makes for one hell of a

meme.

We all had a field day when Trump decided that Obamacare wasn't "good enough." We can only hope he saw every single meme that came from that decision.

A reaction GIF can also be a meme. That's the world we're living in people. This is the future. White guy blinking was likely used by every other human on

earth in 2017 when "excuse me" and disbelief were all they could convey.

Just seeing the man romper in an ad was funny enough. Then people started to transform it into memes that tore it down and set that fashion trend on fire.

How can you be VP if you are not meme-worthy? The memes that came from Joe Biden weren't ever about making fun, they were about complete respect.

Ed Sheeran appearing on Game of Thrones for like two seconds didn't fare well with many fans of the HBO series. They decided to channel those feels into memes. We're

thankful for that.

Why does this picture of Trump touching an orb like an evil villain still make us uneasy? Oh yeah, because he is a villain. On the bright side, people had

too much fun recreating, comparing and just killing it.

Clearly the best part of The Last Jedi was the introduction of the porg. Fans showed their love for the cutest creature ever in the series with a series of

memes that made us fall in love with them all over again.

It's safe to say that we're never going to let The Office go away. Plus, with the announcement that there may be a reboot in the works, Office memes had

a bit of a resurgence.

Pepsi thought that putting Kendall Jenner in a commercial was a great idea. Most definitely. She's part of the most famous family out there. Then they thought, well she could

definitely help end racism with a can of Pepsi. That's where things went so wrong for them, but oh so right for the meme world.

It's Always Sunny has given us so much, but the Pepe Silvia scene gave us a meme that could be used to describe our personal insanities at times.

You've all heard of Elf on a Shelf. Well, there's so many other variations now that it made that holiday tradition much better to deal with.

Who knew putting a cowboy hat on various objects and pairing it with the phrase "what in tarnation?" would be one of the best moments of 2017.

At the 2017 SAG Awards, Stranger Things took home a big win. The whole cast was up there and as our baby daddy David Harbour gave a passionate speech about

the current state of the country, Winona Ryder made a variety of faces. All of them displaying absolute confusion. Those faces went on to be used as our reaction to

so much throughout 2017, including the second season of the Netflix series.

When you're the least qualified President of the United States to ever win the election, people are going to put you in your place by showcasing your idiocracy.

"Y'all living in the here and now while this guy's over here living in 3017" expressed a myriad of hilarious comparisons that showed people living too ahead of our time,

or more literally...at 3017.

Mr. Roll Safe was a true gift to the meme lovers out there in 2017. He gave way to so many deep thoughts.

When United Airlines removed a passenger with the force of a UFC fighter the world clapped back with some of the best memes to ever hit the internet.

All it took was one Trump supporter to stop and show her respect for Trump's Hollywood Star for the world to fight back. In came a parade of

others showing nothing but respect for every and anyone who wasn't Trump.

When Meryl Streep got lit at an awards show, her cry was heard around the world. Then it was made into a million and one priceless memes.

And you thought bros were going to just get it for their man rompers. Nope, in came cracking a cold one with the boys.

Netflix categorized the horror film Babadook as an LGBTQ movie. With that came one of the most glorious LGBTQ icons ever. They even paired him with a man, Pennywise!

2017 was a rough one for all of us for way too many reasons. So it was fitting that memes expressing our lost hope and despair reigned supreme.

Ivanka Trump said she went through a punk phase. HA! Which to her probably meant wearing a t-shirt with jeans, once. People went insane with the news.

The day came. Trump was going to take his place in the White House. Michelle Obama receiving that gift from Melania expressed everything we felt and then some.

A scene from an adult film in which two dudes get in on in front of a woman eating a salad become an American hero in 2017.

We've all played "The Floor is Lava" as a kid. It made quite the comeback in the form of memes that has the floor being everything under the sun.

Distracted boyfriend is what happens when people find the beauty in stock photos. We got so many of these, it made our summer in 2017 that much hotter.

With great memes comes great responsibilities. We adored Cash Me Outside a little too much and created a monster out of a Dr. Phil guest.

The It remake let a whole new generation fall in love with the Stephen King story again. It also allowed us to have more Pennywise memes than we could have

ever hoped for.

There weren't a lot of glimmers of hope in 2017, but we can all agree this dancing hot dog was one of them.

It didn't take long for people to turn a line from Taylor Swift's "rebellious" "Look What You Made Me Do" into one of the best memes ever.

While Spongemock wasn't the best meme of 2017, it was pretty damn close. iT WaS PReTty DaMN ClosE!

No other meme in 2017 could come close to the amazingness of Salt Bae. He was a real dude just doing what he do, and he became a meme icon

because of it.