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'Mama, Kudos For Saying That,' And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
Here at Digg, we try our best to cover the most important and confounding memes that come across the timeline. But the web is littered with tons of great memes that never quite hit the mainstream and instead just bounce around the weird corners of Twitter or Reddit. Enter our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked.
This week, we've got reactions to Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, people's non-human crushes and creative applications of an instantly iconic "Drag Race" quote.
3. Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan
The Meme
James Mangold, who has been on a hot streak of directing very good action movies in recent years, is doing a musical biopic drama for his next project. "A Complete Unknown" is an upcoming film he's co-written about Bob Dylan's switch from his patented folky acoustic and harmonica around his neck to the electric guitar. The depiction of this pivotal moment in '60s rock history will have Timothée Chalamet playing Bob Dylan, and the first set photo is out!
And... it just looks like Tim dressed as Bob for Halloween. Based on online reactions, most people are quite disappointed so far. (Also, Boyd Holbrook is apparently going to be Johnny Cash in the movie? Imagine the reactions to THAT leaked set photo.)
Examples
— laurel (@pigeoncowboys) March 17, 2024
Grandmama.
— Reynaldi (@OhFredrik) March 18, 2024
It's me.
Anastasia. pic.twitter.com/aKmYGvvDMS
The Honorable Duke Leto Atreides and his son, Paul, in informal Caladanian garb pic.twitter.com/miYrjZnWmr
— Lolo (@LolOverruled) March 18, 2024
This is how Keira Knightley used to show up at the airport pic.twitter.com/oZqImXMgA2
— 7/11 Truther (@DaveMcNamee3000) March 18, 2024
Early reviews are in! pic.twitter.com/ATnY7CKc3G
— Jonah Koslofsky (@Koslofskyspeaks) March 17, 2024
Exclusive first look of Timothée Chalamet on the set of James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’ pic.twitter.com/PZUTuOVSIv
— Chris Thorburn (@CBThorburn) March 17, 2024
this is not Bob Dylan, it's simply every man who has ever tried to talk to me about Bob Dylan https://t.co/kUbNY3rTnH
— Marissa R. Moss (@MarissaRMoss) March 18, 2024
Jared Russo
2. 'Hear me out'
The Meme
Last month, a KPop fan shared a prompt on X about unlikely crushes using the phrase "hear me out," which has bounced around the internet for a while now. The post certainly did numbers on its original platform, but it has now made its way over to TikTok — where it has become even more unhinged, as many people share outrageous fictional characters instead of, ya know, real people.
who is yalls craziest “hear me out”
— rinnie (@KOSMHOE) February 8, 2024
Examples
Via @mostlylee
Via @savedbythedels
Via barbiespit
Via bumbunnyiy
Via @saltlacroix
Via @go_dani_gol
Grant Brunner
1. 'Mama, kudos for saying that'
The Meme
"RuPaul's Drag Race" sparked a meme this week — it's not the first time the show has done so, and it certainly won't be the last. This one, though, is based on an exchange between Q, Plane Jane and other season 16 contestants, in which Q disclosed that they were HIV-positive.
After Q had finished sharing their story, Plane Jane responded with: "Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling."
“I have been HIV-positive for about two years now.” Thank you Q for sharing your story and helping to end the stigma. 🫂 #DragRace pic.twitter.com/tg36IxUkWm
— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) March 16, 2024
It's a touching moment, for sure, but people found Plane Jane's somewhat unserious reply to such an emotional outpouring very funny — and began placing those immortal words over other heartfelt or pivotal moments from movies and TV.
Examples
— florence (@chercourr) March 18, 2024
— Christopher Mac 🦭 (@motherquoter) March 18, 2024
— bally singh (@putasinghonit) March 18, 2024
every kudos every spilling all at once pic.twitter.com/9PAg4U85vK
— Fran Zaya, no the other one (@salmattos) March 17, 2024
— Peter Twinklage (@PeterTwinklage) March 17, 2024
— thot catalog (@trekpup) March 17, 2024
— Cody Wimmer (@Cody_Wimmer) March 17, 2024
Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling. pic.twitter.com/FkQAji7udQ
— Aaron (@AaronGoldyBoy) March 18, 2024
Darcy Jimenez
And if you're hungry for more memes, here's the last edition of "The Week's Best Memes,", which featured jokes about the 2024 Oscars, reactions to the potential US TikTok ban and the latest in a conspiracy about the British royal family.
[Image credit: @chercourr]