Most of us tend to think of memes as fairly recent developments. After all, they're an internet phenomenon, so by design, we'd assume they're modern creations. But an old comic from the 1920s has been making the rounds on Twitter as proof that what makes for a good meme is in no way reliant on the existence of the internet.

The American Chopper meme is an effective way to work through both sides of an argument, something most people don't care to do these days, especially not on the internet. Essentially, it's a miniature version of Plato's dialectics, using a dialogue to reach truth through reasoned discussion.

Time to shut down the "Steamed Hams but..." meme. Jeff Goldblum has won.

Let's be honest. Whether you loved or loathed Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there was one thing at the center of that loving and loathing. Shirtless Kylo Ren. You know it's true. John Mayer and the rest of the Internet know it's true, too.

Dating is fun for some people and for others it can be a mess of misunderstandings and with technology as the middleman sometimes it can lead to projecting things onto to people. Then a fountain of regret. "Cat Person" the short story in the New Yorker that has blown up and resonated with a lot of people for different people.

No Pennywise on your special day? Well, too bad, if you're video producer Jesse McLaren's sister. In a mischievous act of photoshopping, McLaren took his sister's pictures like he was asked—then added a little IT-themed surprise.

The Babadook and Pennywise are currently Hollywood's newest "it" gay couple. (Get it?)

The "Distracted Boyfriend" stock photo meme swept the Internet recently, resulting in endless iterations (and a triumphant girl-power ending to the memestory). One artist gave the meme a clever literary twist and it is currently my favorite thing.

Twitter was already having fun dragging Matt Walsh's sexist meme, and then an "actual gender studies professor" stepped in to set him straight on some things.

Some memes are funny and some are cruel and some are both, leaving you curled up in a fetal position and laughing while you question your existence.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders brought out some utterly Photoshoppable posters to explain the new #MAGAnomics plan.

In response to allegations towards Donald Trump Jr.'s collusion, Kellyanne Conway went "full on Sesame Street" on Sean Hannity by bringing out flashcards as a visual aid. 

Even before the election, when we still thought things could be good, words mattered, and there were objective truths that could be agreed upon, Ivanka Trump was attracting attention—some of it creepier than the rest. Since its conclusion, she's been heralded as a "moderating influence" on Donald Trump and a champion for things that her father is decidedly bad for, despite how it's becoming increasingly clear that just isn't true.

It's 2017, and what you do on the Internet has real-life ramifications. No one should internalize this message more than the group of students who gained admission to one of America's most elite institutions only to lose their place because of behavior on Facebook.

I'm just as bewildered at this video as they seem to be.

Pepe the Frog's creator is none too happy about white supremacists co-opting his art, and he let everyone know it in Fantagraphics' Free Comic Book Day offering.

Whether it's because of her opinion on the Trump family's politics, or because having Ivanka in the neighborhood is reportedly pretty awful, this neighbor, drinking wine and enjoying the giant "Queer Dance Party for Climate Justice" outside of Trump's home, is the new Kermit sipping tea.