University of Idaho students and graduates have taken quite the following on their student-run media pages. “UIdaho Memes for Socially Distanced Teens” has taken numerous names, including “UIdaho Memes for Spuddy Teens” and “UIdaho Memes for Scott’s Tots,” but it has never failed to make UI Students laugh.
The ever-growing Facebook group has surpassed 4,500 members since its creation in 2017, joining the vast group of university meme pages in the Northwest. Sydney Hartford, one of the group’s admins, describes the page as “an outlet for students to voice their opinion, and a place to foster a bit of community.”
“I love the creativity,” Hartford said. “I love that you can get a sense of student’s positions on campus or be irritated at the President’s stances on snow days.”
The page has given students a place to creatively voice their opinions and build a community with students who share their views and frustrations. The meme page has also given the student community quite a few laughs. Here are the top ten memes that “UIdaho Memes for Socially Distanced Teens” has given us this academic year.
#10:
Coming in at number 10, with 214 reactions, this one reminds us we’ve all had our soul possessed by Academia at some point.
#9:
Meme nine, with 221 reactions, is the other classic Bernie meme.
#8:
Meme eight, with 227 reactions, reminding us of simpler times when we only had flu season to worry about.
#7:
Meme seven, with 231 reactions, reflects our sentiments, exactly.
#6:
Meme six, with 239 reactions, with some playful banter towards Washington State University.
#5:
The beloved Leo presents meme five, with 269 reactions.
#4:
Number four, with 304 reactions, we have President Joe Biden extremely disappointed in the freshman who are “technically sophomores.”
#3:
In third place, with 340 reactions, this meme reminding us of the days when Moscow’s air quality index was over 500.
#2:
In second place, with 393 reactions, we have the classic Bernie meme that you can’t possibly avoid, nowadays.
#1:
In first place, with a whopping 558 reactions, this wholesome post about the steam plant’s skeleton set-up honoring the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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