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The 'straight line, dashed line' meme will roast you within an inch of your life
3 January 2019, 17:42
Another day, another meme...
2018 was a pretty iconic year for memes. Over the course of just twelve months, the internet came up with some of the best memes of all time. From the terrifying (the FBI agent watching you through your webcam meme is amazing but also WTF) to the hilarious (is this a pigeon is a timeless classic) and the downright bizarre (they did surgery on a grape was a thing), 2018 really delivered on the meme front.
However it looks as though 2019 will be equally iconic. We may only be mere days into the new year but, as it stands, we've already been blessed with the guy in pink thigh high boots and the Bird Box memes are still everywhere. The latest meme to come on our radar actually first surfaced at the end of 2018 but is still making big waves now: the straight line, dashed line meme is here and it's going to roast you.
The meme itself is simple. You write "Straight line: ________________", "Dashed line: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___" and then end it with a hilarious line of your own. From iconic lines from films and TV to painfully accurate diagrams of people who use Instagram stories a little bit too much, it's versatile af and one of the funniest things on the internet atm.
Still confused? We've gathered just a few of the best ones for you all in one place.
Some are targeting Instagram girls.
Straight line:
— Trashye (@TrashyeWest) January 1, 2019
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Dashed line:
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The IG story of a girl recapping her 2018:
⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻⁻
Way harsh Tai.
Boys can be just as guilty.
Straight line:
— Parvati (@teztikelz) December 24, 2018
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Dashed line:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
IG story of an Atenean fuckboy lipsynching to Drake while driving his Mitsubishi Lancer along Katipunan:
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This is very specific.
Now this is something we can all relate to.
straight line:
— ✨✨✨ (@sweeetasss) January 1, 2019
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dashed line:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
my heart beat when my crush acknowledges me:
.......................................................
We've all been there.
The meme can be very educational.
straight line:
— Jef Mancera (@superjefman) December 29, 2018
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dashed line:
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phylogenetic tree of angiosperm emojis:
🌷🌴🌾🎋🌹🌸🌺🍁🌵🌼🌻
| | |___| |__| |__| | |___|
| |___| |______| | |
|____| |________|____|
|_________________|
This is inspired.
This is one for the scientists out there.
Straight line:
— Dom Tamayo (@_dominiism_) December 25, 2018
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Broken line:
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Action potential:
/\
/ \
/ \
——/ \ /———
\ /
If you know, you know.
Ariana Grande is getting called out.
straight line:
— hannah (@divineverytime) December 31, 2018
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dashed line:
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Ariana's instagram story of toulouse at different angles:
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Toulouse is beautiful and we will appreciate every Toulouse photo Ariana shares with us.
Now this is just rude.
Straight line:
— 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙮 (@jerms_moj) December 25, 2018
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Broken line:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
My grades, from 1st to 2nd quarter:
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\____
We did not ask to be read like this.
The meme suits songs.
Straight line:
— sher (@angellfuckk) December 24, 2018
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Dashed line:
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Sweet Caroline:
BA————BA————BA
'Sweet Caroline' slaps and we won't hear anything against it.
3OH!3 fans can I get an amen?
Straight line:
— 💀 Snapchat: MoshWithTyler 💀 (@MoshWithTyler) January 3, 2019
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Dashed line:
— — — — —
Most iconic line:
"Tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef
THAT I'M A VEGETARIAN AND I AIN'T FUCKING SCARED OF HIM"
Now that was a classic.
One Direction obviously made it's way into the meme.
Straight line:
— t ◟̽◞̽✨ (@frigmundseud) January 2, 2019
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Dashed line:
— — — — —
Most iconic line:
When One Direction sing "And I" and Harry finishes it with "hope that you don't run from me" in If I Could Fly
Hang it in the louvre.
Oh and Kodaline.
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— Nicolas Basilio Antonio (@Nicolas_Czar) December 30, 2018
Straight line
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Dashed line
“But if you loved me, why’d you leave me?”
Koda line
Ffsssss.
Shadowhunters is getting the meme treatment too.
Straight line
— 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 | 𝟗𝟓 (@mqgnusbane) December 30, 2018
______________
dashed line
— — — — — — — — —
The most iconic line
alec lightwood loved one man so much he changed the world for him
Iconic indeed.
It's the scientists that really made this meme their own though.
straight line:
— Wilmer Angelo ✨ (@wilmerangelo07) December 28, 2018
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dashed line:
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Bacterial growth curve:
| ______________
| / stationary \
| /log \ death
|___/
| lag
|__________________________________
We need to log off.
