Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Entertainment

24 Chic Events That Proved 2018 Was Crazy, Rich and Banked On Bitcoin

Are you ready to say "Thank You, Next" to 2018?

Maitri Patel

Dec 20, 2018

Alpharetta, Georgia

174

https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/998561809991983106

I can't believe 2018 is already coming to a close, and it's been a pretty crazy year. From diverse movies to Mark Zuckerberg memes, the pop culture trends of this year were definitely at its A-game. Here are 24 entertaining events that made us all think that 2018 was a pretty a-okay year to be alive (culturally speaking, of course).

1. Who can forget about the purrr-fect Marvel movie — Black Panther!

Let's raise a glass to the amazing creator of this movie's characters and the rest of the Marvel Universe: Stan Lee, who will forever remain in our hearts and imaginations as we move on to the new year.

2. It feels like it was forever-ago, but let's not forget about the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

And it was a historic one at that with North Korean participating, taking another step towards easing tense relations in the Korean peninsula.

3. Here's a toast to those who made some big bucks off of Bitcoin. It was good while it lasted folks.

4. Crazy, Rich Asians. That's all I can say.

Finally! A diverse-casted rom-com!

5. All of Generation Z can praise this one — Incredibles 2. We waited a while — it finally happened, and it did not disappoint.

I've been waiting for this since 2004.

6. The event that had almost all American heads turning... the royal wedding!

She's not even our Duchess but hey — don't say anything against Megan Markle.

7. Ariana Grande's forever-iconic "Thank U, Next"

Forever-iconic, I'm telling you. You can check it out here.

8. Okay, the high-key ridiculous (low-key funny) Tide-Pod challenge

Hey. It's another thing that made 2018... well, 2018.

9. That very lucky "Super-Bowl Selfie" kid

C'mon, who wouldn't want to take a selfie with Justin Timberlake?

10. The movie that had every Marvel-lover in tears — Avengers: Infinity War pt.1

"Mr.Stark, I don't feel so good."

11. One word. Fortnite.

The dance haunted us for months.

12. Started at a Wal-mart and ... now he might be at Coachella — Yodel Boi.

He's just 10 years old, but his country song put him at the top.

13. The event that produced the most memorable memes of 2018 — Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in front of Congress on the Cambridge Analytica Scandal.

"How does your platform make money?"

"Uh, Senator. We run ads."

14. Gorls, gorls, gorls

The new phrase that caught the world by storm. Not "girls." "Gorls."

16. Yanny or Laurel?

It was the new "dress." What did you hear?

17. Colin Kaepernick's famous Nike Ad

"Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything."

18. "Weird flex, but ok."

a.k.a "Whatever you're showing me is weird, but you do you fam."

19. FEMA's Presidential Alert that gave me a heart attack in my computer science class.

Thanks a lot, Trump.

20. The mantra, "Let's get this bread."

21. The 2018 midterm elections — and all the memes it came with.

Voting in 2016 versus voting in 2018 be like...

22. "Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it..."

If you don't know this, then you don't deserve to be on Twitter.

23. "Hey mom, can you microwave a turkey?"

24. The internet phenomenon that proves we have too much time on our hands. Grape surgery.

Plainly put I didn't understand this one, but hey, it was a part of what made 2018 special.

2018

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Student Life

The 12 Stages Of Course Registration, As Told By "Friends"

No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook

7553

YouTube

As college students, we are all familiar with the horror show that is course registration week. Whether you are an incoming freshman or selecting classes for your last semester, I am certain that you can relate to how traumatic this can be.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

Bonus points if it is more than two.

Keep Reading...Show less

registration

Featured

Economic Benefits of Higher Wages

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

Florida International University

303384

Illistrated image of people crowded with banners to support a cause

StableDiffusion

Raising the minimum wage to a livable wage would not only benefit workers and their families, it would also have positive impacts on the economy and society. Studies have shown that by increasing the minimum wage, poverty and inequality can be reduced by enabling workers to meet their basic needs and reducing income disparities.

I come from a low-income family. A family, like many others in the United States, which has lived paycheck to paycheck. My family and other families in my community have been trying to make ends meet by living on the minimum wage. We are proof that it doesn't work.

Keep Reading...Show less

Entertainment

13 Times April Ludgate Perfectly Explained College

Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

2301

Every college student knows and understands the struggle of forcing themselves to continue to care about school. Between the piles of homework, the hours of studying and the painfully long lectures, the desire to dropout is something that is constantly weighing on each and every one of us, but the glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel helps to keep us motivated. While we are somehow managing to stay enrolled and (semi) alert, that does not mean that our inner-demons aren't telling us otherwise, and who is better to explain inner-demons than the beloved April Ludgate herself? Because of her dark-spirit and lack of filter, April has successfully been able to describe the emotional roller-coaster that is college on at least 13 different occasions and here they are.

Keep Reading...Show less

april ludgate

Recommended for you

24 Chic Events That Proved 2018 Was Crazy, Rich and Banked On Bitcoin

Are you ready to say "Thank You, Next" to 2018?

In This Article:

1. Who can forget about the purrr-fect Marvel movie — Black Panther!

2. It feels like it was forever-ago, but let's not forget about the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

3. Here's a toast to those who made some big bucks off of Bitcoin. It was good while it lasted folks.

4. Crazy, Rich Asians. That's all I can say.

5. All of Generation Z can praise this one — Incredibles 2. We waited a while — it finally happened, and it did not disappoint.

6. The event that had almost all American heads turning... the royal wedding!

7. Ariana Grande's forever-iconic "Thank U, Next"

8. Okay, the high-key ridiculous (low-key funny) Tide-Pod challenge

9. That very lucky "Super-Bowl Selfie" kid

10. The movie that had every Marvel-lover in tears — Avengers: Infinity War pt.1

11. One word. Fortnite.

12. Started at a Wal-mart and ... now he might be at Coachella — Yodel Boi.

13. The event that produced the most memorable memes of 2018 — Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in front of Congress on the Cambridge Analytica Scandal.

14. Gorls, gorls, gorls

16. Yanny or Laurel?

17. Colin Kaepernick's famous Nike Ad

18. "Weird flex, but ok."

19. FEMA's Presidential Alert that gave me a heart attack in my computer science class.

20. The mantra, "Let's get this bread."

21. The 2018 midterm elections — and all the memes it came with.

22. "Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, don't say it..."

23. "Hey mom, can you microwave a turkey?"

24. The internet phenomenon that proves we have too much time on our hands. Grape surgery.

Subscribe to our Newsletter

No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

What is the current minimum wage at the federal level?

What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

What are the states that have set a $15/hour minimum wage?

Told through Parks & Recreation GIFs

Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

Trending Topics

Top Creators

Trending Stories

Best of Entertainment

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments

Subscribe to our
Newsletter