The Brief: Memes about Apple's wireless headphones: AirPods have been popping up. One meme format, in particular, has stuck.
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In these AirPod memes, a picture usually illustrates a scenario where someone is wearing AirPods, making it so that they cannot hear what is going on around them. The caption usually conveys someone trying to warn them of impending danger before realizing that “they have AirPods in” so they “can’t hear us.” Although this meme has dark tones, the humor comes from the absurdity of people wearing AirPods in a variety of scenarios, including made-up ones, movie scenes, and historical moments.
Other AirPod memes poke fun of the fact that they’ve become a status symbol for many wearers and that they don’t have any wires. Many of these memes make fun of AirPod users for being rich and/or stuck up.
Oh No! They Can’t Hear Us!
OMG watch out stuart little theres a car coming !!! Oh no he has air pods in he can’t hear us!!! pic.twitter.com/uQXDrt3PfW
— eric curtin (@dubstep4dads) January 16, 2019
OMG watch out regina george, there's a bus coming!! Oh no…she has airpods in she can’t hear us!!! pic.twitter.com/EdvgYxTEIG
— RyansAverageLife (@RyanAbe) January 16, 2019
A reference to an egg beating Kylie Jenner’s record for having the most-liked picture on Instagram:
Kylie the egg is breaking your record.. oh god she has airpods in she can’t hear us pic.twitter.com/BSME64G9ci
— alex symonds (@SadJan_Stevens_) January 14, 2019
First meme That I can actually post bois enjoy from r/HistoryMemes
A reference to Big Chungus and the queen will die on January 5 conspiracy
Miscellaneous AirPods Memes
A brought to you by OG Earphone Gang meme:
3.6 Gang from r/dankmemes