16 Of The Best — And I Mean Best — Memes From The Winter Olympics So Far
The Beijing Olympics are in full swing, and with it, of course, comes hilarious memes.
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Here are just 16 of the funniest 2022 Winter Olympic memes so far:
1.When the iconic Pita Taufatofua (aka, Tonga's flag bearer) couldn't make this year's Olympics — but, thankfully, we still got Nathan Crumpton of American Samoa:
Do you approve, @PitaTofua?
Thanks, Nathan.
2.When people didn't even realize the Winter Olympics were on, because what is time, anyway?
Didn't even know the Winter Olympics were taking place until I opened Twitter.
3.When American figure skater Nathan Chen perfectly embodied this emoji:
Nathan Chen is actually the 🕺 emoji.
4.When Canada showed up to the opening ceremony bundled up in basically everything:
Canada demonstrating all of the winter wear at once.#OlympicGames
Look at all that comfort.
5.When people came up with memes for the "Welsh bobsleigh team":
Welsh bob sleigh team ready for the Olympics
6.When people were confused about the smokestacks at the Big Air venue — which were from a former industrial park...
Feels pretty dystopian to have some kind of nuclear facility as the backdrop for this Big Air skiing event 🥴
...and it became a meme:
The Big Air stadium at the Olympics seems to be right next to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
7. And the fact that it's the ~Winter~ Olympics:
"Winter" Olympics from memes
Like, why have snowy mountains as a backdrop when you can have gigantic smokestacks?
8.When "Imagine" played at the opening ceremony:
An Olympic opening ceremony using Imagine, eh. How original... #OpeningCeremony #WinterOlympics #Beijing2022
9.Just, like, the mood of the figure skating song selections:
There is a lot of overlap between "music that is good for figure skating" and "music that is good for when a person is dying on Grey's Anatomy"
10.When someone asks if you're watching the Winter Olympics:
Watching the Winter Olympics
11.I mean, Blades of Glory references just *work* when it comes to Olympic figure skating:
Telling my kids this madison hubbell and zachary donohue #Olympics #Olympics2022 #Beijing2022 #figureskating
12. When every sport is wildly terrifying and awe-inspiring at the same time:
13.When the fashion is one of the best parts of the Olympics:
getting ready for the olympics
14.The fact that the ~chemistry~ between skating duo Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim pairs well with anything:
Just an average Friday night for us. #WinterOlympics
15.And finally: When we saw this wholesome moment of Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu getting ready:
*commentators curious about how the olympic champ gets ready backstage*the olympic champ yuzuru hanyu:
16.Even though his short program didn't go as planned, he's still the main character:
The 2022 winter olympics does not start until Yuzuru Hanyu arrives in Beijing.
