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‘This is fine’ meme deserves Time’s Person of the Year

The only meme that could fill the dark void of 2016.

 

Samantha Grasso

Internet Culture

Posted on Dec 7, 2016   Updated on May 25, 2021, 10:40 am CDT

Yes, OK, President-elect Donald Trump was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, but hear us out:

Because honestly, after every single trash fire of 2016, that meme was all of us, going about our days, sipping coffee, as if our houses had not just blown up and our tiny hats had not just caught ablaze. 

Yes. This is fine. We are all fine.

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*First Published: Dec 7, 2016, 1:20 pm CST