These ‘I’m Gonna Tell My Kids’ Tweets Are The Perfect Meme To End The Decade
You’d have to be living under some kind of internet-proof rock to not notice all the ‘I’m gonna tell my kids’ memes taking over our timelines this week.
It’s a joke we can all get around. Basically, people are tweeting images of random celebs or memes captioned with, “I’m gonna tell my kids this was [insert a famous icon, group or historical figure].”
It never gets old.
gonna tell my kids that this was blink 182 pic.twitter.com/YObN15DS1G
— blink-182 (@blink182) November 21, 2019
While the meme might have a disturbing origin, it was reborn this month as the perfect way to cap off the end of the 2010s. The meme below was posted early November and seemed to be a catalyst for the all the recreations that would follow.
gonna tell my kids this was obama pic.twitter.com/dgyiVN54Q7
— benjamin (@lowendfury) November 14, 2019
Since the above tweet, there has been hundreds of hilarious memes taking the piss out of how we will all remember our history.
Here’s a roundup of some of the funniest ‘I’m Gonna Tell My Kids’ memes:
#1.
Gonna tell my kids this was Romeo & Juliet. pic.twitter.com/Jz2SNZQ377
— baby blue (@mariaaa306) November 19, 2019
#2.
I’m telling my kids this was gordon ramsey pic.twitter.com/7O9P7ZVNfs
— emily ✨ (@uhhmmily) November 20, 2019
#3.
Imma tell my kids this was Whitney Houston https://t.co/XN9zx4yy8U
— Cori Kennedy (@Corikenned) November 20, 2019
#4.
telling my kids this was Lady Gaga pic.twitter.com/dKYPSoalPU
— Michael Scott (@Da_MichaelScott) November 20, 2019
#5.
gonna tell my kids this is Mount Rushmore. pic.twitter.com/G7SEWklnzn
— ✨Nakia Danielle✨ (@UrLeadingLady) November 20, 2019
#6.
Gonna tell my kids this is Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello pic.twitter.com/B3LaMZiSlN
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) November 19, 2019
#7.
Gonna tell my kids this was Eminem pic.twitter.com/NMicEIS4Fa
— Trailer Park Boys Screencaps (@TPBoysScreen) November 20, 2019
#8.
Imma tell my kids this was Aretha Franklin pic.twitter.com/XdJwe0RtPF
— galleria garibaldi (@paultaughtyou) November 20, 2019
#9.
Gonna tell my kids this is the Mona Lisa with Leonardo da Vinci ? pic.twitter.com/qua3Ec45gS
— TRAVIS SCOTT FANS ? (@LaflameScott) November 20, 2019
#10.
im gonna tell my kids this was lil nas x https://t.co/FyaBUtlKU7
— nick (@nicksholiday) November 19, 2019
#11.
gonna tell my kids this is the #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/eLXHWno1MG
— Andi (@JLosOscar) November 19, 2019
#12.
telling my kids these were the avengers pic.twitter.com/YzMJWZWwVD
— best of bll (@archivesbll) November 20, 2019
#13.
gonna tell my kids this was keeping up with the kardashians pic.twitter.com/giiXk2a1JR
— mar (@mxrvey) November 20, 2019
#14.
Gonna tell my kids these were the Kardashians pic.twitter.com/L1tGTM6qDf
— THE TWILIGHT SAGA (@Twilight) November 20, 2019
#15.
Gonna tell my kids this is the Statue of Liberty. pic.twitter.com/AtrraAkB58
— Beau (@adrianabellomej) November 20, 2019
#16.
Gonna tell my kids this was Abraham Lincoln pic.twitter.com/nZlVBZ0QPi
— yeah i’m emo, so what? (@ThyArtIsMemes) November 17, 2019
#17.
Gonna tell my kids this was the Queen of England https://t.co/Dt4rQsvCzp
— M (@mjayxx_) November 19, 2019
#18.
gonna tell my kids this is elon musk pic.twitter.com/iqPwzJBZV3
— yeet loaf (@ChickenAlfonso) November 17, 2019
#19.
Gonna tell my kids this was jfk and Jacqueline Kennedy pic.twitter.com/3A1C4emWsD
— Alyssa (@xhodez) November 18, 2019
#20.
Gonna tell my kids this is Timothee Chalamet pic.twitter.com/HV3pU4zB6H
— ANAL EAZE KEATING ? Mother @ HOA (@deaddilf69) November 19, 2019
#21.
Gonna tell my kids this is how they broke down the Berlin Wall pic.twitter.com/xhAME2Qlkn
— Vinny Guadagnino (@VINNYGUADAGNINO) November 20, 2019
#22.
gonna tell my kids this was SNL pic.twitter.com/Zx4ZY8vFs8
— Trevor Wallace (@TrevWall) November 20, 2019
#23.
Gonna tell my kids that this is siri #TheGoodPlace pic.twitter.com/soHvFiOQGY
— Ben (@ben10ten10ten) November 20, 2019
#24.
Gonna tell my kids this was Elvis pic.twitter.com/rdldrrbBti
— yeah i’m emo, so what? (@ThyArtIsMemes) November 17, 2019
#25.
gonna tell my kids this Justin Bieber pic.twitter.com/7k6w4Hyihv
— perc nowitzki (@ogmaxb) November 19, 2019
#26.
I’m gonna tell my kids this is Danny DeVito pic.twitter.com/FglUvA5f8z
— pat tobin (@tastefactory) November 19, 2019
#27.
gonna tell my kids this is avril lavigne pic.twitter.com/9jgbO179k2
— vardaan arora (@vardaanarora) November 19, 2019
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