“Making the story into the series was still an adventure, just as it was about a decade ago. I knew that it would be all or nothing; either a masterpiece or a quirky flop,” Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk told The Korea Times. “The idea behind this work was very experimental. So I would keep on asking myself if audiences will find it convincing that the characters are risking their lives to play children’s games. After about 12 years, the world has changed into a place where such peculiar, violent survival stories are actually welcomed.” He added, “The series’ games that participants go crazy over align with people’s desires to hit the jackpot with things like cryptocurrency, real estate and stocks. So many people have been able to empathize with the story.” That said, there has been a silver lining to all of those pitch-black elements: The memes! Squid Game memes took over TikTok and Twitter, largely because of a Facebook and Instagram outage—which also became another set of memes in itself. Cheer up after episode 6 with the best of the bunch, conveniently compiled for you below.
Squid Game Memes
1. Do you remember where you were during the Facebook and Instagram outage of 2021?
2. Who knew cookies could be this filthy?
3. Directioners, please never let this happen.
4. We felt this too.
5. Admit it, you checked this too.
6. As long as there’s no context, you don’t have to worry … save to say that these are very accurate.
7. Let this be a lesson to always be aware of your surroundings.
8. How many of you would be dead on the spot from Skip-It?
9. Grab your tissues. We understand.
10. BTS Army, we see you.
11. Relatable.
12. We would watch the hell out of this.
13. If you look at the fate of a lot of child stars, this is almost accurate anyway.
14. So cold-blooded!
15. Both can be true!
16. Ouch!
17. 001 really is No. 1.
18. Let’s be real, Squid Game would somehow be more upsetting if it had dogs.
19. Hilarious.
20. None of us were.
21. Everyone who hasn’t hopped on the bandwagon yet probably feels the same way about Squid Game.
22. And this one!
23. Could this be the world’s darkest crossover event?
24. Shhh.
25. Anyone else think this too?
26. To be honest, a lot of us already felt this way long before Squid Game existed.
27. It was a relatively swift jump from “Oh, this looks like a cute show!” to “Oh my God…”
28. And just in time for a new Adele song, too.
29. Seriously, how were they able to shoot this and keep it together?
30. We have back pain just watching this.
Next, binge-watching because the Delta variant killed your plans? Find solace in these memes.
