As Microsoft is turning 50, and while it would be tempting to create a meme for each of its 50 years, that's a task even Copilot would find daunting; after all, Internet memes didn't exist 50 years ago, right?
Instead, I’ve gathered some of my favorite memes, along with picks from the Windows Central staff. Narrowing them down wasn’t easy, given the sheer volume of great ones out there (and seriously, can we please normalize 16:9 ratio memes going into 2025?).
Microsoft memes are universally understood because most of us working class folk spend a good chunk of our lives staring at Windows screens, and that's just Windows Update...
Poking fun at these tools of our corporate overlords is a collective coping mechanism, and generally something people from all walks of life understand. But anyway, less talk, more memes!
