“It’s interesting to see the show still reaching new levels of popularity.”Īnd, according to Lazenby, it’s that undeniably addictive quality The Office possesses that makes it so memeable. You simply can’t watch once and never go back to it,” he says. “People finish the series and go straight back to the start. Reddit user Mike Lazenby, a longtime moderator of /r/dundermifflin, tells TIME that, thanks to repeat viewings, the subreddit is more active than ever before. But that description fails to account for the show’s incomparable slapstick comedy and sharp satirical take on contemporary work culture.įor those reasons and more, The Office continues to keep people coming back for more.

If you had never heard of The Office and someone told you that it was about the everyday lives of people working at a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, you probably wouldn’t be too keen on watching it. Why do moments from The Office so easily lend themselves to memes? But before that happens, TIME is here to rank the best The Office memes ever that the show has inspired in the nearly 15 years since its March 2005 debut - and boy, are there a lot to choose from.īecause as long as the absurd workplace comedy of The Office remains relatable to the modern world, people will keep watching and the memes will keep flowing. Now, Netflix has announced that The Office will be leaving in January 2021 to move to NBCUniversal’s new streaming service. And from Michael screaming “No God, please no!” to Jim (John Krasinski) and Dwight’s (Rainn Wilson) infamous “It is your birthday” sign, it truly does seem like there’s an Office reaction GIF for pretty much every occasion.

In turn, like Spongebob Squarepants, the show has become one of the most memed shows in internet history. Netflix has given younger viewers who never saw The Office on TV the opportunity to watch the series for the first time and fans who loved the series during its original run to revisit it time and again.

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