A deep-fried image of the Let's Player Markiplier photoshopped onto the face of Lord Farquaad from Shrek captioned "E" appeared online. It was a perfect cocktail of surreal sh**post signifiers, combining YouTube culture, Shrek, gross filters, and the ultimate nonsensical text. In April, it spread like a mind virus infecting the meme subreddits, and eventually the meme reached a zenith when PewDiePie reviewed it (using many images culled from the KnowYourMeme gallery, thank you Felix). Here are some of the staff's favorite examples of this brain-melting meme.