The Scantron meme is a clever nod to finals week
Scantrons are the bane of any student's existence. But this meme might make them a little less nerve wracking.
If you went through any sort of school system, you probably had to use a Scantron form to take a test. After agonizing over a multiple choice question, you scratched in what you hoped was the right answer with a No. 2 pencil and prayed to the standardized testing gods that you won't get hit with a fuchsia incorrect mark.
But the horrible test sheets are now a beautiful ASCII meme. The Scantron meme imagines a variety of characters attempting to take a multiple choice test in the only ways they know how, like this dolphin.
[dolphin taking scantron test]
A B C D E
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
2. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
3. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
4. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
5. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]— Ygrene (@Ygrene) March 21, 2019
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Or mid-2000s Gwen Stefani.
gwen stefani taking a scantron test
A B N D E
1. [▫️] [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
2. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
3. [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️] [▫️]
4. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
5. [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️] [▫️]
6. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]— owen roeder (@OwenRoeder) March 22, 2019
Since Thursday, the meme has taken over Twitter feeds.
e-girls taking a scantron test:
A B C S K
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️]
2. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
3. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️]
4. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
5. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️]— Blondie Wasabi (@bobbywasabi__) March 22, 2019
Danny Devito taking a scantron test
A B C D E F G
1. ◻️◻️◻️◻️◼️◻️◻️
2. ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◼️
3. ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◼️
4. ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️
5. ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️— Danny Devito Facts (@FactsDevito) March 22, 2019
The dancing queen taking a scantron test
A B C D E
1. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
2. [▫️] [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
3. [▫️] [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
4. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]— Aol.com (@lukasbattle) March 22, 2019
a crow taking a scantron test
A B C D E
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️] [▫️]
2. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
3. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
4. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
5. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]— kayeggity (@kristinakay33) March 22, 2019
Snorlax taking a scantron test
A B C D Z
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
2. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
3. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
4. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
5. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]— Spartan 117 (@seanymoshow) March 22, 2019
[brendon urie's live vocals taking scantron test]
A B C D E
1. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
2. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
3. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
4. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
5. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]— Linds // 6 & 7 (@kingotheclouds) March 22, 2019
The type of meat I was when my mom found out I failed a test with a scantron
A B C D E
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️]
2. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️]
3. [▪️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
4. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▪️] [▫️]
5. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]— Max Dylan Ash (@mynameisntdave) March 22, 2019
There were even crossovers with the "They live among us" meme, which banishes sinners like stoners to the depths of Scantron-less hell.
If hell doesn't have standardized tests, though, it doesn't sound so bad.
Weed smoker taking a scantron test:
A B C D E
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
2. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
3. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
4. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
Can’t see the answers? That’s because they don’t have scantrons in hell— decent pigeon (@decentbirthday) March 22, 2019
Some Twitter users leaned into Twitter's formatting mess.
[me, no hand-eye coordination, taking a scantron exam]
▪️
A B C D ▪️ E
1. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] ▪️
2. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
3. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] ▪️
4. [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️] [▫️]
▪️
▪️
▪️— chris is a world-renowned sex icon (@hentai__police) March 22, 2019
But Twitter's formatting is still easier than dealing with the crushing anxiety of a multiple choice test.