The “deadass” meme rose out of Black Twitter, imagining fuckboys in Timberlands and fitted Yankees caps — fashion signifiers akin to AirPods and waves in terms of sheer symbolic weight.

Still, the classic AirPods design became common fashion shortly after being the butt of everyone's jokes, so we're curious how the public will take to the AirPods Pro once they hit shelves on Oct. 30.

Non-commercial memes about AirPods sloppily added oversized graphics to an image, or referred to the product at EarPods, or in various other ways screwed up in a way that felt authentic.

This week, AirPods are back in meme status, but for the entirely opposite reason. This holiday season, they are practically a fashion item. Twitter trending, December 25 2018 ...

Airpods can't catch a break. After getting smushed into slime ASMR, turned into weird earrings, and mocked for rich people flexing, Airpods are the subject of yet another meme. The meme makes fun ...

This isn’t the first time Apple has sparked a viral Twitter meme. Over the holidays in December, “AirPods for Christmas” went viral as users pitted AirPods as a status symbol of desire.

The AirPods pack up to five hours of power, but the accompanying case will hold a 24-hour charge, so users can place them back inside to get more juice. But for $159, some people weren't having it.