The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom ever, and it’s filled with larger-than-life characters doing insane things. When Google was founded in 1998, it was already in its tenth season.

The lifespan of an internet meme is a precarious thing. Some go viral within a tiny community and become an in-joke. Others flare up, burn brightly, then quickly fade away again. Some get revived ...

The Simpsons is two things. It’s a 30-year-old TV show, complete with a film, merchandise and video games. It’s also an online hydra; a many-headed beast of steamed hams, GIFs of Homer ...

'The Simpsons' has satirized pop culture for 30 years, and given back too. In addition to inventing new words, people still make memes based on early seasons. Here's where the "Do it for her" meme ...

As this meme suggests, the stress and hours spent studying can take their toll on people, Lisa included. Even though students can look amazing at the start of the year, by the time the final week ...

Even the meme’s ascendance is shrouded in mystery. (Oakley believes it was jumpstarted by hundreds of wacky Australians badgering a supermarket for “steamed hams” in 2016.) ...

Others flare up, burn brightly, then quickly fade away again. Some get revived months later. And some, like the very excellent steamed hams meme from The Simpsons, simply go from strength to strength.