It was the meme of the year.

While there have been some fab memes in 2017, we have to say that this one was one of our faves. It stood as a great explainer to anyone who was confused, or in disbelief. Just take a look here:

Me:I need more hours

Job:can you cover ______ shift Me: pic.twitter.com/nuNGvSg7xf — jew’zuna (@HalfJewish) February 11, 2017

Me: "I'm gonna fail this exam lol" *fails exam* Me: pic.twitter.com/XvXhDb9KBv

— Joseph Morgan (@Josephmorgan96) February 16, 2017

When you watching your favorite movie with someone and an important part comes on but you look over and the person is just on their phone... pic.twitter.com/w9Kcp3IInO

— Marcus Perez (@Markaaaay) February 18, 2017

me: this essay is so bad

professor: this essay is bad me: pic.twitter.com/Y3y4NkHzhr — zof (@kitttenqueen) February 18, 2017

me: spends $300 on a shirt me when an app I want costs $0.99: pic.twitter.com/9rJaMRRWes

— WHEN YOU DO CLOWNERY THE CLOWN COMES BACK TO BITE (@SNATCHERYDOO) February 17, 2017

Me:I need more hours

Job:can you cover ______ shift Me: pic.twitter.com/nuNGvSg7xf — jew’zuna (@HalfJewish) February 11, 2017

See? Twitter has got a lot of mileage out of it this year. And now, the man behind the meme has finally been revealed, and we were not expecting this:

While it's rad that the world is exposed to the quiet magnificence of @drewscanlon, this stuff always feels like parallel universe shit. pic.twitter.com/PniP4mni20

— Cal Skuthorpe (@buzz_clik) December 21, 2017

He appeared on Good Morning America and his name is Drew Scanlon, from San Francisco.

He told the Guardian earlier this year: "I like what memes can do for people. They’re such fun, throwaway things I see. These memes have been generally positive.

"It’s a little scary because there’s always the danger someone could change it to something different.

"It’s not like I’ve a say in what the internet does with a gif of my face. But I’m pleased to see people are enjoying it."