21 UX vs. UI Memes That Go Way Beyond Ketchup Bottles
Just what your next UX team presentation needed
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I hate those ketchup bottle UI vs. UX memes.
It only makes sense if you don’t think about it. I don’t know who came up with it, but I would like to have some strong words with them.
You have to stop sharing them.
Whenever you share a UI UX ketchup bottle, it’s proof we’re living in a simulation.
But I’m not just going to complain. I’m going to do something about it.
I made 21 UX vs. UI memes for your next design presentation. And the memes only kind of make sense.
Are these UX vs. UI memes genius or maddening? Don’t think about it too much.
UX vs UI Memes
1. UX vs UI Snake Skin
Musssssst create new dessssssign sysssssstem (even if the current one isssss fine).
2. UX vs UI Sad Polar Bear
What started out as a UX collective has turned into one sad UX manager reminiscing about the good ole’ days when “craft was still important”
3. UX vs UI Rearview Disaster
Just focus on the road, honey. Everything is fine.
4. UX vs UI Tiger Hair Roots
Use this meme to subtly piss off the UI design team by hinting that they barely add much to the wireframes you give them.
5. UX vs UI Kebab Watermelon
I saved this image way before AI, which means humans have to take the credit for this monstrosity.
6. UX vs UI Snow Bois
I probably should have reversed the UX here, but this way it annoys the UI team, right?
7. UX vs UI Snake’s Happy Path
This is a great one to use in a presentation where you want to blame the UI design team for something.
8. UX vs UI Muddy Socks
You know those satisfying videos on YouTube where you watch factories make cupcakes? Well, this meme is the opposite of that.
9. UX vs UI Toilet
This makes a great slide to show that the UX is going down the toilet.
10. UX vs UI Squirrel Attack
A lot going on here…I don’t know if this image is real. I also don’t know if UX vs UI is real.
11. UX vs UI Drive Through Sign
This is a good meme to share when you’re close to quitting because the UI design team is malfunctioning again.
12. UX vs UI Tiger Pigs
You know sometimes life turns out in a way that you never intended, and you wake up at 40, and suddenly you’re managing a team of UI designers masquerading as UX designers.
13. UX vs UI Drone of Prey
Can you blame the UX team for attacking the UI designers? As you can see here, it’s only natural.
14. UX vs UI Mushroom Roots
takes puff… It’s all, like, connected, mannnnn.
15. UX vs UI The Invisible Frog Platform
This is a great meme to show the team when you want the UI designers to know that you’d prefer they disappear.
16. UX vs UI Parrot Nap
This is a great slide to show that you need the UI design team but also that you’d rather go outside and take a nap.
17. UX vs UI Lily Pads
takes puff… Like even in the water, it’s all connected, mannnnnn.
18. UX vs UI Nokia Hammer
This is a great meme to show when you want to propose some violence to the UI design team. Want to know a secret? I labeled this one opposite what it should be just to annoy you.
19. UX vs UI Dumpster Fire
Use this one to show that you’ve subtly checked out of the whole UX vs UI debate and have decided to become a graphic designer again.
20. UX vs UI Trees
Use this one to subtly show some shade about the fashion choices of the UI team.
21. UX vs UI Unicorn
Send this to that UX colleague who fancies themselves a unicorn and say, “That’s you” with a straight face.
Anyway, these memes are pointless because we both know that in your next interview, you’ll pretend to be an expert in both UX and UI.
How to use these UX vs UI memes
To get the most out of these memes, do the following:
Pop one of these memes in the middle of your design presentation
Quickly skip over it as if you didn’t mean to put it in there
Laugh nervously
Continue the presentation like nothing happened
It’s guaranteed to make people laugh/think you’re a weirdo.
Feel free to share these on the internet, but don’t forget to tag me. That way, you won’t have to take credit for the embarrassing comments they will inevitably get.
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Which one was the most offensive?
Let me know in the comments!
