--- title: People Are Bonding Over #Didn'tMakeTheOlympics Memes description: People Are Bonding Over #Didn'tMakeTheOlympics Memes because pancake eating is sadly not a sport. canonical: https://time.com/5161934/didnt-make-the-olympics-because-meme/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T02:33:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:41.773Z og:title: The Most Relatable Memes of the Winter Olympics Are Here og:description: The internet is lamenting why things like pancake eating are not Olympic events og:url: https://time.com/5161934/didnt-make-the-olympics-because-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2c0fdf9e2a7212/698927da0a4a22c6dc9d1cbe/olympics-2018-rings-pyeongchang-south-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5097 og:image:height: 2867 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-CCOUNTRY-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-RINGS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Most Relatable Memes of the Winter Olympics Are Here twitter:description: The internet is lamenting why things like pancake eating are not Olympic events twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2c0fdf9e2a7212/698927da0a4a22c6dc9d1cbe/olympics-2018-rings-pyeongchang-south-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Sharing the Most Relatable Memes to Explain Why They Didn't Make the Olympics > Sponsored content. 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Norway's Simen Hegstad Krueger is seen behind the Olympic rings as he comes imnto to the stadium on the last lap to win the men's 15km + 15km cross-country skiathlon at the Alpensia cross country ski centre during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 11, 2018 in Pyeongchang. ODD ANDERSEN—AFP/Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 16, 2018 2:33 AM UTC The Internet is in full force with its latest [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/4932670/2018-winter-olympics-when-where/) meme, and it’s guaranteed to make viewers feel better about not taking home their own gold medal. Twitter users this week have taken to sharing relatable jokes and images of they did not make the PyeongChang Games in South Korea. Most Olympians train for years to become experts in their sport of choice, and many move away from their home towns to work with specific coaches. Needless to say, not everyone on social media seemed ready to make such a sacrifice. > [](https://twitter.com/essdotcurr/status/964299979618742275) Many joked that their best skills were in food-related areas, which have not yet been recognized by the International Olympic Committee. We put together some of the funniest tweets below. > [](https://twitter.com/NicoleFox24/status/964311018548711424) > [](https://twitter.com/shawnschexy/status/964313182369124352) > [](https://twitter.com/eflowers0320/status/964179627538354176) Others said they had nontraditional talents, such as miming or retweeting. > [](https://twitter.com/TNHellcat69/status/964309921763295234) > [](https://twitter.com/chivelicious/status/964144923632193538) And still others had very different reasons for not making the Olympics in 2018. > [](https://twitter.com/lokifangirl6151/status/964304239894941698) > [](https://twitter.com/cherylt2000/status/964146726918672384) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5161934/didnt-make-the-olympics-because-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5161934/didnt-make-the-olympics-because-meme/"},"headline":"People Are Sharing the Most Relatable Memes to Explain Why They Didn't Make the Olympics","datePublished":"2018-02-16T02:33:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:41.773Z","description":"If only pancake eating were an Olympic sport.","url":"https://time.com/5161934/didnt-make-the-olympics-because-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2c0fdf9e2a7212/698927da0a4a22c6dc9d1cbe/olympics-2018-rings-pyeongchang-south-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e2c0fdf9e2a7212/698927da0a4a22c6dc9d1cbe/olympics-2018-rings-pyeongchang-south-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOT-CCOUNTRY-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-RINGS","caption":"TOPSHOT-CCOUNTRY-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-RINGS","creditText":"ODD ANDERSEN—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5161934/didnt-make-the-olympics-because-meme/","name":"People Are Sharing the Most Relatable Memes to Explain Why They Didn't Make the Olympics"}}]}] ```