Andrew McWhinney

Andrew McWhinney is a fifth-year English and political science combined honors student, as well as The Gateway's 2019-20 Editor-in-Chief. He was previously The Gateway's 2018-19 Opinion Editor. An aspiring journalist with too many opinions, he's a big fan of political theory, hip-hop, and being alive.

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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 27, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, #6: Johny Johny Yes Papa

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. I hate children’s content on YouTube. It’s surreal and mass-manufactured. It’s soulless, driven purely by the YouTube algorithms.…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 27, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, #9: We live in a society

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. 2018 was the year where we learned that gamers are the most oppressed people in North American society.…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, Honorable Mention #3: Tide Pods

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. All I have to say about this one is yikes. I suspect that the reason this blew up…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, #3: American Chopper

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. Never has there been a more perfect meme for the big-brained intellectuals among us. I watched a lot…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, #4: Is this a pigeon?

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. Is this a meme??? Yes, and a damn good one. This image macro is a screencap from the…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, #5: They did surgery on a grape

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. They did indeed perform surgery on a grape. Is this meme even funny? It might be. Whenever I…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10 Memes of 2018, #10: Young Thug on the PC

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. Anyone who knows me knows my love for Thugger. I will stan that man until the day I…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, Honorable Mention #1: Дpyr

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. This wonderful meme started off as a play off the “tag your friends” image macro. You’ve seen this…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, Honorable Mention #2: Celebrity full names

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. I consider this meme a subsection of the category I dub “absurdist Google memes,” where Google search results…
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Andrew McWhinneyJanuary 26, 2019

Top 10: Memes of 2018, #8: Who killed Hannibal?

In this top 10, our writer breaks down their favourite memes that came out of 2018. Pray for them and their sanity. Okay, we have possible another case of bias here. I love The Eric Andre Show with all my…
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