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Nowadays, memes are more than just funny images that go viral. They’ve become tools for expression, whether it’s a political sentiment, masked sadness, or, in this case, sarcastic humor.
That’s why Instagram pages like 50 Nerds of Grey exist. While an early version on a different social media platform focused on poking fun at the famous romance novel, this one is all about memes with a tinge of sarcasm.
Don’t worry; the snarkiness isn’t off-putting at all. If anything, this list may bring you the laughs you didn’t know you needed today.
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Sarcastic quips don’t always land right. It requires a bit of mental gymnastics to come off as acceptable and not be too offensive. Because of this, it forces a person to be creative with their statements.
A 2015 study proved this when the participants–a group of college students–listened to complaints to a company’s customer service line. Upon hearing sarcastic comments, the students quickly came up with creative solutions.
According to the study’s authors, the brain must develop something creative to understand and convey sarcasm. As a result, it allows you to think clearly.
“To either create or understand sarcasm, the tone must overcome the contradiction between the literal and actual meanings of the sarcastic expressions,” the authors concluded.
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Joanne Earle 9 months ago
Most people also have a commute that's 30-60 minutes, if not longer, so that needs to be added onto work. Work: 10 hours.
For many people, sarcasm is also a coping mechanism for life’s challenges. It masks underlying sadness and makes it seem humorous. You will likely see many examples on this list.
A 2021 study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research showed that people used sarcastic humor to ward off symptoms of depression and anxiety during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world’s state of affairs may be saddening and frustrating for some. Therefore, many of them rely on sarcastic humor to frame these absurdities in a more lighthearted way. And for the most part, it benefits them.
According to psychologist Dr. Mark Travers, snarky commentary on societal norms may be perceived as “insightful” and “attractive” to people who appreciate thought-provoking conversations.
What about you? Which of these memes were most relatable to you and why? Are you a fan of this kind of humor? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
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Bertha Madott 9 months ago
Shares meals with riff raff (prostitutes, tax collectors. Suggests “turning the other cheek” in disputes. Helps poor and sick people whether they are deserving or not. Is full of clever and interesting stories (parables). Is uninterested in the trappings of wealth and does not suck up to the rich and powerful. I could go on…
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Kallen Kneeland 9 months ago
. . . and now Trump & Putin are doing their best to start World War III; you're F*kd
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 9 months ago
Hey Eddy, say you are a rich d-bag with absolutely no common sense without saying...
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 9 months ago
Even the dang Wi-Fi routers in Australia look like they could kill you!
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Norm Gilmore 9 months ago (edited)
I hope there's never a reason for police to search my Google history as it now includes cost of parts of a human body. 8000 gets you a skeleton, livers etc are Much more expensive.. :-)
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago (edited)
Jane Austin: I met a gentleman of meager value, with an estate providing no more than the income necessary to sustain a moderate living. Though perhaps he could earn an adequate fortune by some other means, he lacked the charisma to charm me or my sisters. Hemmingway: I met a man. It was raining and cold enough that I saw the steam of his final breath. Nobody mourned his passing. We are the same in that way, he and I. Brian Greene: If we imagine an average person, composed of atoms, which are in turn composed of sub-atomic particles. We ask ourselves, as we dig deeper into the fabric of the cosmos, what is the basis for the verbosity of the standard model. Is String Theory an answer, or another dead-end? Me: I had way too much fun writing these
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 9 months ago
4. This could have been an email. You are all now my eternal enemies and will be smited if it's the last thing I ever do.
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
I like ISO 8601: YYYY-MM-DD. That way your files names are always sorted and easily grouped into their correct order
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
Ahh, the younger generations will never know the greatness that was Word Perfect for DOS. It was, and still is, the greatest text editor.
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Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
And, to steal an old joke, all of America eats like they have free health care.
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Hiram's Friend 9 months ago
Keep your eye on the ball, your ear to the ground, and your nose to the grindstone. Now try to work like that.
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Verena 9 months ago
The beauty of the German language is, that we can keep adding nouns and the word still makes sense. Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänsmütze.... Donau = Danube (river), dampf = steam, schiffahrt = shipping, gesellschaft = company, kapitän = captain, mütze = cap. The cap of a captain who commands a ship of the Danube shipping company.
Kathrin Pukowsky 9 months ago
I played around with that back in school and came up with "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänskajütenbarhockerbaumwollfüllungsflohbekämpfungsmittelindustrie".
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cerinamroth 9 months ago
Yes - German spelling is very logical. My daughter is 7 and learning German spelling here in Germany. It's so much easier than English! The grammar is complex, but very rule-abiding (as you'd expect...)
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Remi (He/Him) 9 months ago
hilfe = help, gruppen = group, fahrzeug = probably vehicle, transportiert = transports, feuerwehr = fire department, maybe and I have a feeling leitern = ladder. Not that I actually know German
cerinamroth 9 months ago (edited)
You've got the idea! Leiter is ladder, but it's Leistung here. Hilfeleistung - something/someone who provides assistance. The actual translation here (without further research and not being an expert in fire fighting!), i.e. not word-for-word, would be something like "back-up water tender". But the fabulous thing is that no English-speaking kid would know what a water tender was, but every German-speaking kid would know what a Löschgruppenfahrzeug was because of the way the word is put together (I checked with my 3YO boy as a test subject).
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B Hobbs 9 months ago
Read Samuel Clemens' / Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language". Project Gutenberg has it.
Lady Eowyn 9 months ago
"To God I speak Spanish, to women, Italian, and to my horse - German". Charles V (1500 - 1558)
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Ka Se 9 months ago (edited)
As a native germas speaker I would translate it to : "Assistance dowse-group vehicle" And yes, the fire brigade uses these words. And yes, that's what it says in the children's books. And the children like it. It's logical. This is the vehicle that assists the fire engines that put out the fire - because you also learn in these books that the fire brigade does a lot more.
Nosirrow 9 months ago
I've been told many times I hate German only bc of the war and that it's actually a nice, logical language, prettier than Dutch. Hmm, is that so?
Bored Retsuko 9 months ago (edited)
German native here, Dutch sounds like a mix between German and English to me. I do think German is mostly logical, but the articles are not... forget about getting them right, no non-native learner has ever succeeded! (Fork is feminine, knife neutral, spoon masculine... Don't ask me why.)
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Inservio Smurf 9 months ago
Translates to help-affording-extinguishing-group's-driving-apparatus. No word yet on their stance concerning the colour of eggs or ham.
Michael Largey 9 months ago
"German is a dead language - for only the dead have time to learn it." - Mark Twain
Panda McPandaface 9 months ago
I see this very frequently in the internet - the U.S. use of 'an' in place of 'a'. It's horribly uncomfortable to actually say it that way, I don't know where it has crept in from.
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
I asked a flight attendant "how is your cat" and she was like "ummm... how did you know I have a cat?". I said, "the scratches on your arms, you either have a cat, or recently got into a fist fight with a weed-wacker, and I guessed that probably wasn't it".
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
Falls under the "Accurate but Useless" category of information. Kind of like the autopsy report will be.
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Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
And when they inevitably turn on you, then you get to electrocute them.
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Bacon Tentacles 9 months ago
If you're having a baby with him, then you're bros with benefits.
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
It says on the package, "This is a cosmetic product, not edible". And it is called "Plant Based Soap with Strawberry Yogurt Fragrance". I can see why an English speaker would be confused. Herbissimo is a Brazilian cosmetics brand, and they make a lot of shampoos and soaps which are plant based. I don't know why they partnered with Mentos, or why I'd want to smell like yogurt.
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Glenn Cuneo 9 months ago
I'd eat the Holy Bajesus out dat... add some mustard? EAT LIKE A KING!
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Bored Retsuko 9 months ago
Unrelated but y'all haven't seen the full scope of human aggression until you witness me trying to close one of those F☆CKING ads in these listicles !!!!
Forrest Hobbs 9 months ago
The browser extension uBlock Origin might be some help there. BP, if your ads weren't so intrusive, I wouldn't be using an ad blocker. Think about it.
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D Peterson 9 months ago
Sadly, too true. This is what happens when a group or political party decides to dumb down the entire population so people won't question the lies they are told. And next, we end up with a mentally ill felon in the White House.
Barbara Baldwin 9 months ago
I use kindle fire10. I've never d/l an ad blocker and I've never seen an ad heere
B Jean the Jelly Bean 9 months ago
I'm really tired of the rude references to Christianity. What is wrong with you??
Inservio Smurf 9 months ago
You know you can just tell whoever is forcing you to read these jokes at gunpoint, that you don't like humour.... right? Stand up for yourself! You have the right to decide not to read things you don't find funny, and nobody can stop you! ;)
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Bored Retsuko 9 months ago
Unrelated but y'all haven't seen the full scope of human aggression until you witness me trying to close one of those F☆CKING ads in these listicles !!!!
Forrest Hobbs 9 months ago
The browser extension uBlock Origin might be some help there. BP, if your ads weren't so intrusive, I wouldn't be using an ad blocker. Think about it.
Load More Replies... D Peterson 9 months ago
Sadly, too true. This is what happens when a group or political party decides to dumb down the entire population so people won't question the lies they are told. And next, we end up with a mentally ill felon in the White House.
Barbara Baldwin 9 months ago
I use kindle fire10. I've never d/l an ad blocker and I've never seen an ad heere
B Jean the Jelly Bean 9 months ago
I'm really tired of the rude references to Christianity. What is wrong with you??
Inservio Smurf 9 months ago
You know you can just tell whoever is forcing you to read these jokes at gunpoint, that you don't like humour.... right? Stand up for yourself! You have the right to decide not to read things you don't find funny, and nobody can stop you! ;)
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