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This Online Group Documents How Upside-Down The World Of Capitalism Is, And Here Are 50 Of Its Best Memes
When you get up and go to work each morning, do you look forward to your trip to the office? Or are you dreading the day from the moment you wake up and spending 8 hours dreaming of when you’re finally off the clock again? Unfortunately, it’s quite common for people to hate their jobs, as a whopping 70% of workers report feeling dissatisfied with their career choices. So if you’re one of those people, you might need to take 10 minutes out of your day to deal with your lack of passion for your work in a healthy way: by looking at memes and funny photos.
Below, we’ve gathered some of the most painfully true jokes and memes from the Antiwork subreddit that might inspire you to start dismantling capitalism while on your lunch break, as well as an interview with Bursts, co-host and producer of The Final Straw Radio to learn more about what's really wrong with capitalism.
Be sure to upvote the posts you find relatable, and let us know in the comments how your job has been treating you recently, pandas. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring memes that might make Karl Marx proud, look no further than right here!
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#1
Keep Your Nose Out Of Other People's Business
Sonja 3 years ago
It's never easy to make that decision. No woman just decides to get an abortion just for the lols. And if there was one, she really shouldn't have children anyways and it's better she doesn't have them. A pregnancy is difficult. Even when the woman doesn't know it yet, her body starts to change. Then the hormones kick in. If she still wants an abortion despite that, you can be pretty damn sure she needs it and has darn good reasons for this.
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#2
Explain It To Me Like I’m In Kindergarten
Jake Banana 3 years ago
This statement is so on the nose it's like hitting a freckle with a dart from 40 feet. Bazinga! Put another way, "If you can't pay your employees a decent wage, then your business model is unsustainable."
#3
Please Come Save Us Alien Invaders
#4
Maybe You Are Right
#5
Does Anyone Else Feel This Way?
#6
I Want To Watch This Show!
#7
So Close To The Truth
Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)
@Nona Wolf. These Money Wolves pay less tax (percentage) than we do. They have the best accountants, tax havens, write offs, etc to ensure that they keep all their loot. THAT'S why people are pissed off beside the fact that they actually underpay their workers or have you never given a thought about workers at Amazon ??? EDIT:Taxes are not stealing - they ensure roads, education, security, etc.
#8
Retirement Age
CanadianDimes 3 years ago
If there's a minimum age to be a country's leader (as there is in the US), there should *definitely* be a maximum age at which you can run/be elected as that country's leader.
#9
Self Care On Your Free Time Is Priority Above All Else
#10
Telling Them Not To Throw A Party, Throwing A Party, Then Getting Fired For Your Reaction
Emma S 3 years ago (edited)
I remember this story. Some media sources tried to twist it that he had been rewarded 450k just for being given a party he didn't want, but he was awarded the money due to bullying he was subjected to following the panic attack he had at the party and then being unfairly dismissed due to his mental health.
#11
What's With The Double Standard?
#13
The American Dream Is To Move Out
#14
The Amount Of Companies That Do This
#16
Completely Unrealistic
Duane Ringlein 3 years ago
I'm 70 years old, and don't think anyone my age should be making decisions for the generations that are young now (millenials and gen z), the world and life isn't like it was when I was younger, you have to be willing to understand and accept that the world changes. Minimum wage should be increased and tied to inflation, so it can maintain what it was originally designed for.
#17
Just Gonna Leave This Here
#18
How You Should Respond
Paul K. Johnson 3 years ago
My work knows not to call me because I'm not coming in no matter what. I think I've worked one extra shift in 20 years because they offered me a ton of money to do it. Normally I don't even answer my phone if work is calling. They stopped even trying years ago.
#19
I Think It's Belong Here
#20
Imagine
#21
Can't We Just Troll Sue Them Into Oblivion?
#22
Undercover Bum
Phobrek 3 years ago
The first ep of the Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) series 30 Days had him and his wife trying to move to a new place and survive on minimum wage. Even though they were expecting it to be rough - and weren't usually living large like a CEO - there were plenty of good moments of realization. But yeah, would love to see super-rich types attempt the same.
#23
So True That I Am Amazed
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Obviously America. So sad. The richest country on Earth should be better than this surely ?
#24
This F*****g Motivational Quote When I Walked In This Morning
Katy Cordeth 3 years ago (edited)
I know it's a bit Godwin's law, but... work-will-...337e92.jpg 
#25
Most Companies Want Your Soul, Too
#26
Wow Look At How Diverse Your Lowest Paying Jobs Are!
#27
Found On Twitter… It’s A Vibe
#28
So Damn Accurate
Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
This exactly! Boomers are the rudest most entitled people there are, and the treat customer service/retail employees like they are doing us a favor by coming in! "Well then I'm never shopping here again" isn't a threat, we honestly hope to never see you again.
#29
This Belongs Here
#30
Thoughts?
#31
I’d Love To Do This
#34
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
#35
Companies Be Like:
#36
Tips For Younger Folks In The Workplace
Jake Banana 3 years ago
I did this at my crappy office job in the '90s, and always got s**t for it, as a joke! Of course! Wokka wokka wokka! But I was so f*****g good at my job that they had to hire two people to replace me, then proceeded to go out of business within 18 months. Joke's on them!
#37
• ₊°✧︡ ˗ˏ ˋ ♡ ˎˊ ˗no
Hello_my_name_is_Genevieve 3 years ago
This! My company 'offers' its employees a poem for Christmas. A poem! How about a Christmas bonus or just, I don't know, inflation-adjusted salaries?
#38
Coffee
The Other Other White Meat 3 years ago
Or clean your house... Like, who's the unskilled one now, you can't even vacuum.
#39
This Showed Up On My Newsfeed Today And I Couldn’t Agree More
CHRIS DOMRES 3 years ago
But now it takes weeks to get tradesmen to come to your house to fix anything. Electricians and plumbers and handymen now charge $150 per hour. So why aren't more young people getting into those lines of work? The world certainly needs them.
#40
Bloomberg… Your Bias Is Showing
Sonja 3 years ago
I have found a better job, I quit. Here, that's it. Never try to leverage better conditions with another job offer. It the company isn't willing to pay what you wanted and you managed to find a petter paying position, just take it and go! No good will ever come from accepting a counteroffer. In the best case you'll have to go through all that hassle again the next time a raise is due, in the worst case they'll find a replacement for you and fire you as soon as that replacement is ready because they know you'll be able to get something better and will use that for leverage so they have to pay to keep you
#41
There Are More Of Us Than Them
#42
Hot Take That Needs To Be Said
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
Really depends on how much you're marking up those antidepressants.
#44
Millennials Are Causing A "Baby Bust" - What The Actual Fuck?
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago (edited)
We don't NEED to keep America's population at "replacement levels", holy c**p. Humans are overpopulated already.
#45
I’d Like To Thank My Job For Giving Me All Four Of These
Katy Cordeth 3 years ago (edited)
It's okay, thirty-year-olds. I promise by the time you get to be forty like me, all of these will be a thing of the past. You'll have plenty of money in your bank account, the bad relationship story will be funny to you rather than heartbreaking, you'll have no more anxiety, and as for your back, your spine will be as limber as a (google it) hero shrew's. Nah, I'm totally kidding. It's even more downhill from here. Sucks to be you! And me.
#46
The Gift That Keeps On Giving
#47
Gonna Leave This Here
Paul K. Johnson 3 years ago
No way you're there by age 80 in the USA. Give it another 20 years and *maybe* you can afford to have your first kid.
#48
Best Part Of The Work Day
#49
I Like This Energy
Annabeth Chase 3 years ago
keep playing What's New Pussy Cat over and over again, then play another song once......and immediately go back to Whats New Pussy Cat
#50
Why We Like This
#51
The Whole Thing Is Just One Big Scam At This Point We Need To Get Rid Of It
#52
Oh, Also, It's Only $12 Per Hour
#54
Yesyesnono
Alan Christensen 3 years ago
Well, see, the first mistake was adoring the job. "We don't need to pay Venusian Thot much because they love the job so much they'd probably do it for free." It's the people who hate their job, who are ready to quit, who complain to management, that get the raises.
#55
Asking The Real Questions
Katy Cordeth 3 years ago
This. This is what happens. What's past is prologue. Vive la révolution! guillotine...da7719.jpg 
#56
Worry Free From Sorry To Bother You Vibes
#57
I'm So Proud
#58
I’m With This Guy
#59
A Moment Of Silence For Those Working In Retail
#61
American Dream
Sonja 3 years ago
Al Bundy could afford a family and a house in a good neighbourhood, a car and a dog at the wage of a shoe salesman while today people can barely afford a room in a shared living situation while working a full time job. I'm not criticising that Al Bundy had a house, even though HE definitely didn't deserve it, I'm criticising that some people think that others working full time don't deserve being able to live off of that.
#62
You Don't Say
#63
Sounds Vaguely Familiar
Catman (He/Him) 3 years ago
No, too young. Wait 6 years and gain 10 more years of experince, then maybe he's ready.
#64
Let's Frickin Go
#66
Amazon Is Inhumane
Jake Banana 3 years ago
This is why companies don't like to hire older workers. If some pimply 20-something supervisor told me (57m) I couldn't go to the bathroom without permission, I'd give him my "What the f**k are you saying? Dumbass..." look (perfected over many, many years of dealing with idiots) and go pee. They'd either fire me or fire him and make me supervisor. But when I was a 20-30 something, I would have put my head down, said "Yes sir" and pissed in a bottle. Y'all need unions.
#67
Boomers vs. Millennials
Anne Jones 3 years ago (edited)
This must be in America because I’m British and worked 50 years to receive £10,000 a year state pension. Yes I’m a boomer.
#68
They’ll Make Clowns Of Us All
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago (edited)
I got my first retail job at age 37 after working at my family's small business since I was 13. I did this EXACT THING with my department manager and my head manager. After 2 1/2 years, I was burned out, miserable, a nervous wreck before every shift... I was the longest-tenured employee in my department (most people quit after a month or two in my department) but I was paid less than even new hires. It was hard for me to "realize" that my managers DID NOT CARE about me and would just use me until I was completely drained of all life and "soul". I would not be given a raise, no matter how hard I worked, no matter how many solutions I came up with to make the department run better, no matter how many shifts I covered when others called out sick, no matter how many holidays I worked. It was a hard lesson for me.
#69
Came Into Work This Morning To Find This Taped To The Wall. Boss Went On Tirade Against Me And Co-Worker Yesterday For Taking To Each Other With No Customers In The Store
#70
Please Note The Timestamps. Any Suggestions On How To Deal With This Outrageous Unfairness?
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
This is exactly how texts between my older sister and I go. XD She'll tell me something, then deny that she ever said it. I'll send her screenshots of her saying it. She still denies it. What's scary is that my sister runs the family business... I have zero doubts she's THIS kind of boss to the employees, too.
#71
At A Certain Point It All Just Feels Like A Constant Distraction
#72
This Has Been Quite The Crushing Realization As I Transition To Post-Grad Life
#74
Mindset Still Ruined Even On Our Only Rest Day
#75
Master's Degree Required For A Minimum Wage Job
#76
Get That Double Meat
#77
He Was Hoping For The Opposite Result
#78
I Left My Job Shortly After Receiving This Prize For My Good Work 😂😂😅
#79
This Was Posted On Another Sub But Definitely Belongs Here
#81
Just Saw This In A Mcdonald’s…
CanadianDimes 3 years ago
It really hits the message home when the word 'pay' is in quotation marks...
#82
Circle Of Life
#85
Didn't Think It Will Be So Drastic
Detective Miller's Hat 3 years ago
My last real vacation was the 2 weeks I spent in the loony bin last year after a suicide attempt. But hey at least my boss reduced my hours from 9-5 to 10-4!
#86
It Do Be Like That Though
#87
It's Funny Because It's True
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
No sir. That is the time you march out the front door flipping birds and dancing
#88
Maybe Belongs Here, Maybe Doesn’t. But I Thought We Would Find This Funny
#89
That Or The Famous, “So What Makes You Want To Work For Our Company?” Question
#90
Child Labour, Fantastic
Jake Banana 3 years ago
If I went to a decent restaurant and a 14-year-old was my waiter, I'd probably walk out. Actually, I'd do that anywhere I saw 14-year-olds working.
#91
I Think I’m Gonna Puke
#93
“It Is What It Is”
Michael Largey 3 years ago
It's absolutely wild that you don't realize that millions never even get a chance at what you describe.
#94
Company: We've Had A Record Breaking Year In Profits
Jake Banana 3 years ago
I worked for a small company and received a $2-3k bonus every year, depending on how well we did. We were purchased by a wannabe fortune 500 company and I get... stock options! Oddly, my local grocery store does not accept stock options that will definitely go up in the future!
#95
Saw This In Facebook And Majority Of Reactions Were Laughter, But I Don't See Anything Funny About This
#96
It Really Is
#99
Sounds About Right
MissMePhoenix 3 years ago
That's what i keep telling everyone right now about the increase in prices, the government gotta make theirs, don't ya kno? It's sick, but they knew they were gonna get that money back from us one way or another
#100
At Work - Where Water Isn’t Free Yo
#101
Shout Out The Worst Place I Ever Worked (Minimum Wage, Of Course)
#102
A Competing Company Is Offering Us 20 Percent More To Work For Them. Management's Response:
Jake Banana 3 years ago
I'd put all of it into my bag and walk out. Thanks for nothing a******s!
#103
Funny How The Us And Other Countries Aren't Making Enough Babies To Sustain The Current Population, Largely Because We Can't Afford It Due To Low Paying Jobs Whose Raises Aren't Beating Or Even Meeting Inflation... I'm Surprised Many Comments Are Agreeing With This?
#104
Hahahaha, Just Got These At Work. Kinda Funny, Kinda Weird. Also, I Work A Union Job At A Hospital
Sonja 3 years ago (edited)
The really sad thing is: if that worker was treated fairly and had a good income, they'd like that little gift. It would make them happy. It's just angering them because they know, while the statement is true, it's meaningless, because of course the company wants more dedicated workers, but it's a self made problem that they don't have them.
#105
Funny How Work Does That To You
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Nowadays, I pitch up at 6am, leave my brain at the door, plug myself in to audiobooks, do a brain dead job for 8 hours, pick my brain up on the way out of the door, go home, start living again, drink wine, eat well, and then I sit down to write. I hate my job, it bores me witless but it pays ok, the company is a decent one with good benefits and a miniscule chance of being made redundant as it has an order book overflowing; the thing that I find odd is that, having come into the engineering sector from a fast turnover industry in catering is that a load of the guys (they mostly are) are looking to stay in a really, really mundane job - some of them for the next 30 + years - with no ambition or hope of going up the ladder. Maybe it's me .
#106
My Local Hardware Store:
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What do you think ?
Sonja 3 years ago (edited)
Capitalism is strange. Capitalism is based on consumerism. All the money the rich folks get, comes from the workers. The wages they give their workers will circulate through the economy and come back to them eventually. Paying generous wages would stabilise the economy and make the rich richer in the end, it would just take a tad bit longer. But still they would get rich and stay rich too. Despite this easy to see fact, the rich bozos on top insist of milking their workers until the economy crashes because the masses can't afford to consume anymore. Which happens with steady regularity and is called a recession. Then they start making things better to save themselves from going completely broke. All of a sudden a lot is possible they claimed it wasn't before. Economy stabilises when wages go up and everyone prospers for a while. Then all of it starts anew when the bozos feel safe and suck money out of circulation again.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
Ah - yes this is true. Except we forget that the rich are just as disloyal to their own companies/portfolios. They want to milk the workers so THEY can move on after 3-5 years (for more money) and do it allllll over again. Funny how if a worker leverages themselves by moving companies then ‘nobody wants to work anymore’ or ‘why invest in employees when they’re not loyal’. Insanity - the whole system is insanity
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Senjo Krane 3 years ago
I'm amazed at this. I always thought the USA was the best country to live. Everyone wants the green card. But it looks like you're all suffering. The working class that is. Capitalism sucks the life out of The People. 😔
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
The United States is a great country to live in if you are looking for some very specific things. In my profession, I will make far more money living in the US than I will living in any other country. If I moved to London (as expensive as it is there), I will take at least a 50% pay cut. If you are young, and healthy, and don't have and don't want children, then the US is a great place to live. You will make a great salary, you will pay very low personal taxes, and so long as you don't incur any healthcare costs, you will be able to accumulate more wealth than you would in many other countries. If, on the other hand, you have job insecurity, or you have health issues, or you have children or just want to have children, then the US may not be the place for you. The cost of living in the United States is very high, when you add things like healthcare, education, childcare, access to mental wellbeing like paid time off. In these areas the United States is far behind Europe.
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COCO puff 3 years ago (edited)
As a person coming from a former communist country, I can say that capitalism is a good thing, and I am very worried that individuals are talking so much about the "good" socialism and the "good" communism. Being a worker in socialism and communism is much worst than the posts.
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
I have lived in both systems, and I can say, they both suck in different ways. Socialism itself isn't a system of government, and it isn't inherently good or bad. There are aspects that work, and some that don't. Capitalism can be used successfully to lift people out of poverty, if it is checked by strong organized labor. But unfettered capitalism, without organized labor, leads to exploitation of the masses. Socialism is similar. Socialist policies can be used to make life better for all. But, if you need to invest too much power in the bureaucracies that maintain those policies, you are creating a lot of incentives for corruption. In the end, there is a balance that needs to be maintained. Healthy economies and governments need to leverage the social mobility which can be created from capitalism, with strong organized labor unions, and socialist policies to support those who fall through the cracks.
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Sonja 3 years ago (edited)
Capitalism is strange. Capitalism is based on consumerism. All the money the rich folks get, comes from the workers. The wages they give their workers will circulate through the economy and come back to them eventually. Paying generous wages would stabilise the economy and make the rich richer in the end, it would just take a tad bit longer. But still they would get rich and stay rich too. Despite this easy to see fact, the rich bozos on top insist of milking their workers until the economy crashes because the masses can't afford to consume anymore. Which happens with steady regularity and is called a recession. Then they start making things better to save themselves from going completely broke. All of a sudden a lot is possible they claimed it wasn't before. Economy stabilises when wages go up and everyone prospers for a while. Then all of it starts anew when the bozos feel safe and suck money out of circulation again.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
Ah - yes this is true. Except we forget that the rich are just as disloyal to their own companies/portfolios. They want to milk the workers so THEY can move on after 3-5 years (for more money) and do it allllll over again. Funny how if a worker leverages themselves by moving companies then ‘nobody wants to work anymore’ or ‘why invest in employees when they’re not loyal’. Insanity - the whole system is insanity
Load More Replies... Senjo Krane 3 years ago
I'm amazed at this. I always thought the USA was the best country to live. Everyone wants the green card. But it looks like you're all suffering. The working class that is. Capitalism sucks the life out of The People. 😔
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
The United States is a great country to live in if you are looking for some very specific things. In my profession, I will make far more money living in the US than I will living in any other country. If I moved to London (as expensive as it is there), I will take at least a 50% pay cut. If you are young, and healthy, and don't have and don't want children, then the US is a great place to live. You will make a great salary, you will pay very low personal taxes, and so long as you don't incur any healthcare costs, you will be able to accumulate more wealth than you would in many other countries. If, on the other hand, you have job insecurity, or you have health issues, or you have children or just want to have children, then the US may not be the place for you. The cost of living in the United States is very high, when you add things like healthcare, education, childcare, access to mental wellbeing like paid time off. In these areas the United States is far behind Europe.
Load More Replies... COCO puff 3 years ago (edited)
As a person coming from a former communist country, I can say that capitalism is a good thing, and I am very worried that individuals are talking so much about the "good" socialism and the "good" communism. Being a worker in socialism and communism is much worst than the posts.
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
I have lived in both systems, and I can say, they both suck in different ways. Socialism itself isn't a system of government, and it isn't inherently good or bad. There are aspects that work, and some that don't. Capitalism can be used successfully to lift people out of poverty, if it is checked by strong organized labor. But unfettered capitalism, without organized labor, leads to exploitation of the masses. Socialism is similar. Socialist policies can be used to make life better for all. But, if you need to invest too much power in the bureaucracies that maintain those policies, you are creating a lot of incentives for corruption. In the end, there is a balance that needs to be maintained. Healthy economies and governments need to leverage the social mobility which can be created from capitalism, with strong organized labor unions, and socialist policies to support those who fall through the cracks.
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