Something doesn’t necessarily have to make much sense for it to be amusing. As time goes by, humor shifts and evolves. Newer generations might find things funny that older ones don’t. Similarly, what’s hilarious to us now might make youngsters roll their eyes in a couple of decades.
The @iamcringeok Instagram account is a celebration of all things weird and nonsensical. The vast majority of the pics and memes shared by the curator of this social media project lack any and all context. And that can be quite hilarious in its own right. Check out our collection of the strangest images, as featured on @iamcringeok, as you scroll down.
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I actually heard Charlton Heston - you did that very well!
Load More Replies...But he couldnt press F because he couldnt reach the keyboard.
Load More Replies..." MOMMMMY NOOO, I WILL AVENGE YOU, IF I COULD REACH THOSE DARN BUTTONS WITH ME STUBBY ARMS!! "
And all the fluffy, circular beauty
Load More Replies...It'a a Pallas's Cat. They have round pupils like us instead of the usual cat eyes.
Load More Replies...Am I the only one who feels like they should be singing a love song while doing this right now?
"Listen to me: OPEN. THE. WINDOW! It's effing freezing out here!"
Some of them would not exist today if they had never been in captivity. At least nowadays we know not to keep them in plain concrete boxes and expect them to thrive.
Load More Replies...According to Lynne McNeill, associate professor of folklore at Utah State University, telling stories, singing songs, or even sharing memes has the same function. “We are doing some form of symbolic communication and tapping into the authority of tradition. We may put a twist on it, but we base it on a preexisting example that came before, a process we call tradition,” she explains.
“We often consider tradition something that mires us in the past and holds us back, but really, tradition is a process of innovation. Tradition is taking precedent, reshaping it, and putting it back out there for a new use, in a new context, for a new audience,” she told Utah State Magazine.
Follow the yellow brick... uh.. yellow pawed road - sure we will
Load More Replies...I helped my soft can-opener's friends paint when I was a kitten. I was in charge of the floor and baseboards.
Load More Replies...I’m really not getting this posts theme. How are any of these people living their best lives whilst also being cringe???
How many kegs did the kitty have? Seems like an unusual pattern… would still follow!
Never you mind, human, but probably to get to the fish shop.
Load More Replies...I just might have a problem that you'll understand
Load More Replies...A finger, hand, or lap...once a cat sits on you, you cannot move...those are the rules.
The soft can-opener may have a cookie after his owner wakes up.
It's actually DC. Parrotface, villain cousin of Hawkwoman. Her real name is Polly and she's wanted for the Ritz, Graham, and Saltine robberies.
Load More Replies...Yes, I've heard people and pets do start to resemble each other. . .!
McNeill noted that internet folklore isn’t all that new. “It is the exact same thing we have been doing with songs, stories, customs, and rituals all along throughout human history—we just have this new medium to create an expressive culture that isn’t just verbal or material or behavioral, but a combination of all of them,” she explained.
“Folklorists divide the genres of folklore into four main categories: things we say, things we make, things we do, and things we believe. Which are internet memes? Memes are verbal but they are also a form of art and an action. Even just appending a hashtag to a tweet is like giving someone a secret handshake,” the folklore expert said that memes are a “new multivalent way” for people to express themselves.
I once had the joyful experience of playing peekaboo with a young orangutan at a zoo I visited with a friend. I’d knelt down to get a closer look and say hi, when she ducked to one side of the pillar dividing the glass panels, so I ducked to the other side, then went back. Then she did the same thing and I ducked to the other side..this went on for about five minutes and when I looked up there was a small crowd watching us play! It was incredible and looking into her eyes I could see she was really looking back at me not like an animal but as an intelligent being. I’ve never forgotten how it felt, even after 24 years :)
We all know its impossible to move when your cat is sitting on you...
imagine your getting arrested and some cat just comes and f*****g sits on you
I have to look very closely at this picture to NOT see the dog's closed eyes as little cartoon 'X's.
The @iamcringeok social media project was created relatively recently, in February 2022. It’ll be celebrating its second birthday in just a few short months. In that time, the Instagram account has attracted quite a solid following.
At the time of writing, 104k internet users follow the project for its quirky and bizarre content.
I really wanna invest in little cardboard Hollywood stands for every mound of trash! It would make life fun!
"Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams!"....... Pretty Woman
cookie cutter Soviet-style apartments ... found everywhere in the area. Find the opening segment of an old Soviet film "The Irony of Fate" ...
Load More Replies...One of the things that helps any content creator build up a loyal following is consistency. For one, you need to be consistent in your posting frequency. On top of that, you have to try to have a consistent focus. What this means, essentially, is that even if you’re sharing and creating incredibly weird content, the tone has to be more or less the same. Otherwise, you might end up confusing your followers.
I shall take this and just round off the sharp corners for you….I’ve been practicing on your door frames.
The team behind @iamcringeok has a very consistent posting schedule. They share memes pretty much every single day. That means that their followers know what to expect. But whether you post content daily, a few times a week, or fortnightly doesn’t matter much. The core thing to remember is to be consistent. Come up with a realistic schedule. And then stick to it!
There is absolutely no way I would allow myself to be trapped in a shower with a cat if I had naked legs and feet. I might not even do it in full, rust-proof body armour.
But the safest dress in such a situation is no clothing at all. A cat will not willingly hurt its human friend, but usually forgets, that we have skin underneath our clothes, so cling to your clothes to escape and go right through you skin too.
Load More Replies...How brave must this woman be to be bare legged around an angry wet cat?!
Sometimes, cats NEED a bath, especially if they're elderly or if they've gotten into something they shouldn't groom off of themselves.
Load More Replies...That is so much like mine. Would cry from outside the door. Once in, would try to escape the water. But still not leave.
I'm with true horror stories. We need something about a cat scratching limbs off
Would really work well with -- Darth Vader in place of the Goth...
Load More Replies...After being a star for so long, Snoopy started to get a big head from all of the success.
Consistency in terms of content, however, can be difficult to get right depending on your chosen topic and target audience. If all you post are dad jokes, for example, things are fairly simple: you either find or write dad jokes, and then post them. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
The same goes for cute animal memes, pics about parenting problems, and anything related to moaning about work (and how tired you are).
I wish I could upvote that one hundred times.
Load More Replies...I feel as if I could have done more with my life..I feel it might have been better.. better for all... i feel like i did try some, at times.. but then maybe i ran out of steam or something. Maybe i was just too green ..... to do things I didn't really understand.
This isn’t real. According to the Guinness Book of World Records the largest strawberry ever recorded was 289g (10.19 Oz).
It's an old photoshopped image, IIRC taken from the late Worth1000 website.
Load More Replies...It is, but still funny. The largest grown strawberry recorded was 10.9 ounces: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/2/worlds-heaviest-strawberry-grown-in-israel-breaks-record-692512
Load More Replies...You the punk going around saying I'm not a berry? Yeah, that's what I thought
Photoshop has ruined photos forever. You can't trust anything anymore.
But if you’re focusing on nonsensical, no-context, top-tier bizarre, chaotic, and cringe-worthy pics, your work’s cut out for you. These are all pretty nebulous contexts. After all, what someone finds to be the peak of oddness might be just another run-of-the-mill meme for someone else. This means that a lot of the responsibility for the quality falls on the curator’s shoulders.
nah, Savage does not start with an U and neither does it end with a Y
Load More Replies...Unhappy because he's ugly? It doesn't have a character designation like a crossword puzzle so how can it be wrong?
Emotions can be ugly, but ugly is not an emotion. :)
Load More Replies...This looks very familiar to our orange tabby trying to find a way out of the fenced and netted cat garden when he was first introduced to it.
Content curators have to ensure that anything and everything they share has a consistent tone and messaging. This is as much about deciding what not to post as it is about what should be shared. If your end goal is building a strong community centered on high-quality content, you can’t be sharing every tiny little meme that you find. Nobody really likes being spammed with content. However, if they see only the top-tier stuff in their feeds on a regular basis, well, you’ve got them—hook, line, and sinker.
I'm eyeing that 40 of Mickey's on the back table
Load More Replies...I had a tiny dog do that to me once, same attitude...
Load More Replies..."Buy a Geico policy, and not only will I save you 15% or more, I will also let go of your nose."
Which of the images featured in this list caught your eye the most, dear Pandas? Which ones amused and confused you the most? Do you think that no-context memes work better than 'traditional' ones? Share your thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of this post.
That is soo tempting though! Thay should add am extra fee of $0.50 to make it kinda intimidating.
Load More Replies...i dont think this is what you meant but after reading that i'm like "hey mr no name kid-" i suck i know
Load More Replies...That is the most perfect raspberry I have seen in my short life
Was I the only one who saw that and started thinking "Raspberry Beret"?
The thing on the ground is the template that's used to paint the dogs. Please don't move dog until the paint is dry.
The shadow looks like the leftover dough when you cut cookies out of it.
I do not know why, but when I read your comment the first thing that popped into my head was the mission impossible theme
Load More Replies...Ha! Actually I slept on my algebra book a couple of nights in 9th grade because I just couldn't get it into my head and you sure know the saying. I can tell you I didn't understand anything better but had a lousy sleep instead
Load More Replies...Why does this make me anxious? I don't even have a fear of drowning. I think it looks too cold for me. Not cozy at all.
One can bet that you'll only have liquid dreams sleeping in that bed XP
Especially after watching the "Dolphin Man" video on Youtube
Load More Replies...* click * " a the world's computers and any electronics have been hacked ahhhhhhhh " * runs in circles *
Thomas the tank engine was done with this photoshop bovine excrement...
I think we finally have the answer to why the chicken crossed the road…
They are experiencing with some more up-to-date ways of punishment in Hell. This sinner has to work as a cashier, selling the soup made of him as ingredient number one.
Or maybe the punishment is that they send in every Karen on earth for him to deal with
Load More Replies...no no you don’t understand. because he is in motion the correct term would be “mlem”. good day sir
Load More Replies...Dog: A life support and transportation system for a cold nose.
I loved it when I read the story behind it. It's a controlled fire for the fire brigade to practice with 😊 But you would probably already know. Want to knowore? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_Girl
She has a bad back. I make all kinds of weird moves to avoid bending. I practically do a split to reach the bottom cabinet and it ain't pretty.
"I've come to work straight from the party. Except I can't even stand straight now, leave alone work."
*and there goes the keyboard* - laughing and drinking coffee never end well!
Load More Replies...That must be horribly uncomfortable. How will she ever stand up?
The piece is not the original movie prop, but a recreation by New Jersey artist Elizabeth Lieb.
In the 1900’s there were stage shows featuring farting people. They could carry tunes and had sing-alongs.
This is a technique often used by hotels to prevent people from running in the hallways
Might want to find a different hotel to sleep off that hangover...
I kind of wonder if the floors just a smidge uneven and this is how they decided to hide it.
It's warped gravity. A dropped object always goes to the least retrievable place
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring bananahat
Load More Replies...My sister had a school principal who looked like him!
Load More Replies...I did and chuckled, switched back and forth between the tabs and chuckled again. :)
Load More Replies...She doesn’t look like a women with a sense of humour….. this is why we shouldn’t judge a book my it’s cover.
"We never did find out who the kid who played the kettle drum was. Some said he was a ghost, some an angel. Some claimed he was a kid from another school who snuck in here. Some said "What are you talking about? That's Kevin McHenry. He's in my home room and Lakeith dated his sister last year. You can't just list him as "Unknown" in the yearbook, Morgan. WTF?" I guess we'll never know the truth. All I know is that he sometimes brought homemade cookies to band practice."
they are most likely in marching band(an american thing)
Load More Replies...ironically enough unknown was the most popular kid and everyone knew him
I remember it was the strangest "X-files" episode ever: "Drunken alien shapeshifters".
My vote goes to the one where the whole episode was a hallucination while they were underground being digested by a giant mushroom.
Load More Replies...So, we have proof. I always see her as beautiful as a fairy queen.
The bigger question is what's it doing up Gillian Anderson's nose?
He's been ten for almost 20 years. Makes sense that age got to him eventually
Load More Replies...Pokemon masters are broke so he couldn't afford a haircut tried to do it himself and voila
Team Rocket tricked Ash well this time: disguised as a hairdresser, they shaved off his hair.
"Yes, I'm sure about this. If you attack those birds like this they'll get so traumatized they'll never dare to return."
Tellatubies are nightmare fuel burn their world ( just my opinion)
Load More Replies...Remember back in the 90s when Jerry Falwell accused Tinky Winky of being gay? Yeah that was a thing that happened. Also Falwell is about as dumb as screen doors on a submarine.
This is Simon Barnes. He became an alcoholic and died homeless on the streets of Liverpool. He shouldn't be here for so many reasons.
If you zoom in on her I believe she's actually wearing a top and a skirt that are the same color. She's probably one of the costume/set designers, hence the tool belt.
Load More Replies...It looks like Peter cheated on MJ with the blueberry girl from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
After his first experience eating at Taco Bell while on patrol, Spider-Man realized he needed to use a more breathable fabric.
Please tell me this was made for a stop smoking service and not F*g Ash Lil’s birthday party. BP censor strikes again.. it’s British slang for a cigarette
I despise cigarettes and smoking in general, so why do I like this?
I remember reading a story in the newspaper one Sunday about some people had taken advantage of a motorway in the UK that had been closed off (quite a large chunk of it) and two people had gone on somewhere on the M4, taken some pictures and buggered off. Caught on surveillance cameras too.
Load More Replies...I had to bring my son to class (babysitter cancelled last minute). He drew a picture of my instructor on my syllabus. I was able to trade it in for a fresh one, but that instructor still uses the drawing for his going-over-the-syllabus first day class, letting everyone see a ten year old's drawing of him.
The welcome party of the new Marvell superhero -Trashman- was a big success.
Finally Frank from Always Sunny in Philadelphia got his big break!
Load More Replies...They new he should have stuck to regular but no it was insistent on premium
This area I live in (Dutch/Belgian coast) has a very rich history due to the harbours a couple of hundred years ago. You can go on a biking route along some VR-columns to watch how life was back then, and download this for your own gsm with VR-appliance. Have a look here (in Dutch, but the smartphone will be able to translate) https://www.reisroutes.be/blog/belgische-kust/autoroute-verdwenen-zwinhavens/#de_fietsroute_verdwenen_zwinhavens . So this scenario is quite common here, and the reason is good.
This photo perfectly defines how too many people look at the world now.
"OMG!!! Look at my beach body! #hotgirlsummer #springbreak! "
the mirror, the idea, the product, the (too much) little girl
Load More Replies...That’s a Gundam, not a Transformer, though XD
Load More Replies...Pretty famous image in the gundam fandom. That girl tempura-ed her brother's Gundam Plastic Model out of revenge.
Do not wash the Wicked Witch of the West, as clearly indicated on the label.
why ooooh why they never put a bucket under the door before opening it... this is the principle of the glass, you see that the machine is full of foam...
Ooooh, it took me a minute to figure out to look into the mirror behind them!
That’s how I feel on Mondays, hey that’s tomorrow and it’s also trash day 😩
Sadako/Samara really fell on some hard times. Someone find her a well, please... XP
Aren't these rather Pikachu socks in clear plastic shoes?
Load More Replies...Just turned their back on it for a few seconds I'm guessing
Load More Replies...How to make a Gordian Knot. 1- Take one pair of wired earbuds. 2 - Gently fold it into a nicely aranged loop. 3 - Gently put it into your pocket. 4 - Stand still for 10 seconds. 5 - Gently pull the earbuds out from your pocket. 6 - Congratulations, you now have a Gordian Knot.
Why do I hear David Attenborough talking about mating?
Pronounced Water on the the left and Whatear(french accent) on the right
The one on the left is shouting. The one on the right sounds like Barry White.
Huh? Could you explain that conclusion? I don't get it.
Load More Replies...I know it's unrelated to the post but here's your daily reminder to wear a seatbelt. A bus just flipped over beside my house and two people are seriously injured so WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS thank you
I don't understand the intro talking about how old and young people find different things funny. Is it true? Did it relate to these images? Was that intro necessary?
Well, if we’re gonna be that way, was your post necessary?
Load More Replies...Here's a daily reminder to mind your business! No one cares what you think! P.s busses don't have seat belts
I know it's unrelated to the post but here's your daily reminder to wear a seatbelt. A bus just flipped over beside my house and two people are seriously injured so WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS thank you
I don't understand the intro talking about how old and young people find different things funny. Is it true? Did it relate to these images? Was that intro necessary?
Well, if we’re gonna be that way, was your post necessary?
Load More Replies...Here's a daily reminder to mind your business! No one cares what you think! P.s busses don't have seat belts
