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50 Relatable Memes That Might Be Exactly What You Need Right Now (New Pics)
When people wanted to have a laugh back in the day, they'd have to either turn on the telly and watch a sitcom, pop in a VHS of a stand-up special, or look up the funnies from the Sunday newspaper. Nowadays, memes are the primary source of quickly sourced humor.
And they come in all shapes and sizes to suit almost every taste: animal memes, history memes, Spiderman memes, and even weird as heck memes that make absolutely no sense whatsoever. This list comes to you from a page that's all about making people laugh, the Daily Humor Memes. So, pick up your favorite snack and have a chuckle at these pics, Pandas!
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The almighty meme has been through many different iterations on the internet. There's no textbook on memes yet (at least to my humble knowledge), so, it's not like we're going by some peer-reviewed research. But there are certain periods according to which netizens categorize memes.
This image is probably the best visual representation of all the different meme eras. While it's unclear who's the author, they divide the internet meme culture into seven periods. The first one is the experimental era from 1995 to 2004. Taking you back right to the Windows 95 interface, it features the Star Wars kid, the Dancing Banana, and "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" memes.
Granted, back then, we didn't really think of those funnies as memes. But today, they probably qualify as such because of their virality. Take the "Dancing Baby", for example. Some netizens call it the very first viral video in the history of the internet, as the peak of its popularity was in 1996.
Some folks today are too young to know many of the memes that made the "Experimental Era" great. Like the "Badger, badger, badger" animation: at first glance, it's just a bunch of 2D badgers doing calisthenics. Yet it has survived for more than 20 years and is still up on the internet. Back in its day, it also made it to PC World's top 5 internet fads.
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superfluous 1 year ago
Why does the wrapper sound so loud? It was always embarrassing that others would know - trying to stealth unwrap the stupid thing!
YouTube ushered in the next era of internet memes. Spanning from 2004 to 2009, the "Classical Era" of memes featured the first viral videos, such as "Chocolate Rain", "Evolution of Dancing", and the iconic Rick Roll. Some netizens claim that this was the golden era of memes. After all, it's when the iconic "Over 9000", He-Man, and "This Is Sparta" memes were born.
Next, we have the rage era, where comic memes became massively popular. This is where the legendary troll face was born, and many other "faces" masterfully drawn in MS Paint. Other notable characters are Rageguy, Cereal Guy, Okay Guy, Forever Alone Guy, and "Y U NO" Guy. It wasn't all guys in this era, though, as Nyan Cat, "Ancient Aliens" and the Bad Luck Brian also hit the internet.
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The next era of memes was dominated by Pepe the Frog, Doge, Harambe, Shrek, and Robbie Rotten. It's the era of dank memes. Rising to prominence in underground communities like 4chan, dank memes were offensive, sarcastic, and edgy, with "dank" meaning a satirized "cool". Dank memes were intentionally bizarre and funny to the point of being trite or cliché.
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Then memes became almost a commentary on themselves. In 2017, the surreal era started, with memes featuring Markiplier, Meme Man, "stonks", and the Ugandan Knuckles. This might just be the point when internet culture reached a point of no return into the realm of weirdness. Nothing really made sense anymore, but one common denominator of the surreal genre was its minimalism.
Slightly different from surreal memes were deep-fried memes. While they, too, were ironic, deep-fried memes had a very distinct look: grainy, strangely colored, and slightly washed-out. One subgenre of Markiplier memes, the deep fried Lord Marquaad E, was a sign of where memes as a whole were heading. It doesn't really have a meaning, other than trying to see just how far absurd internet humor could go. And its popularity proved that it could go far. Very far.
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Robert Millar 1 year ago
Pickles, Tomatoes, Onions. So this is the PTO I've been reading about?
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
You could have done it a lot faster if you had stopped eating avocados, dumbo.
Since 2020, we've been in the post-irony meme era. One might say that memes are barely recognizable compared to what they once were. People use familiar formats, like the Gigachad and the rage comics, but the meaning is totally different. There are no punchlines or intents, simply images. And the absurdism derived from that requires one to be a long-time resident of the internet.
Some people even take the joke of post-ironic memes so far as to get them tattooed on their bodies. Sure, tattoos can be funny, but would you, Pandas, go for a Mr. Worldwide Pitbull tattoo just for laughs? "If I want a care bear tattoo on my leg, what's stopping me? Society? We're all screwed anyway, have you seen the housing market?", a tattoo artist specializing in post-ironic tattoos, Tyler Fertig-Smith, told Dazed.
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What do you think about the memes in this list, Pandas? Which era of memes would you say they belong to? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and don't forget to upvote your favorites so they can make it to the very top! Meanwhile, while you're here, be sure to also check out our previous collection from Daily Humor Memes.
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Angela B 1 year ago
Ages ago, I was grocery shopping with my Partner. I wandered through the fruit and vege section, collected a few items, and then found Partner in Dairy section. I walked to to trolley and put the items in it. In a loud voice he said "Who are you lady, and why are you putting stuff in my trolley?" Everyone stopped and looked.. .. I gave him the look of absolute death.
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Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
If they ask for a doctor on an international flight I pretend to be asleep. We get warned not to volunteer, in case we get sued for malpractice by a US citizen for not doing everything 100% correct. Sad but true...
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Apachebathmat 1 year ago (edited)
Just last week I said to my husband “ I can see your a r s e ( F You BP) THROUGH your pants”
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Hoi-Polloi 1 year ago
Amateurs. Somebody snuck into my house and installed Assassin's Creed Shadows on my PC!
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Nimitz 1 year ago (edited)
My grandpa bought one of those Sears kits in 1949 for $1600 or about $30,000 today. It was less than a year's salary so he was able to pay cash upfront. His parents chipped in $1000 as a wedding gift. My parents bought a house in 1985 for $23,000, which is about $68,000 today. They saved up for a year and paid cash because her parents chipped in $10k. My mom asked me if I'm planning to buy a house. The average house price is $680,000 in my city, or $200k-400k for an apartment. She told me I just need to cut out unnecessary spending. I asked her if she was gonna chip in $200,000
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David 1 year ago (edited)
Google is so helpful sometimes. /S One time I googled age of consent by state, due to a conversation I was reading here on BP about a famous person in a relationship with a young person. Google gave me three screens asking me if I wanted info on help with s*x addictions before giving me the actual search results.
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Full of Giggles 1 year ago (edited)
I took my wedding band to the jewelers to have it resized. I had just finished asking if it would be done by our anniversary so I can wear it that night and the lady at the counter asks me, “Oh, you’re married?” I told her, “Nope, but my husband is.” She didn’t find it funny.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
"We serve breakfast anytime"..."Okay, I'll have scrambled eggs from the middle ages"
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
I have like. 6 pictures of me and my friend and my mom took all of them. What does that make me?
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RamiRudolph 1 year ago
Women pee from their fingers like those aliens in Scary Movie 3. Or so I've heard.
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Cindy Brick 1 year ago
I should be embarrassed -- I laughed WAY Too hard at most of these! Thank you for brightening up my humdrum day in a very snarky way.
Midori Greene 1 year ago (edited)
If you're on BP long enough you will learn that there are *always* recycled ones... But these were pretty good, I enjoyed them!
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
I had surgery today and am on painkillers and found some of them funny. And I'm sure my comments are inspiring. 🤤🤣
Cindy Brick 1 year ago
I should be embarrassed -- I laughed WAY Too hard at most of these! Thank you for brightening up my humdrum day in a very snarky way.
Midori Greene 1 year ago (edited)
If you're on BP long enough you will learn that there are *always* recycled ones... But these were pretty good, I enjoyed them!
Load More Replies... ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
I had surgery today and am on painkillers and found some of them funny. And I'm sure my comments are inspiring. 🤤🤣
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