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Every once in a while, everyone gets a little philosophical about life. Various whys and hows may hit someone after they’ve had one too many, on a random Tuesday night, or after they’ve done something so foolish it made them question Darwin’s survival of the fittest theory.

And as is often the case when faced with things we can’t fully comprehend, comedy comes into play. And in this case, we turn to existential memes to remind us that we are all bamboozled; some just less than others.

And while existential crisis memes and dark jokes about existentialism can’t “cure” these headache-causing musings, they can add some humor to the situation. Existential dread might not be the most fitting subject to joke about, but it’s one where if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry. And we opt to laugh it out, especially knowing that most of these thought-provoking questions about existence neither have answers nor solutions. So to existentialism memes we go!

Below, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best existential dread memes to give those “big” life questions a lighter color. So give yourself a break and enjoy these existential jokes without giving them much of a second thought. Because the more brooding you do, the harder it becomes to escape the vicious cycle. As always, upvote the memes that made you laugh and share this article with a friend who has been in their head too much lately!

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phylosophy majors be like i gor a thought due tomorrow tweet meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"It should be an original thought that answers at least one of the questions: Who? What? Why? Me?"

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a wave of intense feelings crashing like a tsunami meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read on Tumblr once that you are chosen to mourn for someone who passed and doesn't have anyone who cares or remember s.

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today i will not overthink racoon meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has been my strategy for the last few years. Frankly, it's not working very well. Thoughts keep slipping in.

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another day begins and no one asks why toy story meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In reality there's no such thing as a Day, it's just a made up excuse to keep slaving on hoping for things to change! From the sun's perspective it's always Day!

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i just remembered i exist. scared and excited meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thinking about every life event I must've forgotten or rarely thought about and realising pieces of me are dead and gone but there is a whole new me in the now....which also will be dead and gone tomorrow.

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i'm not apologizing to god grumpy cat meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m gonna finally die and gods gonna be like, this is the little s**t that has been refusing to pass into the endless void!

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lets gt this break a skeleton looking at itself in the mirror meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me right now, actual bread from supermarket...how did this become so hard to do?

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does your feline like to play with the spacetime continuum meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's wrapped around my arm currently, purring happily away to herself cos "I had big belly rubs"

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#66

realizing that life has no meaning drake meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Keep believing the lies & pretending that everything is going to alright in the end... then you die & realized you were right!

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unable to sleep because of an existential crisis meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if all the little critters that make up my human biosphere have these thoughts too?

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what's cool is the sweet, irrevocable embrace of death nihilist arbys meme

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*nervous laugh* Yeah, a million dollars is SO uncool. It's also uncool to be poor. All the super rich should give each poor person a million dollars each, really rub in their uncoolness, ya know? *more nervous laughter in poor*

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