We're spending more and more time online. The Pew Research Center reports that 31% of Americans say they're almost constantly online, up from 25% in 2015. We do many things online: argue with others, read the news, watch TV shows and video essays, and, of course, meme 'til we drop.
As we hang out online more and more, the world seems to make less and less sense. And that's reflected in the memes, as they're getting weirder and more random by the minute. So, kick up your feet, relax, and have a chuckle as you scroll down these random memes from a page that fuses hilarity with weirdness brilliantly.
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Never answer in the affirmative to a vague question. You'll either end up at a cool rave or schlepping boxes into a moving van.
I once called a friend and asked her what she was doing Saturday and how much money she had in the bank. She then asked what the he!! was I gonna ask of her. Which of course was reasonable of her to ask. Someone at work had theater tickets to a show they couldn't go to and were selling the tickets cheap. It was a show my friend wanted to see, so she did want to spend the money. But she was very nervous of what I had in mind given how I started the conversation. I just thought it was funny, because I knew she didn't have much money in the bank.
I'm of an age when I now say, "Why? What would you like to do?" and if it's not something I want to do, "Sorry, I'm really not in the mood for that. Why not ask John or Mary, they love that stuff!" Turned down politely, given a better suggestion. Ageing rocks!
As a cis-gendered, middle-aged man living in America, I can definitively state that there is nothing more insecure and fragile than the male ego.
We love random memes; we like the nonsensical chaos that they bring. Yet we're starting to dislike the chaotic Internet from which they are born. What was once fun and exciting, nowadays brings us only anxiety, rage, and exhaustion.
In 2023, right before the New Year, The Wall Street Journal published a story about how people don't post on social media as much as they used to. They mention that 61% of Americans say they've become more selective about what they post on social media.
So many missing the point with Alley Cat hating dogs. Read the user name, people
I think, when commenting online, one should still attempt to indicate tone with /jk or /s or indicate that they are roleplaying. Because otherwise, we are left with only the literal words, to be taken literally, since words on a screen are by nature without tone. I will sometimes make comments here on BP pretending as if I'm an actual talking wolf, but I always make it clear when I do so, because otherwise, people could make incorrect assumptions about what I am trying to say or not say. If I simply commented as if I were actually a wolf, without indicating that I am essentially roleplaying, I would sound absolutely deranged and someone could be concerned for my actual sanity.
Load More Replies...Absolutely. The reason may be chance, geology, genetics, or general fuckwittery, but there is a reason.
General fuckwittery, lol. If you don't mind, I'll be using this phrase now, probably frequently 🤣
Load More Replies...Most things do NOT happen for a reason. Humans are just really bad at accepting that.
People make up reasons for things they don't understand. If Marge walks in front of a bus, we all know why we're at the funeral home.
Load More Replies...Hey, do not k**l the FUNK, people! Edit: What the funk is wrong with the verb k_ill BP!?
Folks don't really like being on social media anymore, either. They feel that no matter which platform you go on, it's just too divisive, full of bots and trolls, and chaos in general. Others point out that social media are becoming more about selling a product than fostering relationships between people.
"Facebook, Instagram—many of these platforms have been excessively commercialized to the point where they lost their immediacy, the sense of place they afforded, the sense of community they facilitated, the sense of belonging they offered," Zizi Papacharissi, who studies internet trends, told NPR.
True, but I'd love to be given the opportunity to demonstrate that sanity can be kept despite being a billionaire. 😁
Load More Replies...Agreed, just enough to invest a bit and live normally without the crushing weight of just existing.
Load More Replies...As much as I resent billionaires hoarding their money, needlessly I should add, what I really resent is their lack of morals and ethics. Now they're hoarding their money and making sure we lose not only our money, but our voices.
That's actually better conceived than any answer I'd give after waking.
I have always said that if I ever muŕder anyone that it would be the hour after I wake up.
Yeah. Me my whole school life. I couldn't even answer my name correctly! Fck early waking up
IT MOVED MY OPINION WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MOVE THE EARTH (my opinion: the US government is trashed and we're all screwed)
Try being 60. It's absolutely terrifying
Load More Replies...Yeah, I know, no one cares. But there's so many aggressively stupid people with shocking opinions. How humanity survived to the 21st century is a mystery.
We didnt now about all the aggressively atupid people with shocking opinion
Load More Replies...Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are not about keeping up with your friends anymore. They're platforms for people to build an audience and be heard on a much wider scale. Tech correspondent Julia Alexander likens today's social media platforms to media centers. "We open apps like Instagram more and more like we do YouTube: Unconsciously, repetitively, for longer periods of time."
Making sure no one f***s with him and doing a great job!
Load More Replies...Their astromech droid got damaged and the cat is the replacement until they can get assigned a new R2 unit.
Load More Replies...My emotional support cat is like me now, afraid to leave the apartment. We tried again this afternoon. She got two feet outside the door and fell on the floor and said NO MORE!!! I felt the same way!!!
Kitty is talking to that lady... now the question is what is the cat saying.
I love him as well. I have a number of t-shirts with Skeletor on them. My favorite is one where he is holding a surfboard and it says "Welcome to MYAAAAHH-mi Beach!" XD
Load More Replies...I heard annoyance is the price of being a part of a community. I've suffered through years of constant irritation when I was forced to interact with people. There's nothing positive about contact with people.
The only thing missing in this picture is a plate of cheese, crackers and grapes
We don't go on the Internet to connect anymore, we go there to engage in brainrot. "We may not even recognize many of the people we see, and we think of our time on these apps as a form of wasting time on the internet (that is, leisure) rather than connecting with people in our own lives," Alexander writes. "We are posting less to consume more."
It is incredible that I consciously made this decision at 6 years old. That was in the 70's.
I made it when i was 16, im 18 and numerous attempts have been made to talk me out of it for my "future".
Load More Replies...Talking to my Father, I learned that there was a heart/circulation problem that he had, and his Father before him. I got tested: same problem. And my Wife was treated for Paranoid Schizophrenia, (and I'm pretty sure her Mother was also nuts). We decided to not have kids. (I had a vasectomy) Our contribution to an improved world.
I made this decision when I was 12 in 1999. And the more I see the world, I'm happy to not be bringing a kid into this.
Can I seek seek guidance from someone else's ancestors? Preferably prosperous ancestors.
Some of us descended from apes; others obviously evolved along a different path.
Yep. Same here. Earth is the new Titanic. We're going down. So let's party!!!
Some people are the ones jumping into the water and some people are the band members. Be a band member. Gentlemen it's been an honor.
Load More Replies...Once I hit 35, I stopped giving a f**k. That was 15 years ago and nothing has changed. I'm just waiting for the esplosion. Yes, ESPLOSIONS.
When I was 11 years old in the 90s, I told my dad that I was going to end my life when I was 45, as I considered that "old enough" to have lived enough of a life without getting too old/having too many health issues (I'd recently watched a number of family members decline in health/die, so it was much on my mind.) My dad sort of side-eyed me (he was in his 50s at the time and was probably like "oh sweet summer child, you consider 45 to be OLD?") Then for a while in my 20s/30s I was like "nah, it's fine, 45 isn't old, I'll rescind my self-expiration date!" Then the last 5 or so years happened and I'm starting to consider my 11-year-old self's decision again :p ....I'm 43, btw XD
Load More Replies...And Conservatives are yammering about having more babies, increasing the population, while laughing in the face of disastrous climate change.
20 years? Not with Marmalade Head running the US gov. We will be in a nuclear war before his term is over.
I'm in my mid 70, born shortly after the WWII ended. We had very little. My father was a professional sportsman and an engineer so he did well. I was educated under the intransigent regime of a Catholic Convent school which I hated, mainly because they didn't know about ADHD in those days. I grew up in a world where freedom and individual rights were fought for, where women should have the same opportunities as men. But people didn't know where to stop. Now there are no women, where some misogynists have usurped the roles and freedoms of women and turned into us. Where t*******m is celebrated. Where the wants of the rew subsume the rights of the many. I am just waiting to die, I don't want to be a part of this world any more.
40 years ago, the Internet wasn't mainstream. Even around 15 years ago, your aunt and grandma certainly weren't on Facebook posting their political beliefs and liking fake news articles. Digital anthropologist Giles Crouch writes that the Internet went mainstream when capitalism started permeating it.
I'm glad that I finished that sentence before replying
Load More Replies...Do not be sad! Animals are the perfect soulmates. They love us unconditionally. Yes, we will lose them far too soon... but they leave the memories of their love behind, all while still leaving room in your heart for the next dog/cat whom will be your soulmate next ;)
Load More Replies...That cat has a beautiful soul and protects our souls whenever he remembers to, which isn't often but it's the thought that counts!
Pretty much sums up restaurant work, especially front of house.
Load More Replies...Is it because of the coconut cream they use in Pina Colada? Maybe he wanted it sent through a mixer before it's added to the drink? (Genuinely asking, cause I have no clue either)
He adds to the idea that the Internet has become pretty chaotic. "Navigating a news media site to actually get to the article you want to read has become a nightmare. Streaming services are taking us back to the age of regular cable TV with ads. Social Media platforms have lost sight of humans and started chasing each other's algorithms. They're failing," he concludes.
I think I have a whole d**n closet full of those shirts.
Load More Replies...“Night brings our troubles to the light rather than banishes them.” ~ Seneca
Don't remind me, I have an "outing" on Sunday. I'll need a week to recover, lol.
I only go out when I decide if I wait any longer people might start to worry and call me or worse..."drop by". Then after I go out I'm exhausted but in the back of my mind I'm like "Well at least I'm good for a while."
Load More Replies...Some people are looking for respite in smaller communities. Some are escaping from the onslaught of content by going back to older social media sites like Tumblr, Reddit, or Discord. NPR tech correspondent Bobby Allyn says it's "more personal, less cluttered, and you probably won't run into creepy product placement."
Notice the white part changes to brown. What word is covered that reminds you of brown?
If everyone had a computer cat employee morale would go way up
Load More Replies...My 13 1/2 year old Himalayan gets in my office chair with me. She sits and lays beside me or on the arm of the chair When she wants attn she puts her head under my left wrist. Sorry kitty I can't work like this, gimme a minute.
My brain and my mental heath and my physical health all trying to get my attention and some doctor asks what wrong? That the look I want to give them!
I hate when they ask for an overview of every f*cked up thing that happened to you the first time you talk to them. Like I have issues, for good reason, but I am very much not comfortable spilling all of them to you who I've not even seen in person wtf?
One TikTok creator points out how there's less and less discussion on the most popular social media platforms among young people—YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch. "There's this divide that wasn't there before, between audiences and creators," she told The New Yorker. A social media account on those platforms functions more like a broadcast station with no conversation. There's only watching and listening.
My dream job is swamp witch, sadly things like property taxes exist
You're lucky you don't need to work, then. I hate these memes made for teenagers that in 99% of cases will collide with reality.
...... that's the point.... Let's be honest here, most peoples jobs are completely meaningless (regardless of how much money they make), so the actual dream is to be able to do whatever you want without having to waste 8-12-16hrs per day doing a meaningless job.
Load More Replies...Before, the Internet was chaotic in a better way. We had fun online, stumbling upon nonsensical websites or playing little video games in our browsers. Thanks to giant social networks homogenizing the Internet, these experiences aren't as readily available today as they were a decade ago, Kyle Chayka writes for The New Yorker.
I decided to face the piles of stuff that have been overwhelming me, but it wasn't my choice. I was forced into this productivity.
In my senior year of HS I was voted most likely to end up in an insane asylum - that would have been an escape
That must have been a fun high school.I wonder if they also voted things like most likely to wind up incarcerated; Homeless; Killed by a family member, etc.?
Load More Replies...Hey! How come she gets a rubber ducky?! I never had a rubber ducky in my padded cell! 😠
My high school had the "Dark List", the one that didn't appear in the yearbook. I was voted most likely to end up a serial killer. If only. The only cereal I k!ll regularly is Fruit Loops. Edit: Fvck you censors and the sensitive cvnts who need them.
Ah, hell, I don't know where I see myself in 10 minutes. I hate it when people as this question.
But memes like the ones in this list remind us of a simpler time. Just random, relatable silliness, packaged in funny pics. Don't forget to upvote your favorites so we know which ones you liked the best, Pandas! And check out our other articles if you're looking for some memes to share with your friends or want some more chaos!
You're right, otherwise the broken part wouldn't be coloured. Good catch!
Load More Replies...i've had therapy and gotten tattoos, they both serve very different purposes!
when both of them happen at the same time... that's perfection
Yeah.. I just wish I won't open my eyes.. and then it's another endless day.. yeiy
Someone made me laugh during midterm exams in 6th grade when it was really quiet. I farted so loud and everybody laughed. I'm 51 years old now and still shutter every Time I think of it, which Believe it or not would be at least once or twice a year
I'm 43 and I still occasionally remember the time, in 3rd grade, when it was the end of the year and we were all wandering around signing each others' yearbooks. I was one of the "nerds" and thus only had gotten the teacher's signature so far. Suddenly, the most popular boy in class walked towards me with his yearbook in his hands! I grabbed it, shoved mine into his hands, and started signing his yearbook. He stood there for a second, confused, and then said "Oh, uh, I was just going to ask you if you knew where Ryan was." Ryan was his best friend in class. I was mortified. He was very polite, though, and still signed my yearbook XD Adam, if you're out there, and you remember this for some reason, I apologize for being so cringe XD
You clearly haven't done enough embarrassing things lately if that's still a problem! Work on it 😂
Load More Replies...The past is the past. Everyone does embarrassing things. People will react two ways. Those who accept what you've done with a smile, friends. And those who won't, a**holes you don't need in your life
me when I remember embarrassing things other people have done
Self-deprecating humor is a load-bearing coping mechanism! I needs it! XD 67443833da...be967b.jpg
No your lack of self control and discipline. And I say that as someone with ADHD.
Mine's absent because he died, can confirm I still feel like the little girl in the photo staring at the empty box :(
Mine went 3 days before my 7th birthday. My Dad was an alcoholic and could be a*****e as f**k, but he saved my Brother and Uncle's lives that day. No one, deserves to go out the way he did.
Load More Replies...It's better than present but immature father. Wants to talk but only about his problems. Wants to take the kid out to prove superficially he's a good father. But there's no deeper emotions. I knew my father was faking his caring at 6 years old. Only caring when it was convenient for him.
Twenty-five years since my Dad passed, and I still feel like that little girl.
Please accept my deepest condolences. I know what you mean. My Dad passed on January 10, 2015. My Mom passed on April 20, 2024.
Load More Replies...My dad left my family when I was 2 weeks old and then killed himself bout a year later...
D**n, I needed this at work! (I was a welfare examiner for 35 years.)
I know it's not what you meant, but the song 🎶 "Round and Round" 🎶by Ratt just went through my head. 😁
Load More Replies...Of course. Because google and you together know more than your doctor. When is the funeral? 😄
Load More Replies...They won't appreciate you until you find a new job and give two week's notice. then when you are gone, they have to hire two people to do what you used to
Since he's completely surrounded by livestock, the statement becomes even creepier.
"All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening" - Alexander Woollcott.
It is truly sad when one would rather be in the lavatory than at work. I know that situation first hand.
do they accept someone who can't cry because of antidepressants but really wants to?
We can provide eye drops for you to fake it. 👍
Load More Replies...4:00, wallow in self-pity 4:30, stare into the abyss 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one 5:30, jazzercize 6:30, dinner with me—I can't cancel that again 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing... I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness.
And what if I'm not just anxious but also bitter about even the smallest things? Does that make me a goya?
I'm certainly not going to tell Mr Auntriarch that he's a cucumber
My parents still ask me that and it's always nice to have a chance to explain to them all the ways they're terrible homophobic racist transphobic people.
I didn't see family for around 10 years. Met them at the funeral of my mother. My aunt made it all about herself, telling a sob story about her bad mother. Then she asked my brother the following day if I'm mentally ill. Bc a month earlier she came by and I didn't leave my room to say hi. Then she bought alcohol for her alcoholic brother, my father, a week after his surgery.
I find many conversations people are not listening to what's being said, they're just waiting for their turn to talk. 🙄
My collage teacher told me and another girl to read a dialogue like a real language. I understood that as showing a bit of emotion. We started, teacher scolded my partner. We started again, teacher criticised my partner again and then I realised she was criticising me. For not interrupting my partner. That idiotic teacher thought normal language is interrupting people. I remember that occasionally and wonder why stupid adults exist.
Thanks to all your answers, I’m happy to know I’m not the only one. I feel better, thanks😂
Me literally scrolling this article and sitting like this as I see this entry: puter-67f0...fd78b5.jpg
Nope as in one of those scenarios you actually have to hear and face your thoughts! :|
Load More Replies...Your worst often tells people that your best is not worth sticking around for.
I have had a lot of trash pass in and out of my life to the point where I became trashy. I feel terrible about that. All is good, though.
A name for my Dating history? Well, the Dark Ages immediately comes to mind.
I had to try to explain to my 80-year-old mother what it means when someone says something like "I love you, but I don't like you very much". My aunt had said that to her (about me. thanks, auntie.) My mom didn't/couldn't understand that "love" and "like" are two separate things. She said "But if someone doesn't LIKE you, doesn't that mean they don't LOVE you?" Sadly, Mother, they are separate things sometimes.
Does the red line disappear when you put a space between Ema and belle, to be replaced by the green line, 'this should be one word'?
Load More Replies...I'm lucky, I guess? My name is also a proper noun: Crystal. XD
I have two smol groups of people I socialize with online (you, my fellow Pandas, are one of those groups! ILU all!) and I have one precious IRL friend I don't see often (she recently moved ~2hrs away.) I sometimes - haha okay jk, I CONSTANTLY worry that I am complaining/etc. too much to my friends. The tl;dr is I had a bad childhood, was in an abùsive relationship for 24 years (recently escaped!) and my mother/sister constantly harass and bully me to this day, so I often HAVE a lot to vent/complain about - but I still worry that all I'm doing is making everyone think "omg can she ever SHUT UP and STOP COMPLAINING?" I don't know where I'm going with this, really - maybe the solution is to buy cakes for everyone XD If anyone ever feels like I'm over-complaining/over-sharing, please let me know so I can adjust, don't just loathe me quietly XD
They need some dental work done, but keep spending money on unnecessary things instead...? That's my take on it 🤷♀️
Load More Replies...I came here with the hopes that I actually had one brain cell left. But no.
Brain cells are over rated, I can only manage a vibe at this point
Load More Replies...I'm just now learning that BP is a social network. And I'm a part of it. Wow!
Social for the especially nice and wickedly funny....no drama no hate no judgment. Is how I view Bored Panda. It is the only way I feel safe socializing. I feel loved and accepted here. I hope now you can too...... or you can eat cheetos and doom scroll....just mind the cheeto dust it tends to smear or stick !!!
Load More Replies...I came here with the hopes that I actually had one brain cell left. But no.
Brain cells are over rated, I can only manage a vibe at this point
Load More Replies...I'm just now learning that BP is a social network. And I'm a part of it. Wow!
Social for the especially nice and wickedly funny....no drama no hate no judgment. Is how I view Bored Panda. It is the only way I feel safe socializing. I feel loved and accepted here. I hope now you can too...... or you can eat cheetos and doom scroll....just mind the cheeto dust it tends to smear or stick !!!
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