A less commonly talked about “superpower” of the internet is the ability to make thousands, if not millions of people realize that in many ways we are actually a lot more alike than we might think. In fact, if you think about it, memes can only function if there is some shared understanding and frame of reference.
The “Relatable Nation” Instagram page posts memes that are approachable, hilarious, and perhaps painful at times. So get comfortable as you scroll through all of these examples of what it’s like to be a human, upvote your favorite memes, and share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Awwww! Kiss the babies 😘 idc if they try to eat my face they're cute af
If they ripped you off to eat your intestines, you will not think like that....
Load More Replies...Yes, probably if you meet a pack of hyenas hungry, but hey they are cute
Load More Replies...Hyenas cannot breed with dogs or cats, but it seems like your friend’s dog can laugh like a hyena XD
Load More Replies...Get the ones that fold up small that you can stick in your purse/backpack/pocket. Seriously. I would *never* have bags otherwise, I never remember to take them out of the trunk or living room. With these, I'm always good.
Some might recognize that the word “meme” has its origins in evolutionary biology, as it was coined by none other than Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book “The Selfish Gene.” He based the word on the Greek “mimeme,” which itself comes from the Ancient Greek word “mīmēma,” meaning “imitated thing.”
Dawkins intended the word to represent the spread of ideas and concepts in culture while using evolutionary principles as a metaphor. In many ways, he was perhaps more correct than he could have ever suspected, as now, for example, entire ideas can simply be conveyed with single frames from “The Office” or images of specific cats.
And to think, ten minutes ago I didn't know what to do with my day....
The voices in my head like this one... But I don't get it. OK! OK! Stop laughing, I already asked them. What? No! You can't watch fight club again!
*Writing a reminder to ask my therapist about this at our next session.*
We had one of those for my nephew. He went through a very intense "vacuuming phase" at 5-6 (??) years old. He did a pretty decent job at it too. He's going to be mortified when he gets to his messy teen years and we show him videos of how happy he was cleaning and tidying my brother's house.
We had a kid in our waiting room steal his grandma's cane and was using it like a vacuum yesterday. It was really funny until she needed to get up and we had to take the cane away.
YEEEEEEES not the only one I thought the same , ty
Load More Replies...Hell no! He would come in, steal all our essentials, then announce a special prime day
Anyone else here thinking that getting a random handful of our wishlist items would be the best kind of chaos? Also, the answer to the message is 'gdpr'
I've seen few people more vilified for simply succeeding under the rules. Is he an intentional jack as like Elon? Is he a blow hard like Jobs? Is he condescending and patronizing like Diamond, and other so called wizards of Wall Street? Bezos turned an online book store into an online powerhouse. For that he is declared a witch with stones thrown. How about focusing on succeeding in your own life, instead. Couldn't hurt.
To maintain the idea of a gene, Dawkins argued that certain ideas, once observed, will be replicated. As any seasoned internet user knows, memes tend to follow certain patterns and templates, which are passed on from user to user, putting together the tapestry of what is current online content.
These pictures are too calm and organized for a uni life. Who has time to make pretty, Instagramable meals while juggling classes and lacking money?
Since the oat milk package is in swedish and the brand oatly is swedish I'm placing a really hard bet on Sweden. Our uni is also free so this feels very swedish overall.
That giant pot is ramen noodles. I've only seen my aunt ever cook it like that. She invited us for dinner that night. NO THANK YOU
Load More Replies...Replace the fruits and oatmilk with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a few instant ramen packs/mess up the desk a bit and THEN that's more accurate
Not every country has an American style college system. In Italy for example, they are very rare and expensive. So the students who must move far away to attend University will usually rent a bedroom in a shared apartment , while many will keep on living at home with their family and commute every day to attend lessons at the Uni
Or ‘i’ve never had to graft cause daddy paid for my top notch uni whilst also covering my rent in an upmarket flat unlike the poor wretched mortals who barely scramble for halls of residence and are encumbered by a ball and chain fee debt/student loan for the rest of their measly lives’
I actually feel bad for people who have too much money in uni. They're missing the shared bonding fun of being poor together. Of making furniture out of pallets and pooling your change to share one last drink at closing time.
There is nothing so pure as the love of an eagle
Load More Replies...Quick Reminder: the sound that you know as a bald eagle screech is actually a hawk dubbed over. Bald Eagles sound like big Seagulls.
They are huge, can have wingspans of over 7', but this is a bit of an optical illusion the eagle is sitting on grass that's either on the first floor roof or the house is situated on a steep hill, so the car and neighboring house are at a much lower level. You can see it if you click the link to the original post, then look at the second photo by itself.
Load More Replies...TOO LATE! IT CAN SMELL YOUR UNPATRIOTIC BLOOD! Let us all remember that this would not have happened if they had a loaded, ready-to-fire fully automatic sherman tank. You can sponsor an American to keep them safe from becoming unpatriotic for just five bullets an hour...
I went all the way to Sydney to attend a play at a certain highschool which was a further significant journey to get to. When I got there the place was deserted. I'd gone to the wrong goddamn school. I missed the play.
This actually happened to me... On the introduction day for high school they called everyone's name and you'd be told which class you'd be in. My name wasn't among them, so, totally bewildered, I asked where I was supposed to go. Turns out, nobody told me that I was sorted into a different location nearby (or I just completely missed that crucial bit of information, which is probably more likely). I was HORRIFIED. When I finally entered the right classroom I was half an hour late and everybody looked at me...
That is a recurring nightmare I have but I haven't been in any kind of school for decades.
One of my anxiety dreams is me being in a school that I don't recognize, even though it's my school, trying to find my class but knowing that I'll be late.
As with certain genes, memes live or die through replication. If the meme isn’t funny or meaningful, it won’t be shared or recreated. And, very obviously, something needs to be somewhat relatable to be funny or meaningful. In this way, it’s actually easy to see just how much is shared throughout humanity, as seven different people on seven different continents can enjoy the same meme.
Or just friendly and lonely. Don’t shame the Kevster for his owner’s misdeeds.
Load More Replies...For a dog (or cat), I'd happily leave my door open. Any pet who wants to sleep with me is more than welcome.
Same here.....and also if Kevin it's gorgeous......too.....;) ( man here)
Load More Replies...No, bad is when "Pluto may try to wriggle into bed with you but he's just an old softy" and he's your weird uncle
So THAT'S why Pluto got demoted!
Load More Replies...I have a fish. His name is Eric. (said in John Cleese's voice)
My son had a beta fish that lived for quite a few years. The fish was named Dave. Dave was a girl.
Load More Replies...Great, that will save me the trouble of luring him in with snausages!
Once when I worked on the delivery team for a social store (we got furniture donated and sold it for relatively cheap to unemployed people and such) I had a coworker, russian. He would always take the heaviest items we had, like granite table tops or washing machines, all alone, without a problem. 🤣
These people amaze me. I try to just push something like this and struggle, and they pick it up like it is a light suitcase.
Load More Replies...Tbh, fridges are not that heavy. Make it a washing machine and color me impressed.
I head this argument before, regarding a TV a guy bought for his ex...." The TV belongs to the office of the GIRLFRIEND and since doesnt hold that position anymore, then she cant enjoy the benefits of the office" 😂😂😂
That’s a Tokeeh gecko…they always look happy! 😂
Load More Replies...Cold blooded creatures, they like to be very warm. I mean literally, they cannot regulate their temperature and must take warmth from sun etc
Dawkins himself has adjusted his definition of meme after seeing how the internet took off with the idea. In his original formulation, the meme changes "by random change and a form of Darwinian selection," while in reality, memes change and shift due to direct, intentional human interference.
It's not that they kill people, it's that they cause accidents by following road rules when they want, and pedestrian sidewalk rules when they want. So you may go to take a free right on red, have stopped, looked, been as careful as you can, only to barely slam on the breaks as a cyclist ignores the red, and shoots out in front if you, crossing the red light, because the sidewalk sign said walk. I've narrowly missed a few myself. And they aren't going walking speed, they're flying thru at 20mph, impossible to see coming suddenly sometimes. Obviously no one deserves to be hit by a car, but I've seen several cyclists act like they believe cars can never touch them, or as if they have bubble of armor around them. If you're going to ride a vehicle on the road, where your only protection is a helmet, you should follow road rules, or risk injury. You don't see motorcyclists running red lights because a crosswalk said pedestrians could walk. They'd get a ticket or cause an accident.
Load More Replies...The percent of bicyclists, motorcyclists, and car drivers violating the law is almost the same. The difference is the degree of vulnerability.
I agree. My toxic trait is that I hate driving around cyclists on the road (only because it stresses me out, it’s a me-problem lol) but I’m massively respectful of them because I’m technically in a 2-ton suit of metal armour on the road, and they’re only protected by a squishy human body.
Load More Replies...I try to follow all the traffic laws when biking but I've also had problems with drivers who just want to harrass me for being on the road. I had one pull up behind me and just as he was passing had the passenger lean out the window and scream in my face as loud as he could. I was so startled I almost crashed. Another time a driver pulled toward me by the curb only so she could yell obscenities at me and tell me cyclists belong on the sidewalk. And I've had people try to hit me with their fast food garbage or throw their drinks on me as they pass me. So it's not always the cyclists. Of course, all of this happened in my hometown so maybe I just have some really immature neighbors.
That’s awful, sorry that happened to you, yikes! I think a lot of seasoned older motorists could use a refresh about what laws and rights cyclists have, how to drive around them and where they can cycle. It would probably save us all a lot of stress.
Load More Replies...A truck ran me off the road and caused injuries so bad I was off work for four months and am still recovering. Cars are a problem way more often than bicycles.
I drive, bike and walk in my busy, densely populated neighborhood with narrow streets every day, all day for work. No matter what mode of transportation you’re using *ssholes abound, but it’s important to remember only one of the three is deadly.
This is how I feel about people on motorcycles. "nobody ever looks out for motorcycles" they all say...meanwhile half the people on the road riding motorcycles are weaving in and out of traffic at twice the speed limit.
Total bullsh!t, yes a few bikers are like this, but most are not.
Load More Replies...The comments below illustrate why riding a bike is dangerous. I’m just trying to go to work, do my shopping etc. I’m a fellow human who’d like to get home to his kids alive. Honestly, the attitude towards people riding bikes is f*****g toxic
My mother's getting rid of unwelcome animals yell, which goes "Gwarn, GIT!" (please read the aforementioned yell in a broad country Australian accent for the full effect).
As a Canadian, this works in a Canadian accent as well there bud 😉
Load More Replies...If you ever find me mauled in the woods, just know my last words were "Awww you're such a pretty kitty! Whose that handsome snugglewump? Pspspspsps!!"
Nawww, need a pressurized 5 gal water fire extinguisher.... mf's shoooooot some serious water
Load More Replies...While internet memes have been around since the 1990s, their shape and form have changed significantly since then. Connoisseurs of older memes might remember the days when most meme images were a picture with some text. Some even followed the standard form of a motivational poster, with a black frame, the “demotivational post.”
That is brilliant! Calling all parents of mullet haired kids, please do the same.
My 7 year old has one extreme mullet (his choice, not mine) and I have several pictures to show everyone when he is older. On a side note, I really wished I kept my JNCO jeans! Original 90s JNCOs resale for like $300-$500!
Load More Replies...Sure the mom is laughing. Looked stupid back then and does today.
Load More Replies...I was 18 in '98. I had these same JNCOs and a number of kickwears. We wore them to raves, they were sooooo cool back then. This kid slays, with pix as proof!
Hey, we’re the same age! I never had JNCOs, but rocked some very wide legged pants circa 1995.
Load More Replies...Mom. Mom is laughing now. Mom. I know this sweet sweet victory firsthand. :D
I think you and I have different ideas of adorable
Load More Replies...I don’t care about the tequila(I’m underage anyway) I just want the butterfinger
As someone who is over 21 the best advice I can give you is to stay away from that demon drink...unless it's mixed with orange juice and grenadine. But even then! Tread carefully!
Load More Replies...My old neighborhood had houses at strategic locations with cold beer.
Was just thinking this 😂 my sassy teenage a*s would have knocked anyways just to see what happens.
Load More Replies...I felt terrible that I missed Halloween this year - I'm known in the neighbourhood as the lady who has stash of chocolates for the parents who actually come up with their kids instead of waiting on the sidewalk. Unfortunately I had to work that night. FIrst year in a decade I missed it. :(
These days, online jokes have gotten more sophisticated and international, allowing meme creators to bypass borders and language barriers. The right combination of elements can communicate ideas and jokes far further than the whole sentences used in the 1990 meme era.
I'm afraid that siri isn't an ai, it just follows a simple enough script written by apple employees. Siri/alexa/etc don't even use machine learning which is what most people think of when they hear ai.
Load More Replies...i like bold coffee with a tsp of vanilla ice cream in it. very calming.
Sometimes, I like to put a little bit of ice cream in my coffee instead of creamer
Somebody is confused about case and effect. When you eat ice cream because your life is c**p then your life is c**p even though you're eating ice cream. If your life is okay and you decide you want ice cream for breakfast on Tuesday you're doing it for very different reasons.
I can't wait for them to start selling panettone, with a lot of ice cream it's my go to Christmas breakfast 😭
In the modern day, every element of an image file is a brush in the hands of a meme creator. Compression effects, color saturation, strange fonts, photoshop, and bizarre combinations of media all culminate in a sort of content smoothie. What is amazing, is that most of the time, we can parse and understand what is going on.
How does a person not have the accurate phone number of the other human who is taking care of the BABY? This meme is highly suspect
Hmmm, I never thought about that before. If birds are nocturnal than no big deal, but if they're diurnal then that would be rather sad.
It's not just birds, it's all kind of animals that get disturbed by this light.
Load More Replies...wow and right over that satan skull. who's got the b***h'n Halloween house now??
As a child, you may have wondered how those Ancient Egyptians (or Sumerians, if you were really into history) understood all those pictograms and hieroglyphs. Memes give us some evidence that our brains are better at parsing meaning than we may have given them credit for.
as a professional cook, this makes me sick. it also explains why people are more likely to get food poisoning at home than a restaurant. gross.
This. This is why I will NEVER EVER eat food that I have not prepared myself. No I'm not being rude thank tik tok for waking me up to the nightmare that is other peoples cleanliness.
The typical kitchen sink has more bacteria than a typical toilet seat (maybe not the same kinds of bacteria, but still...).
A lot of them are the same bacteria. If a microbiologist from another planet took swabs from a kitchen sink and swabs from a toilet, they'd conclude that we prepare food in the toilet and c**p in the sink.
Load More Replies...I saw the caption and thought they were taking about a registered nurse…
With my background of food service- I am looking at this in an entirely different manner. Technically this COULD be OK IF OP sanitized sink before and after but it makes NO SENSE to do it this way, it would be easier to use a bowl and I very much doubt that they cleaned it properly. Also, the flour will clog the drain.
This much is clear. Whatever just happened, Tuxedo Boy was obviously successful, or at least satisfied with the results. Law enforcement is involved but they haven't found a good reason to confront him and seem to be discussing what to do next. The fact that they won't do anything to him is irritating the UPS driver, who is most likely going to get fired for this. Everything in the picture has a story to tell, except for the sewing machine. WTF IS UP WITH THE SEWING MACHINE?
What's up with the photographer taking this smug's photo? Were they paid to capture disasters or prom photo. Seen this photo b4 and I think I figured the sewing machine. That's his DATE, bewitched. Obviously tuxedo boy is to blame for that too.
Load More Replies...That was his prom vehicle he rented out, the sewing machine was on hand because he had a last minute tux emergency and someone was gonna help him fix it but fate took a turn for the worse, or actually that’s a security vehicle, not a school bus, he was on his way to the tux help when he stumbled upon the accident and the resulting selfie didn’t disappoint
That DOES explain so many of those tests... but I still don't know what this means
He went to the UPS truck funeral, but he was the barista and had to bring his own blender, the cops are the guests. Duh.
To be fair, sometimes kids "helping" can make it worse. And, in some cases, they can't really help at all.
Well, she is how old? Looks to me like under ten. Is she supposed to do it herself?
It's not like she would be much help anyway. So, kick it and watch the festivities as mom and dad avoid arguing about who's bright idea this was...
At this point, many memes have surpassed being relatable and have entered a sort of absurdist state, for example, the “moth memes” which mostly profess a love of lamps. If you take a step back, you will realize that there are entire collections of memes created for moths (that will never see them) that humans can still relate to.
Daith piercing. I got both ears pierced like that a few years ago. I have far less migraines than I used to. It's well worth looking into it for anyone struggling with migraines. Fun piercing, rather inexpensive and pretty good placebo effect!
Load More Replies...I recently pierced my ears because I was bored. I have 3 holes in each now.
There's really no evidence to back this up. Ppl need to stop believing this nonsense. Probably the same people that believe essential oils can cure everything
It's so funny how one of the top comments is talking about how it actually helped them even though it was probably the placebo effect and you're just here saying "nuh uh"
Load More Replies...That's like actually a good rendition of the iPhone font. Like I can't do that even when I'm tracing it
Some bakeries can reproduce photos onto cakes (with computers somehow, I dunno). Maybe that's what was done here?
Load More Replies...I get pie every year for my birthday. Always prefered pie, even as a kid.
Hate it when people do that. "Stop texting MY whatever." Dude, you don't own your girlfriend. She can speak to whomever she wants, even if it's just to hand out notes to a fellow classmate.
That's right. She can tell her class mate to eff off herself. Jeez.
Load More Replies...Moths aren’t the only subject with a whole category of memes, there are a lot of significantly more relatable options. So if you want to see more, do not fret, Bored Panda has got you covered. Check out our collection of memes about what “my therapist says,” or from the legendary “Boss Meme Squad” Instagram page.
she's a bit buzzed,, a bit zooted,,, a bit baked,,,, a bit stoned,,,,, a bit on the za,,,,
What a noob. Gotta use Visene at home before you pregame. Maintain the buzz AND keep your composure around authority figures.
Load More Replies...I miss my giant scarves and knockoff converse and stripe-dyed emo hair and chunky eyeliner lol
Load More Replies...What? If I found that in my room every time I cleaned it, I'd be cleaning my room every day.
Some friends came over and cleaned my house for several days and found my many secret stashes of coins. They told me about Coinstar, which (a) doesn’t judge and (b) gives no-fee gift cards, so I’ve redeemed over $1100 thus far and have at least $500 more lying around. This is just random emptying of my pockets stretching back over 20 years.
If i found a lot $20 notes in a girl's bedroom, i have to admit that i'm probably going to leap to a most ungenerous conclusion.
Are those people money launders? Who the heck has all that cash laying around...legally?
Stupid of you to do the math and cook the bread when you can just set it on fire and eat the ashes
Load More Replies...That would be some kind of oven to reach that temperature. (Smelting level baking?)
A very short time at extreme heat would not give the same (baking/cooking) result as a long time at low heat, no matter what the math says. It just doesn't always work that way. Not to forget that we couldn't reach such a high temperature, or could we?
It's called 'maths' because its the science of 'mathematics', not the science of 'mathematic'.
My ex-fiancé, he was the worst, one of the biggest reasons I left him.
When I was a teenager I spent the summer with my blind stepdad in another state. He arranged a ride to the grocery store one week. Needless to say, we walked after opening the door to find 2 toddlers with no clothes and sagging diapers, un-seatbelted, and the floor covered in dirty diapers. He could tell by the smell before the door was even opened. 🤢🤮
My sister's car looks like a rolling garbage can. After going to the store when I got out of the car I had several ketchup packets and miscellaneous things stuck on my shoes. I carefully peeled them off and threw them back in the car, I don't want to litter.
First image is the passengers side of my dads car. Hate his car so much, and he complains about my room being a shihole-
And the next day... and the next... the one after that, too. You're fired.
Load More Replies...If there was a cat sleeping on top of you that would be fully acceptable.
Honestly - last week I left my apartment to go to work and there was a kitten stuck on the roof of my apartment building. Had to save him, I couldn’t walk away from a crying stressed-out baby. He would not come down easily. I was almost 90 mins late and sent my boss photos to prove I genuinely couldn’t move the cat lol (boss was cool with it, I got kitty down and reported the kitty parents - my neighbours - who received a citation for allowing their cat outdoors. In their words, they’re “trying to train him to be an outside cat.” My town’s bylaws prohibit outdoor cats because they’re an invasive species here and very harmful to the environment! And also we have giant raptor birds which like to snack on kitties, it’s not safe for the cat at all, especially on a roof)
Load More Replies...“Unathletic” alligator with “terrible arthritis” looking for love is on his dating profile.
Don't talk about Monty like that! He's quite athletic! And sporty! And svelte!
United States Postal Service has a reputation to uphold; the school should know better :)
The university mailed the diploma using USPS first class large envelope postage and then put “do not bend” on it. They tried to cheat since the requirements for a first class large envelope is that it must be flexible.
At my local small town post office, I had a calender with "do not bend" crammed in my po box. I brought it up to show the worker at the desk. She said "oh sorry" and she handed me a candy. I went away happy.
Most books or magazines that I receive end up jammed into my mailbox like that despite the tube underneath for long things. One time it took me about 10 minutes to get a book out of the box it was wedged in so tightly. So infuriating when they are damaged!
Just a question - some mailboxes are smaller than a magazine etc can fit without being bent. What are mail carriers supposed to do in that kind of situation? (Genuine curious question 😊)
Load More Replies...Obviously, the UPS person did not graduate and cannot read English or cannot read at all. Or, Bill Allen is right and I upvoted them
Unrelated but this somehow reminded me of that mother that wanted to reschedule the solar eclipse watching, because the date didn't fit with her childrens plans.
K. Like Vitamin K... And Like with Vitamin A too much isn't good for you :p
I like an onion bagel. There's not quite as much stuff to get caught in my teeth.
Not in Starbucks, it's either one of the other. The other options are bakery items.
Load More Replies...How is this everything no spindles no choc chips no strawberries I'm disappointed
A few years ago, I'm a teacher, I got called to another room to help a kid get his head unstuck from between the seat of his chair, and the back of his chair....
Oh my. Jeff Bezos....oops, I mean Santa, isn't stopping by his house this year!!
Load More Replies...I only see a little guy with his elbows on the table. If they didn't tell me, there was no way to know he's miserable, as far as I can see
There's a kid with his head on the floor. It's zoomed in on him in the third picture
Load More Replies...I seriously doubt it is. They're just trying to be funny.
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