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Format and relatability can make or break a meme. If the humor is too niche or the message isn't clear enough, you risk alienating your audience and leaving everyone completely befuddled. However, in some cases, the dreamlike absurdity and utter confusion are actually the entire point. That’s where the r/surrealmemes subreddit comes in.

A popular online community with a dedicated following in the hundreds of thousands, it showcases “memes from a future unreality.” Or, to put it differently, they focus on bizarre memes that are twists on already well-established tropes. And they’re as amusing as they are confusing. We've collected some of the weirdest and most creative images, as featured on the subreddit, for your enjoyment. Scroll down to take a peek and try not to lose your grip on (un)reality.

Bored Panda reached out to the team running the r/surrealmemes subreddit and two of the moderators were kind enough to answer our questions about meme culture and why surreal content resonates with so many people. You'll find our full interview with them as you read on.

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PlatinumThe8-BitCat
Community Member
3 years ago

WHY IS IT DOING THAT!?

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    David A Paterson
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I want to see that in colour.

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    Mahayana
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Great, now it’s stuck in my head : I’m blue, dadodidadoda dadodidadodaaaa🎶

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I love this guy's life!

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    #5

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    tom
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    i'm going to put this on a t shirt

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    #6

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    80 Van
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This is a depiction of the early settlers of the Truman Show.

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    #7

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Maybe he's running with the wrong swarm.

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    BC
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I stared into the abyss….and it sucked my face off…

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    David A Paterson
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That's a serious question. Has to be college graduates. Am I right?

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    #10

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    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    As a flautist and fan of rolling the tube to get the toothpaste out, I approve!

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    Az
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Ahhh some quality content

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    DB
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Just need some space Fix-A-Flat. Good as new.

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    Phoebe Bean
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    🥴

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    Mr.G86
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That....still looks delicious!

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    Groaver Andout
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Mom and dad are younger than the daughter!

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    Andy315
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Father Ted!

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    For the Hotel: For a hotel to have infinite rooms that are finitely full, it only stands to reason that the rooms only exist as they are needed and since Sisyphus will need a room there will be one as soon as Sisyphusoccupies it. For the boat: A name is the meaning attached to the intent of the parts and not the parts themselves, that's why a dead person "was" even if their parts remain and why a table and a chair can be composed of the same parts but have distinct names based on intent. As for Sisyphus: There is no joy to be found in making theoretical decisions while trying to perform a labor intensive task, just like there is no joy in office meetings that have no agenda.

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    No one understands the s͌t͌r͌u͌g͌g͌l͌e͌ of the Negative Americans
     
     

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    DC
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    She does! Weisse_Gin...d506da.jpg Weisse_Gina_2-651fe71d506da.jpg

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    Huntress
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I hate this picture for some reason 🫠

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    still tired
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    mobius strip :D

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    Dick Fint
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Nope, it was the cat. He/she didn't care for the decor.

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    #22

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    Mycroft1967
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Can I get medium unstable?

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    #23

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    That has value

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    #24

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    sbj
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago

    But Y

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    To ascend the staircase, you must become ONE with the staircase.

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    Phobrek
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Upvote for the Black Lodge

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    We all knew that one kid...

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    Rob(erta) Roy
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I hate my gender 🥲

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Must be why it's slowly drifting farther away from us

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    still tired
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    me, every other monday

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Love the Microsoft word art!

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    Kazaretski
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    yeah i hate when this happens

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    Chihuahua Mama
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Clifford? Why aren't you red!

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    PlatinumThe8-BitCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Is it just me, or does the sand being pours by the guy on the left look like a praying child?

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    Brian Jones
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Lmmfao SHERPER

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    Cassidy Moore
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Acceptable

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    Frank Wellwood
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Rene the famous Belgian

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    Rainwing_Demigod
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Ah, wikihow

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    Warpath81
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    It's being shellfish

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    xolitaire
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Your shoe size must be a 42.

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    Pamelot
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Jimothy?!

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    Anna Losonczy
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Dementor, dementor!

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    PlatinumThe8-BitCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    i know it shouldn’t, but it looks like… something

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    tom
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Smoked Trout

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    "Here" is the current amount of belly fat.

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    David A Paterson
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Azov Ocean Liners

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    David A Paterson
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    The probability that life first came to exist complete with RNA code and proteome is so vanishingly small that the existence of life is strongly prohibited.

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    PlatinumThe8-BitCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    😐

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Get out of your box squares

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    You have access to MS paint, do not let your life experience be defined by an arbitrarily selected preset.

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    Fly_Agaric_Frog (They/Them)
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited)

    "there! I wi-OUCH! MY FINGER!" (I actually want this game now)

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    If you don't want to buy the submarine we have a perfectly good shark you will fit into.

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Everyone loses them but no one ever finds one

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    He's just so negative

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Only because the question insinuates that he is someone that should be recognized.

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