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In Case You’re Having A Bad Day, Here Are 35 Hilarious Memes Shared By “Meme Lord” Instagram Account
If laughter is the best medicine, then memes are over-the-counter medication, available everywhere on the internet. There are also so many different types of memes about pretty much any topic or from a certain community that you’re bound to find something for you.
Today, we’re sharing memes that will probably be at least a little relatable to everyone, shared by the aptly named IG page Memelord.
With the scene set, let's talk about memes.
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Have you ever thought about what memes are, anyway? That word is used so often, in “did you see that meme I sent you?” and “I love these kinds of memes”, that we don’t really think about its origin anymore.
For example, the word ‘chair’ - what makes a chair a chair?
Well, it turns out that word may come from the 12th-13th century, referring to a bishop’s throne, which in turn, stems from the latin ‘cathedra’, meaning ‘seat’.
So what is a meme?
The memes we talk about nowadays are from the internet - internet memes. Regular memes are defined on Wikipedia as “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.”
According to the “explain like I’m five” Reddit community, memes are units of culture - ideas, jokes, phrases, stories.
Memes have a curious trait - they’re like genes - the successful ones replicate, remain in the public consciousness and spread, while the bad ones drop away and are forgotten.
Retention and transmission therefore are very important to these “meme genes.” They need to stay in people’s consciousness, as the more a certain meme is used, the longer its lifespan becomes.
But they also need to be transmitted to other people so they can ‘infect’ even more people, stay in the public consciousness longer, hopefully be transmitted again, and so on.
What’s really interesting is that the definition of internet memes or memes in general is a meme itself now. What I mean by this is that we’ve transformed the definition of “meme” and now use it to refer to pictures with slight variations in them or a banner of text above them.
So this idea, as mentioned previously, is engrained in the public consciousness so deeply now that it has mutated the original definition - memes are not units of culture, but rather funny pictures to us.
Since people wear ties at the base of the neck and not the chin level, I'd say 2.
Spiderbat was a failed Super Hero because he kept flying into his own web.
One of the first widespread memes was “Kilroy was here,” a little graffiti doodle with the same tagline. It rose in popularity during World War II and can still be encountered in the wild from time to time.
If you were to think about it, are there memes that have stuck with you since your youth till now? Consider the “shut up and take my money” meme, which isn’t hugely popular nowadays, but can still be found as a common expression. Or that image of the guy with his girlfriend, leering at another girl and making his girl jealous - did you know that image has been around since 2017? That’s like, 6 years now, I hope I made you feel old.
I was lucky enough to get a. Partner last year and I have never been happier so if you are in a toxic relationship there is no way out (in my experience) so I know it's a cliche but there are more fish in the sea!
If Jesus wasn't crucified, he still would have died young due to poor nutritional choices.
Naw I prefer my android because I can not charge my tablet because I couldn't find an adapter t Walmart so if my tablet dies I have to figure out how to play on my phone but at least it won't die during trips so one point for android
I got that call a few years ago. "This is the IRS. You owe us $9,000 or you go to jail." Me: *Googles phone number* "The internet says this is a known scam number." Them: *hangs up*
"Oh no that's terrible, please hold for a second", put the phone down and walk away.
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They tried that with my 81 year old grandmother. She politely told them where they could go and what to do when they got there.
My 80-year-old nana, unfortunately, fell for it. They called her and pretended to be me. She said it sounded just like me. The woman pretending to be me said she’d been arrested and needed $20k for bail and lawyers. When I didn’t answer my cell phone, my nana wired them the money. Thankfully my dad was able to help her get it back. People literally suck.
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In April my good friend’s father, who was 90, got a call telling him he had to pay thousands to “keep his daughter safe.” He was so terrified he died of a heart attack. There is a special place in hell for people who prey on children and the elderly.
I don't know any old people who'd be dumb enough to fall for that scam. We didn't live this long by being stupid.
I think it's mostly people who have Alzheimers or dementia.
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Used to be the case but now AI can evidently mimic the voice of a family member and convince the people they're in trouble.
made even better when that person is sitting next to you.
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Since I got into my 60s, I seem to get more of these, no matter what filtering I use on my devices. When the "IRS" calls me now, I use my best ex military voice and say: "That's very interesting. I'm Agent xxxx with the US DOJ Phone and Internet Fraud Department, the trace is already active. Have a nice day." They always hang up around "phone". I still spiel it out, just in case.
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Me... Would you hold the line for a moment..... Me also, Hang up the phone.
Old people grew up when trust was the norm. No need to lock doors, knew all their neigbours and families. Old people could teach you so much about weather, nature, survival without electronics but they have more integrity than to put you down for ways you are ignorant of.
"Okay, stop me if you've heard this one" ( but they never stop).
My mom learned to forge my grandma’s signature at, like, ten, and since they have the same initials, now they both have the same signature.
So on Valentine's Day, he plans to knock someone unconscious in order to get a date?
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