Memes have a way of making you feel seen and attacked at the same time. You feel the validation, while at the same time you’re thinking, “Wait a minute. This feels personal.”
Check out this list as an example. These posts capture the mundane absurdities of life, most of which you’ve likely experienced. As you scroll through, you might want to keep count of the times you say, “Yep, I’ve been there.”
Here’s something to pass your free time on. As always, don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
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These memes express a shared struggle we’ve all felt at one point in our lives. Many of them would likely resonate, one way or another. As sociologist Dr. Tracy Brower pointed out, hard times forge stronger bonds among people.
“Pain is a shared experience, and it is the combination of deeper processing and more memorable circumstances which tend to link us with others,” Dr. Brower wrote in an article for Forbes.
And we call those Hunter-gatherer, art making, story telling social groups "uncivilised"... SMH
It’s why professional fighters end up gaining respect for one another after a brutal war inside the ring. You both underwent an arduous experience, and you now share a memory that only the two of you can fully relate to.
“This deeper mental engagement tends to make hard times more memorable—and our memory is linked with the people with whom we went through difficulty,” Dr. Brower explained.
This remains the case until the dry world enemy is overshadowed by the impending approach of a worse enemy - running out of hot water 🥶😱
A journal from the Association for Psychological Science also mentioned how pain is a “social glue” among people who went through a rigorous experience together. Their research found that they not only feel closer to those with whom they’ve shared struggles, but are also willing to risk their own outcomes to benefit the entire group.
I haven't had 8-hours of uninterrupted sleep in 30 years.
Load More Replies...Last night I dreamt I fell off a balcony. I woke up squealing. I tweaked my back on "landing" and am currently leaning on a heated wheat pack.
I woke up two hours before my alarm dreaming that something was stabbing my arm. Nope, just one of my cats touching my arm and "grabbing" it with his paw. Nails were trimmed later.
Load More Replies...What gets me is that sometimes my brain will throw in a creepy music soundtrack, to accompany a scary dream. That's not necessary! Whose side are you on, brain!?
Lucky you! My dreams are almost always completely silent.
Load More Replies...I fell off of a 40 story building standing on a large concrete pad in the middle of San Francisco Bay, and on the way down remembered that, supposedly, if you fell from a great height in a dream and you impacted the ground you'd die in your sleep. I did land hard on the concrete pad, and then picked myself up and stared and the top of the building and said "Ow!"
And sometimes we have 'deja vu', which is nothing more than somehow predicting the future in dreams. Happened twice to me, both times talking to someone I didn't know, but would meet later. Freeeaky!
seven lean cows emerge, and eat the seven fat ones. then a voice tells me to sacrifice my firstborn child.
After using the tape, I fold the end over itself. Makes it easy to find and grab.
According to psychological scientist Brock Bastian, who is also the lead researcher, the study sheds light on the camaraderie soldiers feel after battle. However, he also noted that painstaking experiences can also take place in daily life.
“These kinds of painful experiences may be relatively common,” he said. “Sharing a spicy meal with friends may even have positive social consequences!”
Now, we’d like to hear from you, our readers. Did you keep count of the times you said, “Yup, that was me”? Which of these hit home for you the most? Share your insights and experiences in the comments!
When my husband took out life insurance he then banned me from buttering the stairs, so mean!
So much bad has happened in my life that I literally can’t reconnect with people and give them a proper summary of the last few months without breaking down and looking crazy. People only know me based on whatever their first impression of me was, not based on who I am
Nah, people outside aren't usually that bad (except for that racist bïtch in Cherry Cottage), but the internet seems to bring the scum to the surface and give them a place to be vile with impunity
Grew up being told to act “normal” and told that I’ll have a bad adulthood if I continue being abnormal. Turning 18 in one year now and I guess I’ll never be happy or normal
Best advice ... Find your people. Your people do not care if you overshare because they too are oversharing.
This has no business being on this list but it's so funny that it is
You would think that seeing so many people commenting the stuff going through my head would make me feel less alone and unhappy, but, in fact, it does not...
You would think that seeing so many people commenting the stuff going through my head would make me feel less alone and unhappy, but, in fact, it does not...
