At this point in time, anyone who’s ever used the internet has likely encountered memes; nowadays, they’re so widespread, it’s difficult not to. Covering nearly any and every topic there is, they provide a much-needed giggle in an often uneventful day or even work as social glue, allowing friends and family to keep in touch by exchanging humorous posts.
The popularity of memes is likely the main reason behind quite an impressive number of meme-based pages and social media accounts dedicated to such a form of artistic expression. Today we’re focusing on one of them, an Instagram account titled ‘Girls Think I’m Funny’, which has amassed more than 1.6 million followers with their amusing content. Scroll down to find some of their best memes on the list below and see if there’s something you can relate to or have a good laugh at.
In order to learn more about why we enjoy memes as much as we do and the significance of the messages they might convey, Bored Panda got in touch with Alex Turvy, internet culture and memes researcher at Tulane University, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. You will find his thoughts in the text below.
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I found out about my irregular heart by my doctor putting her stethoscope to my chest and yelling "Yipes!" You know, Doc, you've got to work on your bedside manner.
Had an ER doc look at an x-ray of my broken foot and exclaim "Oh my God." Knew I was in for a rough time
Load More Replies...My wife found out she had that too when she was hooked up to machines right before the birth of our son
Dogs are amazing. Was at Oktoberfest at the local fairground with my husband and daughter where we attended the weiner dog race event. An extremely overweight man was sitting near us in the stands with a medical-alert weiner dog. The man was eating a huge tub of cheese-covered french fries. Husband whispered to me "If he was really a medical alert dog, he'd knock those fries outta that guys hands."
“Memes started off as an idea by a biologist who thought they were like cultural genes, spreading and changing as they moved from person to person,” internet culture and memes researcher Alex Turvy of Tulane University told Bored Panda, referring to the very beginning of the now widespread internet phenomenon.
“As the internet grew, so did memes. They became a way for people to share jokes, ideas, and comments about what's happening in the world.”
That’s because, according to the expert, memes are more than just humor. “They're a way for people to express their thoughts, connect with others who think the same way, or even make a point about something important,” he said.
Id pay actual money for OP to record the conversation and send it to me
Load More Replies...This BS keeps doing the rounds and never dies.... This never happened outside of the guy's head. There has *never*, in the history of the sport, been a female Chief Mechanic in F1. Even if there was (again, there wasn't) F1 cars are completely different from road cars in technology and materials. Former F1 engineer and TV host Mark Priestley frequently joked about this, and he was the chief engineer for McLaren when Hamilton won his first WDC.
This ^^^^^ I’m a committed F1 fan and can confirm that no team, at any point, has had a female Chief Mechanic. The writer MAY have been stretching the truth for the sake a more impressive story, there are mechanics, engineers, strategists, even a female owner (Claire Williams, hang your head in shame, you wrecked the legacy), but it’s far more likely that this is a wishful thinking type of story. I’m an ex-Formula Ford mechanic, I’m better than an F1 mechanic, I DO know how road cars work!
Load More Replies...This c**p happens to me frequently. I've been into cars since I was kid and I can do basic repairs like, brakes and oil changes, ect. I recently had maintenance done on my car and a male friend brought me to pick it up. The owner proceeds to not make any eye contact w/me and explained the repairs to my buddy. My buddy acted confused and owner began to reiterate what he just said. I interrupt and begin explaining each repair in detail to my buddy, he played along and let me show off a bit. I went so far as to explain how each component worked in the engine as well as with other components. You could literally see owners face turning red w/ the look of embarrassment. He finally makes eye contact w/me now that I'm done w/my explanation and it's time to pay. I tell him that he forgot to add my tits and vajayjay discount. He tries to now apologize profusely but it's too late. He ended up giving me a free synthetic oil change($120+) value for a future visit and maybe learned a lesson.
I (60F) had a conversation with a used car salesman one time. I said I was looking for a car with automatic shift. He said, condescendingly of course, "Can't drive stick?" Me: "No, my husband can't. I can. I also ride a motorcycle and build everything, including custom book shelves, in our house!" He gave me an affronted look and blurted: "That's BACKWARD!!!"
As a 50 year+ watcher of F1, I can assure you that there has never been a female F1 chief mechanic.
https://www.femalesinmotorsport.com/post/celebrating-the-women-of-formula-1-international-women-in-engineering-day
Load More Replies...As long as they keep their mouths shut and are polite. Don't be "Oh, you're the fat one that bites his nails".
Load More Replies...This is fine until the annoying coworker brings their even more annoying friends.
One of my 'long haul' besties .. I have no idea what she does!! And we have been besties forever, I can't ask her now lol
Wouldn't work for lawyers or probably doctors given rules about client/patient information.
I bring work friends to real life gatherings for this... It works a treat
Some statistics suggest that an average millennial, for instance, views roughly 20-30 memes a day, which calls for an assumption that there must be something relatable or enthralling about them.
According to Alex Turvy, there are three main reasons why we tend to connect to memes as much as we do, the first one being that they speak our language. “Memes often use humor or familiar situations to talk about things we all understand, making it easy for us to connect with them.”
Another reason people tend to connect with memes is the power of inside jokes. “Knowing and understanding a meme can make us feel part of a group. It's a way of signaling who you are and what you value through what makes you laugh and what sorts of jokes you understand,” Turvy explained.
He also suggested that memes can say a lot with a little—another reason we view and share them. “Memes can pack a lot of meaning into something really simple. This makes them powerful in getting a point across quickly.”
Dang ninja preparing dinner again 🥲. Edit: so more then one commenter was confused. My ninja is making onion soup, with a red onion side salad, and roasted Vidalia (sp) onions for dessert. My eyes are leaking.
Bro I imagined Ninja from the messenger cooking pancakes wth is wrong with me
Load More Replies...I heard a man who was hoping to have another connection with his kids, but believed none were interested. Considering it took nine years to find, and he had no idea which child would find it, it seems he was correct. As a father of an early teen myself, I can relate, and understand his pain.
I miss & love my Daddy too. It's been 20 years this past August. Dad's are the best. I still talk to him out loud. One day, I'll finally hear his response. He would've been 82 on January 15, 2024. God Bless the bee's and your Daddy @AmyClukey
Even though quite a lot of people can relate to memes, they don’t necessarily all relate to or enjoy the same ones. In order for a person to consider a meme a really good one, it has to hit the right note, as the expert pointed out, saying that a good meme needs to have the right mix of humor, idea, and style that makes sense to people who view it.
Another sign of an attention-worthy meme, according to Turvy, is when they spark sharing and remixing. “The best memes are those that people want to share and maybe even change a bit or riff on to make their own. Memes tend to encourage ongoing participation, which helps them spread.”
He added that good memes also tend to reflect what’s going on around us; they relate to what's happening in the world or in popular culture, making them timely and relevant.
Probably like every High School student ever, I thought our Principal was an idiot. It was interesting attending a graduation event about 10 years later and having him confirm that, in fact, he was an idiot.
The principal in my High School was a great woman. She married the head of studies (a great guy at the time, too). Now, more than 30 years later, I meet them when I pick up my children from their school, where they usually pick up their grandchildren. Great people.
Load More Replies...When I was a teenager, I thought that most adults didn't know anything. When I became an adult myself, I found out they didn't even suspect anything.
It does be dire as more and more schools no longer teach human morality or ethics or civic duties.
We are not smart, experienced, maybe but a lot of us are dumb as a poke! LOL!
I came from a family with Mensa level IQ parents and two sisters with near 140 IQs. I am barely in the 130s, so the least smart. Can't say enough on how under performing the rest of humanity appears compared to the people I grew up with. No offence to everyone I've ever worked with, seen on media, or met.
I've seen 500 posts about this, and not one post about anyone who actually left a toxic relationship because of Barbie. I suspect guerilla marketing.
Idk why you’re getting downvoted… it’s definitely possible and you weren’t rude about it at all… here’s an upvote
Load More Replies...Total agreement, Toxic people destroy our souls, derange our minds and use us for their personal gain.They be bad for the environment.
This needs to be higher. It's totally legit - I've read a lot of interviews with women (and a few men) who got out of toxic relationships after falling out over the movie. A shame it took a movie but many of our sisters realized just how misogynistic or irreperably old-fashioned their men were based on their reactions to the film
Because of how multifaceted memes are, they can benefit people in numerous ways. “By looking at memes, we can get a sense of what people are thinking or feeling about current events or trends,” Alex Turvy pointed out, adding that such a form of internet content can help us feel connected to others who share our sense of humor or views.
He also emphasized that memes are more than just laughs, noting that while they are fun, they can also make us think about things in a new way or understand a different perspective.
Yes but when he's 25 and she's 25 and one day it won't seem like such a big difference
I'm a minus 10 but please do talk to the stranger next to me so I can listen in..
This is usually me, but I am much more likely to be up for talking if asked first. Especially by someone who is a fun drunk.
Load More Replies...This! We need to teach others how to ask for consent, how to say no, AND what to do when rejected. It would make society a much better place.
As long as you understand I'm not going home with you, it's all good.
Who fails to wear their wedding ring? Do people actually take them off that often.
I quit wearing mine years ago. I was doing physical labor and didn't want it to get scratched up, or catch on something and break my finger.
Load More Replies...In addition to all the fun and comfort relatable memes bring, they can also be used for far less noble purposes. That is why the expert of internet culture and memes suggests thinking critically when it comes to such imagery, which can actually be harmful messages in disguise.
“While memes can often come off as funny, relatable, or even nonsensical, it’s also important to think about how as simple forms of communication they can communicate harmful stereotypes or ideologies. Memes can be an easy and fluid way of sharing dangerous or hateful ideas.”
This comment is 5 out of 5 stars! ⭐️ Would definitely read again!
Load More Replies...I think that all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that most ordinary decent people are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am. – Monty Python
I take slightly shorter vacations where I’ll travel for 4 of the days I’m off and then when I come home I’ll sleep that fifth day. I think that has really cut down on murderous urges when I return to work.
a recovery day really is a must, but then I spend my entire recovery day wondering why I didn't spend the entire vacation on recovery days.
Load More Replies...When I worked for someone else, I only took short vacations because two whole weeks away would make be feel like I was going back to prison.
This!! One of my own sons did this in his mid 20's and when I stated that i was there and saw it with my own eyes, he stated ' Well.. you must have misremembered" online indoctrination at it's finest
What I find weird and frustrating is talking with someone about an event we both attended but both have completely different recollections of. It sparks the question of who is actually right? Even the possibility that maybe neither of us are remembering what really happened correctly.
Load More Replies...This. There was a tv show made in Poland last year about a big flood that happened in 1997. It was mostly factually true but of course some things were fictionalized for dramatic effect. One of the youngsters in my company tried to tell me a story about this big flood that happened so many years ago... And I was like "Dude, I was working as a volunteer during that flood, I lived it." You should see the shock on his face.
"Lemme tell you what REALLY happened on 9/11..." "I watched the whole thing play out on TV, kiddo."
"And why was Obama not paying attention!!" OMG!
Load More Replies...Hasn't happened to me yet, but now I am looking forward to it happening.
I went to college when I was in my 50s. Some of my fellow students would ask me what I chose History as my major. Because I remember it first hand was my usual reply,
A guy I worked with asked if I liked 80s songs, I said yeah, he asked "what,from 80s nights?" I said NO, FROM THE 80S!
Turvy also pointed out that what looks like not much but an image with a witty caption can actually be a hotbed for misinformation. “Memes can also be a sneaky way to spread false information. Since they're usually funny or lighthearted, people might not take them as seriously as a news article.
“We often let our guard down with memes and don't question what they're saying. It's like getting tricked into believing something because it was presented in a joke. This is especially risky when memes make light of serious issues or twist facts.”
I can't get my cat 2 leave me alone. She's up my a*s 24/7. But I luv just the same
My girl too. She wants attention at all times and wants to sleep on top of me. It is very comforting, though. She's everything good and I'm honored to be her chosen one.
Load More Replies...3 of those murder animals! I love them, they seen to love me, unless I'm tardy with the food! Then they start to sing the songs of their people! After that is anyone's guess as we don't tempt fate! LOL!
Cats have mysterious inner lives and agendas that we only get hints about. Fascinating!
I was in front of a cop car, and therefore nervous. Trying to watch the car, and not what I was doing made me start weaving. He pulled me over. I was scared to death. He told me to recite the alphabet from C to W. I was a daycare worker. I got this! My fear evaporated, as I recited. Then I told him I could do it in sign language too, if he wanted. He said that wouldn't be necessary. He did ask why I was weaving. I'd just been to see Titanic, so I blamed it on that. He let me go.
Because my surname is very unique and a part of my identity. I'm also the last person in my family who still has this surname, apart from my parents, so I will at the very least die with it.
Exactly!!! 👍🏼 and also, it’s just my name, dammit!!
Load More Replies...I realize i turn more and more into a feminist. I now this screenshot, have seen it soo many times. Today for the first time I thought - "And what is YOUR reasoning not taking her last name?"
I had a cousin who did that. Took his wife's last name. They divorced and then he remarried and his wife took that name so now she's the last name of the ex wife
Load More Replies...Coming from a conservative culture that values family history, when this topic comes up I simply remind them that genealogy is WAY easier if the wife keeps her maiden name.
There doesn't need to be an answer to that question, that shouldn't even be a question. Your name is your identity up to that point, just because you marry someone why would you even think about changing your identity? I live in Canada and I just don't understand why young women continue to carry on this old tradition. The reason it was done way back when was because the woman was considered 'one' with the man (as in one of his possessions).
I don't get it either. Why would you want to keep this tradition? It feels like they're dehumanizing themselves.
Load More Replies...I'd really like to hear your reasoning about why it's any of your damn business.
I never wanted to change my name—it’s mine! Unless an awesome upgrade, so whoever’s name is coolest or “best” should be the one we take. my husband was down but his name is objectively cooler. But then I found out about all the paperwork, and I was like let’s share this burden and hyphenate. He was on board, till he saw how much hassle it is to change name. Long story short we both have our own last names and we obviously soul mates, lazy, lazy soul mates❤️
My husband took my name at marriage. (Me- woman) Because his family is toxic AF and we're no contact. We knew we would want our children to have our family name. We wanted them to go through school, show up in the community and be associated with my extended family, not his. Our marriage is going strong at 9+ years, 2 kids and we're so glad we made the decision we did. But he did have to go before a judge to change his name instead of only filling out a marriage certificate if I'd changed mine.
I am Spanish, here nobody changes their last name, everyone keeps their own and children have two: the father's and the mother's in whichever order is chosen. Why should I lose my identity and erase my family heritage? Do I stop being my parents' daughter because I got married? The problem is that, yes, that was the idea, that the ownership of the father would pass to the husband, and that's why the father GIVES AWAY the bride at the wedding.
Legit question, if you as child Take mom and dads last name, then marry and your husband also has mom and dads last name (for example mine would be osburn-pursley, and my fiancés would be Bowen-Spradlin) what would you and your husbands' childrens last names be??
Load More Replies...Another reason why it’s crucial to use critical thinking when viewing memes is that they might work as echo chambers or be used to strengthen confirmation bias. “Memes often get shared within groups of people who think alike. This can create an echo chamber where only one point of view is seen and shared.
“It's like being in a room where everyone agrees with you—it feels good, but you don't get to hear other perspectives. This can strengthen confirmation bias, where we only pay attention to information that supports our existing beliefs and ignore anything that doesn't,” Turvy explained.
Of course, if you don't want to wear a bra then don't, it is non of my business. If you don't like women going braless then don't look, it is quite simple really.
Load More Replies...Actually I don't wear pyjamas to sleep. I wear them once I have decided that I am not leaving the house for the rest of the evening until I go to bed and then sleep naked. I occasionally have a lazy day where I wear my pyjamas all day apart from a 2 hour period when I am walking my dogs.
I'm in my eighties and am sort of a recluse, seldom leave my house except for necessary errands - my son calls me Mama Pajama. Now you tell me if I hate myself or if I wear my most comfortable clothes most of the time.
Especially during the winter months I'm wearing I guess what is lounge wear when I am home.
Load More Replies...So many people try to project a Gucci life on a goodwill budget. Especially on Instagram
A Goodwill budget these days is pretty expensive in and of itself because of the Gucci life people flipping s**t online. The poors don't deserve nice things you see /s
Load More Replies...Me, with my recycled drug-store bag... (Hey, I paid FIVE CENTS for this!!!)
Nah someone in a late model Mercedes already got it and left the other bags on the floor.
Load More Replies...Sorry if everyone already realizes this, but text basically translates to "You doing good?" and "Not really, but not horrible"
did youhave to pay extra, or was it a package deal with insecurity?
Load More Replies...I am Anxiety Prime standing ever vigilant against peace and serenity.
Such a form of internet content can also have a big impact on public opinion and culture. “Since they're so easy to consume and share, memes can quickly influence what people think about current events or social issues,” the expert told Bored Panda. “It's important to be aware of this power and think about the messages we're spreading when we share a meme.”
In order to counter the issues that can arise from the vast usage of memes, it’s important to look beyond the humorous surface and consider the message that’s being communicated. “Is it spreading false information? Is it harmful to certain groups of people? Thinking critically about memes can help prevent the spread of misinformation and negative stereotypes,” Turvy said.
So true. Our plastic Christmas tree has been with us for ages. (what once was clear white tape is now very very brown opaque tape)
mmmm unless the basement has flooded, in which case the box has been replaced with two plastic totes.
Wouldn't know... My tree has been up since 2017 and literally has never come down. Hell, even in summer, we enjoy the colorful lights!
Our Christmas tree has been in the family for generations, but it gets bigger every year. Also, it's a real tree, and it's outside, in our forest with all the other trees.
Tip. Never use masking tape or duct tape. Brown plastic tape also looks like new longer
After I purchased my first fake Christmas tree I read that you have to keep it for 15 years for it's environmental impact to be better than a real tree. We are committed now. Me and this tree. 12 more years to go. (Don't ask me how they came up with this figure, I did nothing to verify it and yet I've bought right in anyway).
Maybe the Grinch was right I've always gotten the point about noise.
Your dog will always love you,, protect you and stay with you, no matter what you are.
As i sit here reading wide awake and envious of 3 cartoon kittys snugged under a warm quilt.
It’s four in the morning and I’m the same.
Load More Replies...Oh is it the "lost their mittens and they began to cry" book?
Load More Replies...It’s ok the mouse will put it out after she’s finished the story
Load More Replies...While it’s important to view memes critically, some of them provide some much-needed hearty laughter without any malicious intentions, which the images on this list might have already done. So, if you’d like to continue browsing similar content, open up Bored Panda’s category dedicated to memes and memes only, and continue the giggling session.
Absolutely not. First, comfy clothes. Next, feed the fish while announcing you’re feeding them because you’re an amazing human. Then, you can fully dissociate. Mister Rogers would never forget the fish.
He announced he was feeding the fish because a blind child heard the fish tank, but never him feeding the fish. So he started to say he was feeding the fish for blind kids.
Load More Replies...Lady Elaine Fairchild awaits. Didn't that puppet look like a raging alcoholic though?
I come home and sing to and feed all the animals (mini farm so I have 2-15 of everything) and then get comfy. Thank God they don't speak human or judge my singing (all my animals come to either name or meh or neigh or oink or bacbac or a bah or pspsps except the damn dogs/lgd)
Mr. Rogers. Not a bad marker for goodness in increasingly corrupt society
Nothing like sitting on a weapons stockpile that could shame the US, yet restoring to tossing rocks at a boss enemy because you might never get those weapons back and maybe there's some sort of bonus for doing it the hard way. (Sadly there's a few games that DO reward stupidity like that.)
Nothing like having literal elite military-grade firearms and using a kitchen knife to fight enemies due to fear you'll run out of ammo forever.
Load More Replies...This is my problem with Breath of the Wild. For those who don't know, weapons in this game are breakable. They are not that hard to come by, but I always worry nonetheless. I suspect that even if you were allowed to store 1000 weapons in storage, I would run out of space in no time.
Same, even in Tears of the Kingdom. My issue is I despise the Korok puzzles so I don't have many inventory upgrades...
Load More Replies...Bloodpacks in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines spring to mind.
YES. I think I had about 50 by the end. But I might have needed aaaaaaaaaaaall of them for the bosses, so clearly could never use one.
Load More Replies...In Destiny 2 I still have planetary resources from before the first vaulting/sunsetting.
And this is why I have no time for video games, or any of that foolishness.
In some games, at least old ones, the "weakest" weapon the pistol was often very OP with 0 gravity drop, 0 bullet spread, and more damage per bullet than other weapons using that ammo, and sometimes the pistol had infinite ammo.
This happened to me in a grilled chicken place in San Francisco. My roommate and I blithely ordered some grilled chicken breasts, and the two guys behind the counter looked appalled. We waited, and waited and waited…. only to realize that one of the guys had to run to the grocery store first. We probably would have gotten faster service if we had just asked for cocaine, like everyone else in the neighborhood. But the chicken was actually pretty tasty.
When my Wife and I were living in the Cabbagetown part of Toronto, we found a fried-chicken place nearby, and started dropping in there about once a week for a take-out supper, and it was really good. Then, one evening, as we walked towards the door, a stern-looking man stopped us, and suggested we not go in there today. Ok, so we passed it by, and read in the paper the next day that this shop was a major distribution centre for the drug-trafficking gang in Toronto. They closed up, and we really missed the good food they made.
Amazing. My exes mom and I once found what was clearly a scheme at a coffee shop on Eglinton XD
Load More Replies...I was in Italy siging up as a Director of an Italian subsidiary. I had to go to the bank and sign a document swearing I was not in the Mafia, because everyone knows mafioso would never lie about being in the mafia.
There was a dodgy dumpling place in my area which somehow stayed open for several years despite never doing any real business at all. I actually got to try their dumplings on one occasion right after they opened, and they were so dreadful I started retching and threw most of them in the bin. Subsequently there wouldn't even be anyone behind the counter; just a couple of people hanging around in the kitchen doing nothing. They finally shut down a couple of days ago.
Did we not learn in the movie “Godfathers” that a good mafioso knows how to kill and cook.
A little bit of Jessica, here I am A little bit of you makes me your man
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, my brain is busy figuring out how to write new words to any song I've just listened to that feature my cat.
That's too funny. I was in a relationship with a very nice lady who had two daughters. They knew their Dad a well and this is what they sang about his variety of girlfriends.
And meanwhile, my brain is thinking of lyrics to a song I made qithout lyrics in mind (not easy)
I would think it's a prank and going to blow up ... I guess I have seen too many TikTok videos and have trust issues 🤔
Load More Replies...I'd probably make a shrine to watermelon gods in the hope for more. And a sacrificial alter will be built, just in case they stop coming...
Or if you're leaning more chaotic evil over neutral, leave a manniquin in a parking lot late at night.
In about 1977 I was in California in the Navy, and I and a couple of friends had just finished up dinner, and went out to the parking lot. Unwilling to let loose of our time of friendship together, we began having a game of catch with one of the leftover Belgian waffles that I was given after lunch, to take back to have as a crunchy snack the next day. Upon completion of our game of catch, the now soiled Belgian waffle was carefully placed under the windshield wiper blade of a Cadillac that was parked there. I have forever after wondered what that person thought when they came out and found that Belgian waffle under their windshield wiper blade.
Way back in middle school, some friends and I would play catch with an orange.
Load More Replies...Great idea, no more sacks of dog poo, on fire, or horse heads in a bed.Tis, watermelon from now on.
It makes sense. Most lifeforms are more concerned about reproduction and evolutionary improvement. When we're born our bodies are already looking for the "next best thing..."
It is our DNA reproducing, not us. We are merely vessels.
Load More Replies...Except, we don't really grow the baby, the baby grows itself using the material we provide, and has stem cells. Our ankles does not.
and then you'll discover you have to do it also for instant messages...
Load More Replies...I love that it has become he social standard to never answer a phone unless the number is on a whitelist.
Load More Replies...Just go into a room with a tiger when you need to answer an email, and only leave when you answer the email! That'll teach your body that you should be scared of the tiger instead of the email
Or your brain will eventually link the tiger to the mails making things worse
Load More Replies...All scary happenings register the same. It takes week for me to open my IRS refund check.
I think the generations are getting progressively more mentally unstable.
Maybe we're just being more honest about our instability?
Load More Replies...Good things will happen if you get off the couch and do them. (couch started off as "your a$$, but I decided to do good)
Sure, you can make some good things happen. Does not change that these are perilous times (and yes, I do remember the Cold War)
Load More Replies...They understand. They thought the same thing when they were your age. Their parents did too.
I was pretty positive about the future in the 90s up to about 2015. Since then? Nope.
Load More Replies...People over 40 are just grateful that they survived to adulthood without the nuclear holocaust of the cold war creating instant universal devastation. Compared to that, nothing else matters.
Wait tell you forty, boy . . . Illusions go away and reality sinks in. By your comment seems like your parents can’t stop laughing at their off-spring.
I celebrate the fact that there is still cake. I celebrate this with cake. I mourn the fact that I have type 2 diabetes with a lot less cake than I want
All the frickin time .. my counsellor called it self induced hyper vigilance
Rinsing shampoo out of my hair. Then gotta check real quick in case someone has broken in, past the very noisy dog, to stab me or whatevs
Running up the stairs from imaginary demons is about the only exercise I get so maybe it's good for me?
In bed. Did I lock the front door? Check. Yes. In bed ten minutes later: did I lock the back door? Check. Yes.
Worst one is, just before I fall asleep, imagining there's suddenly a sad looking kid staring at me behind my bedroom's window. I live on the 5th floor.
I was once sleeping and felt someone touch my head. I woke up instanly and froze for a good few seconds while I tried to figure out who, where, how, wtf, and then realised it was my own hand. I was totally freaked out though.
Mostly when I'm falling asleep. But it's really just the apnea making me think I'm suffocating.
This is such a "me" move, I'm used to there not being anyone to help. I have so many ideas like this for getting things done anyway.
Speaking from experience: Parents, if your kid hates their therapist at 12 years old, for the love of god find a different therapist, before that therapist gives your kid a broken nose. Again, speaking from experience.
When did it become normalised to expect that a 12 year old should have a therapist?
Load More Replies...All of GenX turned 30yo on our 13th birthdays and stayed 30yo for the rest of our lives.
I’m trying to stay 30 but the gray hair and arthritis are makIng it hard
Load More Replies...Well, I was that kid and now taking serotonin enhancing meds at middle age, feeling like life is fun finally. I'm not joking.
So what do I think about the weird guy who looked at my newborn and declared him and old soul?
Means baby looks old/not cute. Maybe he isn’t a chubby baby?
Load More Replies...That's the entire point. You can cancel plans because of snow and stay inside cozy and comfy and avoiding people. Beautiful to watch and no pressure to be out doing things.
My boyfriend fixes traffic lights and he takes a 0 tolerance approach to office people (me) expressing any regard for sub zero temperatures.
Same to anyone that likes enough heat to cook an egg outside. Take away the air conditioner and cold lemonade and go outside :p
Bears hibernate during the winter. I would also like to hibernate like a bear. Wake me up when Spring comes.
Well, winter is still better than summer. Go outside in 100+ degrees F weather, especially in humid places. That is not fun.
I will take a hot humid summer day over -30c any day. Because no, you can’t “dress for” cold that makes your nostrils freeze together when you breath in and then the hairs tug apart when you breath out…
Load More Replies...I think that describes the atmosphere that winter brings which is pretty valid. Like liking summer for te bonfires you can do at night
-22 C here today, just got back from my refreshing hour-long cross-country ski practice :)
See, where I live, I can experience winter indoors just fine. It's -32F/-35.5C and the frost is accumulating around the window edges and already has come into the outside door seam and lock. No socks or tea but cuddly cat and heavy comforter!
I can't stand it! Most miserable season of the 4. Cold, accidents on the roads, Backbreaking shoveling/snow blowing sidewalks/driveways....I could go on.
Now what are our choices a communist dictatorship or responsibly regulated capitalism.
Capitalism and democracy are not synonyms, comrade.
Load More Replies...And I'm here for it! My life is way too much clown shoes
Load More Replies...Then you have to decide, do you flush 27 hours of play and reroll or shuffle on as you are.
Every PhD in the history of the world is exactly like this. The first three years of research in the wastebasket because I took a wrong path very early on.
How many Steves are married to a Jenny? How many of them are cheating? All of them are scared now...
Yeah seems like fairly common names esp in Australia
Load More Replies...She was lucky she met responsible people at the newspaper... "The newspaper’s sales manager Mike McCann told the Today Show on Saturday it held off charging the credit card provided as it could technically have been card fraud."
Nice. I was thinking as I read the picture "That's a perfect way to document your illegal act and guarantee that you're screwed over in the divorce".
Load More Replies...It's true, and it's spectacular. Kitties do the same thing, they also do a drive-by hug where they'll lean their tail into you as they pass. Critters are awesome.
Load More Replies...Slow blinking or rubbing against you for cats. My cat and I can slow blink at each other for an hour, and it is the sweetest thing.
I've done that with my cat, it was so relaxing we both fell asleep.
Load More Replies...A guy I know had his dog spayed recently. Saw her later that day and she was so stoned. Walked up to me, put her face against my shin and just stood there, all dopey. ❤️
What's sad is that, for years, dog owners were told it was dominance..
My dog leans so hard his back leg lifts off the ground. Like a woman getting kissed in an old film 🤣
We have a guide dog lab. Trained to respond to "close" Sits on my feet and walks on feet. I feel sadness for blind peoples feet
I might need it. You don’t know! Does anyone else still keep the box even after you get a new phone in a new box? I may have 3 iPhone boxes in my nightstand because I’m on my third in the last 11 or so years. The 6, 10, and 14 I think.
I keep mine to store little stuff, like push pens or paper clips. They're very sturdy boxes!
Load More Replies...I’m not a millennial, but noooooo! I need that box, along with all the decades of things I’ve saved until I move them into a pile that says “toss, sell, give away”, only to be looked at next year.
Sure, I might want to sell my iPhone 8 but odds are anyone interested in buying it would not be that fussed about having the original box
Load More Replies...I gave mine to a local woman who builds miniatures inside small boxes and she turned it into a tiny library!
i definitely think i might need it. Just gotta find a good place to keep it. And remember where that is. lol
Here, if you sell your phone w/o the box the price goes down from the market price.
I'll add if millennials are doing it's a learnt behaviour from gen x parents. Always keep the box not just the phone
Load More Replies...Yea, not one person who sat next to the dude with the pug spoke up
Load More Replies...I think support animals are excellent, but I'm still startled by the idea of animals on 'planes....then again, I'm from a generation that would dress up to get on a 'plane, so there's that.
I have discovered dry shampoo for these occasions. Never thought it would work but it's quite good for an emergency day.
and then realizing the nearest source of water is a few miles away and your bucket has a hole in it.
Your comment seems innocuous enough, upvoted to cancel the downvote
Load More Replies...I had a coworker with kids and a spouse who didn't work. I never understood how they survived.
I am the guy without a college degree, with the spouse who homeschools two kids. The trick is not having car payments: I keep a 17 year old minivan running in top shape, and I sold my previous vehicle with 335k miles on it, also in top shape. That being said, if my rich uncle hadn't left me an inheritance I would be very anxious about my financial future.
Load More Replies...Research who cares for your concerns over the concerns of the rich and Vote wisely.
Just getting us to selling our body part. Have you seen what kidney gets on the black market?
Not much, in comparison to other organs... But, hey! That's a helluva lot for something I can do without one of, to me!
Load More Replies...Teeth are part of old pagan witchcraft. In the old superstition, protecting your teeth from demons and devils stopped bad luck. The Tooth Fairy was created to prevent children from giving their baby teeth away to demons. Something people well into the 20th century still believed in.
Says the person who drinks Jesus’ blood and eats his flesh every Sunday.
I think the toothfairy has a lot to teach us and I think she got it right. Why don't we celebrate all the weird (sometimes painful) ways our bodies change? Why isn't there a -I have my first grey hair or crow's feet wrinkle fairy? Why can't I put my last (clean, unused) tampon/ pad under my pillow and get money back to celebrate that I'm in menopause? Etc, etc. We're missing out on celebrating so many cool ways our bodies age and change.
Had to put mine in a shot glass with salt water and then put it on a windowsill. Pretty smart, no sneaking into kids room late at night. Of course this was way back when teeth went for a quarter.
I'm sure they'll learn when they hit college and have to do that because student loans take over lives for several years for a degree that doesn't even guarantee them a living wage.
Load More Replies...What a warped comment. When I was a child, every kid who lost a deciduous tooth, put it either under the pillow or on the bedside table, so that the tooth fairy ( mum or dad ) would take it and leave sixpence ( 5 cents ). It was just a harmless, old tradition.
Bought plenty of candy with my fairy money and am still making money sell’n my decaying teeth.
I'm pretty sure he didn't otherwise Godzilla would walk amoung us. 😉
Load More Replies...On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Ph.D.
Being *poor. Unless you’re saying that El*n M*sk is not an adult, which is an assertion that I can get behind.
I doubt the Elongated Muskrat is a human being.
Load More Replies...Wait. I thought being an adult centered around whining on the internet about having to grow up???
No, being an adult is ignoring money troubles, hoping that your direct debits will make it disappear eventually. Then finding yourself getting lunch at Pound Land for the last 3 weeks before payday.
Being a parent is spending 90% on your children and/or children adjacent and 10% on eating out because you're not cooking and cleaning after spending the 90%
Never hated a job, cause they all paid on time, for just show’n up and do’n stuff they liked.
Spy Kids. It's super f*****g good. Danny Trejo plays their Uncle Machete. I'm not even joking. Look up the cast and tell me you don't want to see it.
Load More Replies...Good movie when reality, instead of fantasy, sets in. Bside he was paid good cash to say it.
Don’t do it cause you’ll be sold to a smiling child and will not like what that child does to you.
My PT was trying to shove my shoulder back into place and went "Jesus you're carrying the tension of an animal being hunted for sport." W i g. I love her, and for anyone in SE Wisconsin, if you need physical therapy, GO TO CORA. I'm not even kidding.
Load More Replies...In New York, New York, they have partial apartments for rent, 10’x8’, hot plate, no fridge and shared sink, shower and potty down the hall. Only 2,000 per month.
Load More Replies...So true, Bought a house for a high price. Now with full payments remaining, I spend a third of what others are paying for rent. Can’t afford to move.
I'm an introvert that never sought or desired leadership roles, but somehow they've always managed to find me.
That is because introverts are the only people who have taken the time to give things any serious thought.
Load More Replies...Leadership roles are best served by those that don't want them, less chance of corruption and better chance things get done. Learned that from Douglas Adams.
Leadership is what an introvert is made to do, cause extraverts are usually just a loud mouth.
I'm there now. It only took 24 years of schooling and 34 years of working. No problem.
I AM going to remember that. Great idea (as long as you didn't prepay ...)
Yes, don't be the most lovely person people know. If a serial killer doesn't get ya cancer will
Hahaha yes!!! Of course I am still traumatized from the one time I talked s**t about someone after I thought I'd hung up the phone .. I had not hung up the phone So ya, now I double check
I'm still laughing at when my wife did that from work, didn't hang up properly and I could hear every word she said about me for the next ten minutes.
Load More Replies...I think it’s more of the want part. You actually need to spend some money.
Load More Replies...My mind a wallet may say, please spend no more and yet it feels so good to buy and then own.
Dear god, the poor are shaming THEMSELVES for not living on gruel. Bezos must be happy.
OK but why did you buy her an air fryer, since she probably has never made the slightest hint about wanting one? That feels very random.
If he's anything like my partner, it's because he buys things he wants the other person to have rather than actually getting the person what they asked for.
Load More Replies...I knew they used water to make Guinness, so that was good enough for me.
Today's youth are the most hydrated group in history. I don't remember my mother ever sending me out into the world with water even when it was boiling hot. These kids carry around $50 water bottles at all times.
Just in time for corporations like Nestle to buy up all the potable water! Lord but I'm getting straight up Marxist on BP today.
Load More Replies...I’m a college kid and I don’t like the taste of anything but water. Unfortunately I just forget to drink that too
Starting to date again scares me, mostly since the last time I dated I had to watch as people got EXTREEEMELY competitive so they could meet the societal expectation of the normies that is 'being married before 30'. I mean I've seen folks throw dignity and empathy to the wind thinking they could step into someone else's relationship like they were being copy/pasted. I am extremely competition adverse, plus I'm not exactly bringing a whole lot to the table like a second income or being of able mind and body.
Genuinely worry about people tryna date in this era. Seems Terrifying x.x
When Harry Met Sally. Marie (to Jess as they cuddle in bed) Tell me I'll never have to be out there again.
Skiing, a sport the dumfounded find entertaining by way of excellerating.
If I want to plumet down an incline and break a leg, I can stay home and fall down my basement steps for free.
do it to maintain an agreeable, to me, weight, I’ll go to the store and load up on eatable's.
for me it was 2022 to 2024, when the wretched bullying started >:( middle school is brutal, im out here gettting bullied by 6th graders (im 7th grade)
Load More Replies...Yeah I did not ask for this to be my character building arc. You'd think I'd be further along by now, but I'm in the anhedonic hopeless part. In theory this should be followed by an upward trajectory, given I am doing the Things That Are Supposed To Help, but I'm constantly afraid that I'm going to lose my state benefits or they're going to stop covering physical therapy and my head therapist. Heaven knows they've cut back the things they cover in the last several years. Can't get an MRI without a ton of Reasons, and the hospital network won't let me get it through them without an in-house order which does not include my ortho doctor so my doctor doctor giving me one gets denied.
Damn that's a lot of venting I'm doing. Self, this is a Wendy's drive through. Sorry Pandas. It's gross outside and I'm feeling more than peripherally melodramatic.
Load More Replies...I need to go back to sleep. Was wondering what "love soup" was and came to a not so wholesome conclusion.
I also like soup, but I admit I've never thought of soup in this manner.
Refrigerate them and heat them. Would they really spoil? Those McD burgers have got to have preservatives in them.
And if it’s more than you’ll eat in a few days, freeze them. I’ve done this trick, it’s excellent.
Load More Replies...And both of them are ignoring the health implications of eating 20 cheese burgers a week.
20 cheese burgers in a week is hell for your health even when they're fresh!
My brother had one in his toolbox for years and it never got moldy. They are indestructible like Twinkies.
Nachos are quick, easy, and a decently balanced meal if you top them right.
I didn't know that, but it makes sense. They eat more raw food than the US for sure, but a stovetop and woks/pans/rice cooker are certainly common. TIL
Load More Replies...It’ll turn out for the best as why saddle yourself with humorous less in-laws and SO..
One time the universe sent me a sign it turned into a divorce, for which I am so grateful.
I live direct deposit to direct deposit of someone I feel comfortable asking to borrow money from. It's the way forward
Sorry, even though I fully understand this comment is made in jest, I am still bothered by it.
The three comments I see all within minutes of each other are all about loving cats instead. Lol. I think as long as there is some animal you adore you’re probably an okay human. Hedgehog? Awesome. Danger noodle? Slither on my man. Our feline overlords? *bows in respect* Our puppy puppers? 👍🏼 Holy cows? 😇
I'm decidedly a dog person, but if I come across a cat, I'll pspspsps and talk baby talk until it lets me give it scritches. (No, I have nothing against cats. But their habits and mine do not agree. Nor would they alert me to intruders on my property. I sleep soundly knowing my dogs will bark if there's trouble.)
Load More Replies...I'm a cat-person, so yeah... Plus, dogs scare me, especially when they come running up to me because I have no idea what they'll do next. No soothing words from any owner ever can stop that reaction.
I don’t care much for dogs because I feel like they get enough attention? I like more misunderstood things like snakes, bats, opossums. However I am definitely NICE to dogs!! I don’t hate them!
I'm more of a reptile kinda person. They don't do too much and are quite happy to just sleep which i think I connect with that on a spiritual level yk
That red flag is the red flag of a toxic person. You cannot heal them.Beyond redeption
AND the had grown up kids getting married/reproducing. The 45yo’s I know have kids barely finished primary school.
I don't look like that at nearly 59, and it explodes my brain to know that I'm the right age to be cast as a Golden Girl. Except I could never pull it off. My hair isn't short, grey, or permed, and I mostly wear leggings, t-shirts, hoodies, and boots.
Yes, and remember, some who enter the darkness never return.Besides do you really want to look at the restroom.
This is either made up or this person’s friends are serial killers. No one does this. Nope.
Side note, when I sleep in my bed with my hubby I’m on the right. When my son wants or needs me in his bed I’m on the left. I have absolutely fallen out of the bed in the middle of the night because I didn’t remember where I was.
Load More Replies...I couldn’t live with that level of chaos! Plus all my stuff is on my side of the bed. I’m not leaning over him.
Yup. And if they are a guy, it's a 50% chance they are not even thinking of anything at all. Just sitting.
And the other 50% of the time t=they're thinking of the Roman Empire
Load More Replies...don't you hate those types of people? they're like "yeh the croissants in *PaRiS* taste wayyyyyy different" like bro literally stfu...like they act like they've lived there but nO!
We had a French guy open Le Croissantrie in Portsmouth decades ago. Got ingredients from France daily. It's now called Andre's and is run by his son. Proper French bread and bakery products. I used to have a standing order from a manager to get Pain au chocolat whenever I delivered in the area. One proper croissant for the price of 6 British type. Well worth it.
Load More Replies...Oldie timey coal oven pizza? Good. Brick oven pizza? Good. New York style? Good. Detroit? Good. Chicago deep dish? Good. Grilled flatbread pizza? Good. Piece of bread with leftover bolognese and mozzarella melted in the toaster oven? Good. Ellio's frozen school lunch pizza? Good. Conclusion: pizza takes many forms and all are good. Some are better, but none are awful. Because pizza. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
I'm like that with Sushi and Japan. Granted, I've been to Japan 3 times, once was a study abroad, so I have been there longer than a week.
I've been to Japan plenty of times but I'll still devour US gas station sushi.
Load More Replies...Yes because playing petty stupid games like this is totally a sign of a healthy relationship/s
(you weren't supposed to say that out loud)
Load More Replies...In my (UK) village we have a traditional annual race where the men have to pair up, and one of them wheel-barrows the other between all the village's current (and former) pubs. They have to down a half-pint at every one. There's 12 pub stops along the route. And for some reason they have to do it wearing old-fashioned style nightshirts. It's a tradition that dates back to at least 1800, probably earlier. Nobody really knows what the purpose is, but it happens every year.
A few years ago when I was walking 15-20 miles per week it wasn't uncommon for me to walk to the meadery 1-1/2 miles from my house, and then stagger home (sometimes holding a to-go cup).
We do a beer run. Hop on our bikes and visit as many pubs as possible.Last person to still drink a full can/glass and ride wins. We rode with the police bikers.
Not illegal everywhere. Stroll around a woodland with a box of wine in your backpack if you want
I rarely drink alcohol, but around the holidays you just might find me enjoying a glass of spiked eggnog.
We all had some fun that night. Let’s do it again.This time bring a girl friend.
Stay warm! Polar winds are no joke! Love y'all and I hope you have a great rest of your day! 😊
Yeah I'm in bed freezing but can't move bc 2 of my cats are cuddled up on me sleeping like the sweet babies they are, but I also really need to pee as well
Load More Replies...Stay warm! Polar winds are no joke! Love y'all and I hope you have a great rest of your day! 😊
Yeah I'm in bed freezing but can't move bc 2 of my cats are cuddled up on me sleeping like the sweet babies they are, but I also really need to pee as well
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