50 Hilarious Memes To Help You Decompress When Life Gets A Little Bit Too Much
Interview With ExpertPeople keep saying our generation needs to stop spending so much time online and touch grass more often. But how can we do that when there's so much funny stuff online that gives us that sweet, sweet dopamine rush? It's all about balance, right? You live some, then you scroll some.
To help you keep your spirits up and not get sucked in by the summertime blues, we've prepared a compilation of the funniest posts from two Facebook pages dedicated to making people laugh. Want to see what's new in the realm of memes? Scroll down and see for yourself!
To know more about why it's important to laugh – whether with friends or while looking at your phone screen – Bored Panda reached out to holistic therapist and founder of Guiding Therapies Phoebie Wilkinson.
Read on to find out why you don't have to be in a positive mindset all the time – and why it's okay to not be okay sometimes.
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Thank you for not complaining that you've seen this soooo many times🤪 I've never seen it and won't mind seeing it again. Just like the pup who sticks his tongue out while sticking his head out from under the fence!
Load More Replies...Especially when I'm in Bath and little old ladies are zooming past me up the hill with two bags of shopping.
I have a goitre in my neck which is impinging on my breathing (I am awaiting Surgery) I had climbed up the stairs at my local tube station, trying not to sound breathless. A man came up to me very concerned and tried to call for an Ambulance (without asking if I needed or wanted one) I then breathlessly had to explain what my problem was. Hope I get the Surgery soon :)
Sadly, yes. Also going up stairs, anything with an incline, actually just walking, maybe just standing. And when I get out/up in bed, so pretty much all the time. I am/will work/ing on crossing a few of these off the list. I am in the process of quitting smoking, for the first time and I've smoked for almost 22 years. I honestly haven't been counting how many I have each day and I probably should, so that's my goal for tomorrow. Anyway, I have cut down significantly, I would estimate roughly 3-4/day. Some days even less, if I'm not feeling well. So I'm hoping to be smoke free by the end of June, but at the latest before I turn 40, in the beginning of September. Sorry I ran off on a tangent, clearly I resonated, a bit. 🤏🏼
I breathe quieter in bed so my husband doesn’t realise how much effort rolling over takes me.
We might've hammered home how important laughter is many times here on Bored Panda, but let's do it one more time, just in case (practice makes perfect, after all). The act of laughter releases serotonin in our brains. That's a neurotransmitter that play a key role in regulating our moods.
Laughing also gives us a rush of endorphins which aid in relieving pain naturally and enhances our mood. But holistic therapist Phoebie Wilkinson tells us that despite having these properties, laughter is like an elixir of life. "For not taking yourself too seriously, and a way to feel the intensity of your own natural interests," she explains.
Because dreams are the only place where you can actually do what you want to do.
Last night, I dreamt I was at a restaurant with a GINORMUS assortment of food where you could fill your plate with whatever you wanted... if i can do whatever i want, why did i decide to wake up before I got to eat anything ):
Load More Replies...That's sad. I honestly wish I never had to sleep. It gets in the way of doin' stuff.
This is from an episode of Friends. It's meant to look like an old, worn blanket.
Load More Replies...I beg to differ. I pay taxes, I'm just to busy doing Lego to file them. If you fill out your w4 the right way, they can keep the change you'd get back when you file.
Load More Replies...Nice pun. IRS is understaffed, what are they going to do? Maybe I should not poke the sleeping tiger.
Load More Replies...Totally. When I was making bank I bought the Death Star for my friend's kid. It took two of us, an adult friend, a week to put it together. Turns out, the kid just wanted the mini figures. Later I collected all of the original Halloween sets but due to being broke, I had to sell them. Now I just have the flower collection.
Load More Replies...Doing taxes could be fun, if you're a billionaire and you can figure a way to make your annual tax come to $750. I don't think you can do that yourself, though. You'll have to hire experts (and you'll have to pay them a lot more than $750).
Physical activity and just moving our bodies help us be healthier, stronger, and live longer. But emotional well-being is just as important. According to the CDC, when our mental health is at its best, there's a lower risk of disease, sickness, and injury.
Wilkinson says that, at its core, emotional wellbeing is about being connected to your own sense of who you are. "Laughter is one clear way to simply be yourself," she points out. "What I mean by this is that you can't fake what you do or don't find funny – you just do find something funny or you don't."
I don't think there is any way better to describe it than that.
Load More Replies...And my husband tosses them carrots when he sees them out there. Imagine a field of French fries and a cake drops in.
Next to a river of ketchup? (Or vinegar, depending on your location.)
I copied my best friend's, sister's term paper when I was a senior in high school. She had gotten A, and I got a B.
Your teacher might've figured it out and gave you the benefit of the doubt…
Load More Replies...Old Archie comics had jokes like this. "How did one person do so poorly on the test?" "I didn't. Pop helped me"
OH OH.......somebody's in trouble......check out the little guys nose.
And then you become the adult and realise you know nothing
Load More Replies...That TV shows like Leave it to Beaver and the Waltons were real life
For me, it was the opposite. I was shocked when i found out that people : read to their kids, went to their games, had people visit.
Load More Replies...All that Jehova Witness b******t. Only 440,000 are going to some special place in "heaven" and all you have to do to get on that list is raise your hand and say Jehova told you so.. We had one in our congregation. He was really frail and looking back I bet everyone had a 1/440,000. Where's THAT list?
Nowadays, we hear a lot about positive thinking. We've got people on social media telling us that if we just manifest hard enough and keep thinking positive thoughts, happiness will ultimately come to us. But holistic therapist Phoebie Wilkinson is not a big proponent of positive thinking.
"I see a place for the full spectrum of emotion at any given time – there's no shame in feeling or thinking 'negatively' sometimes," she tells Bored Panda. And, in fact, it can be therapeutic to sit in the full weight of an emotion that's deemed negative (like sadness or anger) in order to truly release it!"
Last night was such a lucky night. I woke up at 4 am, another 2,5hours to sleep. Heaven!
Don't know about everyone else, but I can feel the approx time., i.e. I can tell if it's still like 2 or 3 AM or closer to 5 or 6 AM. Very rarely am I wrong.
i wake up at 11:18 pm and im like "WAIT IM LATE FOR WORK" then realize no one goes to work at that time so i go back to sleep, then jolt awake as i realize that i have night shift, then go back to sleep when i realize that its my day off, then i jolt awake again because my boss told me to come in on my day off to cover for another worker
I'm the opposite...please be 7am. I'd love to have a good 7 or 8 hours sleep one night!
What a nightmare. That happens every freakin' night and then I can't go back to sleep for an hour at least and then that 5am alarm hits so hard...
Same, I want to come back as a cat that belongs to someone like me.
Load More Replies...I WISH my 2 cats would sleep that much. They're still kittens though. I supposed we'll get there some day. 😁
I’ve never had a cat who sleeps that much. I don’t think anyone has. They do chill out though as they get older.
Load More Replies...The park should put in a reflecting pond where people can ponder and reflect.
It's funny because when my husband started his new job he was required to take an hour lunch and he didn't know what to do. His previous but similar career was salary so he rarely got an entire lunch. I had to convince him to go to lunch at a restaurant by himself or go to the park a mile away. At first he thought he would look weird. Now he realizes it's a great thing to just get away and relax, even if you don't walk or jog. He naps in the car, or goes for a short walk and watches birds and turtles. Talk about going back to work more relaxed.
Last week I was sitting on a bench at a park in Seattle, just enjoying the scenery, and this guy sat next to me and started clipping his fingernails 💀 I got up pretty quick but realized maybe that was his goal, to take my prime shady lakefront bench.. 🤣
1 dude is pondering. 1 is on a phone call. The other two are just internetting.
The problem with 'positive thinking,' as Phoebie explains it, is that it frames certain thoughts as 'positive' and others as 'negative.' "Many people then feel the need to deny their 'negative' emotions, which ultimately gets pushed down to the subconscious and gets stored in the body," she explains.
...were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off and who was left? ;)
Load More Replies...I have a friend whose dog, Weiner, would slip out of the house and she would run down the street yelling his name. Must have been interesting.
Our tiny chihuahua is named LilGirl, she got out and my giant husband was running all over the neighborhood calling out her name- I thought for sure he would be arrested
Load More Replies...You gotta run the opposite way, then your dog will chase you. I've done that many times lol
That worked on our first dog, but the next one was as dim as a 5 watt bulb, so we just never let him off unless it was an enclosed space.
Load More Replies...Every time the door opens. My sister is awful and will stand with the door open having a conversation as she’s leaving despite the fact she’s seen me running after my dogs (3) countless times she’s done it before.
One dog thought it was so much fun when he got out to run and hide as fast as he could. Then, when we asked people walking the neighborhood if they saw a black-and-white hound, they said, "Like the one behind you?" EVERY TIME!
Chasing my yellow lab down the street in the middle of winter in the middle of the night, in my bathrobe of course - throwing shredded cheese at her to get her to stop and that's the only time that Lab did not stop for cheese. That was fun.
That's when you get their attention and start running the opposite direction so they start chasing you.
The only way you are buying this set for your child is if your child can already have their own children ^^
"Every single emotion is essential to our capacity to understand ourselves, act according to our personal needs and values, and ultimately to our well-being," Phoebie goes on, explaining the importance of 'negative' emotions. "And when we're talking about wellbeing, it's important to remember that we are all a physical being, an intellectual being and an emotional being, all at once."
Aww, reminds me of Jackie and Shadow. Sunny and Gizmo, too. Anybody else watch the Bald Eagle family from Big Bear Valley, CA? I've been watching this amazing eagle family for many years, via a camera in the nest. They had 3 eggs hatch in early March and 2 of them are about to fledge from the nest, any day, one 'practice fledged' but returned to the nest yesterday, after leaving for 24 hours. If interested, search Jackie & Shadow Bald Eagles. 🦅
The whole thing is so dear! Sad the third baby didn’t make it, but it’s such an awesome video feed!
Load More Replies...This perfectly illustrates the general difference between dogs and cats
Me listening to a voicemail: You have one voicemail received today at 11:35 am from phone number 555-5555... JFC just give me the message!
I have an app that transcribes my voicemails. It’s much better for my anxiety than listening to them.
Load More Replies...Humor is a big part of emotional well-being. Phoebie also points out that the word 'humor' itself has pretty symbolic roots. "The ancient Greek root meaning for the term 'humor' is 'fluid.' And humor as a fluid definitely helps to dilute the hard facts of life into a more digestible form," Wilkinson observes.
I never understood why everybody loved it so much
Load More Replies...Most of it was not canned laughter. And going by that logic, practically every show you've ever seen that has a live studio audience isn't funny, because they've all used it at some point or another. Friends would use it for things they couldn't show in front of an audience, like scenes that have nudity, or for particularly big cliffhangers.
Load More Replies...I love the embarrassment of going into the grocery store to the coin machine so I can buy booze
I just buy with the coins cause I am too cheap to let the machine take a cut.
Load More Replies...But she had a vision, and she's going to see it thorough.
Load More Replies...Doesn't look like a very strong prescription, so maybe just mildly inconvenient.
Load More Replies...We sometimes demonize internet and its humor for having little to no value, but Phoebie believes it can be good for us if consumed mindfully. "I do indeed believe anything can have therapeutic value, especially if you're self-aware enough to recognize how you're feeling in the moment: being present with the joy of watching a cute kitten play or the hilarity of some absurd one-liner on a TikTok video."
Why do I have the distinct feeling that moments after this photo was taken, pupper monched on the mic?
I'm 50 years old. I was talking to one of my doctors and she said "so, you'll be retiring in only 15 years!". I laughed awkwardly and then went out to my car and cried. I'll probably die before I can afford it.
Tbf, that's how many retail employees look when shoppers come in. They may need them, they don't necessarily like them.
I was the same with students when I was tech staff at a university! I knew I needed them to exist but oh boy do they fill up the halls and make the queues long every fall
Load More Replies...Not to worry, Americans, you won't be getting tourists for the next 4 years ;)
Tourists? No. Grockles, they are called grockles. I live in Buxton, Derbyshire, I used to live in a small village at the foot of Kinder Scout called Hayfield. Both places attract grockles for different reasons, Hayfield is full of hikers and bikers who are heading up onto Kinder Scout, Buxton attracts the Gilbert & Sullivan set who are here for art dahling, also coach loads who are here to see the architectural delights and the water / spa town stuff. They get under our feet, they park their cars like they’ve had a heart attack mid manoeuvre, they cross the roads like they’ve got a respawn button and they moan that the local shop doesn’t sell their favourite brand of almond milk, it’s a tiny shop that sells one bottle of almond milk a month FFS. Other than that, we loves dem grockles….
I’m a Grockle but I hope I respect your beautiful town. And my parking ain’t that bad 😌
Load More Replies...Some tourist workers in my country have a mentality "please, send your money and stay at home".
Yes, this was me today, dealing with the dumbàss tourists driving on Cape Cod. There may have been other faces and maybe some hands/fingers? 🤬
The problem is that we often go into autopilot when we're scrolling through funny videos, pics, or stories. "We watch 'silly' things on the internet without being conscious of what we're consuming and this is when we lose hours of our lives, which leaves us feeling disappointed or overwhelmed at the end of it," Phoebie notes.
"This is a very common way in our modern world of detaching or dissociating in a very complex, demanding world."
You have to be totally legless to make out in the trash, still, they seem armless
So, be mindful to remain present as you scroll through these memes, Pandas, and try to recognize the joy that you feel. Let us know what you thought of this collection of memes in the comments. And if you'd like to see more funny pics about anything and everything, you can find some random memes right here!
After my best friends mum passed, her Alexa started saying sorry on repeat during the middle of the night...she was definitely due those apologies!
I was just about to post the same thing. I got tired of her thinking I was talking to her or letting me know when the Wi-Fi drops briefly.
Load More Replies...I mean... I get it, Alexa. Sometimes I wake up at 3am thinking the same thing.
It wasn't as bad as everyone made out. If it actually dies then plug it in and go and make a coffee or a tea. When you get back it will have a few hours of life in it. Usually enough to see you through the rest of the day and then you can put it on to fully charge.
I feel like this is an example of end stage capitalism injecting tech into things unnecessarily to charm people into spending money. My mouse never leaves the mousepad next to the iMac. WTF does it need to be cordless? I buy the cheapest Logitech corded mouse. They last ages and work great.
Agreed. Fortunately for me, I have two of them; kept the old one when I upgraded my computer, so now I keep them on rotation. Love everything about this mouse design EXCEPT this idiocy.
if Americans drink 10 beers in a night their friends will ask if something is wrong and be worried same if a Brit does as well but because they only drank 10
Y'all have never been to Kentucky. (And I nearly married a Russian.)
I’ll see your Kentucky and raise you to Scotland.
Load More Replies...Sorry but Wisconsin would get destroyed. We drink waaaaay more powerful beers that Americans and we train from around 15yrs old in preparation for legally drinking at 18...a few years to get your game on in preparation for the real show if you like. 1000 Northern teenagers from Newcastle could put you under the table.
Load More Replies...Alcohol deaths per million people. Russia > US > UK > Aus. The UK and Aus both massively underestimate how much illegal booze there is in the US.
They're all pissed off because the guy at the front should have made one of the kids move over. Isn't it an international convention that you should only stand on the right, to let others walk past you?
They're from the series miss peregrine's home for peculiar children! At least the movie version, the books had vintage photos of these kids though, love the book series
The difference of those that have been travelling the London Underground for years and the young one who has just started? (no-one responds or acknowledges anything or anyone on the Tube after a year of commuting).
Why is the person doing the offering of 4k saying they're waiting for a deposit into their account??
Waiting for money to show up in their checking account. They may not have all of 4000
Load More Replies...I don't let my brother's dog on my sofa. I put his own blankie on the sofa first. He knows. If I even look at his blankie he gets all excited.
My cats are only allowed on the half of the couch that has a blanket. The other side is mine. So naturally they immediately try to sit there as soon as I get up.
Load More Replies...Hopefully on the next January 20th in 2029. And yeah, I say 'hopefully' on purpose.
Load More Replies...The wind changed & so did trump's tarrifs decision.
Load More Replies...My problem is at the other end. I can’t go to the bathroom unless I have something to read. 😂😂
Me too. But I get strange looks when I carry a cereal box in with me.
Load More Replies...And can you come out to the car and help me with the capybaras please
Load More Replies...I just got to the restroom,.The food always comes when I go to the restroom
Tell them when you order, "Just deliver it to the rest room, because that's ALWAYS where I am when you bring my food."
Load More Replies...The one time i lost weight not going to a gym was when my mom was dieing and i stayed in the hospital with her until the very end. I just didn't really eat, and the hospital food that was brought around was truly disgusting.
Kind of same. Both my parents had cancer and I was caring for them until they passed.
Load More Replies...I was going through a bad bout of depression, and food just nauseated me. So I lost weight. And all my colleagues said 'Wow, you've lost weight, you look great'. Ofc they couldn't know how depressed I was, but still - the focus on weight as if it's the ultimate goal in life instead of health and wellbeing... smdh
Load More Replies...Pneumonia. I lost 30 pounds in about two months. Do not recommend.
I remember when I got my tongue pierced. Lost so much weight the first week after!
I got my tongue pierced on my 18th birthday. I started my first day of college 2 days later. The first day in almost every class, usually consists of going around the room, introducing ourselves, what degree we were going for and sharing a bit about ourselves. Well I already hated having to speak in front of crowds, I was nervous, in a new environment and quite a lisp to go with it. My tongue was still quite swollen, despite my extensive efforts and this day is forever engraved in my mind. It was such an embarrassing and awful day for me, definitely in my top 3 most mortifying and humiliating moments.
Load More Replies...That's how I've lost 15 lbs since moving back home last October XD
I just got blood test results and my cholesterol is down, the doctor told me to keep doing what I'm doing. I didn't tell her that recently I have skipped some meals because I'm too tired to eat! Also I've been too tired to go out and buy more snacks.
When I was 17 I lost 15 kgs in 2 weeks bc I had Mononucleosis and was basically dying for 2 weeks with 41°C fever. Couldn't even swallow water or soup. When I went back to school everyone was like WOW you lost so much weight, what's your secret? Thanks, I was on my deathbed.
Who does she think got your cousin in trouble in the first place. It's always the nice ones
This one's AI, I think. Mostly the text on the back the shirt, but also the truck looks really weird in some places.
At best, they're using an old truck bed to mix the concrete. No way that truck is moving with that much weight in it.
Load More Replies...Yep, hate crowds. Had a free ticket to Zozobra and didn't go. It is still in my glove compartment. FYI: https://burnzozobra.com/history/ I should explain. People write their angst, pain, bad things on paper and they are stuffed into Zozobra and then Mr.Gloom is burned and takes it all away from you. In theory.
Who doesn't love watching outside drama from inside!! I mean, unless it's after 10 pm
When you hear songs that were once considered edgy in the supermarket.
I believe the only ones used are "August" "June" "January" "March" "April" "May", so 6.
Load More Replies...Hoping my decision to 'go out' at 62 holds. Am side-gigging my a** off.
Me and the three dollar Furby I found at the thrift store last weekend
seriously, when the Spurs won the Europa League this year, I was OVER THE MF MOON.
Load More Replies...That's a good defense if you're accused of making sure you outlive them.
Load More Replies...That's a concern for you? Ever heard of the definition of insanity?
Load More Replies...well, if the sun's out, you go do some nice little photosynthesis
I understand the potential usefulness of a group chat, but still I detest them with the heat of a thousand suns. Mainly because of the people who just Like and Love messages. Just say something if you have something to say.
They are delicious. I'll die on this hill. Can't justify getting them any more, though, because of ridiculous overpricing XD
They’re the only thing I’ll buy from McDonald’s.
Load More Replies...My favorite!! I miss it ;( they remove it from menu during pandemic and for me it was the only reason to go to mcdonald.
Where are you? I don't recall them ever leaving, and they are definitely on the menu, currently.
Load More Replies...Ya Know I was a commercial diver for ten years-NEVER did see a square fish though!
Neither are salmon or any other fish, even the ones from high end places. I guess you never saw any one cook.
Load More Replies...First bubble said good morning and blue replied, morning.
Load More Replies...Good morning, morning. This is because a good morning would be fishing!
I talked to my native when she was getting bullied. She’s always had a very athletic frame. She was afraid of the girls that wanted to fight her. I told her they were all talk and had never been in a fight and if they were to fight she’d win. It was just meant to boost her confidence and help her deal with the bullies. She then kept getting suspended for fighting. She always won though. Oops, sorry sis
FFS. I don’t like beards on about 90% of men. I’m short. And the only reason I need you to be able to drive is that I live in the U.S., the land of sprawl and no public transportation.
Why are you getting defensive? "50 Hilarious Memes To Help You Decompress When Life Gets A Little Bit Too Much". Nothing to do with "Men are so stupid"...
Load More Replies...Why are you getting defensive? "50 Hilarious Memes To Help You Decompress When Life Gets A Little Bit Too Much". Nothing to do with "Men are so stupid"...
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