50 Funny Memes From This IG Page To Scroll Through Instead Of Doing Literally Anything Else
Interview With ExpertOne of the great things about memes is that they help us stay connected. When life gets in the way, weeks can go by unnoticed without us texting a friend, "Hey, how are you?” But as long as we receive a meme from them once in a while, we can rest assured that all is well.
Today, we have a collection of memes that are perfect for this purpose. Provided by the X page “Spill the Memes,” they are guaranteed to make anyone chuckle with their relatability. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down!
While you're busy sending them to your pals, don't forget to check out a conversation with expat friendship coach Sarah Siegert, who kindly agreed to tell us more about maintaining friendships with memes.
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According to expat friendship coach Sarah Siegert, memes can be a great way to stay in touch, as long as they're not the only way. “Sharing memes is fun, easy, and quick. It's sending the message of 'I saw this and it made me think of you' or 'I saw this and you would like it' which in and of itself is its own small communication,” she told us.
“At the same time, I think it is a relatively superficial and indirect way to communicate (using a medium - the meme). That means that the quality of the connection could be less deep, and the quality is poorer.”
Taking into account both sides of the coin, she says that using memes to stay connected with friends in a pinch can be better than nothing, but she also recommends planning in-person quality time meetups to maintain deep friendships. “Don't try to replace true human connection with memes,” she adds.
Siegert further tells us that sending memes is most appropriate when the connection has already been established and people are trying to maintain it. “Building a new connection solely through sending memes is also possible, but the connection will be less deep and the quality of the connection will be poorer,” she says.
“Sending memes as a way to stay connected is also most appropriate when you have a busy period of time and you want to show your friend, 'Hey, I'm thinking of you!' without investing a bunch of time talking or meeting up. It's a tool that's most appropriate to tie things over in between the high-quality ways to connect (meetups, phone calls, etc.).”
Every time I see that meme I wonder what caused this little girl to cry so heartbreakingly.
I once had a cat that actually said mmmnnn nom nom nom mrrrr' every time he got fed. Made me laugh so much.
However, she warns that relying solely on memes for communication can make the connection superficial. “You can still use memes to express yourself, but they won't replace a vulnerable conversation with a friend. So the negative impact could be that you feel less connected to your friend and that the connection will be of poor quality because you both share less about what's really going on for you and so the connection fades away.
It's a light-touch form of communication. If you want a true, deep, and real friendship, you'll need to put in more work than solely sending memes. You need to speak to your friends, share information, ask questions, deeply connect. That's not possible solely through sending and receiving memes."
While sending memes is a quick way to connect and, at times, might even seem lazy, it’s comforting to know that it still counts as a genuine way to maintain relationships. This is especially helpful when our social batteries are empty or we are too tired to properly reach out, but we still want to express that we care about them.
My bro in law has that pizza slicer! It was a present from me and he instantly loved it. :D
Sometimes we just don’t have the psychological power to answer a text, even though we’re mindlessly scrolling online. Lifestyle coach Dr. Mary Kempnich explains that this is more common than we might think.
“Responding to a message of a friend you care about actually takes some time and requires you to put in some effort especially if they’ve asked you questions that are not very easily answered in a minute or two,” she said. Whereas, passively scrolling is a more relaxing and distracting activity, especially if the person had a draining day or even a week.
She has to hold the pizza in her lap or the cats will run off with most of it.
If you find yourself avoiding committing to answering a longer text, Dr. Kempnich advises leaving a little comment or a like. This way, the friend is aware of your presence and informed that you’re not ready to reply properly just yet.
Luckily, in many friendships, there’s this unspoken mutual understanding that a person should not take it personally if the other doesn’t have the emotional capacity to send a text as usual. If memes are all we can do in the moment, that’s quite alright, said psychologist Andrea Bonior. It is certainly better than silence.
“When demands get in the way of us keeping up our relationships in the ways we’d like, we feel guilty and pull a disappearing act altogether,” she told HuffPost. “Or we think we have to do some big grandiose ‘catch-up’ since it’s been so long, whereas in reality it’s the little things that can matter most.”
After being MIA for a longer period of time, it can also feel a little uncomfortable to send an apology text, whereas sharing a good meme, an X post, or a TikTok can be a great icebreaker. “Sometimes having smaller, more fleeting interactions can keep things feeling more natural and connected than putting undue expectations on yourself that will only feel burdensome, or will lead to further growing apart,” Bonior said.
Anyone who does cook the correct amount of pasta has either sold their soul to Satan or is lying.
No biggie. I've still got three more wheels and do you realllly need an exhaust?
When my battery runs out, you *really* do not want to be around me.
I can remember if I locked it because of the *beep beep* but can't recall if I turned off the lights and wipers unless I say the word as I do it.
If all the tricks just don't work, I start stabbing the lid until the pressure releases then use what I need and if I have leftovers, put it in another container who's lid I can take off without violence
Just buy a jar opener. Fewer trips to hospital with stab wounds...
Load More Replies...hit the edge of lid on something hard (hit slowly not hard) a couple of times or also a truple... depends
Definitely tap. However I shared this tip with my husband, which is how we have dents in the kitchen plaster. Grrrrr
Load More Replies...I wrenched my shoulder pretty bad in January trying to get open a pickle jar.
Get the end of a teaspoon under the edge of the lid & lever it out until the seal pops.
You just gotta hit the lid a couple times with the back of a butter knife. 💪
I use this method - I hit the lid in several different places. Works like a charm!
Load More Replies...Heel of the hand to the bottom of the jar or ding around the lid with the thick end of a butterknife works every time!
It took a long time to teach Patrick how to open a lid.
If you have some of the waffle type shelf liner or a round waffled silicon pad, you place it on the lid and turn. It hasn't failed me...yet.
But then be quick drying&trying, otherwise it's either slippery when wet or not hot any more.
Load More Replies...can put the lid under hot water stream too...and bang it with a knife
Try the lid before you put it in the fridge... As the jar cools the seal constricts making it hold tighter. But at room temperature the seal loosens up a little easier.
When I was newly single I fought with a jar until I was in tears.. then I got a butter knife, jammed it under the lid, gave a little twist and the seal popped. Then the lid opened easily. I haven't needed a man to open a jar in 20 years. I still ask them to sometimes though because they like to feel needed.
Bang the edge of the lid on the linoleum (or whatever hard non-scratchy surface you have). It knocks out the pressure seal, and will open easily.
That's what I do, you then hear the pop of the pressure seal and it comes off easy.
Load More Replies...Usually I'll run the lid under hot water and then tap-tap-tap with the handle of a butter knife. One day I was getting a little...irritated...and...well...had to call in to work to tell them I'd be there after I cleaned up the now-smashed glass jar of jam.
I'll thank you to keep your hands off my house spiders.
Load More Replies...Take a butter knife and put it horizontal to the lid, just under the bottom. Use your non dominant hand over the top of the lid to keep it in place. Take a second butter knife and place the tip just underneath the lid, and over the first knife, creating a lever. *Gently* push down on the 2nd knife handle until you here a pop. Voila, one opened jar.
I'm a strong independent boy with a hammer who never thinks things through
New camera ... or plumber. New camera ... or plumber. Do I REALLY need to fix my toilet? I mean ...
That is why you carefully pick up the snack, pretend to eat it and than give it back. Double win for the toddler. You "ate " their snack and they get to eat it for real.
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