50 Hilariously Unhinged Random Memes That May Soothe Your Ever-Turbulent Soul
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While it’s easy to overlook a digital image, in these trying times, a good meme is, in many ways, worth more than its weight in gold. So if you are in need of a good laugh, you’ve come to the right place.
“The Recovering Problem Child” Instagram page is dedicated to amusing, random, and just silly memes to entertain any viewer. We got in touch with Sam Grannis, the creator and admin of the page to learn more. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Bored Panda got in touch with Sam Grannis, the creator and admin of the page and he was kind enough to share some more. Firstly, we were curious to learn more about how the page was created in the first place.
“I always loved memes, I was constantly posting on Facebook and was always told “I post the best memes” and that I should make an Instagram account dedicated to just memes. On top of that, I had followed a few meme accounts on Instagram at the time and noticed that some accounts were making money. I thought “The memes I post are better, I could do this”. And so I created my account in 2017,” he shared.
Well after my 2yo read this (on their own of course) they said, “well mommy, I would propose the notion that it’s not due to a mundane lifestyle. It’s more indicative of an insecure personality, a fragile ego if you will. They seek validation through technological services that connect humans to one another.”
Naturally, given the literal hundreds of thousands of followers, we also wanted to hear Sam’s opinion on what made the page so popular. “I have a knack for identifying what people will find funny/relate to, on top of that I also go out and do my way to post content that hasn’t been shared by 100 other accounts before I post it. So my followers know they’re gonna get hot new content on my page.”
As a teacher I make a point of telling the student teachers that they should always ALWAYS make sure they are on the janitors’ good side. They will not make your life harder if you are not, but, my goodness, can they make your teacher life easier if they like you!
We wanted to explore this idea of what makes one meme better than another, as they have been around for quite a bit. So we asked Sam to give his best shot at breaking it down. “A good meme contains a funny image/video with a super relatable/funny caption,” he shared with Bored Panda.
5 hours of prepping, 2 hours of roasting, 20 minutes of plating... 10 minutes to eat said meal, 25 minutes of rinsing dishes 2 hours of dishwaser and 20 minutes of putting dishes away. Now it's time for breakfast! LOL!
It's the ones who didn't grow up with South Park and family guy who are offended by every little detail of their simple minded life.
“The image/video is the most important component of a meme, you can have an average caption but if the content you’re using is really good, it will carry the meme and still be really funny. If you’re able to write a caption that hasn’t been overused and is still relatable/funny and the image/video you’re using is great in itself, that’s the recipe for a viral meme.” Interestingly, the caption might be one of the oldest indicators of a meme, that separates it from a generic “funny image.”
At the same time, managing a page that posts memes might be harder than it seems. The internet is changing with content rules morphing year to year, often without warning. “Running a meme account has become harder and harder as time goes on, unfortunately. The TOS (terms of service) gets stricter every day.”
“Every piece of content I post is heavily vetted by me, I have gained a very strong understanding of what’s allowed and what’s not throughout the years. Stuff that you wouldn’t even think would be removed gets removed. Any big account that’s been doing this for a long time and is active works really hard to keep its page afloat.”
“I’ll just put it this way,” Sam shared, “If I were to hand my account to a random person, I don’t think the account would remain longer than a week. It takes a very strong understanding of the TOS to carry on. What sucks about that is the quality of content suffers but it’s what must be done to maintain your account.”
It is always helpful to learn some off-grid basic techniques. Since +/- 30 years more and more of our activities depend heavily on things circling the globe and can be switched off by the owner at any given time, without notice. Or fail, without the possibility to have a technician get it go within hours. Prepper craze is not necessary, but ask (grand)parents how they handled things before satnav and smartphone were a thing. And learn to read maps, understabd street signs giving directions and some basic navigation skills.
As a former wildlife hospital volunteer, I would take a goose over a squirrel any day. Squirrels are terrifying, and they go for your face.
That isn’t dumb for a 4-5 year old; it’s just the way they reason until they learn otherwise. Unfortunately, some people never seem to outgrow this level of reasoning.
And i think that we know how most of them vote.
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Cute, isn't it? It's what makes a child's world a magical one. We're very happy to be aunt and uncle to my BIL's kids, and we did our best to make the holidays magical for them.▪️▪️▪️ In the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas, it's a holiday on December the 5th or 6th. The American Santa figure was based on him and other European holidays, but Sinterklaas has nothing to do with Christmas here.▪️▪️▪️Sinterklaas makes the rounds together with his helpers (Pieten). Sinterklaas rides a horse that can walk on rooftops, and his Pieten are such great acrobats that they follow him up there and go through the chimney. They drop off jute bags filled with presents and they throw handfuls of sweets into your house.▪️▪️▪️Our nieces are 2 and 4 and still really believe in Sinterklaas. We hid the bags of presents in the garage and asked the neighbour to give a loud knock on the front door and to throw sweets down the hall. (To be continued, I'll add a reply)
Continued! The kids were a bit startled by the loud knocking, but we encouraged them to go and look. When they saw the first signs of Sinterklaas activity they got enthusiastic. When they saw the bags with presents their eyes turned the size of saucers, and they ran around the house squealing with delight 🥰▪️▪️▪️There was some question though why they hadn't seen any Pieten, because they were so eager to see them in action. I mentioned that they must have gone back upon the roof again, and that was accepted as completely logical 😁▪️▪️▪️Funny bit: people who work on roofs or wash windows sometimes dress up as Pieten in the holiday season. It gives the kids a real moment of delight.
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The first time I heard the term "blow-j*b" I was at camp and about nine or ten. Id had a book that showed how babies were made so I did have a basic understanding of the mechanics of it...i had seen a flaccid (deflated) member during my male cousins diaper changes and such...so I thought the woman had to blow into it to inflate it like a balloon so it was rigid enough to do its thing.
Me, too. It really freaked me out when the dog had puppies.
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All that comes to mind is finding a feather -and then searching high and low for the birdie it belonged to, I was pretty sure the birdie would want it back..?
In a way, THEY DO. They're called "Cow Patties".
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viola! (I'm not trying to be mean, just found this funny as an ex-orchestra student) viola-65e3...8b5586.jpg 
That's logical thinking. For some considerable time in history, it was thought that fruit created flies. This came from observation. It wasn't known about flies laying eggs, which turned into larvae, fed on the fruit and eventually emerged as flies.
When i was a little kid, i thought the world used to be black and white because all of the tv shows and movies were in black and white
Perfect example of the tenet, "Correlation does not necessarily indicate causation."
But can you disprove it? Keep the Observer effect and Zeno effect in mind when answering.
I believed there were tiny people in my record player singing and playing the songs.
when i was a kid i believed that there wasnt any gravity high up in the sky which is how something as heavy as airplanes managed to fly, so i thought that if you fell out of an airplane while it was flying that you'd fall out of the earth and into space
i also used to think that the white patches next to orcas eyes actually were its eyes
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"If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?"
I used to use Occam's Stubble as a username in chat rooms.
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I was made to believe that there was a man in the sky, all powerful that loved me. He loved me so much but had a list of 10 thing he didn't want me to do, and if I did any of them he would send me to a place where I would suffer and burn, but he loved me. I was also made to believe that if I kneeled down, put my hands together and repeated some words over and over I would help my granny get better. She died and I felt guilty for not kneeling and repeating the word enough. Maybe be he hated me but I couldn't remember doing any of the 10 things on his list.
I was at a friend’s house. He said “make yourself at home!” So I kicked his a*s out because I hate visitors. And that’s when the fight started…
My alcoholic chain smoking neighbor was the one most concerned with me buying myself a cup of coffee once a week or so.
I can't wait to pull that on my daughter when we are shopping tomorrow.
To save embarrassing Google searches - A group of men covering another person with reproduction juice.
I hope they were tears of joy because that joke is hilarious, particularly for a seven year old
I painted a friend a picture of The Last Supper using every comic cat I could think of in place of the people. Bill was Jesus & dressed as Elvis. I titled it “The Last Shrimp Cocktail”. - These things happen. And I would have bought that. I would have it hanging in my house.
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Depends sometimes the question is stupid so I don't bother.
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I don’t even click on the dark humor ones anymore or those that have 30 comics by the same person
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Depends sometimes the question is stupid so I don't bother.
Load More Replies... I don’t even click on the dark humor ones anymore or those that have 30 comics by the same person
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