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82 Memes That Feel Like They Were Made During A Fever Dream
There are really never quite enough memes, but sometimes it can be fun to spice it up with the more unusual variety. The curiously named “Laxative” Instagram page is home to chaotic, weird and just downright unhinged images and memes, so we hand picked the best ones for your viewing enjoyment.
Be warned, some of these seem like they are not from this dimension. Otherwise, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments section.
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Meme taste is oddly personal. Some people want a clean wholesome joke that makes them smile for two seconds before they scroll on. Others want something that looks like it crawled out of a fever dream, a rat driving a car or a toilet dancing to no discernible beat, and they want to laugh at the sheer nonsense of it. Neither reaction is wrong. It just comes down to how each person's brain processes a joke, and psychologists have spent a surprising amount of energy figuring out why.
One of the more popular explanations is the incongruity theory of humor, the idea that we laugh when something breaks the pattern we expected. A meme that sets up one thing and delivers something completely unrelated forces the brain to scramble for meaning, and that little jolt of confusion resolving into oh that is absurd is where the laugh comes from.
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Crystal Spencer 2 months ago
I don't understand this whole "flicking" off thing. It's "flipping" is it not? I heard a woman on a YouTube video that kept repeating that someone was "flicking" her off..I'm 48 and only this week have I heard this term...twice
This is basically why absurdist memes work at all. There is no real setup or punchline in the traditional sense, just a strange image that becomes funny purely because it refuses to make sense. Then there is the superiority theory, which is a lot less flattering to admit but explains plenty of meme humor anyway.
Feeling a little bit above whatever is being mocked in a meme, whether that is a societal trend or a specific type of person, tends to make the joke land harder, according to those who write about the psychology behind viral memes. That is a decent chunk of why sarcastic or ironic memes do so well. Watching something get gently roasted gives the brain a tiny hit of smug satisfaction, and apparently that counts as entertainment.
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Willem Andries Oosterhof 2 months ago
Uh oh... Dunno if this will be a boy or girl, but sure will be a brotha or a sistah.....
Cognitive fluency plays a role too. Memes tend to reuse familiar formats, so the brain does not have to work very hard to understand the joke, and that ease of processing actually makes people enjoy it more. This is part of why a recognizable format can get reused hundreds of times and still get laughs, because the audience already knows the rules and just wants to see how this particular version breaks them.
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Lukas (alt) 2 months ago
This one is so easy. Just adjust your schedule and sleep in there. It might be uncomfortable, but you're getting 45 dollars an hour.
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Beak Hookage 2 months ago
Psych - medieval peasants did not eat chicken; it was far too expensive in those days. You are eating like a medieval LORD.
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None of this really explains the emotional pull memes have though. Laughing at something, even something ridiculous, triggers a release of endorphins and dopamine, the same chemicals involved in most other pleasurable experiences. That is part of why scrolling through memes can feel oddly soothing even when the content itself is chaotic. The brain is responding to the hit of unexpected joy.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 months ago (edited)
Sean Lock, RIP, once gave a rule for being a man. Flush once, walk away.
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There is also a social layer that has nothing to do with brain chemistry and everything to do with belonging. Sharing a meme, especially a weird or niche one, works like a signal to the people who get it. Understanding a chaotic or deep fried meme means recognizing the layers of internet references packed into it, and that shared recognition creates a sense of being in on something.
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Remi (He/Him) 2 months ago
The most cursed of toilets. This beats even the roach infested one, hands down
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Outsiders might look at the same image and see nothing but noise, while the right audience sees an entire inside joke condensed into one frame. That kind of context heavy humor rewards fast recognition and cultural fluency, which is exactly why it can feel alien to anyone outside the loop.
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Apocalyptic Excavator 2 months ago
NSFW police force sound like the guys who put you straight into h***y jail.
Some who study internet humor also point out that memes function as a coping tool. Dark or self-deprecating humor lets people acknowledge stress or bad news without having to sit in it directly, which is probably why so many memes lean into bleak topics while still managing to feel light. Wrapping something uncomfortable in a joke makes it easier to swallow, and sharing that joke makes the discomfort a little less isolating.
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Jenny Gordon 2 months ago
Why on earth is the word job censored in the image? Is job now considered a triggering word?
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Fitz_N_Fartz 2 months ago
And why not, need something to make you happy after a split up. I did similarly, released that young man from being chained down for so long. Never regretted it one bit.
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Howl's sleeping castle 2 months ago
I look like my father. And he is an extremely good looking one so I don't mind
So when a meme page leans all the way into chaos and refuses to make sense, it is not a glitch. It is tapping into a handful of very real psychological reasons people click, laugh, and immediately send it to a group chat. Different brains chase different flavors of that reaction, and that is exactly why the internet has room for both wholesome memes and the ones that feel like they were made in another dimension entirely.
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PeachPossum 2 months ago
When you know the material backwards and forwards, what else can you do but doodle on the page?
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Frogsizedfrog 2 months ago
But the sun dried up the rain first. Some people live places with a lot of rain and little sun, others live in places with the reverse conditions. If it's harder for some spiders than others to climb the spout again, maybe they live in different places.
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Dragon Ashes 2 months ago
Google kept telling us our house was a restaurant in a gas station. We never knew why. It stopped when we got a new car.
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Howl's sleeping castle 2 months ago
I don't think being 40 is the requirement. I am 40 and I haven't done this. And i am pretty sure I won't be doing this ever
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Earthquake903 2 months ago
I was also a very powerful and cruel god at 8. I ruined literally everything.
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Rebecca McManus 2 months ago
The cheaper chocolate and chocolate produced before regulation around the amount of cocoa it actually contained was put in place is not going to contain enough chocolate to harm pets, this is why our childhood dogs ate it and didn't get ill. Now chocolate bars contain more chocolate and therefore are harmful. Obviously if the ingredients list "chocolate flavour" then there is zero risk.
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Robert Millar 2 months ago
Return of the "Short back and sides". British schoolboy cut, 1950s.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 months ago
Er, okay. I think I understand this one. "My bad for being awful in the game we just played together, my friend. My girlfriend just turned off 'Share My Location' on her phone and I got chest pains because I suspect her of cheating on me. I could not concentrate on the game we were playing, and that is why I only kílled two enemies, yet díed 38 times."
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OOH it doesnt screen German?? Time to get out my schimpfwortlexicon "Von A Bis Loch"
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