It's hard to come up with a good opener for a meme list about puns. We tried to think of a joke about social distancing, but this is as close as we could get (no need to applaud, we'll be here all night). Anywayyy, if you're like us and you love a clever play on words or the perfect stupid dad joke, you might enjoy this batch of punny memes. Lucky for us, there are plenty of meme accounts dedicated to the art of punnery and corny wordplay. When it comes to innuendo-filled humor, memelords like @PunHubOnline do their duty and never shit the bed doing it (sorry...we'll stop now).
If you've been wondering about some cryptic memes floating around lately that involve a hidden Goku and a mysterious red circle, wonder no further, because we can explain. It all started with an illustration tweeted by @Scope479 depicting characters from the dark indie RPG Omori. In the image, a bright red circle highlights the intertwined hands of two characters in the left corner while Goku poses conspicuously in the right corner.
The tweet went viral and many were dumbfounded by how they could have fallen for such an obvious visual red herring. The trollish meme inspired a spate of copycats and tongue-in-cheek references to the original. Some versions of the meme took the troll a bit further and simply depicted a red circle in an arbitrary, Goku-less image. After nearly a month of 'Where's Goku?' memes circulating across all social media platforms, the hollow red circle now evokes the haunting image of Goku in the mind of the shitposter. When Twitter user @Mike302 pointed out the hidden arrow in FedEx's logo, those scarred by the trauma of searching for Goku in the pixels of hundreds of images were triggered and demanded to know the location of Goku.
Keep scrolling for some key memes and posts from the 'Where's Goku?' saga. And if you're still confused, Know Your Meme did a whole video explaining the meme in depth.
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Depending on the generation you belong to, the way you think about the internet might significantly differ from someone much older or younger than you. One (presumably young) redditor asked the 'elders' of Reddit to explain the meaning of slang from the early internet days of yore. Not only did veterans of the net get into archaic terminology, they reminisced about messenger platforms like AIM and ICQ, illegally downloading songs, emoticons, forums and funny chat room dynamics. You can't help but detect a tinge of wistfulness in each response, even when one redditor recounts the traumatic experience of seeing 'goatse' for the first time. Keep scrolling for some amusing highlights from the thread.
Serious illness is one of the most physically and emotionally challenging experiences an individual can go through. As a result, many sick people will resort to almost any methods to alleviate some of the pain. In recent years, this has allowed for the surge in popularity of therapy animals, who supposedly bring comfort through their calming presence. These have ranged from the obvious (dogs) to the decidedly unconventional (parrots and even alligators). If there's one thing that they tend to have in common, it's that you couldn't ride them in the Kentucky Derby.
The way things were going, it was inevitable that something was going to come along to blow this similarity out the water. This has come in the form of Peyo, the horse who visits terminal hospital patients in Calais. Highlighted by the Twitter account All Things Interesting, a lot of people were less than convinced that a behooved, half ton animal provided anyone with much comfort in their dying moments.
Despite Peyo's reported success in his calling, many were more concerned about his bodily functions , or whether his patients would be convinced they were having some kind of demented dying vision. The cynicism of the internet didn't ruin the horse's reputation completely, with some defending his abilities to soothe and therapize. However, if most others are anything to go by, there are a significant number of deceased French people who think the Grim Reaper eats sugar cubes.
Any meme-lover naturally wants to be in the know when it comes to the hottest new meme trends, but sometimes it's fun to see how memes have changed over time by looking at the fresh alongside the vintage content. That's why we've put together this collection full of recent internet gems and dank memes you might have forgotten about.
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These are strange times for the world's most famous coffee chain. Beating the pandemic downturn, profits are up and business is booming — but their clientele has been turned upside down. Jostling for attention among the commuters and Karens in training are a newer, younger customer base armed with baffling custom orders and supposed secret menu items.
It's a predicament that is impacting those on the front line the most, as a recent video has illustrated. A TikTok shared by Starbucks employee a_problem_like_maria has gone viral after showing her co-workers struggling to keep up the amount of orders coming through their system only ten minutes after opening. Commenters offered plenty of sympathy, with many also employed by the company grimacing at the thought of such a busy day at work. One thing's for sure, making coffee for a living sure isn't an easy ride. Maybe next time, pass on the extra pump of something and make a barista's day a little easier.
If life has been feeling a lot more bleak lately, rest assured you are not alone. Studies show that depression in US adults has tripled since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic - with women bearing the brunt of that dismal statistic. While hardcore lockdowns may feel like a thing of the past, the symptoms of our international struggle aren't about to just disappear. We're battling some serious pain and anxiety - and that takes a lot of time to heal. We can't offer the world therapy or medication to assuage its suffering, we can try to perk people up with some wholesome and affirming memes. Think of them as a reminder that it's not all bad, and that together we'll be able to get through this.
Spare a thought for the figureheads of nu-metal. It was a hard job being the laughing stock of 90s music and balancing that with a career in professional douchebaggery. As if to add insult to injury, now they also have to endure being the soundtrack to endless TikTok teens in remixes that offend the ears even more than their original artistry. It's no wonder that some of them seem to be looking for a new start, not least Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Ahead of the band's summer tour, Durst deleted all of his Instagram posts and replaced them with a single selfie, debuting a radical new look.
The combination of his silver hair, handlebar moustache and wistful gaze came as a shock to those used to him presenting a more youthful, aggressive persona. It prompted an avalanche of memes as everybody tried to place his startling rebrand. He may still be doing it all for the nookie, but he's also got mortgage repayments to worry about as well, OK?
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Let's say all the hippies are right, and auras are an actual, real thing. What kind of aura would the internet give off? There might be parts of it that come across as kind of threatening, others that exude complete and total BS. Then there would be the part that's warm, fuzzy and faintly ridiculous. That's right, we've hit the bit that contains all the memes. May they continue to soften the experience of being eternally online for years to come.
It can be challenging to get along with overbearing parents, especially when they're overbearing well into your adulthood. But on the bright side, at least they can certainly provide us with some serious entertainment! After you scroll down below, make sure you check out some hilarious parenting memes!
Is it just us, or are we way too exhausted for a simple Wednesday night? Hump day's supposed to be fun. We're supposed to feel hopeful because we've made it through more than half of another painful week. Well, we're here to inject a little humor into your life. This random gallery of relatively amusing memes may not seem that specials to some people, but once you start scrolling you'll see the mix of memes might be capable of putting some pep in your step. Equal parts niche internet humor and relatable, this gallery's got something for everyone.
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These relatable tweets are for the average college students out there who have no goals other than to get through the semester in one piece. If this sounds like you, then you're probably procrastinating as we speak. Maybe you even picked your major by throwing darts at a dartboard of subjects. Maybe you have no idea what you want to do with your life and college was just one of those things you felt like you were supposed to experience. Maybe your parents are forcing you to study UX design so they can retire early. Maybe you're down to your last two braincells and you can barely even read right now. Whatever uncertainty you're going through right now, just know that it's okay to be an underachiever. There's plenty of time to figure out your silly little life. In the meantime, take a quick break from pretending to study and enjoy these funny tidbits from @CollegeStudent.
In the sea of content that is the internet, sometimes the most amusing little tidbits from insular social networks like Twitter and Tumblr get lost in the slurry. Well lucky for you, we've collected a delightful mixture of clever posts from these oversaturated corners of the web. Tweets and text posts are kind of like memes you can spend a little extra time with—perfect for people experiencing some major boredom.
You know that something has gone wrong somewhere down the line if you find yourself unexpectedly on the way to hospital. Mishaps, freak accidents and body failure may happen to lots of us on the regular, but it can sometimes be hard to believe that one day it will be you who has the misfortune of experiencing it. While it might come as an unpleasant surprise, it's not as common to find people trying to escape their fate, as shown in a recent viral video uploaded by @meredithscharinge74.
In it, a man is shown on a stretcher about to be put in an ambulance. However, before the paramedics can act he jumps off and runs away down the street, almost knocking over a waiter that he crosses paths with. The whole scene plays out like an outlandish comedy skit, and viewers were quick to joke about his lack of health insurance. One thing's for sure, most of us wouldn't go that far to avoid the hospital bill.
Self-owns aren't just for insecure types. Sometimes kamikaze by words is the only way one can win a battle of insults. For internet rubberneckers who love to catch a good Twitter fight or Reddit thread squabble, we've got a handful of spicy times people roasted themselves just to take someone else down with them. We've gotta hand it to these madlads—it takes a bit of skill to annihilate someone through a self-own.
Growing up in Brooklyn I was always terrified of house centipedes. And why wouldn't I be? The revoltingly speedy unibrow bugs were all over the place. They'd find their way onto my arm at slumber parties, inspiring blood-curdling screams more indicative of a murder than a creepy crawly. I'd find them in my shoes. My mother would tell me they're "good bugs" because they eat the "bad bugs," but to me they were the stuff of literal nightmares. Eventually my fear subsided, after having to live in a dank and dark East Village basement where they were a daily sighting. I'd almost forgotten about the critters - until Twitter user @VickGlaze horrified the internet with a video that features a far more sinister-looking centipede.
I almost had set the crib on fire yesterday….Y'all wouldn't believe what I found in my daughters room dawg. I just spent a 50ball at Lowe's on everything pest control. I found where it came in and sealed every window in the crib and some. pic.twitter.com/iAoN7uWYsY
— Miami Vice II (@VickGlaze) July 27, 2021
The alarmingly large centipede in Vick's video is known by a few names. Some call them Texas redheaded centipedes, others the Giant Desert Centipede. Whatever its called, it's freaking terrifying. And this scared father was not afraid to admit it. In a thread, he details all the measures he took to protect his home, and the terror the creature has struck in his heart. The responses (mostly in solidarity) are almost as entertaining as the video and accompanying story. As for me? I'm feeling pretty damn lucky that I grew up in New York and not in Austin, Texas, where these massive venomous critters roam.
