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We all played Pokemon and traded the cards in the late '90s, but many of us also continued to play the game into adulthood. These memes are for you, when you just can't get enough Pokemon content. Now check out some generic Nintendo memes!

It's Friday, and while for many of us that might be a meaningless designation of time, it's also when we share our favorite dank memes of the week. This week's edition of The Dank Drop reflects the internet's newfound obsession with Among Us- as well as a new Leonardo DiCaprio meme format. It's a nice mix of meme trends and the usual edgy content, which we think makes for a solid pre-weekend distraction. Happy scrolling.

These memes are primarily for lovers of The Sims, but we're pretty sure non-Sims players will still appreciate the game's weirdness. Now check out some more excellent and bizarre Sims memes here!

If you love Minecraft and all of its blockishness, then these are the memes for you. We won't waste any more of your time, so let's just get into the memes! (And check out even more here in honor of the game's 10th anniversary.)

When you're feeling mad, sad, or even a bit lonely, at least you can still count on memes. Perusing funny pictures keeps us sane, and they might do the same to you. One thing's for sure: they'll never break your hearts. So flex those scrolling muscles and start having a little fun for a change. You deserve it.

This gallery goes out to everyone who'd rather be playing Dungeons & Dragons at any given moment. Lately, with all the lockdowns and coronavirus concerns, we find ourselves feeling this more often. The urge to roll dice grows daily, and we yearn for the day we can get together with our friends and duke it out in real life. In the meantime, at least we've got memes.

If you're in the mood to feel judged, then these trending dank memes are for you. They feature video game director Masahiro Sakurai (creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros) telling us how not to play a game. It's been used across every dank corner of the internet, and we gotta say that we're fans of it.

Ever find yourself wondering if 2020 is just a nightmare and we're going to wake up from the horror to a nice breakfast? Yeah, us too. Unfortunately, every day makes this year a little more real. But we've got a new meme format that plays into our fantasy. And it's pretty freaking funny. The memes in question feature a character or animal "speaking" to the viewer as though they'd just woken up or regained consciousness after an accident. Most of them suggest that 2020, Donald Trump's presidency, and coronavirus haven't happened. Some of them utilize references to specific eras such as the emo years of the early 2000's. They all depict a reality that we'd much rather be living in. We've put our favorites into this gallery but you can read more about the format (and enjoy more memes) over at Know Your Meme.

These Skyrim memes are perfect for our gamer friends who need their fix of a little video game humor. Skyrim is the perfect game for those interested in both fantasy and medieval history - none of it is real, obviously, but that almost makes it better! 

Want even more Skyrim material? We've got you covered.

All hail the neckbeard! The katana-wielding, fedora-tipping gentlemen that remind us that we shouldn't plan on seeing Joker in theaters, and that deodorant is very, very important. 

Pokemon is one of those rare things that was cool when we were kids in the late '90s, and is still cool for us as adults today. So scroll down for some Pokemon content, and then head on over here for more!

Work getting in the way of your gaming obsession? Fear not! These gaming memes are designed to scroll through while you're shirking your 9-5 duties or if you simply can't log on to your addiction of choice. 

People always warn against comparing yourself to others, but when you're given the opportunity to pinpoint the vast differences between you and human garbage fires, you'll end up feeling pretty freakin' great. These tidbits from Reddit and facepalm-inspiring social media posts are guaranteed to up your self esteem. If these don't have you feelin' like a snack you can check out these cringey pictures from hell.

While the nation mourns the lives lost in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, politicians and the media continue to find ways to insist that guns don't kill people, video games do. President Trump jumped on the bandwagon during his national address yesterday, condemning the "glorification of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace." The sentiment is frankly outrageous, and has zero evidence to back it. The inevitable backlash began on Twitter, with the #VideoGamesAreNotToBlame hashtag, and quickly grew to include memers in the r/dankmemes community. As of yesterday, the informative memes (some include graphs) have been hovering at the top of the page. Here are our favorites. 

We don't believe that procrastination is a bad thing. The ways we choose to avoid our responsibilities are usually pretty fun. And that, by deductive reasoning, means that they're good for our mental health. So why not treat yourself to a little "self-care" and peruse this assortment of time-wasting memes?