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These memes aren't for haughty meme connoisseurs. They're not for people who trawl r/dankmemes and r/MemeEconomy, and are hip to every meme trend. These memes are for the everyman. For the unpretentious scroller who doesn't turn their nose up at a "normie" or relatable meme. This kind of comedy doesn't change your life, but it sure does boost one's mood. And sometimes that's all we can ask for.

As brutal as the lockdowns and quarantine have felt, we like to look for silver linings. For many of us, this means more excuses to escape reality via television and movies. Action films are high up on our list of escapist genres. There's something weirdly therapeutic about watching a character kick major ass. Instagram meme creators such as @snackytuna and @bread_loafington take the heroes (think Sylvester Stallone and Mr. T) of testosterone-filled movies and make them the subjects of some seriously relatable and self-deprecating memes. While the image macros don't pass the Bechdel test, they're still extremely entertaining. If you like what you see, give these accounts a follow on Instagram. We think they deserve it.

Happy Memorial Day! To honor our fallen heroes, we're, uh, sitting inside by ourselves and staring at screens. Gone are the days of having a celebratory party. Gone are the days of grilling and the beach. Now, all we have is the internet. And this wealth of memes.

We're huge proponents of leaning into ones' dark side - even when the world isn't quite as shitty as it is now. These memes offer up a healthy dose of misery, edge, and morbidity that will resonate with anyone who lets their negative energy shine. It's exhausting to pretend to be happy. Give yourselves a break. You deserve it.

Country singer Dolly Parton started a serious meme on Tuesday when she shared a collage of four photos of herself. Each panel represented a social networking site: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Tinder. The post inspired many other celebrities to create their own version of the photo, which is meant to show the differences in how we represent ourselves on the aforementioned sites. It's since been called the Dolly Parton Challenge, and is now being used to create everything from animal memes to satirical cartoons. We've put together our favorites, but you can catch more over at Ebaum's World.

The Internet Gods have spoken: we have been overdue for another stupid social media privacy hoax. This time around, boomers and the technologically ignorant are concerned about their already non-existent privacy on image-sharing site Instagram.The post claims that deleted photos and messages will be made public unless the "memo" is shared. The message is laughable, but the masses are pretty damn gullible where privacy is concerned. To make matters worse, celebrities and politicians such as Rick Perry (The US Secretary of Energy...) and Usher have been sharing the bogus spam as well. Instagram and Twitter users with a bit more of their wits about them have been using this opportunity to roast their share-happy peers via memes and exasperated tweets - and the results are pretty fricken' funny. 

All hail 'World Record Egg!' It's not often that people of the world unite for a common cause, but that's exactly what happened this weekend to throw Kylie Jenner off of her veneered Instagram pedestal. Instagram account @world_record_egg begged the world to help an egg stock photo become the #1 liked post on the site. And it worked. Kylie's birth announcement was demoted to #2 on January 13th. "Egg gang" is now at 4 million followers, and many of them are creating content celebrating this massive success. Here's a selection of our favorite egg memes so far. 

We love the Simpsons and we love us some dark and depressing memes. @sadsimppsonsmemes is the perfect amalgam of the two. You're welcome. 

Enjoy these clever memes made by Instagrammer Adam the Creator!