Let's face it, the last thing we need is an excuse to look at our phones some more. We spend hours upon hours of each day staring at these little soul sucking screens in the hope that they entertain us, and often they succeed in doing the opposite. It's out of the question to give them up, though. Not because owning one has become a vital part of living in modern society, but because without them we wouldn't be able to catch up with all the freshest memes. We only have a few innocent pleasures …

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What is a meme , but a garnish on the varied platter of life? It takes all the ingredients that produce being alive and brings them all together with an extra twist. It's more rewarding than a sprig of parsley, although probably lower in nutritional value. Can you tell it's nearing mealtime? Anyway, these assorted memes are the perfect appetizer for whetting your appetite. The only problem is that they'll leave you wanting more.

When everything else in life seems to be falling apart, memes are always here for you. It doesn't matter how bored, alone, hopeless and depressed you get, those dumb little regimented jokes will keep the worst of the personal demons at bay. At the same time, when things are going great it's just as easy to enjoy the warm embrace of meme culture. Once you've joined the club, there's no escaping it, so you may as well stay a while and look at a few more.

There are many beautiful aspects to your average meme . Its eye catching design, its punchline and its brevity are all great contenders, but arguably the most important factor is the element of randomness. Rarely can we predict what will be the subject of the next huge trend or new personal favorite, and it's one of the main reasons that we keep coming back again and again. When life seems impossibly boring , we know that memes will be there to save us from ourselves.

When you've had a long day, or one is just about to begin, the last thing you want is to be overly challenged. Life is hard as it is without the ability to turn your brain onto airplane mode, and sometimes we have to take every chance we get to do that. Obviously, there's no better way to do this than looking at memes . It's the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to keep the existential dread at bay, so what are you waiting for?

One of the many mysteries of the universe is how long you can look at memes for before you get sick of them. Some days, maybe you're too preoccupied to really care, and others, you're up til 3am gazing dead-eyed at your phone until you can take it no longer. It can be hard to predict what your meme threshold is going to be like from day to day, but that's the beauty of it. The element of surprise is what keeps the content fresh.

When you really think about it, there are many, many things in life that feel better than staring at your designated screen all day. Life is just staring at a series of screens now, isn't it? Laptop screen, phone screen, television screen — even watches have screens now. It's not exactly living the dream, but if you have to stare at a screen, you may as well make the most of it. That's where the memes come in, taking your mind off boring, dystopian reality and transporting it to a relatable alt…

There are many things that we can blame the internet for, including our decreased attention span and general loss of faith in humanity . However, one of the factors that most impacts our everyday thought processes is that it has made us fussier. No longer can we be amused by the water cooler joking of our more offline co-workers; only the finest in niche and relatable memery can flick the dopamine switch. Yes, it makes us all kind of worse and more annoying people, yet at the same time it shows…

The internet has got to a point where it's hard to imagine how we used to communicate without memes. What did we do when we saw a funny shot in a movie that perfectly related to one of our niche life struggles? Have a conversation about it? The realities of a memeless world are something that doesn't bear thinking about and thankfully, we don't have to. We have yet another batch of freshly made memes ready to take your mind off whatever you need, and nothing can go wrong with that.

The quest of the meme consumer is often a lonely one. Scrolling mindlessly through social media and harvesting as much content as you possibly can while sometimes not even making so much as a sly nose exhalation can take its toll on your mind and spirit. However, we all do it for that golden moment when we stumble upon a meme we just know we're going to remember for years to come. This list could be part of that next great moment, so why take the chance?

When you've been mindlessly staring at one of your various screens for hours on end, it's easy for the mind to wander . You start to have actual thoughts, like “maybe I should get up and do something”, or “perhaps I should take up a hobby”. As we all know, the most appropriate line of action to take in this situation is to ignore them. Memes are here to break up this spell of boredom, making sure you don't need to be disturbed by any other strange mental detours.

When the weekend is over and you're staring down the barrel of yet another arbitrary time period of work and dealing with other peoples' BS, a pick me up is exactly the kind of thing you can't live with out. Of course, there's the obvious, like a coffee or a small cry in the corner toilet cubicle, but sometimes it's nice to jazz things up a bit. This is what memes are here for, to give out a little entertainment and color that puts you off beginning your villain origin story for another day or …

We did it, somehow. Another working week is over, and it's time for our allotted two days of R&R before yet more rise and grind. There are so many things on the to-do list that have been kept waiting, and many more fun new things to or hobbies to pursue while we can do it and not feel too guilty. However, out of all the potential things we could do this weekend, the one inevitability will be staring at some memes . Now that's what I call relaxation .

Let's be real: everything is temporary and nothing lasts. Few things realize this truth better than memes , which are basically built around the fact that they go in one side of your brain and out the other. It's scary to think how many little internet pictures we may have loved and lost over the years, but in reality, they're just doing what supposed to. Thankfully, there's always going to be more dumb stuff to fill the gap. That's the main thing, right?

Forget all about Rule 34: if it exists, it's even more likely to have had a meme made about it. The wide umbrella of internet humor encompasses anything and everything it can think of, even when it maybe shouldn't. If we spend enough time looking at them, we can learn a lot from memes. Admittedly, most of this stuff is pretty dumb, but we can still act like we're knowledgeable. Just don't let other people probe into the details of that too much.