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From ChatGPT and Duolingo to Great Britain and Canada, over the years, we at Bored Panda have covered a lot of meme niches.

But we have a soft spot for those widely accessible universal ones, too. And the Instagram account 'Meme Goates' is full of them!

Touching on work, family, and other essentials of everyday life, its feed pokes fun at the highs and (mostly) lows of our relatable experiences. So, clear some space on your device because you'll probably want to save a bunch of these pictures. Happy scrolling!

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The number of times I've done that and it's often a little old lady who can only just see over the steering wheel

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Memes serve many purposes and functions, but at a fundamental level, they're an expression of people’s thoughts and emotions, and their cultural significance is bigger than many of us realize.

The 2011 introduction of Meme Studies, an actual major at Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois, can be used as a marker of how much of an impact the internet has had on society, including shaping language and beliefs.

"We live in a meme-based world, there's no denying that,” said Northwestern sociology professor Grant Richards at the time.

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"While it might not be considered standard academic material, I believe that ... it shows we're embracing the changing culture and not remaining stagnant."

The material included courses such as 'Introduction to Redditology,' 'History of the Internet: IRC, /b/, and Beyond,' and 'The Sociology of Rage Comics.'

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dorothy gale from kansas
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ugh i can't even imagine working for so long on something then dropping it that would ruin my entire year

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I put off watching the last couple episodes because I don't want it to be over.

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According to researchers looking at modern forms of communication, memes can even be thought of as a language in themselves, with a capacity to transcend cultures and the ability to construct collective identities between people. No wonder they can be so universal and relatable.

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Internet memes "are one of the clearest manifestations of the fact there is such a thing as digital culture", Paolo Gerbaudo, a reader in digital politics and director of the Centre for Digital Culture at Kings College London, explained.

Gerbaudo views memes as "sort of a ready-made language with many kinds of stereotypes, symbols, situations. A palette that people can use, much like emojis."

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SonicAlchemy
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't necessarily "need it" but I do keep it to store the stupid little "pin key" to open the SIM/SD card slot and my Micro SD to USB adapter. Otherwise I'd lose both to a junk drawer and would never be able to find them.

Nadine Debard
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ordered 50 pin keys on internet for me and hubby (cheaper than 2, go figure) and I taped one at the back of my phone, under the phonecase. Now I don't know where thé 48 others are, but I always have mine.

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ThatG
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sold an old phone to someone once… and guess what? I sold it with the box it came in. So there.

Bec
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have sold or donated many things in their original box, but I also cleaned out my attic where we toss said boxes and discovered an entire archeological history of devices past that needed to go. Phones I didn't even remember having.

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xxx
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If your phone is stolen you sometimes need the number on the inside of the box to block it. Take a pic first before you throw it out just incase.

sbj
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes but whenever I throw it away it's then that I need it

DennyS (denzoren)
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean the mint condition Asus Zenfone 3 box of a phone that was manufactured in 2016 and discontinued? I do need it...the color and texture is so nice. Lol

Neuropotathy
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then box tycoons gather and show their boxes like guys from American Psycho with business cards

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Meyrin
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But but but but the box, I like the box - it's a box and it's wonderful

Marla Singer
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use it as a coffin when the phone comes to the end of its life.

VioletHunter
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12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always keep them. They are sturdy and good to store small stuff in.

Diane H
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I keep the box it came in because n 2 years when I upgrade and sell it, the buyer gets it looking like new with everything it came with.

Erin E
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did this when the aux dongle was included and threw it out. I can never throw out another box again

Erica Cochrane
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

as a millenial who also owns pet rodents, i keep the boxes to bury my pets in when they pass. they are a good size for such things. sad but true.

Jessica N
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually I just needed mine to find imei number to file insurance claim on my broken phone. To log into my account I needed a text from the phone with the shattered unreadable screen ofc. So box did Actually have a use!! But the other 4 up in my cupboard...sigh. I'm old.

Riley Quinn
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably true, but I've used those tough, little boxes to wrap gifts in. Always with the caveat that the box doesn't contain the stated contents, of course.

Ovata Acronicta
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True for a lot of things! Ask me about Decluttering as someone with hoarding tendencies... But also actually I do keep that box, it holds old phones. ...shoot, I have more work to do.

Ga Di
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but - but ----- BUT. if you turn 40 you need at least two boxes with cables and/or boxes you "might" need later.... it´s the law

David
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, maybe not yet. But I DID recently decide to throw away the box my PREVIOUS phone came in.

Connie Martin
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My nephew gives me his old phone when he gets a new one, and sends it in the original box. That's nice

Daya Meyer
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I needed it to send my phone in for repairing and it is a nice sturdy box.

Laura Noren
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heyyyy…I’m Gen X, and I always, and I do mean always, throw away my phone box almost as soon as I’ve got everything out of there. I don’t need any more c**p sitting around the house gathering dust.

Mattie
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

uh, excuse you, but I totally might need it... one day... for whatever... even though I still have the boxes for the 3 previous phones... you don't know my life, ok?

Marvin HeartofGold (she/them)
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I swear I only keep it for a couple days I. Case my phone turned out to be a dud and I have to return it. Couple days... weeks...years... It gets tossed eventually!

Pati G
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am not millennial,am a boomer and keep the box so when I replace the phone for a new one or decided to sell it, it goes in it's original box. Got good price

Karl Flinter
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm gen-x and I keep the box for when I sell it after upgrading.

General Stukov
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now hold up, i keep my lego boxes cause if i ever move i can store them properly again but also the boxes look good in my shelves.

Janet Graham
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When things break, I like to put them in the original box and either throw them away or donate them.

Sven Horlemann
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You'll need it the second you throw away the box. Because something is broken, needs repair or you try to sell it.

Ashley Conover
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did this last month and it was in my storage unit. Quite an old phone I jo longer longer have.

MacClovia Solis
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless you are planning on trading it in for credit on a new phone, then yes, you need it

naylene hess
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use them for gift boxes lol obviously i mention that they are indeed not phones before someone gets their hopes up hahaa

robin miller
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Things might have changed recently, but when I used to upgrade my phone, and took the old one to sell for cash, the shop would insist on having the box, charger, and all the accessories with it, as proof that the phone wasn't stolen . . .

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kissmychakram
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you want to sell it later, you'll often get more money for it if you have the box.

JORDAN JOHNSON
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's less that we won't it around but it's a pre marked storage bin for the accessories for your phone no better use

Bienlunée
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You will need it if your receipt fades or is lost and you lock yourself out of your phone. Apple won’t help you without it. Had it happen.

Timbob
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not always true. (We have a Senseo coffee maker. Lost the instructions. Box tells you how to use the machine.)

Ample Aardvark
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes I will need it when I sell the phone, fetches more with the original box

Susposter
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12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except those times when you need the satisfaction of opening an Apple box

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The beautiful thing about the Instagram account 'Meme Goates' is that you don't have to be deeply embedded in internet culture to understand its content. It's fun to look at and share as it is!

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12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

procrasination (yall im sorry if thats not how you spell it its 12 38 AM on a thursday and im on break) at its finest

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12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

screenshotting to send to my ex who keeps spamming me asking for another chance because "he's changed"😊💅🏻

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12 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"He's not worth crying about." Yup, know that too, but this is now about *me* and *my* hurt feelings, not about him.

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Daya Meyer
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is comforting, isn't it? Hearing music that we we're used to in our teen time. Everytime me or my husband are listening to the radio and one of us says "That one is a great song!" it is from the nineties.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At that point I'd be half awake, debating how much I really need a job

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This photo helps to explain why that new house, building or store that was supposed to be completed 7.5 months ago is no where near finished yet the budget for said project has tripled?? If possible pay for the job as a flat rate or have something in a contract stating they can't just drag out a project without being penalized in some way.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh, and once you've eaten you have to start planning for the next day.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

y'all recently try some mysterious prototype gum offered to you by the eccentric and reclusive owner of an old candy factory? did it taste like blueberries??

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whatever you want to eat, I just want YOU to be happy! But also, not Asian, Mexican, or Italian.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when i was in a car as a child i'd imagine someone running alongside me while playing an epic game of "the floor is lava"

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, sleeping is probably one of the most important things. At least that's what I tell myself

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you think I'm getting close enough to notice if you've shaved, and then stopping because you haven't, you don't know me very well.

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thats why you always end it with, "but i honestly dont know thats what i think"

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want her to get some glasses so bad, that squinty thing bugs the hell out of me

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The beauty of reaching your 30s is realizing the best party is at home with a glass of wine and not having to deal with random people

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