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The Internet is a rich meme buffet. Cat memes, dog memes, nihilistic memes, introvert memes, nostalgia memes – there's something for everyone's taste. Meme variety is the spice of life on The Internet, and nowhere is this more evident than here, at Bored Panda.

To brighten up your days even more with some memes about everything and anything, we've got some more goodies from the Facebook group 'Very Nice Meme, Thanks.' So, smile, chuckle, laugh, and wheeze, Pandas, and let us know which ones you liked the best by upvoting your favorites. And to see more memes from this group, check out our previous posts here and here!

To know more about the importance of laughter, Bored Panda reached out to Enda Junkins, MSW, LCSW, also known as the Laughing Psychotherapist. Read on to find her thoughts on why laughing is important for healing emotional and physical issues, and what are the benefits of self-deprecating humor.


Enda Junkins is a national expert on laughter in therapy, using it to help her clients move through painful issues. She claims that we laugh when we hurt, and laughter heals. According to Enda, laughter is "the body's natural physiological process that releases the painful emotions of anger, fear and boredom." Therefore, we must laugh if we want to heal.

Enda explained the difference between laughter and humor to Bored Panda. The first one, according to her, is necessary for us. The second, she claims, can sometimes hurt us. "I believe laughter as opposed to humor is the important thing for healing emotional and even physical issues," she tells us. "Humor is just one trigger for laughter of which there are many."

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"Humor can be harmful if one is not careful," Enda says. What does that mean, exactly? "A lot of humor puts various groups or people down, which is not helpful. There is, however, a great deal of humorous things happening in our daily lives if we tune in and there is certainly an important place for clever wit which all can enjoy."

"Laughter itself is a biological process that releases feelings of anger and anxiety. It is the body's natural solution for the release of those feelings and the more we laugh, the healthier we are," Jenkins explains.

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Gustav Gallifrey
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like all the 'hate' that Reagan 'Raygun' Gunn is supposed to have received. "It's because she's a woman", bleat her 'fans'. No, it's because she's a s*it-awful dancer who shouldn''t have been there.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

* makes sounds of audible confusion as i get distracted and lose all train of thought *

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Tobias Reaper
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

its like a defendant being questioned by their own lawyer saying to them you are a law abiding citizen aren't you and them replying i like to commit crimes every now and then

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Scientists have proven the benefits of laughter in minimizing stress and anxiety. We probably already know that laughter increases endorphins released by our brain. But laughter also stimulates our organs: heart, lungs, and muscles.

What's that relaxed feeling we get after having a good laugh? That's because your heart rate and blood pressure increase and decrease as you're having a laughing fit. Laughter can also help us relax the tension in our muscles. For example, if you've been bent over your laptop for a long period of time, a good laugh can break some of that tension in your neck and shoulders.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Italian family salutes you. My heart, kidneys and pancreas weep at the very thought. Me: Shut up diabetes! I can't hear my arteries hardening over your whining!

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What about self-deprecating humor? Can it help us feel better or does it only bum us out more? Enda Junkins says that it can help put things in perspective. "We tend to have issues in our face and when we can laugh about them they seem more like something we can cope with. An important thing to know is that laughter does not change our issues, it changes how we relate to them," Junkins points out.

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Did you know laughter has long-term benefits for us too? When we're having negative thoughts, they translate to chemical reactions in our bodies, bringing more stress into our systems. That decreases our immunity. But laughter and positive thoughts release neuropeptides and fight stress, potentially warding off some serious illnesses.

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Tobias Reaper
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and imagine instead of trying to make you sound like an "Alpha" male it makes you sound like a 10 year old no girl aloud girls are icky. What an absolute douchewaffle

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We used to revolt in circumstances like theese. Nuns and moms,workers and men. Now we just scroll and meme

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Overall, laughter just increases our mood. When we're happier, we have better self-esteem, make friends easier, and cope with difficult situations better. Endorphins are the body's natural pain relievers, so they can help mask minor aches and cramps. Truly, laughter is the best medicine!

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aii, I'm a landlord, but as my properties are in different countries I try to leave the rent low, and have the renters maintain the properties, I've also promised they can buy them if they want to.

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justagirl
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

clearly i'm missing something. Something about eating dogs and cats??? could somebody fill me in please

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loathe loathe cleaning the oven so line a new one with tin foil including the racks. Might change the foil a couple of times then get a new stove.

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There are many ways people try to incorporate laughter into their lives. Some, like you, Pandas, choose to scroll through funny memes. Others watch a funny video on the internet. That, according to experts, gets our sympathetic nervous system going without increasing our blood pressure.

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Some hospitals help their patients get better by incorporating some laughter into their hospital stays. For that, they take advantage of Clown Care programs. In the New York City area, for example, the Big Apple Circus offers clown care unit programs in seven hospitals. The programs are basically what we saw Robin Williams doing in Patch Adams – entertainers contributing to patients' well-being by making them laugh.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🤣🤣🤣 I don't think conversations are going to unfold as they expect them to..

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You can also pair laughter with exercise. Like doing laughing yoga: a series of movement and breathing exercises paired with intentional laughter. While some people may find chanting and forcing themselves to laugh weird at first, experts say that the point of the practice is to let loose and take yourself less seriously.

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any rei
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh cool! According to this guide I nailed making sushi 😃

Trophy Husband
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I make sushi. It doesn't look like it came from a restaurant, but it holds together about 80% of the time, and it tastes just as good. I'm not as adventurous as I used to be. I used to make every type of sushi that I liked, now I just make California rolls because who knows what quality fish my grocery store has today.

Max Fox
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop trying to make rolls. Nigiri is easy, and sashimi with a side of sushi rice is even easier.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This might be the clue to my weight loss journey - think of this every time I want to snack 🤮

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By the way, it might not even matter if you're laughing spontaneously or on command. Research shows that forced laughter gives most of the same benefits as natural laughter, as the body can't distinguish between the two. Laughing yoga also doesn't cater to any specific sense of humor, so most people can easily participate.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Swipe your finger across their forehead and say "Skip". Tap their nose and say "Unsubscribe".

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just waiting for you to get dressed and be half a mile down the road

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This hits differently since I started uncovering some really weird, random traumatic events in therapy. Weird as in not the kinds of things you'd expect a kid to be traumatized.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I got to the local park, turned around and went back home because I had forgotten to take the bag of monkey nuts and the squirrels would be disappointed at me. True story. Yes, of course I picked up the monkey nuts and went back to the park!

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Pernille
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks a lot like my maths teacher whenever I opened my mouth, I have dyscalculia, and the only thing I'm good at in maths if geometry.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is that a dead fly stuck to his foot? Nevermind, even if it is it's like the third grossest thing in this picture.

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What! So they took his child, put into another woman so she could give birth to it as well?

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here's an idea for any Hollywood writers reading this: What if Ál Qáėdå were playing the looooong game? They (like much of the rest of the world,) could see the direction the US was headed and figured out a way to load the dice. Why bother fighting your enemy if you can get them to tear themselves apart?

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