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Many years ago, the famous French playwright Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais said: "I hasten to laugh at everything, otherwise I would have to cry!" Several centuries have passed since then, and humanity has changed a lot, but at least one thing remains the same—laughter, as it did then, supports us in difficult times.
Only, if these were just anecdotes and jokes before, their place has now been almost completely overtaken by memes. Memes surround us literally everywhere—they accompany every more or less significant event. And there are special dedicated meme pages on social media, where tens of thousands of followers enjoy related memes. Such as, for example, the Instagram page called Books I Didn't Read.
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cj be like 10 months ago
sometimes I step out of the house, feel the atmosphere and just decide 'nope its too peopley out today'
Anxious Aardvark 10 months ago
The company I worked for moved me from a small town you could be out of in 10 minutes on bicycle to one of the most densely populated cities. More than one time that first year on weekends, I'd open the door, look outside at all the people and go "Nope!" and retreat.
Seán Baron 10 months ago
Since the lockdowns in the UK ended, I’ve only been out the house once.
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Rich Black 10 months ago
Obviously you already live in a western democracy. Not Africa, Russia, china, or latin america.
As of today, this Instagram page has more than 2K different postings and around 277K followers and, if we believe the description, dedicates its posts to philosophical memes. That is, those that at least make you think.
For example, to understand the meaning of one of the more popular posts on this page, you need to know the specifics of the philosophies of Marx, Hegel, Lacan, and Slavoj Zizek. On the other hand, not all the memes presented here have a very high entry threshold.
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Wondering Alice 10 months ago
Avoiding is too risky, need to learn someone's routine if you really want to stay away from them
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Tobias Reaper 10 months ago
Anti-joke: why did they bury the fireman behind the hill......because he was dead
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okpkpkp 10 months ago (edited)
And now in some states, BANNED BOOKS. I never thought I'd see the day. Sad.
CC McSniggles 10 months ago
but we have seen it...back in 1916 "Go 'Merica"
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Breadcrumb. 10 months ago
I was curious so I looked up which books Americans are banning and they are all the best books..what a shame.
Rich Black 10 months ago
Why are mocking people who buy books, instead of people who burn them?
April Pickett 10 months ago
That's where I am now. I've got a stack of books I haven't read, and I play computer games for hours. This is not me. I'll read every book I've got, some 2-3 times. I think I'm in a no-book phase. It'll end, all phases do.
The key feature of good humor is that it should reflect certain facets of our reality, and resonate in the heart of everyone who listens to the joke or looks at the meme. For example, when I look at a picture where several unread books meet "a newcomer"—a book I just bought, I understand it perfectly. After all, I myself have a couple of books on my shelves that I haven't gotten around to reading yet...
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Anxious Aardvark 10 months ago
The other half explained how their history classes were all about memorization of dates, names, etc. I got lucky. A series of passionate history teachers starting in the 7th grade. They loved the subject and very little of their tests were on the classic "Who did what when?" essay types. More of the "Name five of the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution."
Load More Replies... Lene 10 months ago
One thing I found to be absolutely amazing while studying religion and history at the university was when we had teachers that would be like that guy in the lower picture. They would be so excited about a topic and want to tell the students EVERYTHING about that topic and it was just pure gold, imo. Had a teacher who loved maps and loved the history of Danish agriculture. Give him a map showing some aspect of Danish agriculture and his eyes would glow with the light of excitement and you could sort of sense how he'd try to not explode with all the knowledge he wanted to throw at us. Lol. One time he even ran from one side of the blackboard to the opposite. (All students but me found him boring. So boring he'd been nicknamed "stone dead" (stendød in Danish) since the 1970s. His actual surname was Stendal (stone valley in English) and he was the best old man ever!).
Nosirrow 10 months ago
Maybe it's different here in Poland but everyone in my class was super interested when we finally got to WW2. That's such a fascinating topic. Though one of the girls wrote that the Germans were making sth out of nothing bc soap is sth and human remains are nothing. The teacher looked like she was considering jumping out of the window.
My O My 10 months ago
How much time do you spend on WW2 in Poland? 20ish years ago in Germany we had history lessons close to two years about WW2.
Load More Replies... Michelle C 10 months ago
I am a history buff, so this is one of the things that I would not say applies to me, frankly! I loved and still love history both in and out of school!
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
It would have helped if we didn't learn the same things over and over in history at school. Endless lessons on WWI and Australian colonisation (Of course only from the white settler's side. The only mention of Aboriginal history/culture was hunting/gathering and dreamtime stories.) and industrial revolution in Britain. Year 7 SOSE (studies of society and the environment) was interesting because we learned about Egyptian and Chinese history, but it was a few weeks on each only and nothing more.
#8
cj be like 10 months ago
every time i make that face i get in trouble, who has any substitute faces i can use
Depressy spaghetti 10 months ago
You can do the cat at the dinner table meme face or my personal favorite "pepe the frogs angry face".
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The Shark 10 months ago (edited)
Can this be an emoji? I feel like I've made that face enough times after getting random texts from my 80 year old, narcissistic, absentee "dad" . Man thinks he can have a relationship via text with his only daughter he's only met once. I think I'm getting new wrinkles in odd places from it.🤦🏼♀️
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TotallyNOTAFox 10 months ago
Preaching water but getting wasted on wine as we in Germany say
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To create a successful meme—that is, one that at least makes people smile (we are not talking about virality now—its mechanisms are still largely unexplained), the authors of popular meme communities offer several rules. For example, this dedicated post on the United for Respect website notes three key steps:
1. Keep it simple—the meme should be understandable (who said anything about Slavoj Zizek?...)
2. Know your audience—use language techniques that are understandable to the people the meme is intended for.
3. Keep it current—stay up-to-date with trends and events, because no one actually likes outdated memes.
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Inigo Montoya 10 months ago
Gently cradling the abstract and introduction with her arm. What a great mother!
Pandemonium 10 months ago
When freshly printed the abstract cannot support its own weight
Load More Replies... Rich Black 10 months ago
Write 100 pages without typos, and we'll give you a diploma. Then you can work at Starbucks while you discover your thesis has no cash value anywhere
Admiralshallbethejudgeofthat 10 months ago
Reallll just write yourself *sigh* and I’ll still have to do this when I’m an adult. C**p.
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However, it is quite possible to create a fairly universal meme—for this, it has to appeal to feelings that are inherent in one way or another to each of us. Or at least to most of us. And most of the memes presented on the ‘Books I Didn't Read’ Instagram page, by and large, seem quite universal. At least, it seems so to me. In the end, we didn’t include a meme about philosophers in this selection—just in case...
#13
cj be like 10 months ago
bottom: 'i want it that way' left: 'believe when i say' right: 'where do babies come from'
Suzy Sheep 10 months ago
Ain’t NOTHING BUT A MIIIIIIISSTTTAAAAAAAKKEEEEEE!
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Phantom Phoenix 10 months ago
Consult with the Oracle before going to war. There may be battles you can completely avoid
Strahd Ivarius 10 months ago
but don't consult Larry Elison's Oracle, it will cost you whatever you have to ask the question, and then you won't have anything left to get the answer...
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Oerff On Tour 10 months ago
Depends on the distance. I occasionally use the live GPS to avoid traffic. I don't mind if it takes me longer to get there, as long as I don't have to be stuck in traffic
MotherofGuineaPigs 10 months ago
I still get lost even using GPS. I could do it with a paper map, but try to find a current one.
CC McSniggles 10 months ago
Answer: Things to say that will no-doubt reveal a person's age
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Ozymandias73 10 months ago
Dated a girl who was like this. If she was driving and we were going somewhere I've been to in my part of town a gazillion times, she would not listen to my directions. She'd rather drive the extra time listening to the GPS. Irritated the heck out of me.
Son of Philosoraptor 10 months ago
Hadn't been in the office for like a year but there was an in person training. Used my pen a tad too much before I left. Got lost.
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Admiralshallbethejudgeofthat 10 months ago
And survey says… YES, YES YOU CANNNN!
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Summer Wolf 2 weeks ago
If I had to choose, I would pick down. Into the depths of hell. Dying. Slowly burning.
Peter Bear 10 months ago
Easy choice. Go make new mistakes every day, then learn from them so you don't make them again. That's what mistakes are for!
In any case, we will be really glad if, while scrolling this list, you smile at least once. This world can be damn complicated and harsh sometimes—so if humor really lets us to take a break and get even a small boost of good mood, so be it. So please feel free to look at this whole selection—and smile, just smile! And who knows, maybe crack up over some of these memes as well!
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Karl der Große 10 months ago
We've finally reached an age when it is harder to read than to write.
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
That's my mum, but it will be whole words that are wrong. It's like a game to her imagining the other person's response will be. My stepdad gets so frustrated sometimes.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 months ago
Opening dozens of browser tabs keeps your browser healthy and fit. It's like lifting weights and doing cardio for your browser.
pfeils wife 10 months ago
I'm stealing this for when my IT department complains about the number of tabs I have open!
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Daniel Gómez 10 months ago
Me, opening tabs for every BP article I want to read after a hard work's day (and I do read them all).
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Richard Iachetta 10 months ago
It might just be that I'm old (77) but I think that children miss a lot of the fun of playing when a phone or computer is involved. All the unnecessary constraints. The only limits she has is her imagination and in young children that is boundless. Enjoy your play time sweetie
Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
We're off to see the Brony, the Wonderful Brony of Oz...
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Summer Wolf 2 weeks ago
D*mn right she's happy now! Look at that beautiful art! Next thing she knows, it's a Friday and she suddenly becomes an atheist and is now worshiping the devil himself following his every command. Such a happy little child.
Son of Philosoraptor 10 months ago
My daughter at the same age would bop around with little cups and such. "Whatcha doin honey?" "Making potions!"
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Falafal salad 10 months ago
Idgaf is ‘I don’t give a f*ck’, gaf is ‘give a f**k’
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Lee Gilliland 10 months ago
And embroidering, and walking, and hawking, and hunting.....Anne of Austria was notorious for running her musicians ragged during hunts.
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LizzieBoredom 10 months ago
Yes, but you can also learn to make fruit toilet wine.
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UKGrandad 10 months ago (edited)
Is it just me or does the person in the photo look straight out of Planet of the Apes from that angle?
Jean Alexander 10 months ago
...just enough time to obtain a four-year college degree...for free.
okpkpkp 10 months ago
My ex-wife was on the public dole for the three kids she had (One was mine). They told her they would pay for her to go to college. She went to the local junior college and enrolled in gym and art. She then hurt her back in the gym (yeah, right...) and tried to sue the JC for $100,000. It didn't work, so she got involved in a Ponzi scheme for which she almost went to prison, but she lucked out.
#24
UKGrandad 10 months ago (edited)
Do you know why? Because "Ears are good, ears are good, his effin' ears are good'. EDIT: No Prodigy fans in tonight?
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sofacushionfort 10 months ago
It wasn’t real ice cream anyway, just a slightly more convincing illusion of ice cream than none
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Karl der Große 10 months ago
The worst in when you've been rocking the first mood for too long, and you feel the second mood creeping around the corner.
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Rich Black 10 months ago
March 18th . . Breakthrough. I found a cockroach under my bed today. The clouds have parted . . .
#32
Chlorox Bleach 10 months ago
10 years ago I'd have laughed at this. But now I realize how true it is
Rich Black 10 months ago
Those who cannot forget the past are condemned to meme about it . . .
Nosirrow 10 months ago
I've been trying to understand why people have treated me so badly, especially the closest family and mental health specialists. Why do people think abuse solves everything? It's emotional immaturity, in simpler terms people are emotionally stuck at 3, entitled, selfish and unwilling to solve any problems. Step one is always, always empathy, not an annoyed: 'So, what are planning to do?'
#33
Karl der Große 10 months ago
I may suck, but at least I'm not taking the world down as I go.
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CC McSniggles 10 months ago
If your moral sin is storing all your worldly possessions in a purple bathtub, then you're still good.
#34
Admiralshallbethejudgeofthat 10 months ago
Meanwhile, Einstein: GUYS! Light travels at the speed of LIGHT
Summer Wolf 2 weeks ago
What a genius guy my great great great great grandfather was :`)
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 10 months ago
"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face" Diogenes was awesome!
Parmeisan 10 months ago
He should have known that that wasn't going to work. Philosophers of old never let observable facts stop them. (For example, Aristotle believed that women had fewer teeth than men. He was married to a woman and never bothered to count her teeth, it was just self-evident, apparently, that she must have fewer teeth.)
Scott Rackley 10 months ago
Diogenes of Sinope, who once told Alexander the Great to p**s off. (slightly exaggerated)
Probably Legal 10 months ago
Diogenes was awesome. He slept in a barrel and often ran about naked. After hearing Plato call people “featherless bipedals”, he plucked a chicken and held on up during a lecture, yelling about he he’s found Plato’s man.
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CC McSniggles 10 months ago
Every professor seems to use a different method for citation, but who do you ask when you're citing outside of the classroom?
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OneHappyPuppy 10 months ago
A what? *I can hear the casket creak - close behind me, yes*
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Mike Rodrick 10 months ago
Whoever was the 1st to say this should be b***h slapped or get the Nobel Peace Prize for literature.
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Karl der Große 10 months ago
This is a pretty good Plato's cave, except the people had to be dragged out. They didn't just meander up to see the light. "Suppose someone should drag him by force.." The Republic, Book VII.
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Load More Replies... Admiralshallbethejudgeofthat 10 months ago
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Probably Legal 10 months ago
Um… I’m a teen and I love philosophy. I found these great
Load More Replies... ThatAussieIdiot(He/Him/Aussie) 10 months ago
A pretty decent collection. Mostly new, averagely funny.
Certainly not Dan 10 months ago
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Sawyer Jane, respectfully, most on here are kids, teens, and young adults up at night. We don’t really care.
Probably Legal 10 months ago
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