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If laughter is the best medicine, then memes are over-the-counter medication, available everywhere on the internet. There are also so many different types of memes about pretty much any topic or from a certain community that you’re bound to find something for you.

Today, we’re sharing memes that will probably be at least a little relatable to everyone, shared by the aptly named IG page Memelord.

With the scene set, let's talk about memes.

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    Have you ever thought about what memes are, anyway? That word is used so often, in “did you see that meme I sent you?” and “I love these kinds of memes”, that we don’t really think about its origin anymore. 

    For example, the word ‘chair’ - what makes a chair a chair? 

    Well, it turns out that word may come from the 12th-13th century, referring to a bishop’s throne, which in turn, stems from the latin ‘cathedra’, meaning ‘seat’.

    So what is a meme?

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    The memes we talk about nowadays are from the internet - internet memes. Regular memes are defined on Wikipedia as “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.”

    According to the “explain like I’m five” Reddit community, memes are units of culture - ideas, jokes, phrases, stories.

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    Memes have a curious trait - they’re like genes - the successful ones replicate, remain in the public consciousness and spread, while the bad ones drop away and are forgotten.

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    Retention and transmission therefore are very important to these “meme genes.” They need to stay in people’s consciousness, as the more a certain meme is used, the longer its lifespan becomes. 

    But they also need to be transmitted to other people so they can ‘infect’ even more people, stay in the public consciousness longer, hopefully be transmitted again, and so on.

    What’s really interesting is that the definition of internet memes or memes in general is a meme itself now. What I mean by this is that we’ve transformed the definition of “meme” and now use it to refer to pictures with slight variations in them or a banner of text above them.

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    So this idea, as mentioned previously, is engrained in the public consciousness so deeply now that it has mutated the original definition - memes are not units of culture, but rather funny pictures to us.

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    Luke Branwen
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since people wear ties at the base of the neck and not the chin level, I'd say 2.

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    Nonesuch
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm waiting for my flame grilled grouper fillet. And make it snappy

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    One of the first widespread memes was “Kilroy was here,” a little graffiti doodle with the same tagline. It rose in popularity during World War II and can still be encountered in the wild from time to time. 

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    If you were to think about it, are there memes that have stuck with you since your youth till now? Consider the “shut up and take my money” meme, which isn’t hugely popular nowadays, but can still be found as a common expression. Or that image of the guy with his girlfriend, leering at another girl and making his girl jealous - did you know that image has been around since 2017? That’s like, 6 years now, I hope I made you feel old.

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    Juniper_theBoredPanda12
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was lucky enough to get a. Partner last year and I have never been happier so if you are in a toxic relationship there is no way out (in my experience) so I know it's a cliche but there are more fish in the sea!

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

    If Jesus wasn't crucified, he still would have died young due to poor nutritional choices.

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

    Naw I prefer my android because I can not charge my tablet because I couldn't find an adapter t Walmart so if my tablet dies I have to figure out how to play on my phone but at least it won't die during trips so one point for android

    Lakota Wolf
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Otterbox case. I’ve hucked my phone across the room accidentally because I forgot it was in my hand, and I’ve never so much as cracked it XD Those Otterbox cases are srs bsns. P.S. treating one brand of phone-user as inferior to another brand of phone-user is idiotic. It’s approaching bigot-levels of cruelty and insult in some of the recent comments I’ve seen on a few BP posts lately. How about we don’t hate someone else just because they use a different brand of PHONE than you do?

    fair_weather_rose (she/they)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I somehow managed to crack the corner of my otterbox case. I don't know how, but at least my phone is still in perfect condition

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    Joshua David
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had the iPhone 1 and then the 3gs. If I counted how many times I had to fix my screens I'd lose count. Back then for 17 you could do it yourself. I went broke. Then I got android out of frustration. How many times has my Andy screen broke? 0

    Id row
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my nephew was a teenager, he got an iphone and I asked him his reason for that over an android. He said because his friends had them. Then he got a little older and went to college for CS, next time I saw him he had an android. I just chuckled internally.

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

    As someone who worked tech support for a major phone service provider, I would NEVER get an iPhone. Basically Zero tech support if you don't have access to an Apple store, they break if you look at them wrong, and WAY too easy to get locked out of your own account. I have neurological issues and have dropped my Galaxy 100s of times, including multiple times down concrete steps/stairs, and not only is it still working great, the screen isn't even SCRATCHED. 4 years and going.

    Featherking
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My iPhone is six years and going. Fantastic support, and it can take pretty much anything. I don’t know what you’re doing to your phones.

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    luka! (she/her)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Samsung here, and I actually wish I had iPhone because the system on my phone takes up 90% of space every time....

    Cory Kent
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously something is wrong there. Why wish for another phone instead of just getting the phone you like to work properly. No one else is having that problem.

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    Cory Kent
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That'll be $10,000 if you'd like that screen replaced. We're Apple remember, you can't go anywhere else and pay less for it.

    Pink Princess
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol I'm a teenage girl and have managed to keep my iphone uncracked. Can't say the same for my classmates though

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

    I had an iPhone, HATED it because I couldn't easily personalize it. Love my android!

    cartoon.ghostss
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer android cause I can listen to music while it's charging. My screen protector is still a bit cracked but that's just because of who I am as a person

    Mary Hiers
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son inherited my tendency to keep things until they are 100% nonfunctional. I think he's even worse than I am because a couple of phones ago, he was literally carrying it around in a sealed ziplock bag to keep all the pieces together. Somehow it still worked.

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

    My friend dropped her tablet in the sidewalk a few years back and the whole in tire right corner’s glass thing just shattered

    El Dee
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The people who drop their phones the most are the same people who are horrified at the thought of have a protective holder for it. This is what comes of not having to pay for your s**t..

    Matt Du
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Custom crackled glaze is an intentional feature at a premium price, only for those on the Isaac Newton plan.

    IYAAYAS64
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter as a teenager… one phone ran through the washer another phone she dropped in the fryer when she was working at a snack bar for our local pool.

    WFH Forever
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks very much like the screen of my teenaged son's phone when he forgot to take it out of his pocket before SkATEBOARDING.

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

    I can’t figure out what they’re doing to their phones! None of mine EVER shattered, doesn’t matter how many times I drop them. They’re tanks, man, they just keep on going.

    Sara Wilson
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then argue about how they don't like using a case because it makes their phone "too thick!"

    percival forks
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i am just adding a comment because the last comment was fuckwittery..trust me

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    1 year ago

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

    I've had the opposite of this on several occasions and, in a sudden access of panic, wondered what the hell I'd forgotten to pay.

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    River wolf
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom learned to forge my grandma’s signature at, like, ten, and since they have the same initials, now they both have the same signature.

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    LizzieBoredom
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So on Valentine's Day, he plans to knock someone unconscious in order to get a date?

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

    If you EVER speak to me in Spanish, Te apuñalaré con tu propia columna vertebral!

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

    if you could sell douchery, this guy would be a billionaire.

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