Have you ever found yourself feeling down in the dumps, decided to scroll through a bunch of random memes, and suddenly felt better? Even if only for a short while… That’s because a good, hilarious meme has the potential to lift your spirits, make you feel seen, and inject some much-needed humor into an otherwise dark situation. Research shows that memes can even destigmatise depression, and help those suffering feel a sense of community.
We've discovered an IG page filled with random but relatable memes. The fact that it has clocked up over 1.4 million followers says something... Whether you're feeling happy or sad, or maybe just looking for a reason to procrastinate, there should be something for you on the BruhIFunny Instagram page. Bored Panda has gone through thousands of the posts to select a list of the best. Don't forget to upvote the ones that made you spit out your morning coffee.
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The University of Westminster likens memes to fast-food media. “They are like cheeseburgers – highly tempting in colour, smell and texture, but low in nutritional value,” notes the website. “They feed you up a bit (on the news agenda), but you really need a decent meal (or reading a respected newspaper) to nurture your body and mind.”
Nevertheless, just like fast food, memes are here to stay. The University explains that people see, understand and respond to images way faster than we do to text. And some mental health experts believe that’s a great thing.
LA-based psychologist Theodora Blanchfield sees memes as a helpful part of someone’s healing journey. Blanchfield says memes get “trivialized and disparaged”, but they can play an important role in an age where a lot of our communication is done digitally.
Memes allow people to share their thoughts and feelings quickly, and can help create a sense of community and connection, especially during dark times.
I would save the packaging, cook the meat, go in search of the type of people that would put that kind of label on the package in the first place, and consume it front of those people while holding up the little picture and telling them all how delicious Chole is. I don't even really eat much meat anymore, beef least of all, maybe twice in the past 18 months....but this kind of thing just pisses me off.
You know what, the idea is fine if you support that philosophy but I'm against the implied level of admin required to achieve this. I'm supposed to believe they identified a specific Cow named Chloe, followed it covertly until it's appointed execution and then followed it's corpse to a packing factory... warehouse... distribution centre... supermarket...before finally applying the sticker they presumably could have made at the first opportunity...just to make a philosophical point regarding the validity of Cows as beings of consciousness and worth. Nah...not buying it. No way was that Cow called Chloe.
Load More Replies...Why tho? I don't get what's so horrible about caring about animals 🤷🏻♀️ it is a personal choice and if I wanted that beef I might be a lil irritated but what about chloe, who only eats grass and never hurt nobody? Maybe annoying or questionable tactic but this activist cares about others. What really pisses me off are people who don't, greedy corporations and private jets polluting the planet, abject poverty, racism, gender violence, child abuse, poachers and cruelty in general
It's not horrible to care about animals, but you don't get to use that as a blanket justification for everything. Someone, was screwing with peoples food. They were screwing with a businesses inventory...no concern over those consequences? The animal is already dead.....so the goal is to have it's sacrifice be wasted? 1/3rd of global food production already ends up in the trash, to the tune of $1 trillion, the environmental impact of which is already significant....but what's a little more right? The intent, well meaning though it may be, doesn't change the consequences, nor does it change the fact that these tactics often have the opposite effect on those it's aimed at, because most people resent these emotional manipulations. If you really care, make a reasoned, logical argument. Food waste, health, environmental impact, cost, land use, water usage, my problem is with the tactic, not the underlying motivation.
People don’t want to be reminded that meat comes from living, breathing and feeling things.
What are you talking about! I would be more worried if it didn't! Let me guess you are one of those people who would force carnivorous animals to stop tearing other animals babies apart when they are alive, if you could, but still think keeping farm animals are UNNATURAL??? Don't get me wrong, animals should be kept and slaughtered in a way were they suffer as little as possible, preferably not at all, but the idea of changinf 10.000 years of making our hunting more effective and animal friendly is stupid
Vegetables, bushes, trees etc also feel pain just not in the same way I guess that means nothing to you.
Yes! We should all die of hunger like the animals do in nature!
@iseefractais...all of which shows not only how immature you are but also insensitive and uneducated.
Someone...took time, effort and money to create, and print stickers....which they then used to deface a business owners inventory, all because they can't accept the fact that other people have different values, different priorities and that being so does not entitle anyone to bully, shame, manipulate, disparage, deface or destroy property under the guise of "This is what i FEEL and what i feel that my feelings are right, so all is permitted" Don't go forcing your values, feelings, and opinion on others and then try to play the victim when you're treated exactly the same.
No. The cow wasn't called Chloe. It was more likely called Stock Unit # 447. Or SU #448... Labeling like this wont stop me buying 'Chloe'. The price will...
Naming her is a reminder that she is an individual not just a "unit" so eat her if you want but appreciate her as life form at least. Cows are very nice creatures actually, and eating lots of beef is not healthy. Just trying to make people think instead of being mindless consumers shoveling products down their gullets. I know people who raise their animals, name them, slaughter and eat them. There is a level of appreciation there absent in the meat machine, and they are kindly treated in their lifetimes. But still eaten. But not mindlessly and without regard for the sacrifice for our nourishment. Connecting us to the world and what we are actually partaking in, instead of just consuming products.
Load More Replies...The point is that this sticker is manipulative and inaccurate. The cow didn't have a name, didn't know it was going to die so didn't "want to live", and was literally bred and raised to be killed for food.
You make it sound like I've only seen packets of meat in Super Markets. NZ has large islands with a tiny population of only 5.2 million. Most of us are very aware of the realities of farming life...
Speaking as person who lives in a province with lots of happy cows on every field, I would feel bad without their existence.
A co-worker had a gentleman's farm. A small herd, a couple pigs, chickens. All had names. Pork Chop, Hammy, Hamburger, T-bone, etc. Always looked at her a bit differently in meetings afterwards, because with a sense of humor like that, well, one never knows.
Down votes for repeating an actual, factual story? She actually was an excellent manager with a great sense of humor.
I'm very aware that my steak came from an animal that was once alive. I am also aware that it was bred for its meat, that it was intended to be killed and consumed, and that its species wouldn't even exist in its present form if we humans had not created/tuned it in order for it to be a meat animal. We're omnivores. We aren't herbivores.
Chloe was bred for her meat. She would never have been born otherwise, so living a peaceful live was never a possibility for her.
Depends on how they are farmed. I have one Angus in my fridge/freezer. Blackie was his name, he had a great life filled with love and his fave berries and apples as treats. The farmer got them as babies, so my bf and I handed and spoilt him until his time. Baby (my bf’s hand reared freisan ) is still spoilt daily but she isn’t in the same paddock as his dads (the farmer) food cows
Load More Replies...Maybe she shouldn't have been born to be subjected to cruelty. Just my opinion tho, feels like the same situation as pugs- born into a s**t life for human convenience
Keeping farm animals is still kinder than going out and hunting them like we did when we were more natural, spears, Bow and arrow, of if we go back long enough, probably teeth and claw like wolves and tigers
I dunno... a life confined in a cage where you can't move or spread your wings and you may grow deformed, coated in the s**t of your brethren, or a normal life followed by a few minutes/hours of suffering at the end? I would choose the wild over the cage, even with a violent end.
Fair, fair, I should probably have specified the type of farms I prefer, off course the ones where there are a focus on animal welfare until their hopefully fast and painless demise, so big pastures and generally proper care
How so? An animal that's hunted for it's meat spent it's life free in it's natural environment. A farmed animal was raised in captivity.
you're totally right. Most people in this conversation absolutely disgust me.
Sadly yes. I think there wouldn't be any cows if we didn't consume dairy or meat. You don't have a cow as a pet. And if we didn't had zoo as well... They would probably be extinct. Maybe a few "cow farms" to visit for fun for the children.
Chloe, thank you for tasty meat that will provide me both nourishment and pleasure.
Choosing to not eat meat is one thing, guilt tripping people is another. 🤷♀️
Once in a blue moon, I get one of Japan's best take outs; a double Moss Burger with "everything". It's one of life's guilty pleasures, because yes, I know that one of God's most beautiful creatures was sacrificed.
I'm with you on this one, and what does it matter 'Chloe' deed is done and what a waste it would be not eating you
George:You made your statement, as is your right. Now, explain it, -as is your responsibility.
This is beyond stupid and disrespectful. I am -very- well aware that the cows, chickens, pigs, elk, sheep, gators, octopi, squid, kangaroo, yak, boar, deer, ducks, geese, et cetra that I eat were animals. I wouldn't eat meat or seafood if it didn't come from the living, non-insect creatures it came from. Not one of those animals had a name beyond what was on their tag, or maybe their brand. But if I'm somehow eating Thumper instead of "Rabbit 377" or something, then Thumper tastes great.
It's already dead. Sometimes it's like vegans think that if they stop buying milk then dead cows will come back to life
The sticker bothers me. I look at this like it's like the cow d*ed in vein and the meat spoils instead if you don't eat it.
I grew up on a farm. When we sent an animal to the slaughterhouse we sometimes would get some of the meat returned to us so we had meat for dinner. Did not bother us to eat the animals we had raised and known; that's what we kept them for!
I would be like.. Well.. Chloe died for nothing if I don't eat her and also - How TF did her ghost make this sticker with no thumbs?! 🤯
"Hi, my name is Fred. I'm a corn plant. Your 'personal choice' unalived (sigh) me, because plants are living things too. All life lives at the expense of other life, and that's just the way it is. And since Humans are in fact opportunistic omnivores, design-intended to eat both meat and plants, I know it's not personal. Thanks!"
Yes I would eat it because I also want to live. Humans are omnivores we need both plants and meat to survive.
I wonder how the activist identified the specific cow buy their steaks.
I eat vegetables, not because they are healthy, but because I hate vegetables.
When I went for road trip aroun Ireland, I would point out to sheep grazing over the side of the road and declare - I'm gonna eat you for dinner.
I'm all for caring about animals but those people gotta pick their lanes, honestly a cow grown for meat is not a wild animal that wants to be free. They should focus their efforts on wild life preservation restoration of habitat donate to TIP and other poacher stopping groups. It's just such wasted effort from someone who probably cares a lot.
Chloe was delicious. Thank you Chloe. I would have cuddled you if I met you but still would have eaten you.
I have no problem with vegetarians or vegans. As a matter of fact, I'd love to be one. Thanks to a couple of Health problems, I can't not eat meat without making myself very ill. However, I feel such rage at people like the ones who put that sticker on the package of meat. At the very basis of this argument, plants were alive once too and had to die to be eaten. Shaming and guilting is petty and immature.
I EAT MEAT!! LOTS & LOTS OF MEAT! (So my vegan friends won't starve to death. I'm eating their competition for their food.) I'M ACTUALLY HELPING VEGANS STAY ALIVE by eating Chloe.
I raise my own meat. Knowing the animal the meat came from is a big plus for me. These idjots are just trying to humanize the cow!
Chloe looks miserable in the picture. "Kill me, just kill me", she seems to be saying.
That cow never would have been born were it not for the ranch that raised it. What matters is that it's treated well while alive. That isn't what's always happening and this tactic will do nothing to change that. The data seems to show that the best thing we can do for livestock is allow them to free range and put internet connected cameras in the barns and slaughter houses. This has been done to great effect in a couple of states, but it's not a national requirement. It needs to be.
We can't bring Chloe back, people. Best that she is consumed lest we waste her.
I find it really sad that people are so far removed from where their food comes from they get upset by this sticker? you'll find very few cattle farmers who are vegetarians let alone vegan. it's more important to not waste food than ban it.
I enjoy meat and hate factory farming. My in laws raised small amounts of animals humanely and I really respect their production. Large scale factory farming is atrocious but affordable, IMO. However, wasting meat is an absolute offence to the animal and far worse than using the meat for nutrition.
I have mixed feelings about this. I mean why waste it? I guess awareness is good. We over consume meat and don't really appreciate the life we're consuming. It's true. We do need animal protein, it's essential to a healthier diet that gives more energy and feeling better. I don't think we need more than 4 servings of animal meat a week. The gladiators lived off of garbanzo beans (meat was harder to come by back then). There's many people who have seen animals killed to be eaten and that kicks them where they just can't anymore. I try to eat more fish. But I enjoy most meats. When I eat meat I take my time chewing and being appreciative. Unless it's a Christmas ham... then I'm like a wild monster with it and my husband is like, where the ham go?
I wonder why people get so mad when someone tries to show the gentle, loving nature of cows to people who hire mercenaries to kill them? Seriously. I grew up in a hunting family and I think the idea that people are unable to realize how sociable and similar to us animals are, well, it's pathetic.
The trouble is that only certain animal flesh contains all of the amino acids we need for our bodies to function properly. We cannot make all of the amino acids we need on a molecular level.
Wouldn't it be worse to let her sacrifice go to waste? Also, I don't like meat often, but have to eat it because my iron is low despite taking multiple tablets. I would probably try to make the best of it by also choosing names I liked.
Chloe is a little pricey, I expect Coco is too. I might not eat something that expired in 2017
Being raised on a farm, I assumed everyone knew that the meat they were buying once had a life. Imagine my shock when I learned that people far removed from farms really didn't know the whole story. It was just another faceless, cellophaned-wrapped product tossed in their cart without a thought. I lived on a humane family farm, but the meat y'all are buying at your local grocery store lived in heinous conditions that I won't get into here because there are documentaries about factory farms that should chill you to the bone. The label is right. Your personal choices are keeping these ghastly "farms" operating.
I get what they were aiming for but it didn't work. There is however a massive disconnect between what's on a shelf wrapped in plastic and a living, breathing, sentient being. If most people had to do the slaughtering and butchering themselves I think they might find a meatless diet quite appealing after all. Not preaching, just saying.
She has already been slaughtered. Wasting the meat would be disrespectful.
I wouldn't go this far. I do cook meat for my husband, really (cooking meat) repulses me. I apologize to every cow I pass on the road.
I truly believe that if people had to kill the animals themselves or at least watch the entire process and interact with the animals before they were killed we would have a lot more vegetarians or at the very least a lot more humane conditions. I don’t care what people eat but I do think there’s a lot of denial. The conditions some of these animals are kept in are appalling.
Vegetarianism and veganism are unnatural to the human animal. We are omnivores. And not very long ago, most people DID raise, slaughter, and butcher their own meat animals. There weren't exactly scads of vegans or vegetarians back then.
The therapist says her clients sometimes send her memes. “I’m grateful that my friends and clients have used memes to communicate with me in order to say the hard things—to make jokes about their traumas or an element of dealing with chronic depression, for example,” writes Blanchfield.
She adds that finding humor during difficult times can help us to get through by taking “some of the power away from these otherwise taboo feelings.”
On a dark snowy Monday 1st in July, we found out that he forgot about the leap year...
Blanchfield says that humor is one of her favorite therapeutic tools. “Laughing is every bit as much of an emotional and physical release as crying. Plus, I firmly believe that sometimes life is just too absurd not to laugh at.”
And she’s not the only expert to laud the power of laughter and relatable memes in the quest for mental wellness...
A 2020 research paper found that online memes can help those with depression to cope with their symptoms. If you've ever had depression, you might have found it difficult to leave the house, socialize, or even get out of bed. You possibly didn't want to talk about your emotions or feelings. Or maybe you felt like a burden to those around you.
“With memes, depressed people can share their experience in a simple way – possibly even allowing depressed people to form socially supportive and emotional bonds with others,” revealed one of the researchers, Dr. Umair Akram. “It might also help them feel less alone in their experience with depression.”
The experts at digital marketing agency Pennington Creative believe the popularity of memes lies within their ability to create a sense of community. They liken memes to inside jokes. “Your knowledge of a shared joke makes you part of a specific community and ties you together with the other people who are in on it,” notes their site.
The guys at Pennington say memes can make people feel socially accepted, especially if a meme you share gets shared again and again among your social group.
"It’s a reconfirmation of your place within your community," they write. "Memes offer a little bit of human connection in the digital realm, which can otherwise feel cold and isolating, just like an inside joke can in offline world."
Toast is like cheese. There is no such thing as too much.
So whether you've been scrolling through this list of random memes as a means to lift your spirits, whether you've used them as a way to beat boredom, or pass time while trying to look busy at work, don't feel bad. There seems to be enough expert opinion on the benefits of memes on your mental health. And we at Bored Panda want you to be happy!
When was this posted?? I secretly want to judge on how long that xmas wreath has been on the door
Ok, secret to restaurant quality fries at home. 1) You have to use a STARCHY potato. 2) Peel and cut potatoes into french fries (shoestring cut ftw) 3) Put a pot of water onto boil, with 1/2 cup of vinegar and 5g salt while you 4) Soak your fries in room temp water for 5 minutes, drain and repeat until the water stays CLEAR 5) When your pot of water reaches a rolling boil, add your raw fries to the pot, boil for 4-5 minutes, 6) drain the water, lay your fries out on a tea towel blot dry and allow to cool. 7) Once fully cooled and dry, toss in a bit of cornstarch (to prevent sticking) place in bag and FREEZE them, at least 4 hours ideally over night. That's the whole deal. Boiling expands the starches, vinegar prevents browning, freezing creates ice crystals, which further expand the starches and give texture to the exterior of the fry. If you want to toss them in seasoning or batter before freezing, you can do that. If you want to do the fancy double fry method.....
Me if being unable to keep my mouth shut and making constant pop culture references was a job.
Poll Question
Do you find that scrolling through random memes makes you feel part of a community?
Yes, it's relatable
Sometimes
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gonna quit my sub to BP now that you lie and cheat about '50 memes' and want us to pay to see them
I think this website keeps getting slower and slower. How did you manage to mess up your own site so much?
gonna quit my sub to BP now that you lie and cheat about '50 memes' and want us to pay to see them
I think this website keeps getting slower and slower. How did you manage to mess up your own site so much?