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Sleepless nights, annoying bosses, and tiring days, all pale compared to the human ability to find humor in adversary. Comedy has been a coping mechanism for difficult times since time immemorial and now, through the magic of the internet, we can share and create those annoyingly relatable experiences and mock them at the same time. 

The “So Basic I Can’t Even” Instagram account gathers a delectable selection of memes that one might find, funny, painful, relatable, or a combination of all three. So get comfortable, prepare to scroll, and be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own thoughts below. 

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

There should be a button to scroll to the recipe. Like, no Brenda I don't care that you live in Texas and your mother-in-law is really kind and bakes cookies for your 7 children.

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

Spend the rest of the meeting imagining painful ways that speaker should meet his/her untimely demise

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One of the comforting things about relatable memes is that it shows us that a lot of human experience is at some level shared. Yeah, maybe it’s fun to be unique, but it’s also good to know that other people can and will be able to relate to your experience just by living on the same earth.

This sort of relatability is actually the basis for most memes in general. The word itself refers to something commonly shared in a group, whether it's a gene, idea, belief, or preference. Without this understanding, we would not only miss out on memes, we would not be able to share any humor whatsoever. 

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It stands to reason that we enjoy content that does relate to our personal experiences. Setting aside memes, comedians, and people who do actually want to make us happy, many salespeople, con artists, and others use this tidbit of our psychology to trick us into trusting them, by using crumbs of shared information to build a rapport. That gives them an "in" to sell us whatever they please.

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

I especially love it when there is 182 lids and none of them are the correct one.

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This is commonly called the Barnum effect, named after the infamous businessman and showman P.T. Barnum, who would use every psychological trick in the book to attract audiences and get them to pay for his shows. Fortune tellers do the same at a smaller scale, taking little bits of surface-level information and using it to manipulate us into thinking that they know more than they actually do. 

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

Ummm zero? Because someone cloned my Sim card and has been happily using my Google ever since and Gmail didn't Say jack s**t

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

Turns out they didn’t fall apart because you left… the ship was sinking while you were on it.

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But as these memes and many others demonstrate, people can use commonalities for good, not just sales. Every human's experience is different, but there are always a few things one can find in common across every known demographic category. Take nature, for example. It looks different all over the world and people tend to have different interests. Some people even find it somewhat intimidating or prefer certain biomes to others.

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

My Daughter used to think Amazon was magic when she was 6. One time she wrote a letter to the mail carrier to "bring me more Amazon boxes PLEASE!" and another time filled the cart up and hit the purchase button. Thank God I didn't have $9,116.

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But the vast majority of people showed similar, positive emotions when presented with the same natural images, showing that there is something in common, if we strip away all the variables. So remember, when you are looking at this collection of memes that were made by total strangers, that there are humans out there who can just add some humor to their daily experience and make thousands laugh. 

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

Writing this down next time I’m offended. It depends on the humor, though. If it’s plain rude and meant to belittle someone or something, it shouldn’t be funny at all. The person who said it has issues and is NOT actually happy

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

I'm really into "utilitarian Christmas" or birthdays...batteries, chargers, cable tags, moldable glue, super cleaning products. A shoebox of these are surprisingly a big hit. Not for kids though.

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

Here’s something: a successful marriage ends with one partner watching the other die.

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

I've found these music lyrics relevant & you can insert any day that you want to: "Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damn depressed"

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

I clean my house to the music I currently get drunk to, same as I did in my 20s.

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

There's probably very few things you can think of doing that haven't already been done in Vegas

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

Actually, getting exercise increases stamina for more exercise for more stamina for more strength and stamina for more exercise and muscles and health and

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

I saw my package was literally in my town then it returned to where it came from . I looked at why and it said "unable to deliver. Driveway blocked" I live in apartments...with a parking lot.

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

As I picked up from my dad, the signal that I'm done listening and don't care about this: yeah welp whatta ya gonna do

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

I read this as if there were a comma after 'home', which makes it a very strange command. Stay at home, dog parent.

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

Because water against a white background usually doesn't shine like that on film, I often wondered if it was astroglide.

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

My marriage made me stronger, angrier and feistier than I ever imagined I could be. Started swearing during my marriage too at age 33. Some gifts just keep on giving. Am doing fine. He’s the one diagnosed as paranoid delusional and a thousand miles away. If I can take that mess and make an awesome life so can anyone else.👍🏻👍🏻❤️😉

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

I don’t know WHY the heck I read “dating Apps” instead of “dating-apps”

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

Lately, I’ve been staying up late and haven’t been eating until last minute before I go to sleep. Not even dinner, though. A freaking bowl of gold fish, Oreos, and marshmallows. So nutritious

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

"I saw plenty of red flags but thought it was a circus" - someone, somewhere, probably

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

The point of this comment is the symbolism of defeat/surrender, but of course everything must relate to pride, even when the topic is completely unrelated to sexual identity.

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

I prefer orange or yellow, to go slowly and carefully. Purple is nice, too. Royalty and all that.

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

My poor dog has anxiety 😪 he’s scared of balloons, fireworks, my rabbit, round objects that roll, and water. I also think he’s depressed. We’re helping each other out, here, honestly. Two depressed buddies cuddling it out and forgetting our loneliness

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

Yes. And then I freak out that there could accidentally being 40kg of cocaine and an Uzi in the backseat. Then I remember that I don't even really know what an uzi looks like, so there's that. Brains are weird.

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

That's a great ride. They made it even greater after the fire, but I kinda miss the OG version too.

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