GagBase Logo Explore

Dinosaur to Plastic Cycle and Misunderstood Thoughts Meme

The meme features two distinct sections. The top section is a humorous flow chart depicting a fictional cycle: Dinosaurs evolve into Dinosaur bones, which become Fossil fuel, then Petroleum, leading to Polypropylene plastic (shown as colorful pellets), and finally Plastic Dinosaurs, completing the loop. The bottom section shows a couple lying in bed; the woman, appearing concerned, has a thought bubble: 'I bet he's thinking about other girls,' while the man, asleep, is implied to be thinking: 'Plastic Dinosaurs are real Dinosaurs.' This contrast highlights a common relationship trope where one partner misinterprets the other's trivial thoughts as something significant.
Make

Dialogue

Woman
I bet he's thinking about other girls
Man
Plastic Dinosaurs are real Dinosaurs

Text content

Flow chart: Dinosaurs → Dinosaur bones → Fossil fuel → Petroleum → Polypropylene plastic → Plastic Dinosaurs (loop); Couple in bed with contrasting thoughts

Overview

The meme features two distinct sections. The top section is a humorous flow chart depicting a fictional cycle: Dinosaurs evolve into Dinosaur bones, which become Fossil fuel, then Petroleum, leading to Polypropylene plastic (shown as colorful pellets), and finally Plastic Dinosaurs, completing the loop. The bottom section shows a couple lying in bed; the woman, appearing concerned, has a thought bubble: 'I bet he's thinking about other girls,' while the man, asleep, is implied to be thinking: 'Plastic Dinosaurs are real Dinosaurs.' This contrast highlights a common relationship trope where one partner misinterprets the other's trivial thoughts as something significant.

Origin notes

Sourced from Reddit's 'Meme' community, this meme is user-created. It combines a self-designed flow chart with a stock photo of a couple in bed (watermarked 'Fickr:Eastie Gorge'). The creation method likely involved image editing software to collage the flow chart and couple scene, with added text captions to convey the humorous misunderstanding.

Similar memes

The image consists of two main sections. The top section features text contrasting a woman's assumption and a man's thought: 'Her: He’s probably thinking about other girls' and 'He: 1 or 2', accompanied by two gray dinosaurs wearing ties, labeled '1' and '2'. The bottom section shows a woman and a man lying in bed; the woman appears concerned with her arms crossed, while the man looks thoughtful with his hand under his pillow. The humor subverts the common trope of women assuming men think about other people by revealing the man is instead pondering a trivial choice between two dinosaurs.

He's Thinking About Dinosaurs, Not Other Girls

The image consists of two mai…

The meme features a photograph of a man and woman lying in bed, facing away from each other, under white covers. The woman is on the left side, lying on her left with arms crossed, and the man is on the right side, lying on his right with one hand under his pillow. Both have neutral expressions. Overlaid text represents their internal thoughts: the woman thinks, "He's probably thinking about other women...", while the man thinks, "if a pregnant woman swims underwater then is she literally a humanoid submarine". The contrast between their serious vs. absurd thoughts creates humor.

Couple in Bed with Contrasting Thoughts

The meme features a photograp…

An image of a man and woman lying in bed, facing away from each other, with two text captions above them. The left caption reads 'I bet he's thinking about other women' and the right caption reads 'Wtf is wrong with her hand?'. The humor arises from the contrast between the woman's assumption about the man's thoughts and the man's actual concern about her hand.

Couple in Bed with Misaligned Thoughts

An image of a man and woman l…

This is a screenshot of a social media post showing a woman's tattooed hand with black nail polish next to two toy dinosaurs: a blue Tyrannosaurus Rex and a pink Triceratops. The overlaid text from the original dater says 'this girl is showing me her "dinosaurs" on our first date' with crying emoticons. A comment from another user replies 'If you break her heart all the boys will come for you.' The meme captures a wholesome, endearing moment where the girl's innocent cute hobby of collecting dinosaur toys makes the internet community rally to protect her, leaning into the 'she's a keeper' vibe.

She's a keeper, protect her at all costs

This is a screenshot of a soc…

This is a lighthearted absurdist meme featuring a person wearing a Pepe the Frog mascot costume standing in front of a presentation projector screen. The text on the screen reads 'Vegans should not drive cars because gasoline is dead dinosaurs'. The joke plays on an oversimplified popular belief that fossil fuels are made from dead dinosaur remains, and absurdly extends vegan ethics of avoiding animal products to gasoline use, implying vegans should object to driving gasoline-powered cars. The deadpan smug expression of the Pepe character adds to the humorous delivery of the ridiculous argument.

Why shouldn't vegans drive?

This is a lighthearted absurd…

An image depicting a man and woman lying in bed, facing away from each other. The woman, on the left, has a text bubble reading 'I Bet He's Thinking About Other Women,' while the man, on the right, has a contrasting text bubble: 'If Aliens are already here, I bet its the least likely candidate. Maybe its the Penguins.' The meme humorously contrasts the woman's typical assumption about her partner's thoughts with the man's random, unrelated musings about aliens and penguins.

Couple Thinking Different Thoughts in Bed

An image depicting a man and …

This is a classic Philosoraptor Advice Animal meme, set against a light green gradient background. The central graphic is a stylized illustration of a velociraptor holding one claw up to its chin in a contemplative, thinking pose. Bold white text is placed at the top and bottom of the image: the top text reads 'IF WOMEN HAVE NO TESTICLES', and the bottom text reads 'WHERE DO THEY STORE THEIR MICROPLASTICS?'. The joke relies on a flawed, absurd logical leap: it references the widely shared factoid that microplastics have been detected in human testicles, and falsely assumes testicles are the only location microplastics accumulate in the human body, to create an intentionally ridiculous, edgy pseudo-scientific question.

Philosoraptor Absurd Microplastics Storage Question

This is a classic Philosorapt…

This is a 2x2 grid pun meme. The top left panel displays the word "Skeleton", paired with the top right panel that shows a complete, full human anatomical skeleton standing upright. The bottom left panel displays the invented word "Skeleone", which is a pun playing on the word "skeleton": the suffix "-ton" in "skeleton" is a homophone for the English number "ten", so it is replaced with "-one" (the number 1) to make the new word. The bottom right panel corresponds to this pun, showing a single standalone femur bone to represent the "one" version of a skeleton.

It can work the other way around

This is a 2x2 grid pun meme. …

This is a single-panel absurdist meme. The upper section features a grayscale illustration of a prehistoric scene: a large long-snouted spinosaurid dinosaur stands in the left foreground facing right, while a smaller theropod dinosaur roars toward it from the right background, with multiple pterosaurs flying in the hazy, smoky prehistoric sky. Below the illustration, bold text in alternating orange and white font reads 'DINOSAURS ARE OFFICIALLY EXTINCT'. The joke comes from framing the widely known, millions-of-years-old fact of dinosaur extinction as a new, urgent breaking news announcement, creating a deadpan, silly comedic effect.

Breaking News: Dinosaurs Are Officially Extinct

This is a single-panel absurd…

This meme image features a view through an airplane window, showing a sprawling landscape of green fields, towns, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. Positioned just inside the window are the necks of two dinosaur toys, arranged using forced perspective to create the whimsical illusion that giant, real dinosaurs are flying alongside the plane, peering down at the ground below. The text at the top of the image reads 'Travel photos are always better with dinosaur toys', which frames the playful visual joke. The humor stems from the creative, silly use of small props to transform a mundane travel moment into an absurd, exciting scene, appealing to people who enjoy playful travel hacks and lighthearted, shareable content.

Dinosaur Toys Make Travel Photos Way Better (Forced Perspective Meme)

This meme image features a vi…

A side-by-side comparison meme titled 'Boys vs Girls' depicting contrasting waking up scenarios. The left panel, labeled 'GIRLS WAKING UP', shows a real woman with brown hair lying in a white bed, stretching her arms upward with a relaxed, peaceful expression, covered by a white blanket in a bright, minimalistic room. The right panel, labeled 'BOYS WAKING UP', features a scene from the video game Minecraft: a character lies in a red bed within a stone room, with a wooden chest, an ender chest, and two torches mounted on the walls, suggesting a typical in-game starting area. The meme humorously exaggerates gender stereotypes by contrasting a serene real-life morning with a gaming-inspired wake-up scenario.

Boys vs Girls: Waking Up Differences

A side-by-side comparison mem…

A four-panel comic meme. Top-left panel contains the text 'He must be thinking about other girls'. Top-right panel shows a red-haired girl with long hair, wearing a gray top and a necklace, with a neutral expression. Bottom-left panel depicts a vast snowy landscape with mountains in the background and a lone figure walking across the ice. Bottom-right panel features a bearded man with a blonde undercut, half his face in shadow, looking serious. The meme humorously contrasts the girl's assumption that the man is thinking about other girls with the reality of him seemingly focused on a solitary, adventurous scene (the snowy landscape), embodying the 'sigma male' trope of being independent and uninterested in trivial romantic concerns.

The sigma Penguin

A four-panel comic meme. Top-…