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This meme uses a vintage black-and-white fantasy line illustration to make a relatable joke about forgotten food in home storage. The top text sets the scene: 'WHEN YOU FIND A YEAR OLD POTATO IN THE FARTHEST CORNER OF YOUR PANTRY'. A monstrous, screaming, root-covered creature on the left, representing the over-sprouted forgotten potato, is captioned 'WHERE IS THE SOIL'. An elderly bearded man holding a small weapon stands shocked in a doorway on the right, captioned 'HOLY SHIT', representing the person who discovered the overgrown potato. The humor comes from exaggerating how alarming and overgrown long-forgotten sprouted potatoes appear when found.

Finding a year-old sprouted potato in your pantry

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This is a cropped screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post from user with display name 'vel' and handle @INEED2GOHOMENOW, whose profile picture is a simple white line drawing of a small smiling cat on a circular background. The post text reads 'the lion hadnt really thought about it that way', an absurd, context-free sentence that is used as a flexible reaction meme. It is typically deployed when someone encounters an unexpected new perspective, surprising hot take, or recontextualizing piece of information that makes them reconsider their previous stance on a subject, personifying the reacting person as the lion who had never considered that angle before.

The lion hadn't really thought about it that way reaction meme

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This is a two-panel edited absurdist meme. The first panel shows a Family Guy character whose head has been replaced with a standard brown human iris, with overlaid text reading 'YOU ALWAYS ACT LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME'. The second panel cuts to three other Family Guy characters dressed in formal clothing including top hats, who also have their heads replaced with irises: these are more visually striking, multi-colored, and aesthetically appealing irises in green, blue, and mixed green-blue shades, visually confirming the complaining brown eye is correct that the other eyes are objectively more impressive. The joke is a literal visual pun on the common accusation of others thinking they are superior, by making the other characters literally be higher-quality, more attractive eyes.

Better than me

This is a two-panel edited ab…