GagBase Logo Explore

Tag: housing costs

This is a screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post from user Dan Licata. The tweet text reads 'My landlord just told me rent is going up by a lot', paired with a screenshot of an online shopping cart. The cart contains 5 packs of 100 live worker termites, priced at $50.50 per pack for a total of $252.50, with second-day air shipping selected. The joke relies on dark humor, implying the poster intends to release the termites to damage the landlord's property as petty revenge for the large rent increase, tapping into widespread frustration with rising housing costs and unfair landlord practices.

Landlord Raises Rent So User Buys Live Termites Meme

This is a screenshot of a pub…

This is a screenshot of a public X (formerly Twitter) post from the account @InternetHippo, which uses a cartoon purple hippo wearing a small blue hat as its profile picture, with the display name 'Getting Some Rest'. The post text reads: 'Sorry I don't understand "inflation." Make things less expensive or I will steal them. I will steal a whole house.' The humor comes from the relatable public frustration with rising costs of living and inflation, paired with an absurd, over-the-top threat of theft that escalates to the punchline of stealing an entire house to express exasperation with unaffordable goods and housing.

Internet Hippo Inflation Theft Joke

This is a screenshot of a pub…

This is a two-panel collage meme commenting on rising cost of living and inflation. The top panel shows examples of increasingly expensive necessities: a dilapidated budget home priced at $420,069, an edited Shell gas station sign that reads 'BRO JUST WALK' paired with text stating gas is too expensive, and a baby holding a money bag labelled as having children costing large sums of money, next to a panicked, stressed rage comic character complaining 'Everything is so Expensive'. The bottom panel displays a variety of Arizona iced tea cans and the famous Costco food court 1/4 pound beef hot dog + 20oz soda (with refills) combo priced at $1.50, next to a happy, relieved rage comic character giving a thumbs up, with text stating 'At least we have Arizona iced teas & Costco Hotdogs'. The joke centers on the widespread internet recognition that these two items have famously kept their low fixed prices unchanged for decades, serving as a small comfort for consumers facing widespread price hikes.

Some Things Are Still Affordable Inflation Meme

This is a two-panel collage m…