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This meme depicts a relatable scenario for Reddit users. The top text reads 'When you see a NSFW post while scrolling Reddit in public', below which is the cartoon character Nigel Ratburn from the show Arthur, edited to wear a hoodie and look sneakily over his shoulder as if checking no one nearby can see his screen. A Reddit 'Post saved!' notification is edited onto the lower left of the image, showing the user is covertly saving the NSFW content to view later rather than opening it while in public, leaning into the shared experience of being careful browsing adult or sensitive content when others might see your screen.

Sneakily saving NSFW Reddit posts while in public

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This meme uses a classic spacetime gravity well diagram that illustrates the relative density of cosmic objects by the depth of the gravitational distortion they create. From left to right, the wells are labeled The Sun (shallow distortion), Galaxy (deeper distortion), Black Hole (extremely deep distortion), and finally 'Redditors trying to understand sarcasm' which has a vastly deeper, longer gravity well than even a black hole. The text at the bottom left reads 'Densest objects in the universe', making the satirical point that Redditors' inability to detect unmarked sarcasm online is so extreme it is metaphorically denser than the densest known objects in the universe, referencing the common Reddit convention of adding the /s tag to explicitly mark sarcastic comments.

Redditors Trying To Understand Sarcasm Is The Densest Object In The Universe

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The meme is structured in three parts: a top sensationalist news headline reading 'Spiraling Out Of Control: This Man Spends 90 Minutes A Day Online', dated 1/23/15 and filed under the 'WOW' section, followed by a photo of a young man with glasses sitting at an office desk in front of a computer. Below this are two identical panels of the popular Awkward Look Monkey Puppet meme, both overlaid with the text 'everyone reading this'. The monkey's side-eyed, uncomfortable expression satirizes how absurd the headline's panic over 90 minutes of daily internet use is for modern audiences, who almost universally spend far more time online each day.

90 Minutes a Day Online Awkward Monkey Reaction Meme

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This is a two-panel image macro meme. The top panel features Tom Holland as Spider-Man in his Iron Spider suit, crouching on a city rooftop at night, overlaid with the text 'Everywhere I go...'. The bottom panel shows the same Spider-Man figure gazing at a large wall-mounted display of the widely circulated viral video clip of a young boy falling mid-air off a hoverboard into a grassy field, with overlaid text reading 'I see his face...'. The joke expresses relatable exasperation at how frequently this specific viral hoverboard fail video is reposted across social media platforms, to the point it feels impossible to avoid encountering it.

Everywhere I go I keep seeing the overplayed hoverboard fail video

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This is a 3-panel comparative gaming meme. The top panel displays a promotional screenshot from the battle royale game PUBG (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds), paired with the text "What kids play" on the right. The middle panel shows the official logo for the open-world action game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), paired with the text "What men play". The bottom panel features the simple pixel art interface of the Google Chrome offline T-Rex runner game (the game that loads automatically when Chrome has no internet connection), paired with the text "What legends play". The humorous irony comes from framing the most basic, low-effort, universally accessible free game as the highest status option for the most elite "legend" players, subverting expectations that higher budget, more complex games are superior.

Gaming Tier Meme Ranking Games Played by Kids, Men, and Legends

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This meme jokes about the common experience of searching minor health symptoms on Google leading to extremely exaggerated, worst-case medical diagnoses, answering the titular question. The top text first presents two mild assessments of an illness: a mother says 'It's just a cold' and a doctor agrees 'Yeah it's just a cold'. The entry labeled 'Google:' is followed by the fully progressed symptom and global spread UI from the video game *Plague Inc*, showing total organ system failure and worldwide infection, implying that Google will diagnose a minor common cold as a catastrophic, life-threatening pandemic-level illness, aligning with the widespread experience of Google symptom searches leading users to believe they have severe, terminal conditions even for minor ailments.

Why is it always stage 4 terminal cancer?

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This is a 2-panel comparison meme. The top panel features text on the left reading 'How it feels to be called a weeb after a week on r/Animemes' paired on the right with the anime character Aqua from KonoSuba looking distressed, pouting, and teary-eyed. The bottom panel has text on the left reading 'Awesome fucking prehistoric fish called dunkleosteus' paired on the right with a photograph of the extinct prehistoric armored fish Dunkleosteus swimming underwater with its mouth open, looking fierce and unapologetic. The joke conveys that the negative label of being called a 'weeb' is insignificant and unimportant compared to the far more exciting coolness of the Dunkleosteus prehistoric fish, implying the poster prioritizes their interest in the prehistoric creature over worrying about judgment for enjoying anime content.

Weeb Distress vs Awesome Prehistoric Dunkleosteus Meme

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This meme repurposes a well-known scene from the 2009 film *500 Days of Summer*, set in a record store where the two lead characters are speaking to each other. The woman's shirt is edited to be covered in photos of standard cute pet cats, with overlaid text above her reading 'I love cat'. The man's shirt is edited to be covered exclusively in iterations of the viral 'drooling/coughing cat' meme, a popular absurd cat meme format, with overlaid text above him reading 'Me too'. The humor comes from the contrast between the woman's generic, casual affection for cats as pets, and the man's extremely niche, internet-meme-focused version of 'loving cats', a relatable joke for heavy internet users who fixate on specific absurd meme formats.

I Love Cat vs Me Too Cat Meme Couple

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This meme features a screenshot of the character Andy Dwyer (played by Chris Pratt) from the US sitcom *Parks and Recreation*, displaying a confused, perplexed expression. White bold meme text is overlaid at the top and bottom: the top line reads 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THE POINTING BASKETBALL GIRL', while the bottom line reads 'AND AT THIS POINT I AM ASKING THE CAP'. The joke relies on a homophonic pun: 'asking the cap' sounds nearly identical to the common phrase 'too afraid to ask', and references the widely circulated 'pointing basketball girl' viral meme, mocking people who are confused by ubiquitous online meme references they do not recognize.

Confused Andy Questions the Pointing Basketball Girl Meme

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This meme jokes about perceived wealth by referencing widespread internet culture around WinRAR's permanent free trial. The top of the image asks the question "How rich are you?". It then shows the popular reaction image of Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie from the film *Django Unchained*, labeled "Me:", looking smug while holding a glass of liquor. A photoshopped Windows pop-up notification is overlaid on the image, reading "This WinRAR copy has been successfully registered. Thank you!". The punchline relies on common knowledge that almost no users pay to register WinRAR despite constant purchase prompts, framing a registered WinRAR copy as an absurdly impressive sign of extreme wealth.

Having a registered WinRAR copy means you are extremely rich

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This is a single-panel meme with English text at the top stating "You can recognise this scene without any context", placed above a low-resolution, heavily blurred image simulating the look of steamed/frosted glass. Faint, indistinct outlines of human figures are visible through the blur, referencing an extremely well-known explicit viral internet shower scene. The joke relies on shared cultural knowledge among long-time internet users, who can instantly identify the referenced scene even in its obscured state with no extra context provided.

Recognizable Blurred Shower Scene No Context Meme

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