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This is a political meme that uses a widely circulated photograph of former US President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally. Large, bold white capital text is overlaid across the top and bottom of the image that reads 'NOBODY BLOCKS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BETTER THAN ME'. The joke plays on Trump's well-known public pattern of self-promotion and boasting about his own abilities, applied to the sensitive geopolitical topic of control over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping chokepoint that has been the center of repeated international tensions.

Nobody Blocks The Strait Of Hormuz Better Than Me

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This meme jokes that Kim Jong Un's superpower is making people around him act like stiff, janky non-player characters (NPCs) from Wii Sports. The photograph shows Kim Jong Un walking through an indoor hallway, with his security personnel and other people in the background having awkward, stiff unnatural walking poses that resemble the low-quality, robotic NPC animations found in the Nintendo game Wii Sports. The text at the top sets up the joke comparing the people's movement to Wii Sports NPCs.

Kim Jong Un's Wii Sports NPC Superpower

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This is a four-panel absurdist political meme that subverts expectations about modern left-wing ideological debate. The top two panels show two aggressive shouting men: the first argues that if Karl Marx were alive today he would be a Left Communist (LeftCom), holding a corresponding leftist text; the second argues Marx would be a Maoist, wearing a communist cap, holding a Maoist political text, and also shouting intensely. The bottom section reveals the punchline, labeled "Marx if he was alive today": Karl Marx (the historical figure himself) calmly states "I am quite fond of Paddington", and Paddington Bear (the beloved wholesome fictional children's bear character) politely responds "Thank you Mr. Marx." The joke mocks the intense, divisive infighting between different modern left-wing ideological tendencies, highlighting that Marx would prioritize enjoying the popular character Paddington over these modern splits, living up to the title's claim that he knows his priorities.

He knows his priorities

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This is a political joke meme that claims Japanese TV's automatic pornography censorship AI mistakenly pixelates Donald Trump's neck when he appears on screen. The meme includes two side-by-side photos of former US President Donald Trump, both showing pixelation over the lower chin and neck area. The joke relies on the visual similarity between the shape of Trump's neck and double chin to the body part that Japanese pornography censorship automatically blurs out.

Japanese Censorship AI Pixelates Trump's Neck

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This meme uses the popular, widely used Batman interrogating Joker template from the 2008 film *The Dark Knight*. Batman is labeled as the Italian government, standing over the seated Joker who is labeled as Netflix, which has repeatedly raised its monthly subscription prices over the years. The joke plays on recent news of the Italian government taking regulatory action against Netflix over its pricing practices, portraying the government as the authority that is about to punish Netflix for its steady pattern of increasing subscription costs.

Italian Government vs Netflix Price Hikes

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This two-panel political meme makes a pun out of geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. The top panel shows a hand holding an edited threatening note, styled after the famous threatening note scene from *No Country for Old Men*, that reads "Open the Strait. 48 hours.", signed with a messy fake misspelled signature of former US President Donald Trump. The bottom panel shows country music singer George Strait (wearing a cowboy hat, standing on stage with a band behind him) looking down at the note, with the text label "IRAN" overlaid onto him. The core joke is the pun on the word "Strait": the geopolitical ultimatum refers to the Strait of Hormuz waterway controlled by Iran, but it matches the last name of performer George Strait, turning a tense international ultimatum into a request for the performer to open his live show, matching the meme's theme of geopolitics becoming a live performance finale.

When geopolitics turns into a live performance finale

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This is a two-panel collage meme that uses wordplay around the name 'Donnie'. The top panel shows former U.S. President Donald Trump (commonly nicknamed 'Donnie') speaking at a White House Easter event, with Melania Trump standing beside him, and a cheerful traditional Easter bunny mascot standing next to Trump at the podium. The bottom panel is a still frame from the 2001 film *Donnie Darko*, featuring the film's iconic terrifying giant rabbit character Frank sitting alongside the film's main characters. The meme creates a funny, uncanny juxtaposition by pairing the two 'Donnies' (Donald Trump and Donnie Darko) with their respective bunnies, playing on the shared name for comedic effect.

Bunnies and Donnies

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This is a screenshot of a social media conversation between two users. Verified user Tom opens by asking the question 'Name a scam that is totally legal.' User James replies with a joke and criticism of modern taxation systems, stating that paying taxes multiple times on the same money is a legal scam: you pay income tax when you earn money, sales tax when you spend that already-taxed money, then pay additional taxes (like property tax) on assets you bought with that already-taxed money. This is a common observation presented as a joke about widely disliked multiple-layer taxation.

The only scam everyone agrees on

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This political meme uses a stock photo of six happy friends laughing and hugging while gathered around a campfire on a starry night. Each person is overlaid with the flag of a European country that supports Ukraine and opposes Russia following the 2022 full-scale invasion: from left to right, the flags belong to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine. The flag of Russia is placed directly on the burning campfire, visually representing Russia being burned as a joke. The meme humorously conveys the united anti-Russia stance of these Eastern and Northern European countries in the context of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Art of SMO - Anti-Russia Campfire Political Meme

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This two-panel meme uses the cursed Garfield format to joke about the starkly differing portrayals of Britain in history textbooks. The top panel shows the canonical, smug Garfield standing with crossed arms, labeled 'Britain in British history books', referencing how British history books often present a sanitized, positive view of Britain's history that downplays its harmful colonial past and wrongdoings. The bottom panel features a horrifying, distorted eldritch version of Garfield lurking behind a door, with a shocked, frightened Jon Arbuckle holding a rifle standing nearby. This panel is labeled 'Britain in any other history book', referencing how non-British history books (especially from countries impacted by British colonialism) are far more critical of Britain's historical actions, portraying it as an expansionist, harmful power. The text at the bottom of the lower panel reads 'BULLETS DON'T WORK JON', leaning into the horror tone of the cursed Garfield format.

Dark times: Britain in British vs other history books

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This meme features descriptive text at the top, followed by two images: the left panel shows a pair of black booty shorts laid flat, with two QR codes printed on the back over each butt cheek, and the right panel shows the shorts being worn by a person from the back, displaying the QR codes in place. The text explains that one QR code links to a PDF copy of *The Communist Manifesto*, while the other links to a streaming page for the Scooby Doo cartoon. The humor comes from the absurd, completely unexpected pairing of serious political theory and a classic children's cartoon placed on the back of booty shorts, creating a random, silly joke.

QR Code Booty Shorts With Communist Manifesto And Scooby Doo Links

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This meme features an excited older white man with a gray beard, wearing a U.S. Army camouflage uniform, celebrating with both fists raised in triumph. The top text reads 'US ARMY' and the bottom text reads 'RAISES ENLISTMENT AGE'. The joke leans into the popular 'dads everywhere be like' trope, poking fun at how many older former military dads would be excited at the opportunity to re-enlist now that the U.S. Army has raised the maximum enlistment age.

Dads Everywhere Be Like: US Army Raises Enlistment Age

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