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This is a political meme that uses the popular grim reaper knocking on doors trope. A cartoon illustration of the Grim Reaper (personified Death) holding a blood-stained scythe knocks on the rightmost door, behind which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's headshot is placed. A long trail of blood leads from the far left through all previous open doors, implying Death has already killed or ended whatever was behind each earlier door: the first holds an ancient scroll (referencing the damaged Dead Sea Scrolls from a recent fire incident), the second holds an achievement trophy, the third holds a headshot of Pope Francis, and the fourth references the Islamabad Talks between the US, Pakistan, and Iran that Death has already ended. The meme implies 'JD' is responsible for this string of endings, and is now coming for Viktor Orbán next.

JD did it again

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This is a political comedy meme referencing ongoing geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping lane. It uses the popular meme template of Jim Carrey loudly yelling from the 1996 comedy film *The Cable Guy*. The overlaid text reads 'YOU CAN'T BLOCKADE' on the top line and 'A BLOCKADE!' on the bottom, creating an absurd pun about the situation: it jokes about the ridiculous idea of attempting to blockade a blockade that has already been imposed on the strait, using repetition for comedic effect. Jim Carrey's exaggerated yelling emphasizes the absurdity of the geopolitical standoff.

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz: You Can't Blockade A Blockade

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This is a single-panel black and white edited meme that combines the face of former US President Donald Trump with the body of an ancient Chinese scholar styled to look like Sun Tzu, the famous ancient military strategist. On the right side of the image, there is a quote that reads "Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade." credited to "DON TZU" — a pun combining "Don" (short for Donald) with "Tzu" from Sun Tzu. The joke is the absurd circular "wise strategy" that sounds like a profound ancient quote but is actually nonsensical, fitting the "big brain" meme trope of overly complicated or circular logic.

It's big brain time: Don Tzu Meme

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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 meme features a real photograph of a U.S. Navy sailor performing maintenance on a missile aboard a ship, topped with the headline 'Pentagon deletes post over controversial patch on soldier’s arm'. A zoomed-in circle highlights the patch sewn to the sailor's arm, which is styled as a vintage U.S. Navy recruitment poster. The patch displays the text 'JOIN THE U.S. NAVY / SAVE THE BIG BOOTY VENEZUELANS', which uses a double meaning pun: 'booty' references both the oil reserves (treated as plunder/treasure) that many claim the U.S. seeks from Venezuela, and sexual slang referring to a woman's body, paired with pin-up art of a woman on the patch design. The meme jokes about how quickly the Pentagon deleted the original post after the controversial patch was noticed.

Well that didn't last long

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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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