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This meme uses juxtaposition and wordplay for humor. It opens with text noting that the world is "on the brink of WW3", then shows the current viral Instagram trend: an optical illusion where people wear tight dresses and hold their arms behind their back, so their buttocks form a perfect heart shape when viewed from behind, appearing like a heart-shaped head from this angle. The original title "Trend I can get behind" is a pun: it means the poster supports the trend, and also references that you view the shape from behind the person. The joke contrasts widespread anxiety over potential global war with the absurd, lighthearted viral trends that still dominate social media. Two examples of the trend are shown side-by-side: one in a red dress indoors, one in a pink dress outdoors.

Trend I Can Get Behind (WW3 Meme)

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This is a single-panel meme that uses a popular cartoon character template from the animated show South Park to comment on recent geopolitical events around the Strait of Hormuz. The image shows a deadpan cartoon businessman sitting at an office desk, with large bold text at the top reading 'WE AGREED TO A CEASE FIRE AND OPENED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ', and matching styled text at the bottom reading 'AAAAAAND ITS CLOSED'. The meme jokes that after a ceasefire agreement was reached to reopen this strategic international shipping lane, it was quickly closed again shortly after, conveying frustration with repeated back-and-forth conflict and trade disruptions.

We Agreed To A Cease Fire Strait Of Hormuz Meme

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This is a screenshot of a social media post from the verified official YouTube account that asks users: 'what's the first video you're going to watch in 2026?'. The top-voted comment from user pleffin_edwin replies with the joke '2 unskippable ads'. The joke pokes fun at the long-standing common user frustration with YouTube's frequent unskippable pre-video advertisements, implying that even several years into the future, unskippable ads will still be the first thing users encounter on the platform before they can watch any actual video.

YouTube Asks First 2026 Video, Unskippable Ads Joke

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This meme opens with top text reading 'If you ever feel useless, remember there's a candle to turn 0 years old'. The main image shows a supermarket shelf selling individually-packaged, number-shaped red birthday candles, including a standalone number 0 candle priced at 0.75€ alongside other number candles like 1, 2, 5, 6, etc. At the bottom, the punchline text reads 'this is why shampoo has instructions'. The joke pokes fun at the pointlessness of a separate 0 birthday candle (since 0-year-olds do not need an age-shaped candle for a 0th birthday) while also joking that such unnecessary products only exist because there is demand from people who need even the most obvious things explicitly provided, hence the punchline referencing that even simple products like shampoo require instructions for this same reason.

0 Year Old Birthday Candle Joke

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This meme shows a photograph of the corner of a wooden office desk. An accidental shape is formed by the seam between two different colored wood panels and the desk edge that spells out the word 'ass'. The poster added pink highlighting to circle the shape and point it out, with the caption joking that because this shape appears on the boss's desk, someone definitely got a raise. The joke relies on a suggestive implication: it implies the person who got the raise earned it by 'kissing ass' (brown-nosing/sucking up to the boss) rather than through work merit.

Somebody Definitely Getting A Raise

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This is a relatable meme that uses a classical Renaissance portrait of two men to make a joke about turning down social invitations. The man on the left (in profile, facing right) asks the other man 'Wanna hang out this weekend?', then reacts confused by asking 'Did you just say "generic excuse"?'. The man on the right (looking off to the side, avoiding eye contact) has the text 'Generic excuse' overlaid on his head. The joke is that instead of giving a specific excuse to decline the invitation, the person declining is literally just a generic excuse, which is a very relatable situation for people who often avoid making plans or hanging out.

Generic excuse

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This meme uses the famous 'Jack Sparrow running away from a chasing mob' scene from *Pirates of the Caribbean*. Captain Jack Sparrow is shown panicking and sprinting through shallow beach water, with a large crowd of people chasing directly behind him. The overlaid text reads 'ALL I SAID WAS BLUEY IS OVERRATED', which jokes that stating the unpopular opinion that the massively popular children's cartoon Bluey is overrated results in such an intense, angry backlash from Bluey fans that the person has to flee for their life, exaggerating the overly defensive reaction from fans of the show for comedic effect.

All I Said Was Bluey Is Overrated

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This is a humorous meme using the popular 'person ignoring chaotic background fight' template. The foreground shows a NASA astronaut, labeled the Artemis II crew, sitting calmly at a table looking at his phone while a full brawl breaks out behind him. The fighting groups are labeled: NASA supporters are fighting against moon landing deniers and flat earthers, who all argue over the upcoming moon mission while the actual mission crew simply ignores the chaos. The joke pokes fun at how conspiracy theorists and space fans fight online while the actual mission team just carries on with their work.

Artemis II Mission to Moon: Keep It Together

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This is a viral meme screenshot that jokes about high inflation making fast food price increases outperform stock market returns. The image shows a screenshot of a verified Twitter post by user Ezzy (@ezzyskii), with text that claims if you had 'held' (invested in) a McChicken over the past 5 years, your return would outperform the S&P 500 stock market index. Below the product photo of McDonald's McChicken sandwich, it lists the sandwich's nutrition (400 Cal) and current price of $5.29, illustrating how much prices have risen due to recent inflation, which is the core of the joke.

McChicken outperformed the S&P 500

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This is a satirical meme featuring the official logo of the American satirical news publication The Onion, with a joke breaking news headline. The headline jokes that The Onion, which is famous for creating absurd, made-up satirical fake news stories, is on the brink of collapse because it can no longer invent a story more idiotic and absurd than actual real current reality. This is a meta, humorous commentary on how increasingly absurd real world events have become, surpassing even the most outlandish satire from The Onion.

Breaking News: The Onion On The Verge Of Collapse

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This is a sarcastic meme using the iconic Maury Povich lie detector result template. The meme jokes about broken political promises to lower income taxes, with text overlay reading "You were told you would be paying less taxes / According to your taxes, that was a lie". TV host Maury Povich is shown sitting in his talk show chair, holding the typical lie detector result card from his show with a skeptical expression matching the format of revealing a lie on the program.

Income Tax Lie

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This meme pokes fun at flat Earth conspiracy theorists, visualizing their reaction when looking at new photos of a spherical Earth captured by NASA's Artemis program crew. It uses a dramatic close-up shot of an astronaut (Joseph Cooper from the film *Interstellar*) staring out a spacecraft window to represent this uncomfortable confrontation with evidence that contradicts their conspiracy belief. The on-image text contains a minor typo, spelling 'believers' as 'believeers'.

Flat Earth Believers Looking At Artemis Earth Photos

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