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This is a 4-panel satirical comic that mocks the common argument people make against needing online privacy protections, where they claim they 'have nothing to hide'. In the first panel, a mustached figure says he is currently sliding. In the second panel, he clarifies he is sliding across the smoothest surface that exists, standing on a bright pink smooth surface. The third panel zooms out to reveal this pink smooth surface is actually an unhidden testicle inside the head of the speaker, who delivers the punchline in the fourth panel: 'Online privacy? why would I need that? I have nothing to hide!'. The joke is a double meaning pun: the phrase 'nothing to hide' refers both to the speaker's claim he has no private data to protect from third parties, and literally that his own testicle is completely unhidden inside his head, implying people who make this argument are foolish.

Online Privacy? I Have Nothing To Hide

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This is a satirical meme mocking flat Earth conspiracy theory, using Minecraft game mechanics for the joke. The top text poses the question: "If the Earth is flat, how come slimes never spawn?", paired with a Minecraft screenshot of a fully flat superflat world with multiple green slime mobs visible across the flat terrain. The joke relies on the Minecraft game mechanic that slimes naturally spawn only in underground areas below a specific Y-coordinate depth; if the entire world was 100% flat at the surface with no underground layers, slimes would have no valid location to spawn naturally, turning the question into a gotcha that jokes about flat Earth belief.

Explain this flat earthers: If the Earth is flat how come slimes never spawn?

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This three-panel satirical meme comments on a public controversy surrounding the battle royale game *Naraka: Bladepoint*. The top panel shows a female esports caster in professional attire sitting cross-legged, alongside text explaining that some feminists criticized the game's character Zha Zha for wearing a short skirt and sitting in a 'ladylike' position; when Zha Zha stated that both choices were her own, critics called her a 'traitor to women'. The middle panel edits the caster to be fully covered in a full-body black suit, still sitting in a ladylike pose, with the bold text 'THIS IS WHAT SHE CHOSE TO WEAR MATCH'. The bottom panel further edits the fully-covered caster into an awkward, strange spread-out pose, mocking the absurdity of overriding a woman's own personal choices with external criticism. The meme satirizes overbearing ideological criticism that ignores the autonomy of the person involved.

What She Chose To Wear Match Naraka Controversy Meme

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This two-panel meme uses popular animated characters to satirize the debate between evolutionary biology and creationism. In the top panel, battered Homer Simpson is labeled as Evolutionary Biologists, aggressively reaching towards a machine holding both Facts and Evidence. In the bottom panel, battered Peter Griffin is labeled as Creationists, who indignantly complains, 'Hey! That's no fair! I don't got none of them!'. The joke points out that creationism lacks supporting factual and scientific evidence, unlike evolutionary biology which is backed by extensive empirical evidence.

C'mom, step it up! Evolutionary Biologists vs Creationists

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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 classic "Nobody:" format internet meme that satirizes excessive unnecessary plastic surgery among wealthy Americans. The meme opens with "Nobody:" meaning no one asked for or requested this outcome, followed by labeling the group "Rich Americans:", then displays an edited image of a reality TV woman with extremely overdone cosmetic features: massively overdrawn eyebrows, giant false eyelashes, extreme contouring, and comically oversized overfilled lips. The overlaid subtitle on the image reads "I am going to create / a face that is so ridiculous", which acts as the perfect punchline, reinforcing the meme's joke that rich Americans often get extreme unnecessary cosmetic procedures that result in an unnatural, absurd looking face.

Nobody: Rich Americans: Overdone Ridiculous Plastic Surgery

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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 is a 5-row meme using the popular 'Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny' format. Each row pairs a progressively more distorted/horrifying version of Mr. Incredible's face with a description of people who have been in a coma starting at an earlier date: starting from the normal smiling Mr. Incredible for people in a coma since late February (recent, so little change), moving through progressively more uncanny versions for comas starting in late 2024, October 2023, January 2022, and ending with a skeletal skull version for someone in a coma since 2019. The joke highlights how chaotic, shocking, and negative the 2020s decade has been so far— the earlier you went into a coma, the more the world has changed for the worse, leading to a more horrific reaction when you wake up.

This decade summarised so far

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This is a two-panel satirical meme that jokes that supposed women's preference for certain men's hairstyles is actually a preference for wealth and status, not the haircut itself. In the top panel, labeled 'The Hairstyle Girls Love', a man with a specific neat haircut is placed in front of a modern luxury mansion with a high-end black sports car parked in the driveway. In the bottom panel, labeled 'The Hairstyle Girls Hate', the exact same man with the exact same haircut is placed in front of a run-down, poor rural mud hut with an old rusty bicycle leaning against it. The joke highlights that the only difference between the two panels is the man's implied wealth, not his hairstyle, poking fun at shallow dating advice that overemphasizes hairstyle attractiveness.

The Hairstyle Girls Love / The Hairstyle Girls Hate

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This is an edited satirical meme. A military missile transport truck is shown, where the actual missile has been photoshopped into a giant rolled marijuana joint. The top text jokes that Jamaica developed this 'intercontinental missile' that can bring peace to the whole world within 72 hours. The joke relies on the common stereotype that Jamaica is famous for cannabis, and uses a double meaning of 'bringing peace': a real missile brings peace through destructive force, while this 'cannabis missile' brings peace by getting everyone relaxed and high.

Jamaica's Peace Missile Meme

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This meme features a photograph of a tearful real man crying while looking directly at the camera, with his hand resting over his mouth. Large text at the top reads 'HOW I LOOK AFTER MAKING THE HARDEST DECISION OF MY LIFE', and text at the bottom reads 'I LAID OFF A 10000 EMPLOYEES TO INCREASE COMPANY PROFIT BY 0.001%'. The meme satirizes the common performative sadness from corporate CEOs when they carry out mass layoffs: the joke highlights that companies will fire thousands of workers just to get an infinitesimally small increase in profit, while CEOs publicly act like the difficult decision was a heartbreaking burden for them personally.

Crying CEO after mass layoffs for minuscule profit increase

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