I have had to cook for a larger number of people recently, and jeez, is that experience stressful. Scaled up, even the simplest of go-to weeknight recipes become whole strategic operations of how many things to chop and when. It makes you really understand why they’re always screaming at each other in professional kitchens, and that no matter how easy it seems, there is a certain amount of skill that goes into knowing how to cook.

In all honesty, it makes it feel like there is even more reason to enjoy the barely organized chaos of cooking memes. They know that when you get in the kitchen, the highs are unparalleled and the lows can be nothing short of monstrous. If rustling up a decent meal is an art form, then cracking internet-friendly jokes about it is as well. You never know, maybe some of these images will wind up providing you with inspiration for your next meal.