25 Times Meme Formats Were Used Wrong on Purpose

As someone who’s seen a lot of memes in their day, it’s easy to get a bit jaded about it all. There isn’t a meme format I haven’t used or a viral tweet I haven’t read. Every time a friend sends me a DM with a meme I’ve seen about ten times already, I have …
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Unfunny Anti-Memes for People Who Want to Watch the World Burn

What is an «anti-meme?» It is a meme that looks like a meme, walks like a meme, talks like a meme, and maybe even smells like a meme, but has been wantonly stripped of its punchline. The subreddit r/antimeme defines it as «a meme template that is taken literally, therefore removing its intended comedic purpose.» …
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Delightfully Dumb ‘Movie Titles In Movie Lines’ Anti-Memes

There’s a somewhat infamous /tv/ «favorite movie lines» thread on 4chan in which someone humorously misquoted a character from American Psycho saying, «Patrick, it’s you!! You’re the American Psycho?!!» Another user replied, «He didn’t say that,» escalating the thread into a barrage of ironic shitposts inspired by the OP’s American Psycho joke. For example, an …
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20+ ‘Bone-Hurting’ Memes That Poke Fun at Overused Meme Templates

The meme that started it all (via u/kirbizia) r/BoneHurtingJuice is one of our favorite caches of irony-posting, excessively literal memes, and misused templates. Scrolling through the subreddit feels like watching an absurd comedy that’s bit off-putting at first, but gets exponentially funnier with repetition. So which memes are eligible for ‘bone hurting juice‘ status? The …
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A Thorough Explanation of ‘I Forgor’ and Why Everyone Hates It

The internet is a mysterious place. No one can predict which mundane image will become the next hottest meme template or which absurdly dumb phrase will go viral and appear in the comment section of every meme account for a week straight. If you follow popular Instagram shitposting accounts like @on_a_downward_spiral, you might have noticed …
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20 Times Meme Formats Were Hilariously Misused

Memes are the perfect medium for expressing a joke or idea by simply subverting the meaning of an existing image with new text. The best thing about a good meme format is that it can be used over and over again and express something different each time, often making the format itself funnier through repetition. …
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