Nowadays, memes are synonymous with culture. If an alien came down to Earth and wanted to understand our species, one of the best ways to explain to them how humans work would be to present them with a catalogue of relatable memes. Here’s how we feel when we have to go to work in the morning, here’s how it feels when a dog cuddles up next to you, and here’s what it feels like to publicly embarrass yourself.
Memes are an important part of many people’s lives, so if you’re interested in getting your daily dose, you’ve come to the right place, pandas. We took a trip to Movielinesx on Instagram and gathered their most relatable posts below. So enjoy scrolling through these funny images, and be sure to upvote the memes that make you feel seen!
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At this point in time, you’re probably used to coming across memes every time you open up social media. You might have several sitting in your inbox that your best friends sent, or you might see dozens about current events as you scroll through your feed. I mean, I must have seen at least 50 memes about the CEO who was caught cheating at a Coldplay concert not even 24 hours after it happened.
But have you ever stopped to wonder what exactly a meme is or where the heck they came from? Well, according to Alexis Benveniste at the New York Times, this phenomenon didn’t begin with the internet. She explains that even the word “meme” has been included in the New York Times Crossword dozens of times since the 1940s.
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Kirby Conrad, a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College, explained the concept of a meme as “a self-replicating chunk of information,” such as an inside joke that’s been bouncing around your friend group for years or a jingle that’s been stuck in your head for decades.
“That chunk of information, the joke or the jingle, self-replicates because we humans like to share and repeat stuff,” Conrad told the New York Times. “When we repeat the joke, or sing the jingle, that’s an instance of the meme reproducing itself.” Nowadays, however, we tend to see memes multiply at exponential rates as they spread like wildfire online.
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