Biblioteca Memetica

A collection of memes, curated by CJ Trowbridge.

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This Urbanism meme satirizes the disparity in housing quality and the perception of property value. The top-left panel depicts a dense, run-down neighborhood with the text "this is no place of honor," which is contras...

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This meme uses the term "Grashol" to describe the empty, unused spaces left between neighborhoods and homes in a city. In urban planning, "grasshole" refers to that vacant land, like a patch of green left over from co...

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This urbanism meme is a joke about how planners obsess over "density" and the tendency to build *over* existing structures. It satirizes the idea that every small space is a potential "building" that needs expansion r...

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This hyper-detailed illustration mocks urban density by depicting an impossible, stacked-together tower where buildings touch each other so high they create a chaotic, impossible cityscape. Floating signs like "Teleph...

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This meme satirizes the concept of urban transformation by depicting a historical biblical figure (resembling Moses) as if he were planning to overhaul the city of "New York." The text "I'm going to change New York" a...

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In the context of urbanism, this meme uses the built environment to create a humorous contrast in scale. The top panel features a standard green highway sign for places like 'Marine Dr. E.' and 'elta Park,' showing a...

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This meme uses the concept of **urban infrastructure** and traffic safety to describe a memorable and humorous violation. It depicts a bus driver who slid through a red light on a snowy, slippery road and said, "we sl...

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This urbanism meme parodies the high costs of city life by turning a subway car into a hyper-luxurious train decorated in crystals. The caption "This is how we're gonna commute after we guillotined Jeff Bezos" satiriz...

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This urban humor plays on the frustration of people trying to impose natural beauty on a built environment. The image depicts a blue house surrounded by purple vegetation, contrasting the manicured lawns typical of ne...

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This urban meme humorously illustrates the efficiency of public transit versus private car use. It shows that for the city, "walking" costs pennies ($0.01) and "biking" costs a few cents ($0.08), but using "busses" co...

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