Biblioteca Memetica

A collection of memes, curated by CJ Trowbridge.

Disclaimer: I often save memes that I disagree with; seeing something here should not be taken as evidence that I agree with it. I have been saving and categorizing tens of thousands of memes for decades. Many times I save a meme specifically because I disagree with it and in order to create new memes that counter its message.

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This meme uses the category of **Pride** to highlight the absurd contrast between the celebration of gay identity and the reality of hatred against it. On the left, a man dances enthusiastically in a vibrant rainbow c...

Topic: Pride Posted:

This meme plays on the joke that "Pride Month" makes everything feel completely different or that things become "straight" away from the festivities. It suggests that the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is histori...

Topic: Pride Posted:

The meme features Captain Jean-Luc Picard holding up a rainbow as if it were a weapon, with the text reading, "if we stole the rainbow from your god, how weak is your god?" In the context of this "pride" joke, it impl...

Topic: Pride Posted:

This meme plays on the title of the movie *12 Years a Slave*, suggesting that South African Minister Thabo Mbeki is making a similar claim that the United States is a bully who is "next" on the next trial. The headlin...

Topic: Anti-America Posted:

This meme visually interprets the "cottagecore" aesthetic by treating modern social media life through the lens of a rustic, slow-living movement. It overlays a black "tweet" bubble onto a bed of rich soil, fallen lea...

Topic: Aesthetics - Cottagecore Posted:

This meme plays on the famous philosophical concept of Plato's Cave, flipping it into a modern rave experience. At the bottom, you can see a group of people dancing, but a beam of bright, colorful light shoots in from...

Topic: Drugs Posted:

To someone who cannot see it, this meme visually juxtaposes the futuristic, angular design of a Tesla Cybertruck (top image) with a standard stainless steel trash can (bottom image). The humor plays on the idea that t...

Topic: Anti-Elon Posted:

This meme fits the "Drugs" category because it humorously plays on the classic joke about early humans guessing the psychoactive effects of plants through trial and error. The image depicts a caveman holding a stick w...

Topic: Drugs Posted:

This meme features the character Julian from Star Trek, accompanied by the name "julian" at the top. Below, a close-up of his face is paired with the text "get the PRIDE," playfully suggesting that a person named Juli...

Topic: Pride Posted:

From a Queer - Post-Structuralist perspective, this image acts as a piece of **ironic deconstruction**, where the rigid meaning of the scene is broken down to create an absurdity. The nonsensical headline "American To...

Topic: Queer - Post-Structuralism Posted: