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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In this bird-themed meme, a crow is perched on a post while an infrared thermometer is pointed at it, with the screen displaying "YES." The joke relies on the word "corvid"—a type of crow—appearing on a sign above. Th...

Topic: Birds Posted:

This meme uses the concept of **millenihilism**—the belief that human efforts are ultimately futile and meaningless in a vast, infinite universe—to punchline with a dark twist. The text asks the viewer to "work really...

Topic: Millenihilism Posted:

This meme captures a nihilistic worldview where a relationship is viewed as a futile burden rather than a meaningful partnership. In the scene from *The Social Network*, one character tells the other that if they are...

Topic: Millenihilism Posted:

This image is a millenihilistic joke because it plays with the concept of decay and preservation. The text "The opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyl" highlights the contrast between a preservative and nonsense, f...

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This image tells a humorous story about a writer who was told by his teacher in high school that he would never succeed as a professional, only to eventually overcome thousands of rejections and become a published aut...

Topic: Millenihilism Posted:

This image shows a person bending over to spit a white substance onto the floor, set against a massive, distorted American flag with the caption "Sometimes memes make themselves" above it. For an "Anti-America" perspe...

Topic: Anti-America Posted:

This meme begins with a classic romantic setup about how a single kiss can heal deep sadness, but it subverts this expectation at the bottom. The punchline reveals that the character was not just kissed for affection,...

Topic: Leftism Posted: