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 is a simple, hand-drawn illustration of a skull with a creepy grin, surrounded by a circle with the phrase "suffering builds character" repeated multiple times. The text is written in a playful, childlike fo...

Topic: Mental Health Posted:

The meme is a quote from a Twitter post by Andrew Nadeau. It says that someone just told him they're an empath, but he feels like they would have sensed how much he didn't want to hear about it.

Topic: Mental Health Posted:

This meme features a scene from the animated series "Adventure Time" where the character Finn is trapped in a cave with demons. The text at the top reads "When you turn inward to work on yourself..." and the bottom te...

Topic: Mental Health Posted:

This meme is a humorous comparison between a conversation between a Soviet-era robot and a Soviet-era soldier, and a conversation between a Soviet-era robot and a Soviet-era soldier's child. The text "the state" appea...

Topic: Marxism Posted:

This meme is a humorous image of a nearly empty, dimly lit, and seemingly abandoned McDonald's restaurant. The image is captioned with the text: "Oh thank god, I was getting hungry." The meme is likely intended to be...

Topic: Liminality Posted:

This meme features a screenshot from the 1984 film "The Shining" with a character from the movie's hotel environment, but the character is replaced with the computer icon from the "Clippy" software that was used in th...

Topic: Liminality Posted:

The meme is a screenshot of a Twitter conversation between two users, @markovian and @arch_crimes. The first user, @markovian, posts a tweet saying "This is the longest continuous path you can walk in the world" with...

Topic: Geography Posted:

This meme is a screenshot of a scene from the 1996 film "Space Jam" where the Looney Tunes characters are watching a parody of a 90s music video. The image shows the Looney Tunes characters laughing at a music video t...

Topic: Gen Z Posted:

This meme is a humorous image of a group of people in a nightclub, likely in the 1990s, with a caption referencing the song "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. The caption reads: "In 1999, I was at a party an...

Topic: Gen X Posted:

This meme is an image of a house on a hill at night, with a trail of stars in the sky above. The image is captioned "I've been waiting 3 years for this moment". The meme is likely referencing a popular TV show or movi...

Topic: Futurism Posted: