Look, I am exhausted. I am staring at my phone and just waiting for the world to make sense, but no, we get this. We get people sending private thoughts to their boss by mistake. How do you walk into the office the next day? You don’t. You move to another state and change your name to Phil. And don’t get me started on the guy waiting two weeks to shower after a tattoo. It is disgusting. These hold up memes are basically a digital documentary of why we cannot have nice things.

Hold up memes

I was looking at that 911 operator one where they make the boss wait three rings just to look cool. That is the kind of petty energy I can actually get behind. If the world is ending, at least let me feel like I have a little bit of power over the guy who signs my checks. But then you see the financial advice about having your parents pay off your student loans and it just brings you right back down to reality. It’s not even a joke anymore; it’s just a checklist for people who were born on third base and think they hit a triple. The internet is just a giant warehouse of cursed images disguised as entertainment. We’re all just scrolling through these online fails, nodding our heads like, yeah, that seems about right for the current state of affairs. I mean, look at the relational red flags in these screenshots. We have people dating guys in prison thinking they’ll change. It’s the peak of main character energy. We’re all just living in a world of social media drama and viral screenshots that make me want to throw my router into the ocean. It’s exhausting, really.

The weight loss transformation where the years are swapped is the most honest thing I’ve seen all year. That’s not a fail; that’s just life happening to you while you were busy making plans. It’s the digital equivalent of tripping on a flat surface while everyone is watching. We’re living in a timeline where a medical sperm extractor looks like something out of a low-budget sci-fi movie and people are falling in love with guys in prison because they promise to change. Spoiler alert: they aren’t changing. They’re just bored and have a lot of time to write letters. It’s a chaotic world out there, but at least we can all be miserable together while looking at these.

If you need a break from the existential dread, you should probably go find some funny animal pics or maybe some classic work memes to remind yourself that your job isn’t the only one that feels like a circus. Just keep scrolling and try not to think too hard about the blood donor logic. There is plenty of weird content out there to keep your brain occupied.