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The Morning Commute: 25 Trending Memes and Stores That Skipped Thanksgiving

Roy R. Nov 02, 2026 07:00 AM EST

Somewhere overnight, the stores pulled down every skeleton and put up an inflatable Santa, skipping Thanksgiving like it owes them money. I am still eating the leftover candy and I already feel behind on Christmas. These trending memes land fresh every morning, and a batch from earlier this week is still sitting there if you fell behind. Get through these before the first carol plays in a grocery store.

Walmart shelf with a skull and a faux skull both priced at $3.94 — Same price. Wildly different backstory.
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Grinning office boss in sunglasses, one of the trending memes about ignoring past, present and future — Save

Crow eating cheesecake out of a trash can, captioned as resting between resurrection jobs — Off-duty and thriving.
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Tweet listing spite, the aesthetic and a made up deadline as the reasons for doing anything — Number three built my entire career.
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Smiling man hugging a giant pumpkin in a pun on the Peter Pumpkin Eater rhyme — Save

Tweet about a dad who picks any movie with a gun on the cover and stares — Save

Pokemon donuts in Pikachu and Glaceon wrappers that look nothing like the packaging art — Pikachu let himself go.
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Cartoon tombstone reading worked really hard, offered as the reward for working really hard — Save

Woman in a silver bodysuit dressed as a New York MetroCard at a Halloween party — Swipe again at this turnstile.
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Tweet asking about the loop on carpenter jeans, answered with a joke about short friends — As the short friend, I support this.
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Vintage poster of a man refusing a drink because he likes his suffering raw — Save

Tweet with a suggestive opener that turns out to be about loose jeans, plus replies — Save

Urinal installed inside a shower stall, with a shower head mounted right above it — Save

Plain text joke saying she is a ten, but it is short for tense — Save

Top hat magician holding playing cards over a wholesome your mom joke about a vineyard — Easily the most respectful your mom joke ever.
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Man slumped on a grimy horror movie bathroom floor, posted as someone's current mental state — Save

Group costume idea pulled from a TV show scene of three people at a bar party — Save

Tweet urging people to enjoy hobbies badly instead of trying to monetize every single skill — Finally, permission for my singing.
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Smiling sitcom dad on a couch saying I laughed, but it hurt a little — Save

Old engraving of a man crawling through a tipped chair, one of the trending memes about bluffing — Save

Tweet about buying the snack crackers nobody buys, next to a cartoon dad lifted by straps — Save

Tweet showing two pumpkins painted with surprisingly detailed human portraits at a pumpkin patch — Save

Bug spray can standing next to a nearly identical can of butter flavored cooking spray — Five stars from every mosquito in the state.
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Green holiday cookie meant to say kiss me, but the wobbly icing reads kill me — Save

Group Halloween costume of Pennywise and Georgie, with one friend stuck playing the red balloon — Somebody lost a bet.
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That is the whole batch, and I am going to pretend I did not see a wreath on the way to the car. The Nightcap brings more internet memes tonight, and the next Morning Commute is here tomorrow. If you want to get ahead of the season, the bad Christmas decorations are already waiting, and the Halloween candy memes are there for anyone still working through a bowl. Send the best of these funny pictures to a friend who is also pretending the tinsel is not up yet.

Crow perched on a backyard trash can pulling out a piece of cheesecake, one of the trending memes in this morning's batch

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Posted by Roy R. About the author

Roy has been one of the internet's meme tastemakers for more than a decade. He and Phil started Thunder Dungeon in 2012 by posting the stuff they found funny, and it grew into viral photo and video creations, one of the largest meme community apps and one of the best sites for daily meme content. If you've spent any time online, you've probably laughed at one of his memes.