Social media, celebrities, pop culture, oh my! In today's digital landscape, it's pretty easy to form an unhealthy obsession with something! Keep scrolling below for this collection of hot takes about our culture's current unhealthy obsessions. When you're finished, here are some top mildly infuriating moments!
The title is pretty self-explanatory, but nevertheless, I shall illustrate the meaning of MEIRL - 'Me in real life'. In other words, these memes are basically us, our personalities, psyche, identity, character, and our SELF-HOOD. These memes represent the inner workings of our beings… Am I being dramatic? Yes, yes I am.
I dunno about you, but sometimes all I want to do while scrolling mindlessly on the WWW is to get lost in the tornado we call the internet, or more specifically, in the r/MEIRL sub on Reddit. Truth is, the memes are fairly accurate. Said scrolling always ends up with me finding questionable yet entertaining content — that I then share with you.
These memes are an attempt at portraying our individuality, or rather, the common ground we all stand on. Ah, the humor of the internet, so fun, so fresh, most of the time. Scroll down to check out the most hilarious MEIRL memes found in the r/MEIRL subreddit this week. You're also welcome to check out these funny coworker memes while you're at it.
Some things aren't meant to be discussed in a professional workplace setting, as any discussion around them could be found to be offensive or off-putting. Conversing on topics like politics, religion, sex, and drugs (along with any other highly personal, private, or polarizing discussions) is a surefire way to get yourself acquainted with your company's HR—who may not be all that happy about all the extra paperwork you've caused them.
No… some topics—like sharing your worst trauma, are better saved for close friends, family, support groups, and therapy sessions—and do not make for a fun and light conversational starter to get to know your coworkers.
That's why the internet was so shocked and bewildered at this workplace icebreaker where the manager insisted that each member of the team share "something difficult" from their childhoods. It's easy to forget that not everyone shares the same experiences… and that some people have had to overcome some truly horrible things from their past. Couple this with the fact that some of us are completely unable to make things up on the spot and don't even need the invitation to overshare in the first place… and you have a recipe for an HR disaster.
One of the team members who partook in this icebreaker shared their experience with Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, to the horror of readers who quickly condemned the boss who thought that this was a good idea in the first place.
Keep reading for the original thread and reactions.
No one likes group projects, especially not the person pulling the weight of the entire presentation. One unfortunate Redditor, u/grapeicecreamfloat, got stuck in that situation, but luckily they were able to enact some satisfying petty revenge!
As they shared to r/pettyrevenge, this student got stuck with slackers in a project that was a big percentage of the overall grade. The OP ended up doing so much of the work, and the professor wouldn't help the OP improve the group's dynamic, saying they were adults who had to work this out by themselves. After being ignored over and over again, the OP decided to "accidentally" miss the presentation. It must have been so satisfying to give the slackers a taste of their own medicine!
Next up, this stay at home dad got in a huge fight with his wife over cleaning duties – so he asked r/AmItheA****** if his wife was crazy.
Everyone wants to make their marriage proposal special. One triathlete and Ironman finisher definitely went the extra mile for his marriage proposal – 140 miles to be precise – and it unintentionally backfired, leaving the Internet in a tizzy of debate. This man completed an entire Ironman competition, which consists of a 2.4 mile swim then a 112 mile bike ride followed by a full marathon, while carrying an engagement ring with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend when she greeted him at the finish line. The idea is cute, if you're into that, but the whole plan went south when the athlete got down on one knee to pop the question. His legs seized up in the most insane cramp of all time and he collapsed in a heap at her feet, writhing in pain instead of with happiness. He grimaced and pushed through as trainers helped ease the cramp and he held the ring up towards her from a laying position, grimacing the whole time.
The comment section went off with debate; Some people thought it was adorable that he persevered to propose to her anyways while others considered it self centered of him to make the whole experience all about him. On one hand, he had the audacity to carry along an engagement ring with him on this ridiculous Ironman journey and also had the tenacity to push through the world's worst cramping to propose anyways. But others argued that he made the proposal all about himself and turned the attention to his accomplishments. Was this a romantic moment captured on video? Or is this an epic marriage proposal fail? What do you think?
Crazy Karen went for a joyride and then freaked out when the police were called. Well, honey, it makes sense that people called the police on you because you literally kept saying you were only a few minutes away while a full two hours had passed. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/F***YouKaren subreddit by u/iluvbewbies, who shared the entire play-by-play after discovering that the valet attendant at their hotel had mistakenly swapped their rental car for Karen's.
First of all, let's get it out of the way that Karen was not only entitled, but also she was stupid. Their models may have been similar, but it was clearly not her car. Second of all, the fact that she went on to run errands after being notified that she was driving the wrong car says a lot about where her priorities lie (hint hint: herself). On top of that, she left an apple core in the rental car. Filthy!
Keep scrolling below for the full anecdote. For more, here's a story about another Karen's car drama.
From funny customer meal requests to the list of unacceptable kitchen music, these chefs are sharing the wackiest antics going on in the back of house. On the subreddit r/KitchenConfidential, chefs, dish washers, and other back of house restaurant workers gather to share memes and talk about their workplaces. We've gathered some of the funniest and most popular posts so you can get a peek into the daily life of a chef.
My favorite of these memes and photos is the guy who ordered 150 pounds of fish, and got…one LARGE fish! These kinds of miscommunication must happen all the time, but perhaps not quite with a fish that giant.
Next up, at this restaurant, a grumpy dude tried to roast the waiter for serving him scallops with a fragment of a fish scale on it, only to have the entire restaurant turn against him and support the waiter.
