Rub Out Life’s Mistakes With This Collection Of Memes For Real Eraserheads

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Aug 15, 2021 1:00 PM EDT

Picture the scene. You're in the middle of a pop quiz in elementary school. You've accidentally written that 2+2=5 and you need to correct it, stat. What kind of eraser are you reaching for? Is it gnarly, gray and riddled with holes you poked in it? A fruity smelling one that coordinates with the rest of your stationery? Or maybe one of those weird putty ones that you stole off the kid next to you?

There's no denying that this humble cornerstone of the average pencil case got us through some of the hardest moments of our early school days, whether they involved rubbing out pencil marks or throwing them at people we found annoying. They may have waned in importance for many of us as we got older, unless you never grew out of that phase where you were really into drawing eyes. However, their legacy is everywhere. Each typo we correct or shopping list item we cross out, we've got to look back and remember the OG of rectifying written mistakes. Naturally, there's no better way to do that than with memes.