20+ Tryhard Posts That Desperately Want To Be Deep

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Dec 26, 2021 6:00 PM EST

Thanks to the internet, it's never been harder to be a teenager — and boy, are they going to let us know about it. Whether it's the exposure to one too many TikTok dances or a resentment towards being left on read, there's something about online that seems to churn out wannabe youthful culture critics.

As if that wasn't enough, they're usually about as intellectual as the jokes you read on popsicle sticks. That is, if popsicles were preoccupied with that one Nietzsche quote they read once. On the bright side, these free thinkers sharing their thoughts on social media does give us a goldmine of hilarious memes that think they are a lot more intelligent than they actually are. Strap in for some serious philosophical pondering, because things are about to get way too profound.