A Gentle Ribbing of 36 Memes

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

May 23, 2024 7:00 PM EDT

You can tell a lot from how somebody takes a joke, and also how much somebody likes to make jokes at somebody else's expense. We can make humor out of anybody or anything, but the real test of it is how others are going to react. Memes are well aware of that fact, which is perhaps why they often go in such weird or unexpected directions. It's for this reason that they can sometimes challenge us in ways we don't expect, yet other times, they perfectly align with what we might have already considered to be funny or even safe. There is often no telling what is going to come next, and that's part of the beauty of it. The memes below are random as they come, and they ask us the question: can we cope with the messages we are about to see? Here's hoping that the answer is yes.