39 Memes That Don't Suffer Fools

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

May 26, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

The word "fool" holds so much weight, and yet we can't quite agree on its meaning. In the Shakespearean sense, the Fool is a commoner who uses their wit to outsmart and get the better of those with a higher social standing. And thus we get the brilliantly enigmatic Isaac Asimov quote, "That, of course, is the great secret of the successful fool – that he is no fool at all." The good fool willingly dons the mask of ignorance to hide their high-level wheelings and dealings.

But the way we use "fool" today is purely pejorative. We call something doomed from the start a "fool's errand." We call thoughtless choices "foolish." We use the phrase "don't suffer fools" to praise someone who doesn't put up with dimwits. Where did the love of the fool go? I propose we embrace foolishness. And we can start doing that in the only way we here at Memebase know how, through memes.

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