23 Optimistic Animal Memes for When Your Glass Is Half Empty

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
May 31, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Woot woot, the weekend is here, and while it is cause for celebration, many of us simply cannot manage to make the most of it after a grueling week at the grindstone. Leading to the sad scenario where our glass is left half empty during the one short period per week when we get to do whatever we want.

So we decided that it is time to flip that frown upside down and get stuck into some sweet and uplifting animal memes. The kind that remind you of all that is right in the world, all the nature that has yet to neutralized, of all the pure souls that soar in our skies. So sit back, relax and let your glass get filled to the brim with this list of optimistic animal memes for when your glass is half empty.

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    atrophy wife @zuza_real they should invent a day that doesn't feel like this
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  • 02
    I sleep I wake up bleeehhhh :P Be chronically online
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 03
    Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi How your email finds me
    via OdedRechavi
  • 04
    I hope this email doesn't find you. I hope you've escaped, that you're free.
    via cheerful_nihilism

  • We well and truly do. Though considering how early it is in the day, you would likely have to do a lot of maneuvering to manage to escape that email. Though, we suppose you could always claim that your inbox was full of spam and the email got lost in the mix.

  • 05
    TUGBOAT TUBGOAT
    via cheerful_nihilism

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  • 06
    The extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago colorized
    via cheerful_nihilism
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    Cheezburger Image 10511021312
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 08
    ANIMAL Housecat painfully aware of how much owner's mental health is riding on his tummy being so fluffy
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 09
    Ellen @flyingsnow When you're warm and cosy and safe and also full of stolen sausage.
    via flyingsnow
  • 10
    the vibe i bring to the function
    via cheerful_nihilism

  • While it is rather unfortunate and unpleasant, this is what we all look like when our glass if half empty. And upon looking at this reflection, you might think twice about what kind of vibe you want to bring with you to the next function you attend, that is unless it is a feline function. 

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    Choose your fighter 1 2 3 4 Think they're Maybe magical, in charge. isn't. maybe just Mushrooms. Too old for this spooky. Mushrooms. shit, but got nowhere else to be. 7 8 Cute, but will be the first to die if shit gets real. 9 Unassuming. Will fuck you up. Incredible fighter. Takes everything Seems deep. Just Blue collar. too far. trying not to have a mental breakdown Always fixing everyone's shit. 10 11 12 "Some tea Reads a lot of and extract theory. No one knows wtf they're can fix that" ever
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 12
    tiny attitude Health o meter DENTOVEENDAL MAX 2010/44D a-10g/11/20) NOTICE 02 ON/TARE/OFF kg/b
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 13
    hotdrinks Follow I wish I could make cats understand the concept of fairness. Of hypocrisy. I wish next time Beatrice was eating I could stick my hand in her bowl and dig around and say "see? Not very nice is it?" And she would say "I understand now father you're right". But instead? Big fat paw in my soup
    via hotdrinks
  • 14
    Someday when you're older and wiser, you'll look back on this and get revenge.
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 15
    this user supports crows, ravens, and their agenda
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 16
    Killerbunnyfamily. 3h Aw Lawd She's on the WATERMALONE 10.7k 123
    via Killerbunnyfamily
  • 17
    Everyone congratulate Bort he just laid his first egg
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 18
    Cheezburger Image 10511022080
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 19
    Pikas can adjust their body temperature by changing their posture. These two common postures are referred to as "puff" and "lounge".
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 20
    fannyrosie La pluie de vos injures n'atteint point le parapluie de mon indifférence. lavender-and-creme French▾ La pluie de vos injures n'atteint point le parapluie de mon indifférence Edit Source:fannyrosie 74,396 notes English The rain of your insults does not reach the umbrella of my indifference 17
    via fannyrosie, lavender-and-creme
  • 21
    11 III "Ahhhh ok" www I still don't understand W
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 22
    One is used as a bed. One is used as a blanket. Absolute efficiency
    via cheerful_nihilism
  • 23
    Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. On my seafloor. Flattened. Flourishing
    via cheerful_nihilism

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