28 Memes that Won't Hurt a Bit

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Feb 12, 2026 7:00 AM EST

You won't feel a pinch

It can be a little painful to be on the internet these days. Every moment I spend on X isn't filled with the comedy and laughter it used to produce back in 2018. Now I have to keep blocking people because my feed won't stop spewing wild untruths and upsetting drivel. Every replies section is just filled with hundreds of generic AI-generated responses that feel inhuman in every way. Whatever happened to the internet that I grew up with? It feels more and more like a distant memory as time marches on. 

But it doesn't have to! Just because we live in 2026 doesn't mean we have to interact with the internet like it's 2026. We don't have to watch AI videos of healthy food screaming at unhealthy food just because that's what the algorithm wants to feed us. We don't have to watch endless gameplay of other people badly playing iPhone video games in short-form videos.  We can have a more vintage approach to the internet. There's something so fun about scrolling through a meme list like you used to do in the good old days. You don't have to curate your feed to make sure it's interesting. All you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the memes as they come to you. That, or you could be miserable on social media. Your choice!

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  • 01
    James Rice T @James Rice21 "And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way."
    via @JamesRice21

    You should sit for expecting mothers, elderly people, and men from ancient times

  • 02
    "ye gng that's my older cousin"
    via CodyBurkett
  • 03
    KAKAPOS FREEZING AND HOPING FOR THE BEST IS THIS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY?
    via CodyBurkett

    That's how I survive January and February!

  • 04
    You aren't in 1984 You aren't in Brave New World You're in That Hideous Strength Nick Dixon @NJDixon 1d • Lewis knew about midwits in 1945. ❝ Why you fool, it's the educated reader who CAN be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes it for granted that they're all propaganda and skips the leading articles. He buys his paper for the football results and the little paragraphs about girls falling out of windows and corpses found
    via @NJDixon & @AuronMacintyre
  • 05
    yc @yc No one can stop you from using three Kings Hawaiian rolls as one hot dog bun
    via @yc

    They can't arrest you for this

  • 06
    5.697 I'M LIVING IN THE MOMENT 22
    via CodyBurkett

    Focusing on the positives!

  • 07
    DISGUSTING
    via CodyBurkett
  • 08
    Nembutsu chanters The boundless compassion of Amida buddha LOOK HOW FAR I CLIMBED AND I'M NOT EVEN TIRED
    via CodyBurkett
  • 09
    LALI You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby
    via CodyBurkett

    Monsters under the bed!!! They're real!!

  • 10
    I'll help you with it! Yeah sure bold of you to assume i did the homework lol nope wait we had homework???? Read 5:55 PM Can I copy your homework?
    via CodyBurkett
  • 11
    STEAL THEIR LOOK: SCRUB JAY
    via CodyBurkett
  • 12
    Renny @rennyzucker An incredibly layered joke Imao Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps.2d What happens when Italians try to locate Italy on a map 8:37 PM 11/14/25 8.6M Views
    via @rennyzucker & @TerribleMaps
  • 13
    "My tv turned in the middle of the night and saw this frozen on my screen" I 11 settle for you. @v_a_n_i_s_h_____
    via CodyBurkett

    My biggest fear

  • 14
    IESLING
    via CodyBurkett
  • 15
    Nobody: Pope Julius II tomb effigy: feeling cute might rebuild st peter's basilica idk
    via CodyBurkett

    He's so chill and comfortable

  • 16
    blackbae @iamblackbear good luck having a crush on me im horrible
    via @iamblackbear

    It won't feel bad when I reject you because I'm such a bad person, you shouldn't have wanted to be with me in the first place

  • 17
    Cheezburger Image 10606002688
    via CodyBurkett

    Perfectly round

  • 18
    "Everything good is costly, and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty." ~ Carl Jung
    via CodyBurkett
  • 19
    Pain Be WILIN @PainBeWILIN i come from a long line of people with something wrong with them
    via @PainBeWILIN__

    Who among us has "normal" families anyways?

  • 20
    Caitie @hammlittle "you're a catch!" yea a catch and release apparently 11:40 AM - 2024-05-24 308K Views 1.5K Reposts 99 Quotes 8.5K Likes 466 Bookmarks
    via @hammlittle

    I'm a balk that keeps getting fumbled

  • 21
    When I thought she was gonna be the mother of my kids and now the new one is asking me what my favorite color is
    via CodyBurkett

    It's tough going back to going on first dates after you thought you met the love of your life

  • 22
    Polly Pocket Sand!
    via CodyBurkett
  • 23
    Sykes and Picot following an all night map making session in 1916. CYPRUS I think this just might be my masterpiece. MEDITERRA PALESTINE EAN SEA ANEA EGYPT SYRIA IRAQ ARABIA SYKES-PICOT AGREEMENT British rule French rule Russian rule MAY 1916 Under British, French, and Russian protection. Arab state under British protection Arab state under French protection imgflip.com PERSIA KUWAIT PERSIAN GULF QATAR Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
    via CodyBurkett
  • 24
    OWIE
    via CodyBurkett

    That has got to hurt!

  • 25
    THE HORUS HER Graham McNeill We got sidetracked for about 20 books
    via CodyBurkett
  • 26
    pankendev Oct 10 you know how "the brain doesn't finish developing until 25" was a misinterpretation of a study where subject age capped out at 25? and you know how the ongoing Chernobyl meltdown was handwaved away because the radiation readings didn't seem that high, when they were actually reaching the max level their cheap dosimeters could read and the real amount was thousands of times higher? anyway i'm wondering what other instances of that we're just living with without realizing 17.2K no
    via pankendev

    So you're saying my brain still isn't developed at 26?

  • 27
    One in five teenagers will experiment with gnosticism Talk to your kids about philosophy: philosophynews.com Meditation is a gateway to gnosis. Stop it before it starts. "I found copies of the Nag Hammadi library in your room. I'm concerned." Parents who achieve gnosis will raise kids who achieve gnosis. "You've been chanting sacred syllables, haven't you?" Learn to recognize the early warning signs.
    via CodyBurkett
  • 28
    THE GM "We've got 20 minutes to session time, I've done 0 prep, none of us have played this system before, and I forgot to bring the rulebook" THE PLAYERS "Run it" imgtip.com
    via CodyBurkett

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