25 Memes Carrying the Team on Their Back

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Jun 11, 2026 4:30 PM EDT

Sometimes the responsibility all belongs to you, and you gotta lift your team up.

That's exactly what these memes are doing. These memes are putting the whole team on their back. Remember when you were in grade school, and you got assigned a group project? Do you remember how much social turmoil that put you through? Inevitably, there was one person who would take on all of the work, and the other people would wait until the last second to turn in their shoddy contributions. This teaches you early to be mindful of your workflow. Either you're the type of person who will take on extra responsibility, or you're the type of person who wants to offload it onto someone else. You should try your hardest to be the person who steps up when others need you to. You know what's needed in any given situation, and you're ready to lock in. This will get you much farther in life than being the type of person who coasts along. On the other hand, though, there is something so fun about coasting. If you can find a way to glide through things without any turbulence, then by all means go for it. But there is usually some amount of turbulence in the air when you're trying to evade all responsibility. At a certain point, you have to step up and own it. That doesn't mean that you have to take on more than is necessary; you just have to be ready to batten down the hatches when push comes to shove. This is why these memes are so important. These memes know what it's like to buckle down and get their hands dirty. They know what it's like to have the weight of expectation on their back. They know that when they're up to bat, it's game time. They're here to make you laugh. They're here to make you think. And they're here to wrap up the world's sense of culture in a bow and mail it off to you. So keep scrolling and enjoy them. There isn't much else to it.