You can find collections of memes for literally any taste - about kids and parents, about animals and celebrities... there is even a whole collection of gorgeous Shrek-related memes. And today we present to your attention yet another dedicated Instagram page about memes, PotTV. And, of course, a selection of the most thoughtful and funny memes from this account.
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What is interesting about this page is that it contains memes not just for laughing out loud at pictures. Most of these memes are text, are non-standard and interesting quotes from X, which really make you think twice. And some are even very wholesome in everyday life.
For example, the very idea of gamifying your daily chores looks absolutely brilliant to me! No, seriously - I'll finish this post and go wipe the floors to get more XP... And why not, after all?
You may ask - so what's wrong with that, are these not original memes? On the other hand, almost any meme author actually uses a template: a screenshot from a movie or TV series, some famous quote and whatnot. By and large, a meme is the ability to look at something already known under a different angle, to find something funny in it - and to expose it to others. And this is, well, this can be a true art.
"Memes in their original understanding were just a unit of information. Another thing is that before the advent of the widely available internet, such functionality of memes was simply unavailable," says Valery Bolgan, the historian and editor-in-chief of the Intent news agency from Ukraine, with whom Bored Panda got in touch for a comment here.
"In fact, any work of art can also be considered a meme. For example, what is the difference between ‘Woman and Cat’ and ‘Mona Lisa’? In terms of popularity - absolutely nothing. Of course, making a brilliant painting is way more difficult, but the modern world is moving towards simplification."
"Or let’s take, for example, quotes or aphorisms from famous writers or political figures of the past? Some of them understood the importance of quotes for their own image, and specially ‘generated’ impressive phrases."
"For example, Napoleon Bonaparte - many of his biographers wrote about this. And this significantly influenced his popularity over the years," Valery ponders. "Therefore, in the modern world, literally anything can be considered a meme."
In any case, I sincerely believe that the memes that we have collected in this selection are truly worthy of your attention. At the very least, many of them will make you laugh, some will make you think twice. So please feel free to scroll this list to the very end - and let your scrolling be really exciting!
