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30 Literal Memes That Are Hilariously Straight To The Point (New Pics)
Funny,New MemesAPR 1, 2025

30 Literal Memes That Are Hilariously Straight To The Point (New Pics)

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What gets a laugh from someone differs based on various factors that make up their identity. While some might appreciate sarcastic humor that is more ambiguous and takes more thinking to unravel, others enjoy good old literal jokes that are so straightforward their simplicity makes them uncontrollably chuckle. 
If you (sometimes) delight in the latter, we have great news for you! Today, we’re featuring a list of literal memes collected by the ‘Memes so literal they aren't even memes’ Facebook page. Scroll down to find them below, and make sure to upvote the most effortlessly funny ones.

#21

Wyoming-shaped pillows on a hotel bed, embodying a literal meme with a humorous twist.
42points

These anti-jokes are in their own humor league. While the person at the end of a short joke, pun, and one-liner sees the punchline coming from a mile away, anti-jokes are funny because they are unpredictable. The humor usually comes from the literalness of the joke, as it could be dry or logical instead of predictable. They can be just as hilarious as the jokes we’re used to, they’re just a little bit different.

#22

Sailboat silhouette with large crescent moon in background, captioned as a literal meme about "Sailor Moon."
42points

#23

Person in cowboy hat, seated with caption "Me at my second rodeo" humorously pointing out a literal meme.
41points

#24

Elderly man in traditional attire pointing, with text meme humorously saying, "A knight without a sword is like a knight with a sword."
40points

#25

Text on image humorously compares the universe's size of 93 billion light years to football fields.
37points

#26

Literal meme comparing Finland and "Foutland" with humorous map error depiction.
37points

#27

Crew filming a literal meme scene from Interstellar on Earth, showing an astronaut in water with a cameraman.
36points

#28

Horse stands at a bar with text: "A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks why call animal control." Literal memes humor.
35points

#29

Meme of a person exclaiming "What have I done" with a confused expression, illustrating a hilariously literal reaction.
33points

#30

Cat meme about Schrödinger's box; the cat isn’t in quantum superposition.
24points
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