Part of a good joke is people getting it. If nobody does, who is going to laugh at it? The same applies to memes. However, some of them are so niche, you need to have a Ph.D. in internet culture to understand what they're talking about — or follow the Instagram account Explain Police.
The self-proclaimed Officer behind it meticulously breaks down hyper-specific references, stepping in whenever folks need a little help getting the punchline. Every now and then, they throw in a few simple memes as well, just for the love of the game.
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#1

The meme begins by telling us a simple joke about pole as they have really long names. We can see a pole going to get his eye checked and the doctor shows him a bunch of random letters in order to check if he’s able to read them. The person replies by saying that he even knows that person thus making a joke about the fact that they have really long names. Below we can see a person saying that he doesn’t find the joke funny because if you see his name “Czjwinostawcz” it is the exact same name the doctor showed and that’s why he does not find it funny.
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26points
#2

This is actually a sandwich and the cover of the sandwich mentions the name of the ingredients used as this could be a custom order by the customer and hence they mentioned the ingredients. It says mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles and onion. Ofcourse they didn’t have the time to write it fully and hence the short forms.
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26points
#3

So basically the joke here is a play on words also called as a pun in which the news says how someone is taking the tires from cop cars and due to that they are working tirelessly to catch the person doing it. Here tirelessly is used as a pun.
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21points
#4

So basically batman is known to name all his items starting with the word Bat like Batmobile, Bathouse etc. so when he says Robin to check the Battery, robin automatically removes the word “Bat” from it and gets confused because he doesn’t know what tery means.
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19points
#5

Here we can see a play on words using a casual gamer vs pro gamer which is followed by a Casual tractor and an image of a pro tractor (protractor). A protractor is a measuring instrument used to determine and draw angles. Typically made of plastic or metal, it features a semicircular or circular scale marked in degrees. It is commonly used in geometry, drafting, and various engineering applications.
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18points
#6

Here we can see someone suggesting a “food hack”. The hack is that if you don’t have taco shells you should use tortillas. This might sound like a nice hack until you realize that taco shell is nothing but tortilla only. So the person didn’t suggest any hack, it’s pretty obvious. That’s why the below person replied by suggesting another hack that if you don’t have ice just freeze water, which is making fun of the obvious food hack the above person suggested.
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17points
#7

Here we can see a student make an algebra joke by using the terms onion and Pi.
He wants to say ‘opinion’, but uses the image of an onion with the symbol Pi in it to make it sound like ‘opinion’. This is a type of dad joke, and his dad is proud.
He wants to say ‘opinion’, but uses the image of an onion with the symbol Pi in it to make it sound like ‘opinion’. This is a type of dad joke, and his dad is proud.
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14points
#8

If you read the opposites of the words give it will read out as “never gonna give you up” which is very popular line from Rick Astley song and it is used to Rick roll people which is a funny internet prank.
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14points
#9

So here we see a very philosophical question about realizing that we wouldn’t make it as a species because we can see an example below of a pizza box with the instruction “open box before eating pizza” which is honestly such a common sense thing but still they had to write that for whatever reasons.
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14points
#10

So basically in the image we can see one of the seven wonders of the world known as Taj Mahal which is the resting site of one of the wives of a king from early times. Hence the quote is not applicable for everyone as some of them have really fancy and expensive resting places.
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14points
#11

Here we can see a dad making a dad joke right when he is about to become a dad. The doctor says he’s gonna deliver the baby but the dad makes a dad joke here by making a play on words “de livering” and hence he says that line to make the joke.
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14points
#12

So here a dad is making a typical dad joke which is usually not that funny and most of the Gen Z wont find it funny. He talks about two antennas getting married and says that wedding was ok but reception was incredible. This is a play on words because there are 2 antennas the signal will be strong and hence the reception was incredible and the other meaning is that the marriage reception was incredible.
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13points
#13

So this person was dating a girl named “Ruth”. Since they broke up, he is not with Ruth anymore and hence he’s “Ruth Less” which is a play on words also called a pun. It’s a very clever pun and the other person was probably waiting for years to make this joke when they separated
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13points
#14

So we all know how YouTube likes to show a lot of ads in every video but this random guy on the internet found a trick which is to just skip the video until the end and click replay which removes all the ads and you can watch the video without interruption.
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12points
#15

The reason they don’t use diamonds to make the vest is firstly cause it will be very expensive as diamond is considered precious. Second reason is because it will be very heavy to even wear compared to the other materials that are used to stop the bullet. Hence the person commenting wanted to explain this but he didn’t know how to so he says 1 gram is equal to 15 grams which is funny. Also if you have read this far, you might as well follow me as I explain memes like this one all the time ;)
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12points
#16

Here we see a very typical dad joke but this time the son is doing the dad joke as his dad is in the hospital. The son takes a good opportunity to lighten the mood and make a dad joke where he repeats the sentence of the dad pretending that it’s his name.
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10points
#17

In this meme, a cop is seen asking a goose for its license and registration, which is already hilarious because, well, geese don’t drive cars. The twist is that the goose, seemingly acting like a backseat driver, whispers to the cop to also ask for a slice of bread. The cop, resigned to the absurdity, obliges with a sigh. The humor here comes from the unexpected human-like behavior of the goose, coupled with the cop playing along with the ridiculous scenario. It’s a funny take on how we sometimes imagine animals interacting in human situations, with a classic bread-loving goose twist!
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10points
#18

Here we can see a bunch of stones which looks very normal but if you squint your eyes it reads as “the stones will cry out”. I don’t know what this means but that is what it reads.
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9points
#19

Here we can see someone doing a 999 IQ move and giving themselves a ticket before the cops give them one. Since they already have a ticket they won’t get another one which is such a big brain move that even Harvard got impressed and offered them scholarship. However this is just a joke and doesn’t work in real.
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9points
#20

Here we can see a Gen Z type of humor which is just really random things like in the meme we can see a figure coming and hence it’s called as Le come and when the figure goes away it’s called “Lego” which is the name of the brand of the toy and also the opposite of Le come.
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9points


