I have never been great at always having The Perfect Image ready for a given conversation. Some people are SO GOOD at that, and I can only appreciate their visual hilarity.
I do have a few that I absolutely adore and keep as my favorites, though. And I thought it might be fun to share some our faves and ask about yours!
What memes and images do you keep on your phone for frequent or essential use?
Lara: This monkey is a common visitor in our work chat. Our response to bad briefs, indecisive marketers, unhelpful feedback – this monkey says it all!
Amanda: These are the only two I have favorited in my phone:
Shana: I love a YAY moment so I definitely use this one with the most people…
But I’m also fond of these two:
Maya: Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy favorite topic!!!! I love randomly dropping this one to friends. Bonus I am also Maya:
My favorite star crossed lovers!!
And hello, the world right now:
Tara: I should have saved it, but I used this one for everyone’s birthday all the time
Sarah: These are my three absolute favorites that I have used multiple times:
That last one never not makes me snort.
But then, this is the queen of all my favorites:
Elyse: This one gets used a lot when a load gets AFU.
Sneezy: I love pouncing!!!! And this gif is so affectionate and happy and violent.
So’s this one:
Whether I am roiling in foiled plans, villainy, or announcing imminent doom, this one serves me well in all those functions:
Elyse: This one shows up a lot:
Carrie: Sneezy says everyone has a spiritual hair color and this is mine:
Tara: I’ve also been using this one for more than 15 years:
AJ: Ooooh I definitely have some for this!
And my personal favorite for when someone gets corporate buzzword happy at work and says “I’m going to challenge you on that:”
Elyse:
Now: Your turn!
A note about commenting with images: I haven’t allowed images before in the comments, and the spam filter might have a big ol’ tantrum about it, but I’ll be monitoring comments to set them free from the filter if needed. If your comment doesn’t show up right away, I’ll get to it, no worries.
Currently the settings allow for one image at a time because I didn’t want anyone to upload, like, twenty and crash the server. So if you want to post more than one, you are welcome to, but give the server a moment to upload your last comment. Too many in a row sets off alarms.
SO! SHOW US YOUR MEMES.
Meljean Brook posted this once and I have used it many times
And Snickers speaks my language
I save things with an aspiration to move them to better folders later, and the default location is a monument to ADHD. I understand now why I preferred GIFs (tap the button, search your sentiment, tap your preference) to memes (good luck finding anything tossed in the ocean of amusing wildlife, creepy sculpture, Victorian manses, pretty clothes, pretty people, food it should be a crime to cut into, yarn swatches, leather armor…)
(Alt Text: I have SCREMED The biggest SCROME To ever be SCRUMPT.)
*hath SCREMED
*To ever been SCRUMPT
Curse my brain’s autocorrect.
This one gets a lot of play in my conversations these days. It’s surprisingly versatile. Also, especially since 2020, I’ve had more than enough occasion to use the good old Futurama Professor Farnsworth “I don’t want to live on this planet anymore” meme.
I just scrolled through a backlog of text chains and apparently my most used memes and gifs are either about excitement (i’ve used all the “Yay!” ones it seems), rolling eyes or drinking (Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous makes a lot of appearances) which I now realize is a very revealing glimpse into my life, ha!
The most used one in work-related group chat though, is by far this one from Brooklyn99. There’s always someone with the follow-up of Smort. And it makes me stupid happy if we also get a toit.
This is me a lot. My reaction to some stuff said.
This one
This sums up my reaction to lot of things
Trying again.
Nope Octopus
I don’t post memes as a rule, but there are several I enjoy.
@Karin I LOVE This one – I have it on my phone, too!
@SBSarah, maybe I got it from you!
i’m a fan of this one.
Such a fun post! Thanks to all. I needed this today.
I frequently use Kermit the Frog typing madly on a keyboard. I also love a good eye roll. There’s a good one of those with Robert Downey Jr.
The last few years have really called for collecting and deploying sweary memes. In particular, I have a lot of stuff from Effin Birds, and they get heavy rotation. Even most of my G-rated ones are insults and expressions of disbelief in humanity, like this one:
Whenever someone needs encouragement
I use Sandra Boyton’s Hippo Birdie Two Ewe drawings for Happy Birthday greetings all the time.
https://www.sandraboynton.com/sboynton/hippobirdiecards.html
This is a favorite for the birthday of any friend or relative older than me.
The Kermit Flail for excited.
Baymax hugging Hiro for consoling.
Nope octopus is an evergreen favorite.
As is the dumpster on fire floating down the flooded street.
I’m definitely bookmarking this post tho.
I am also a fan of a good eye roll. This is my current fave.
My friend group tends to gif chain, so instead of steady favorites, we play into the theme of the moment. There are a few that can pop up on repeat though, this one was a favorite for awhile.
And this one is my most recent favorite for mood indicators 😛
Oops, Catburg lost in moderation! In the meantime, here’s the link 😉
https://tenor.com/view/cat-berg-cat-orange-cat-swimming-gif-25177582
Anime Weird GIFfrom Anime GIFs https://tenor.com/embed.js
I’m not good at technology…so sorry if this doesn’t work!
I keep this one around for when a rando enters the chat to get mansplainy.
This is a perpetual favorite. It is glorious.
This is my reaction to most every chore or boring task I need to do.
Also, a classic of the genre:
https://media.giphy.com/media/wG3hxa3rQAGMU/giphy.gif
Another good one!
This thread is making me ridiculously happy. Thank you y’all! I’m having such a good time looking at all your pics!
Lena/Ren, I feel like your collection of pics and mine must have been separated at birth. That particular organizational strategy is spookily familiar.
I present (if it works) the only table flip gif you will ever need.
This is a favorite that I just came across again.
An oldie but goodie:
Sigh.