More than anything else, my phone is filled with screenshots of funny pictures and jokes that I love sharing with friends — and revisiting whenever I need a laugh.
Anything I see online that hits the right combo of funny, odd and relatable becomes screenshot worthy.
It can be a random picture of a weird-looking animal or a photo of when someone accidentally left the bread in the oven for too long — the dumbest pictures juxtaposed with the most hilarious captions.
This kind of humor has found a huge space online, where screenshots stand on their own as punchlines.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the funniest ones that don’t need no context — the randomness of the picture with the cleverness of the text is exactly what makes these kinds of memes so irresistible.
#1 Adult Field Trips Should Be A Thing
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#2 Gliding Kitties
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#3 Bro Sees All
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If you, just like us, are a meme connoisseur, then it’ll be pretty easy for you to picture the famous Doge memes — the Shiba Inu dog with the sideways look and Comic Sans text like “much wow” “very excite” that became one of the internet’s most iconic meme faces.
While these classics still make us laugh even today, screenshot memes have evolved so much more and become unpredictable over time.
#4 Proud Of His Craftsmanship
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#5 It's Important To See Things From A Different Angle
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#6 Real
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In an era of endless feed on your phone and low attention span, online jokes have adapted to match the mood of the new generations. They spread quickly and remix constantly.
The screenshots also mold ordinary images into odd, sometimes nonsensical, narratives — think Skibidi Toilet memes or the new Shrek edits.
The humor in these images does not follow any logic, and that’s what makes them relatable to the younger generations — they mirror the chaos of the world and the digital space.
#7 The Humble Reminders Life Gives Us
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#8 That's The Little Hole I Miss The Most
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#9 Cheating On My Essay By Combining And Paraphrasing My Sources Until My Professor Won’t Think It’s Plagiarism
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Screenshot memes show what’s trending, what people find funny, or how we’re all feeling. They’re a super easy way to connect with others online.
They also take everyday life, even the most frustrating or awkward parts, and turn it into something funny or entertaining.
A study found that memes that make people laugh get shared the most, more than cute, gross, or angry ones.
#10 At Least He Doesn’t Have To Learn A New Language To Talk To Other Flies After It Arrives
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#11 What A Save
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#12 Boomers Feared Robot Uprisings. Millennials Fear Robot Weddings
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Memes also get remade and remixed so much that they have the power to make us forget what the original picture or idea meant, we just retain the meme instead.
“Internet memes are one of the clearest manifestations of the fact there is such a thing as digital culture,” says Paolo Gerbaudo, director of the Centre for Digital Culture at Kings College London. “Memes are sort of a ready-made language with many kinds of stereotypes, symbols, situations. A palette that people can use, much like emojis, in a way, to convey a certain content.”
#13 Peacock
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#14 Because You Have L A M P
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#15 Mood
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These screenshots capture chaos and randomness in ways simple jokes just can’t.
Whether it’s a cat judging your life decisions or a GPS leading you on a wild goose chase, memes remind us that the internet’s sense of humor is somehow relatable across cultures and countries.
#16 Dripped Out To The Claw
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#17 We All Were Told That There Will Be Treasure At The Ends Of A Rainbow
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#18 Most Of Us Are, At Best, A Few Missed Paychecks Away From Homelessness
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According to recent data, 75% of people aged 13-36 share memes regularly, and the average millennial views 20-30 memes daily.
The global meme industry was $2.3 billion in 2020 but increased to $6.1 billion by 2025.
Studies show that Instagram remains a primary hub for meme culture, with users sharing over 1 million memes daily.
#19 Sisyphus, The Boundless
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#20 Lipstick
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#21 Thrown Under A Bus Every Damn Time
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Screenshot humor doesn’t always need an explanation, sometimes the randomness itself is the joke.
“Simple formats that allow people to participate without too much work are usually much more enduring than complicated nuanced memes,” says Dr Jamie Cohen, who holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies with a focus on memes and digital culture.
#22 Molten Bread
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#23 Sadly No Cartoons On TV To Educate Them
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#24 No More Mr Nice Guy
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#25 How To Make Muffouts
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#26 She Should Try Women
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#27 Delightful
#28 Maps Showed A Fun Fact
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#29 Looks Like The Professor From Powerpuff Girls
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#30 Anon Tries The Loophole
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#31 It's An Awkward 30 Seconds
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#32 I Love Nature
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#33 Blue Screen Of Drink
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#34 I Don’t Even Watch Movies Anymore Because I Don’t Have The Attention Span For Them
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#35 Just Sayin
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#36 Any Good Trash Recommendations?
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#37 Naughty Tap
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#38 I'm Pretty Sure A Bayleaf Is Supposed To Evolve Into Meganium
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#39 It’s All Fun And Games Until One Of Those Weights Falls On Your Pinky Toe While Getting Out Of Bed
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#40 Is This Allowed?
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#41 Hate When This Happens
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#42 Not The First Time
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#43 Sir, It Has Been A Pleasure
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#44 Low Key Looks Cool Though
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#45 Do You All Do This At Your Meat Market/Butcher Shop?
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#46 Poor Thing
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#47 The 90 Cent Bowl Makes It Better
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#48 Now All Of Your Guy Friends Are Going To Be Hitting You Up About Your Ladder
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#49 Fun Fact I Put Dry Spaghetti In My Hotdog When I Was 6
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#50 Bro Opened A Portal To Heaven
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#51 Must Be Pretty Light, When It Tips Over In Storm They Can Just Tilt It Back Up
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#52 Top Ten Knowledge
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#53 Become Ungovernable
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#54 Now Make Eyecontact With Them While She Breaks The News
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#55 "First Time Calculating, Kinda Nervous"
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#56 Do Not Recommend
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#57 I See You
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#58 My Mario Lings
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#59 Running Out Of Ideas, Steve?
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#60 So Pretty
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