MEME FINDER COLLECTION
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Yokarny babai (a mild old-fashioned exclamation, like “darn it”)
A picture in Anonymous style, with a figure in a hat and a Guy Fawkes mask, captioned with a mild old-fashioned exclamation. The joke lies in the contrast between a menacing, myste
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Elena, Hello?
A meme audio clip made from insistent voice messages sent to a nail technician. It is used when someone takes a long time to reply and the sender has gone from an ordinary question
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Elena Malysheva ("This Is Normal")
Elena Malysheva, host of the Channel One show "Live Healthy!", became a meme for her delivery and her catchphrase "This is normal." She calmly explains situations unfamiliar to vie
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The Raccoon from Kherson
The Kherson raccoon became a subject of internet jokes after reports in November 2022 that animals were taken from the city zoo. The meme mixes an absurd celebrity animal with a wa
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Erzhan, Get Up
A clip with the line “Erzhan, get up, it's time for work” appeared online long before the meme: the date and place of the original recording are not reliably established, and versi
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If 2020 Were...
A comparison template that likens a brutal year to unpleasant things and characters. The classic example uses two shots of Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter films as the answe
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If Aliens Were Abducting Me
A pixel-art micro-comic of a flying saucer beaming up a person while an onlooker shouts after him. The caption imagines how friends or parents would react to an abduction, a joke a
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If Dogs Wore Pants
“If Dogs Wore Pants” is a debate over a drawing with two clothing options: on all four legs or only on the hind legs. In late 2015 this simple diagram turned into a mass discussion
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If You Love the Joker So Much, Why Don’t You Like Oleg Sokolov?
A phrase spoken on November 14, 2019 by Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky: “If you like ‘Joker’ so much, why don’t you like Oleg Sokolov?” The minister compared the hype a
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If Your Party Doesn’t Look Like This
“If your party doesn’t look like this” is an ironic caption added to deliberately absurd, overstuffed collages supposedly from a party. The full formula is “If your party doesn’t l
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If the Earth Isn't Flat
“If the Earth Isn't Flat” parodies the kind of proof in which the planet's shape is inferred from a household object. The image compares an ordinary skateboard with an absurdly ben
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If Kolya Is Nikolai, Why Isn't Tolya Nitolai?
Wordplay on full and short forms of Russian names: Kolya comes from Nikolai, Tolya from Anatoly. The pseudo-logical question asks why the same pattern can't be applied to other nam
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If You Don’t Love Me in Bad Times, You Don’t Deserve Me in Good Times
“If you don’t love me in bad times, you don’t deserve me in good times” is a format comparing two states of one hero or object. A serious formula about accepting a person turns int
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There Are Two Chairs
Prison riddle that became a meme about choosing between two bad options; the crude answers are usually left unsaid. In April 2024 users linked it to two chairs behind Pavel Durov d
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Eating Tide Pods
A 2017 meme that jokes about Tide laundry detergent pods, which look like candy. The phrase “I know it's soap but it looks delicious” became a template for reactions to things that
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Penetration Hit
“Penetration hit” (Russian: «есть пробитие») is a phrase from the online game World of Tanks, said when a shell penetrates a target's armor. In memes it is applied to everyday mish
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Snarky Clouds (Sky Trolls)
A two-panel comic where two grinning clouds chat about the weather, then turn into storm clouds to spite the people below. It's used for jokes about petty mischief and unpleasant s
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Foul Bachelor Frog
An advice-animal meme with a green frog on a colored background. The captions describe the slovenly, lazy, and gross habits of a single man, which many viewers recognize in themsel
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Jacque Fresco
A black-and-white portrait of Jacque Fresco (1916–2017), an American futurist and designer and the author of the idea of a “resource-based economy.” In Russian-language jokes his s
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Fried Soup
A joke recipe "from dad" for frying soup in a pan with tomato paste and spices, with exaggerated gassy consequences so strong the wallpaper peels off. The post inspired many parodi
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Zhdun (The Waiter)
A sculpture of a gray, legless creature with an elephant seal's head and folded hands, created by Margriet van Breevoort for a Leiden hospital. Russian users made it a symbol of en
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Ankha (the Yellow Egyptian Cat from Animal Crossing)
Ankha is a yellow Egyptian-style cat from Animal Crossing. In 2021 an adult-themed fan animation and a dance to “Camel by Camel” spread her image online, though the game character
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Yellow Carousel Horse
A yellow carousel horse became a notable detail in the first promotional image for the film "We Live in Time" with Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. The toy's worried expression p
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Women's Locker Room, Men's Locker Room
A text meme compares two locker rooms: the women's lists tiredness, conversations and attempts to dodge PE, while the men's describes absurd and nonsensical storylines. According t
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