32 Memes for Eternal Outsiders Who Are Tired of Pretending to Be a Functioning Member of Society

John Summers • Contributor

Apr 6, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

What if I just… don't want to play this game anymore? You know the one. The "yes I'm fine," "of course I'm productive," "wow I just love networking" game. What if I'm tired of pretending that working 9 to 5 is some kind of aspirational lifestyle? What if I don't care about kale smoothies, hustle culture, or that new hot yoga place with the candle-lit goat meditation?

Maybe I want to be fat, anti-social, unemployed and—wait for it—happy. Maybe I'm at my most peaceful when I'm in a decade-old bathrobe, eating a block of cheese like a candy bar, watching the same comfort movie on loop while my laundry pile becomes sentient.

And you know what? That's okay.

Society keeps handing us this checklist for "functioning adults" and I'm just out here doodling dinosaurs in the margins. Because I don't want to be "normal." I want to be me. And if that means going full gremlin mode for a while, so be it.

These 32 memes are for anyone who's ever quietly whispered "no" to the expectations of modern life. Embrace the chaos. Live in the bathrobe. You deserve it.