Memes aren’t just there to make us laugh. They can break the ice when it comes to talking about important but uncomfortable issues that affect many of us. One of these topics is mental health. A ...

The Thumbs-Up Crying Cat meme denotes an image of a cat with tears in its eyes while doing a thumbs-up reaction.

The sad hamster meme has essentially become a way for TikTokers to show that life is quite hard and we all feel like a sad, small, defenceless hamster sometimes. Sign up for our free indy100 ...

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The Sad Penguin meme is from a scene in Toy Story 2 where Wheezy the squeaky toy looks forlornly at Woody after being forgotten on a shelf. TikTok users turned this moment into a popular reaction ...

According to the meme database Know Your Meme ... who dressed up as the sad Oompa Loompa, explained to USA Today. “There’s a little bit of a communal laughter in the nicheness.

That said, some of the greatest anime of all time are melancholic dramas and tragedies that excel at making their audience full of tears. From school-time tales like Clannad based on visual novels ...

One participant dressed up as the tired DW meme from the children’s animated sitcom, Arthur. Someone else even hilariously referenced the sad Oompa Loompa from the infamous Willy Wonka ...