16 Anti-Memes For All Fans Of Meta-Humor

Sometimes memes can reach a point of overexposure where the same jokes are being made over and over again. We've all seen it happen, and it's sad to see our favorite formats die slowly or be ripped to shreds. To combat that, many have decided to partake in the art of creating anti-memes, where literal observations and meta-humor flourish. This way, we can put these dying formats out of their misery much sooner.

Online, people are cynical and overly attached to the jokes we know get a an eye-roll or an upvote every time. We like to take things too literally, and we also like deconstructing jokes until they're either not funny anymore or way funnier than the originals. Anti-memes are an effective method of changing the way we perceive our most beloved memes once and for all. Below are some meme templates you already know and others that finally found their calling. Here are 15 of our favorites collected from the subreddit /r/AntiMemes.