So yesterday I was scrolling through my phone feeling pretty bored, right? My group chat with the boys had been dead silent for two days. That’s when I remembered seeing those wholesome memes everyone shares – you know, the ones with puppies hugging or stupid inside jokes that actually make you smile. I figured, why not make some custom ones for the squad myself?
Getting My Dumb Ideas Together
First I needed material. Grabbed my laptop and dug through old photos. Found that ridiculous picture from Mike’s birthday when he wore that banana costume backwards. Gold. Then remembered Sarah’s obsession with baking fail cakes – found five disaster shots in her Instagram. Opened a notes app and started typing stupid captions like “When you realize tacos are just saucy sandwiches” and “Me looking for my last brain cell”. Took about fifteen minutes before I had ten decent meme concepts.
Actually Making These Things
Now the annoying part. I hate complicated design stuff so I just googled “meme maker”. Used the first free tool that popped up. Uploaded Mike’s banana disaster pic first. Tried adding text at the bottom: “Me trying to adult”. But the freaking font kept disappearing when I resized it. Had to restart three times before I figured out you gotta double-click the text box before moving it.
Made three more decent ones before getting stuck again. Tried adding cartoon hearts around Sarah’s burnt cake photo – the app kept putting them BEHIND the image. Almost threw my mouse. Finally dragged the hearts layer above the photo manually. Took an hour to make six decent memes that looked kinda professional-ish.
Sending The Masterpieces
Dumped all six memes straight into the group chat around lunchtime. Nothing happened for like twenty minutes. Then suddenly Mike replies: “BRO THE BANANA ONE” with crying emojis. Sarah screenshotted her cake meme and posted it on her actual Instagram story! Later that night the group chat was blowing up with everyone making their own trash memes using my same template. Felt pretty good ngl.
What I Learned About Meme Warfare
- Use personal photos – inside jokes hit way harder than random Google images
- Stick to basic meme makers unless you wanna lose your damn mind
- Text placement is Satan’s invention – save constantly
- Send when people are bored at work/school for maximum impact
- Your friends will roast you anyway so just embrace the cringe
Honestly it cost zero dollars and only took one angry hour. Ten outta ten would meme again.
