![]() Knowing that we all are collectively suffering through a similar experience makes the pain and stress just a little bit more bearable. This dark humor is almost like a coping mechanism for students. While these memes may seem like innocent ways to make college students laugh, these memes are unfortunately one of the only ways students seem to be able to communicate how they feel. All around the son is text that says “Due at 11:59 p.m.,” “Absent,” “Inbox (184)” and “*** posted a new assignment!” If this doesn’t perfectly describe the current college experience, then I’m not sure what does. One meme that perfectly encompasses this feeling is a stick figure dad coming into the room of his stick figure son asking “are u ok,” and the son is lying on the ground surrounded by papers, headphones and a laptop. There has been no time for us to properly de-stress and relax. We’ve had to accept the loss of our spring break, the loss of club sports the loss of campus activities and events and the loss of all the things that make college memorable. Navigating college during a global pandemic has not been easy. The memes express the stress, anxiety, frustration and burnout that many college students are experiencing. One meme has the caption “me at this point in the semester” with the poster of Disney Pixar’s film “Finding Nemo,” but with the word “Nemo” crossed off and replaced with “the will to live.” Memes like this one clearly convey that students are struggling to stay motivated in school while also maintaining their mental health. Many of the posts reveal how burnt out students are and how the mental health of students is taking a turn for the worse. While I enjoy reading through the memes and sharing them with my friends, I can’t help but think of how dark the humor can be sometimes. ![]() ![]() The majority of the posts in the group are memes related to life as a college student during a pandemic. Some memes play off of trending topics and news (the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal made for some pretty good memes), and some memes aren’t related to anything specific but are nevertheless relatable and funny. Last summer, I joined a Facebook group called “Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens.” This group in particular is for “socially isolated college youth stuck doing online courses in closed universities.” There are a variety of memes that people post. Should we be concerned about dark humor memes?
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