Today, we have a collection of memes that are perfect for this purpose. Provided by the X page “Spill the Memes,” they are guaranteed to make anyone chuckle with their relatability. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down! While you’re busy sending them to your pals, don’t forget to check out a conversation with expat friendship coach Sarah Siegert, who kindly agreed to tell us more about maintaining friendships with memes. “At the same time, I think it is a relatively superficial and indirect way to communicate (using a medium - the meme). That means that the quality of the connection could be less deep, and the quality is poorer.” Taking into account both sides of the coin, she says that using memes to stay connected with friends in a pinch can be better than nothing, but she also recommends planning in-person quality time meetups to maintain deep friendships. “Don’t try to replace true human connection with memes,” she adds. “Sending memes as a way to stay connected is also most appropriate when you have a busy period of time and you want to show your friend, ‘Hey, I’m thinking of you!’ without investing a bunch of time talking or meeting up. It’s a tool that’s most appropriate to tie things over in between the high-quality ways to connect (meetups, phone calls, etc.).” It’s a light-touch form of communication. If you want a true, deep, and real friendship, you’ll need to put in more work than solely sending memes. You need to speak to your friends, share information, ask questions, deeply connect. That’s not possible solely through sending and receiving memes." “Responding to a message of a friend you care about actually takes some time and requires you to put in some effort especially if they’ve asked you questions that are not very easily answered in a minute or two,” she said. Whereas, passively scrolling is a more relaxing and distracting activity, especially if the person had a draining day or even a week. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
