{"id":10239,"date":"2025-06-24T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=10239"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:38:53","slug":"meming-to-keep-from-crying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2025\/06\/24\/meming-to-keep-from-crying\/","title":{"rendered":"Meming to keep from crying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At work, I post perhaps too many memes. I like them because a picture &#8220;says a thousand words.&#8221; And, sometimes, the picture works better in my haste to express raw emotion. Most of the time, these come from intense frustration, so the humor of a meme interjected into the seriousness helps me feel better. The reactions conveyed by my colleagues say they do as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will take the small wins. Also, I will take that our communication tools allow for many reaction types. so I don&#8217;t rely on pictures quite as much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of my favorites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Someone eating popcorn in reaction to an anticipated bad reaction to a conversation. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The laughing baby who falls over.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Someone banging the head on a desk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" data-attachment-id=\"15442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2025\/06\/24\/meming-to-keep-from-crying\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1582&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1582\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C633&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_.jpg?resize=1024%2C633&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Illustration of a man's head resting on his laptop. The computer sits on a table next to a coffee table.\" class=\"wp-image-15442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C633&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?resize=250%2C154&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C475&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C949&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stress-exhausted-bored-feeling-business-tired-1638940-pxhere.com_-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1266&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photographer\/767067\">Photo by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photographer\/767067\">Mohamed Hassan\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pxhere.com\/en\/photo\/1638940\">PxHere<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At work, I post perhaps too many memes. 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