No longer content with the well meaning, yet empty message of, “Hang in there, baby” (that cat is probably long dead), many Facebook users have swamped the social media website (and our Walls) with motivational posters – most of which mean absolutely nothing.
For instance, the picture above, of a chubby-cheeked baby hanging out with a fat cat accompanied with some floating unattributed text, reads, “Money might make you wealthy…but friends make you rich.” It’s a vacant feel-good phrase that makes little to no sense. You know what makes you rich? Money. Not images of babies and animals looking off into the distance (otherwise, we’d all be swimming in gold doubloons, Scrooge McDuck style.) Here are 20 other such utterly confusing motivational posters that have been making the rounds on Facebook.
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Is the horse the vehicle? Horses can’t fly. Or is it the bird in the background? But she’s not using it as a vehicle. Is she leading the horse to a watery grave? My head hurts. (Via)
Why would you thank anyone for crying? Also, science, get on making multi-colored tears. I call razzmatazz!
The saying’s meaningless enough, but the vibe this poster gives off is: seventh Hellraiser movie. (Via)
Justifications for acting “weird” are always obnoxious. If you actually were “weird,” whatever that means, you wouldn’t be worried about what others think of you. Also, “limited edition” implies that are dozens, if not more, people EXACTLY like you. WEIRD! (Via)
"And always twirling, twirling, TWIRLING towards freedom!" (Via)
Yeah, you got that, welfare folk. Keep your honesty away from me! (Via)
There’s probably another poster out there that begins, “Treat people like bills, not pennies – you wouldn’t throw away $5, would you?” Maybe I should get into this motivational who-ha racket. (Via)
You could say that about literally anything in the world. “Worry is like a spork. It will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.” Except for cars, I guess, because they do get you “anywhere.” That horse and/or bird from the earlier poster, too. (Via)
This sounds like the rationalization of a psychopath. “People who hate me are just the confused admirers, Ed Gein. They can’t figure out the reason why everyone loves me.” (Via)
Fear will then kill you, eat you, digest you, and poop you back out. (Via)
To continue the metaphor: they then wither and die. (Via)
The f*ck does that squirrel have to do with anything? (Via)
Let this depressed-looking monkey who was taken from his natural habitat and forced to wear a human sweater do all the talking for you. (Via)
Probably best to not look for advice, on a poorly & punctuated poster featuring a quote? from a 19/year#old pop!star] (Via)
The question mark at the end makes this a lot more ominous than it was meant to be. (Via)
The person who wrote that should really see a doctor. (Via)
Isn’t it the other way around? (Via)
What about 2:13 p.m.? (Via)
Ironically, the guy who took this photo was later golden showered on by another dove. He didn’t consider it a blessing. (Via)
When was the last time YOU listened to a puppy fart, or a whale sneeze, or an antelope take a dump? (Via)
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One of the most scariest thing in life is when I look at poster tell me to thank god about invisible tears and it supposed to be motivational.
PS – the dude that likes to walk through freshly cut grass obviously doesn’t live in a neighborhood overrun with feral cats.
The rocking chair one is from Van Wilder (at least that’s the first place that I heard it)
Worrying is like a tire swing… worrying is like a see saw… worrying is like any playground equipment… worrying is like masturbating…
HEY! No badmouthing masturbation. This is Uproxx.
Bonus: this collection of meaningless quotes doubles as a collection of regrettable font selections.
Harness. Energy. Block. Bad.
~You should probably spend every second of your life praying your thanks to Xenu for not returning to earth and blowing it up with lazors~
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TWIRLING toward freedom! hahahahahaha
Most of these were funny, but you probably could have kept it at 10 or 15 and it would have more closely matched the title.
The one talking about being “rich” doesn’t necessarily need to mean financially rich. You can also be rich in love or rich in friendship, for instance.
Claiming that the one about the prison of the mind was, by itself, meaningless suggests the completely lack of wisdom. It’s pretty obvious to anyone who pay attention. In fact, the prison of your mind probably forced your hand into picking 20 examples rather than sticking with a smaller number or a number that isn’t nice and “round”.
The comment about “cheap” people being equivalent to someone who is poor really misses the point of the word cheap. Cheap does not equal poor. A very wealthy person can be extremely cheap. In fact, many people BECOME wealthy by being very CHEAP. Being cheap means to be stingy or miserly. It doesn’t mean you are too poor to afford things.
The one about fear making people cling to the strangest of things is straight forward and true. If you wanted to add the funny commentary, that’s fine. Instead, the title of this post should have been “20 Motivational Posters That I Have A Funny Comment For.”
The comment about hearing the heart from the inside makes perfect sense. It’s clearly a message from a mother to her child, since a baby hears its mother’s heartbeat (and its own) while still inside the womb. Again, the commentary is amusing but completely misses the title.
Regarding the blue sky one, I’m sure the author meant “behind” and not “beneath”. Of course, looking at it from another point of view (of someone who works a lot in Photoshop), from one’s vantage point and from peeling back layers, the blue sky could be perceived to be “beneath” the dark clouds. Of course, I would also suggest that this wouldn’t be the case at night.
The rest were funny and somewhat relevant to the title. The question mark at the end of the one about mothers is the most hilarious (and relevant one) of the bunch.
Chimpanzees, like humans, are apes, not monkeys.
Re: the “God showers blessings” one. Why doesn’t he get the credit for the evil, pain and suffering he showers on us as well?