The Good Place: 10 Memes That Will Make You Cry-Laugh

One of the most popular shows in recent years is NBC’s The Good Place. This show is known for its captivating characters and witty jokes. The humor on the show captures a wide audience of viewers. Though the characters are in extreme situations, they are also highly relatable.

With the show being such a success, it’s no surprise that the internet has taken to creating Good Place memes. Many of these memes take the characters’ over the top reactions and apply them to everyday situations. Check out these 10 Good Place memes that are sure to make you cry laugh!

10 Exaggerating Sibling

Anyone who has a younger sibling or a small child can relate to this meme. Children are experts at overacting, and so is Janet! When she is rebooted, she broadcasts her “murder” to the entire town with a smile on her face. Despite the fact that rebooting Janet does little harm to her in the long run, she still feels it necessary to let everyone in the world know what happened to her, much like a small child would.

9 Boundaries

Millennials have recently begun to speak up about their inability to set appropriate boundaries. Somehow, almost an entire generation feels pressured to live up to unrealistic expectations and has difficulty saying no. This may be partially due to the current work expectations that have been set.

Janet is a personal assistant who is designed to help. With all of her resets, Janet becomes more nuanced and eventually learns to set boundaries, but this development is extremely difficult for her. This meme points out just how relatable Janet is.

8 Broken

Janet says whatever is on her mind without holding back. Her blunt delivery is hilarious to viewers who wish they could be as forthcoming as her. When meeting new people, many individuals overthink every action and word they say.

These introductions can be particularly challenging for those who question themselves. Though they may be thinking that they’re broken in their head, they would never say it out loud. The insinuation that anyone would say this upon meeting someone is hysterical.

7 Any Time Now

With the current coronavirus climate, many Good Place memes have surfaced. Surprisingly, there are a number of ludicrous lines in the show that are extremely relevant now. What once seemed like an extreme exaggeration is not so extreme anymore. This meme cleverly combines the regulations put in place for the afterlife experiment in The Good Place with the current political climate.

6 Character Development

Everyone has had the experience of watching a television show and seeing a character completely change their personality after one experience. For most, the reaction is, “Are you serious?” Logical thinkers will find this to be incredibly flawed as people don’t change so quickly. These logical thinkers are often more likely to be critics due to their analytical thinking skills.

Writers, who tend to be more creative/emotional thinkers, will often have a more optimistic approach. This meme comically takes a conversation between Bad Janet and Michael out of context, transforming it into a conversation between critics and writers.

5 Sleep Schedule

Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule is a challenge for many. With endless distractions such as television, movies, and the internet so easily accessible and endless nagging thoughts about responsibilities running through one’s head, it can be difficult to rest.

Still, night after night people do their best to get on track, only to be left frustrated and disappointed. With this in mind, Michael’s breakdown during his failed experiment attempts becomes increasingly amusing.

4 2020

2020 has been one heck of a year. People have been quick to call out the absurdity that Earth has seemingly descended into. Month after month, humans have been faced with disaster and despair.

From threats of World World 3 to the wildfires to coronavirus to the DOD’s confirmation of UFOs and most recently, the introduction of “murder hornets,” it’s easy to feel like humans are living through a bad place experiment. But this is just earth, leading us to believe that the judge is sending us a message that, “earth is canceled” because, “earth is a mess y’all.” In times like this, you have to be able to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.

3 Therapy

The one place people can get away with saying exactly what they are thinking and feeling is their therapist’s office. And many take full advantage of this opportunity, unleashing all of their pent up thoughts and feelings in a matter of seconds. Applying Derrick’s over the top delivery of the link “So uhhh, things are not going well,” to this situation is sure to make you ugly laugh.

2 On Love

Some people are hopeless romantics, and others are more realistic in their approach. Either way, it is important not to take oneself too seriously. This meme employs the self-deprecating humor that so many enjoy.

The Good Place is known for having many characters that engage in this kind of self-deprecating humor. In this way, this meme is able to both honor the heart of show and create an entirely new joke using one of Michael’s lines.

1 Where To Begin

Anyone who has ever written anything has faced the struggle of not knowing how to begin. This is particularly challenging in situations where there is an assignment that is lengthy and needs to be complicated within a specific period of time. And while fans all laughed when Jason delivered this iconic line, we all have to admit that we’ve been in the same mind-frame at some point in our lives.

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