We all love memes, but let's face it, sometimes memes can be kind of mean-spirited. These memes, however, are not. Ethically and sustainably sourced, "respectful memes" are made with more sensitive viewers in mind. They are still dank, but not in the sense of being sticky and bad-smelling.

Rather, these clean memes make compelling points about the world and good-natured jokes that are in the service of harmony and peace.

These are, as the Twitter / X and Reddit aggregators that gather them say, memes you can show your mom or grandmother. They are wearing a necktie and a button-down shirt or a skirt that goes past the knee. They are prim and proper, and they know to hold the knife in their right hand and the fork in the left.

These memes are from an internet that has always existed alongside the cruder and more bizarre one we hold dear, an internet of people behaving well and being decent to one another. Enjoy.