Sometimes there is no better way to deal with life's hardships than to laugh through them. They do say laughter is the best medicine, so what better way to laugh than with some memes. Everyone loves memes, because what is there to not love? So combining memes with something in life that is difficult is sure to make that thing feel a little better. Is it kind of dark to be laughing about something so terrible, maybe, humor is a common coping mechanism though, so who's to judge?

Everyone is going through the same hard times, so Reddit users share their best funny and sad memes to the subreddit /r/funnyandsad so no one feels alone in what they are going through. This subreddit brings people together in the best ways possible, by aligning people in their sadness. Here are 23 memes that are both funny and a little too real.