Wake up earlier than you want to get to work, come back later than you'd like to eat dinner, and fall asleep after three hours of staring into the pale glow of a handheld screen. It might not be much, but it's honest work. This kind of life is beautiful even as it is occasionally a downer, and these memes from Reddit's /r/me_irl record the quotidian glories and worries of living in the modern world.

These are memes that honor the everyday. They are complaints, celebrations and snarky remarks. No matter what happens in the world at large or in the niche online communities we frequent, the laundry still has to get put away in drawers and the bread still has to be chased. No matter what headline swirls around the scroll, there are still beings who care and need you to stay with them in real life, whether they're your family and friends or your cats and dogs.