These relatable memes tell about the ways we live today: they are full of life, love and longing. On Reddit's /r/me_irl, highly technologically advanced memes use an innovative process to photograph what no camera can catch and no painter's brush can illustrate: the soul. The subreddit describes itself as a place for "selfies of the soul" and that's precisely what it is: a collection of self-portraits, done through meme.

Whether it's the everyday trials and tribulations of going to work and making friends, or the small victories of an afternoon, the relatable memes at Me IRL document the business of a brain in motion. These memes aren't about you, dear reader, but they might as well be: because if you ever look at one and think, "hey, that's me" then it means some part of you is shared, across however many miles and minutes, with a stranger on the internet. These memes remind us that it's a small world and we all can relate to each other.