Sequestered and scared, Singaporeans endure through the power of memes

While everyone (who can) is working from home, the meme miners have been pulling double shifts unearthing dank nuggets of humor to make the best of a bad situation. Here are some of their fresh chuckles for our amusement.

Hit us up with some of your faves.

Once in a lifetime phenomena #Singapore #Woodlandcheckpoint #Tuascheckpoint #Causeway #HoChing #MPCleaners #FullParliament pic.twitter.com/gVfl9FucIh

— All Singapore Stuff (@allsgstuff) March 18, 2020

It’s like a solar eclipse happening while being struck by lightning with a winning lottery ticket in your pocket.

When MP clean hawker centre table, u know election lai liao#SGelections2020 #GE2020 #SGelections pic.twitter.com/y5YJYSTdLG

— All Singapore Stuff (@allsgstuff) March 16, 2020

Because dead voters can’t vote.

Just a picture of Singapore’s prime minister rather smugly admiring his country’s vast stocks of toilet paper pic.twitter.com/a7p0CC6vbq

— John Geddie (@geddiejdk) March 15, 2020

The TP-hoarding white people be jelly.

Purr-lice catching people who are hoarding at supermarkets
(Credits to Joanne Lwn) pic.twitter.com/Lo9AEzSfJL

— SGAG (@SGAG_SG) March 18, 2020

Green Tea stock: SECURED.

Wah this method very good to press lift button hor!#covid19 #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/hgREVnTWpm

— All Singapore Stuff (@allsgstuff) March 13, 2020

Not 100% sure this one originated in Singapore but something we’d do for defs.

pic.twitter.com/V1rwZemsuu

— Ben (@pixdamage) March 13, 2020

#ShotsFired!

Yishun has a balance of logic and chaotic energy. https://t.co/lzzHKJgbFs

— Sarah Coldheart (@sarahcoldheart) March 18, 2020

“Can’t be afraid of chaos if you are the chaos,” @AudiKhalid replied.

 

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impossible made possible last night

A post shared by SGAG (@sgagsg) on Mar 17, 2020 at 10:11pm PDT

The likes are over 9,000

 

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at this rate the maggie gonna take you out before COVID-19

A post shared by SGAG (@sgagsg) on Mar 17, 2020 at 2:13am PDT

What’s your point?

 

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If there’s one thing the Coronavirus has revealed, it’s that our cultures aren’t that different after all. #coronavirus #covid19 #ig_sg #ig_singapore #sg #singapore

A post shared by Wake Up, Singapore 🇸🇬 (@wakeupsingapore) on Mar 2, 2020 at 12:04am PST

Not exactly the global unity we were hoping for.

 

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I did it, I saved the economy from recession #mememan #stonks #ig_sg #sg #dankmemes #singapore #ig_singapore

A post shared by Wake Up, Singapore 🇸🇬 (@wakeupsingapore) on Feb 3, 2020 at 4:39pm PST

Do the math, people.

23 new case. 17 is import. Out of 17, 10 is foreigner.

I thinks these kanina 10 fuckers is maybe the dirty ang mo begpacker pattern one wear Viet farmer hat and they smuggle coronavirus inside their cheebye dreadlocks https://t.co/HdPYgrSMIt

— Sharon Liew (@SharonLiew86) March 17, 2020

The parody account is harsh, if consistent.

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