Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions Meme Generator
Drag text anywhere on the Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions template, style every box its own way, drop in your own images, then download, copy, or share it.
Click a text box to edit it. Drag to move, corners resize, top handle rotates.
What is the Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions meme?
Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions is a still of Dave Chappelle in a dark suit and red tie, standing in front of a stone building and pointing at the camera with a knowing, almost smug look while the yellow subtitle delivers the line. He looks like a man who has just explained a brilliant plan that is actually a terrible shortcut. That is how the meme is used: to present a lazy, absurd or rule-bending workaround as if it were a sophisticated piece of problem solving. The more ridiculous the fix, the more Chappelle's confident pointing sells it.
Origin: The frame comes from a sketch on Chappelle's Show, the Comedy Central sketch series Dave Chappelle hosted in the early 2000s. It resurfaced as a reaction image in the late 2010s.
Also known as: Modern Problems, Dave Chappelle Modern Solutions, Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions Meme.
How to use the Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions meme
This template has one text box at the top, above the photo. Write the problem and the hack together, or just the hack, so that the printed subtitle reads as the verdict: "phone at 1% and no charger? use the laptop as a power bank". The yellow line on the image is the punchline, so don't repeat it.
It lands best when the solution technically works but nobody should be proud of it: taping a phone to a ceiling fan for step counts, renaming a file to final_final_v3, closing a bug ticket as "works on my machine". Keep it to one or two short lines so the face still dominates.
Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions meme ideas
- can't fix the bug? delete the test
- no clean bowls? eat cereal out of a mug
- can't find the TV remote? control it from your phone
- lag in ranked? blame the router out loud
- forgot your umbrella? shopping bag hat
- too lazy to cook? pancakes for dinner
About the Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions meme template
The Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions template (modern) supports 1 line of text. A classic example reads “can't fix the bug? / delete the test”. Read about its origin on knowyourmeme.com.
Use it from the API
This meme is also just a URL. Replace the text in the path to generate your own image:
https://memegenscript.com/images/modern/can't_fix_the_bug~q/delete_the_test.png
