ReactionFinderThis Is Fine
When everything is going wrong and you are pretending it is not.
From a webcomic panel of a dog sitting calmly in a burning room.
Reaction memes for work
The workplace-safe reaction memes are the ones with no edgy text, no swearing and no context you would have to explain to HR — and this collection filters the ReactionFinder library down to exactly those, ready for Slack and Microsoft Teams.
A good work reaction does three jobs: it lands in half a second, it softens a “no” or a delay, and it reads the same to your manager as to your teammates. The cards below are the library's work-safe subset — search inside it, or tap a feeling chip.
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Drake Hotline Bling
Rejecting the boring option and approving the better one.
Two-panel format from a music video still, top panel no, bottom panel yes.
Distracted Boyfriend
Getting tempted by the new shiny thing while your current thing watches.
A stock photo of a man turning to look at another woman on the street.
Surprised Pikachu
Doing the obvious thing and acting shocked by the obvious result.
A still from the Pokemon anime with a wide-eyed open-mouth expression.
Bernie Asking Once Again
Politely asking for the same thing for the hundredth time.
From a fundraising video still, mittens and all.
Success Kid
A small win that feels huge — the tiny fist pump of victory.
A beach photo of a toddler clenching his fist with a determined face.
Hide the Pain Harold
Smiling through a meeting, a Monday, or a minor disaster.
Stock photos of a senior model whose smile never quite reaches his eyes.
Expanding Brain
Ranking ideas from normal to absurdly galaxy-brained, panel by panel.
A four-panel progression of a brain glowing brighter each step.
Change My Mind
Planting a hot take at a table and inviting the whole internet to argue.
A campus photo of a man seated behind a sign inviting debate.
Uno Draw 25
Refusing the simple task so hard you would rather take the huge penalty.
A card-game edit: do the thing, or draw twenty-five cards.
Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man
Two people blaming each other for the exact same thing.
A still from a 1960s cartoon where two identical heroes meet.
Epic Handshake
Two rivals finding the one thing they completely agree on.
An action-movie still of a muscular handshake, forearms locked.
Is This a Pigeon?
Confidently mislabeling something completely obvious.
An anime still of a man mistaking a butterfly for a pigeon.
One Does Not Simply
Warning that the 'quick fix' is absolutely not going to be quick.
A fantasy film still of a council member raising a finger to warn.
Grumpy Cat
A flat, unimpressed NO to absolutely everything.
Photos of a cat whose natural expression looked permanently grumpy.
Roll Safe
Tapping your temple: you cannot fail if you never try.
A web-series still of a man tapping his head with a knowing grin.
Waiting Skeleton
Still waiting. For the deploy, the reply, the meeting to end.
An old illustration of a skeleton patiently seated on a bench.
Stonks
Celebrating a financial decision of very questionable genius.
A surreal 3D character in a suit standing in front of a rising chart.
Panik / Kalm / Panik
Panic, brief relief, then panic again when you read the fine print.
A three-panel cartoon character cycling through alarm and calm.
Sleeping Shaq
Completely checked out. Nothing can wake you, not even good news.
A talk-show still of a basketball star pretending to be fast asleep.
Blinking White Guy
Blinking in disbelief at what you just read. Twice. Slowly.
A video still of a man doing an exaggerated double-take blink.
Boardroom Meeting Suggestion
The one person who says the true thing gets thrown out the window.
A stock-photo style comic of a meeting ending in defenestration.
Sad Pablo Escobar
Waiting alone in empty places while time passes very slowly.
Stills from a crime drama of a man sitting alone between scenes.
Buddha Like (佛系)
The 'whatever, let it be' shrug — zen acceptance as a reaction.
From the Chinese internet phrase for a laid-back, no-struggle attitude.
Salted Fish (咸鱼)
Declaring yourself a salted fish: zero ambition today, lying flat by choice.
A Cantonese slang term for giving up striving, turned into sticker form.
No match — try one word for the feeling, like “awkward” or “done”.
The five that carry most work chats
Hide the Pain Harold is the stand-up meeting in one face. This Is Fine handles incident channels with gallows humour that stays clean. Success Kid celebrates the small ship-it moments. Panik / Kalm / Panik narrates every deploy. One Does Not Simply is the polite way to say the “quick fix” is a two-week project.
House rules that keep reactions work-safe
- React to situations, never to people — a meme about a process is funny, a meme aimed at a colleague is not.
- Skip anything you would not put on a slide: if it needs explaining, it is not work-safe.
- In client-facing channels, stay at the Success Kid end of the scale and leave Disaster Girl for internal chat.
Need the unfiltered set for after hours? Head to the full finder, the Discord collection, or the A–Z library.