The Best Squid Game Memes from Gen Z Minds

20 Squid Game Jokes That'll Have You Screaming "Green Light!"

If you survived watching Squid Game without biting your nails down to stubs or screaming “JUST RUN!” at your screen—respect. But even among all the chaos, bloodshed, and soul-shattering betrayals, Squid Game somehow became a massive pop culture meme machine. And because Gen Z never lets anything serious stay serious for too long, we turned survival horror into straight-up comedy gold.

Whether you’re still haunted by that creepy Red Light, Green Light doll or lowkey fantasize about flexing your Dalgona skills in real life, here are 20 hilarious Squid Game jokes that prove we can meme anything—even brutal class commentary.

1. "I’d survive Squid Game… if it was just a game of who can scroll TikTok the longest without blinking."

Let’s be real: some of us have Olympic-level thumb stamina. Netflix could never.

2. "Forget winning ₩45.6 billion—I’d settle for someone paying off my student loans."

Imagine surviving all that just to still owe Sallie Mae.

3. "Why did Player 456 cross the road?

To avoid being recruited into another mysterious high-stakes death game."

Trust no man in a suit with a business card. Especially on a train platform.

4. "My Dalgona candy cracked faster than my mental health in 2020."

Seriously, that cookie challenge was harder than my finals.

5. "Red Light, Green Light, but it’s your situationship sending mixed signals."

The scariest version yet. No dolls needed.

6. "Squid Game, but it's retail workers trying to survive Black Friday."

High stakes. No rules. Only $5 toasters and broken dreams.

7. "If Squid Game had Gen Z players:

'OMG I’m gonna die, but first—let me take a TikTok."

The For You Page would be full of POVs from behind the mask.

8. "Gi-hun: wins billions

Also Gi-hun: ‘Nah I’m gonna dye my hair red and go confront evil billionaires.’
Me with $40: buys an iced coffee and cries in the parking lot"

Budget choices, different stakes.

9. "Squid Game but every task is just trying to get your group project done without committing murder."

The trauma. The betrayal. The one guy who does nothing.

10. "The real VIPs in Squid Game?

The memes we made along the way."

No notes.

11. "Netflix: makes Squid Game

Me: starts eyeing my broke friends like competition"

Only slightly joking. IYKYK.

12. "Squid Game but it’s just me trying to find parking at Trader Joe's."

Every man for themselves.

13. "Player 001 really said, ‘What if I just gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss my way through this death match?'"

And honestly? He did.

14. "When the recruiter slaps you in the face and you’re like…

'Okay but that was kinda fun tho 👀'"

Therapy is expensive, okay?

15. "They really had Doctor Death removing kidneys in a kindergarten hallway."

Peak multitasking.

16. "Squid Game, but it’s who can survive group chats without turning off notifications."

Green Light: “hey”
Red Light: 127 unread messages

17. "Imagine dying in Squid Game because your Wi-Fi lagged during Red Light, Green Light."

The real villain? Buffering.

18. "Squid Game, but the final game is… replying to emails on time."

We’re all eliminated.

19. "Dalgona challenge but it’s a heart-shaped emoji from your crush and you gotta read between the lines.

Instant emotional damage.

20. "The scariest part of Squid Game?

Realizing late-stage capitalism is basically the same thing, but with less neon."

Mic drop. Existential dread unlocked.

Death Game Arena

Squid Game walked so our trauma humor could run. It gave us blood, betrayal, that cursed pink jumpsuit look, and an army of memes that we may never recover from. But at least now we’ve got a killer sense of humor to match our killer instincts. If there’s ever a real Squid Game? Count on Gen Z to crack jokes even as we get cracked ourselves.

Stay weird, stay meme-filled, and stay alive—barely—with Woke Waves Magazine.

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