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If you feel like nobody understands your dark little daydreams, especially during the holidays, it could be because Daria, the most missed teen angst cartoon, is celebrating 20 years of deadpan humor (and 15 years of nothingness). Vast, pointless, black nothingness. Just like life. Black, black, black…Or it could just be that you suck.
Anybody who didn’t understand sarcasm in the late ’90s had a hard time relating to the monotone sound of deadpan Daria Morgendorffer. An introverted teen so unintentionally exhilarating that she basically became the first hipster, Daria was an MTV pop culture icon in a time of Britney Spears, boy bands and other terrible ideas. Co-creator Susie Lewis spoke on the show’s 20th anniversary, how a lot of Daria’s humor is timeless, which makes us wonder what she’d be like as an adult woman, especially today.
Check out these 20 classic Daria GIFs and reinvigorate yourself with abrasive animated humor, the meaninglessness of life, the truth about how people suck, the importance of being alone and the art of never trying. This is Daria, and she’s our spirit animal for life. Pointless, pointless life.
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Daria
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"Hi, I'm Daria. Go to Hell"
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"Life Sucks No Matter What"
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"I Hate Everybody"
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"Did I Wake You? I Guess That Means You Haven't Been Murdered"
"Well, that's good."
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"No Life, No Hope, No Future"
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"You've Got the Kind of Looks That Make Other Girls Mentally Ill"
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"I Don't Like Kids..."
"...I didn't even like kids when I was a kid."
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"It Would've Never Worked..."
"...I mean, unless I tried, or something."
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"What's Frustrating Is When You're Forced to Coexist..."
"...with people you'd never seek out on your own. Camp. School. Life."
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"Why Didn't I Just Stay Home..."
"...where it's nice and quiet and nothing ever happens?"
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"Pizza Lover"
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"There Is No Aspect of Life That Can't Be Improved With Pizza"
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"Bring Junk Food"
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"Haven't You Heard the Expression 'GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME'"
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"Feeling Bad, Not Feeling Worse...Good"
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"Excellent Supporting Cast"
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"I Think People Who Run Over Animals Should Get Run Over Themselves..."
...See how they like it.
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"Does This Black Match?"
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"High-Speed Loneliness"
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"I Couldn't Shoot My Mother..."
"...Not with paint, anyway."
