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International Men's Day - The Internet's best reactions, memes, and posts

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November 19th is International Men’s Day. It is a day to celebrate the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities.

It is a day to highlight positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being.

It is also a day to have a bit of fun online.

Here, we dig into the best memes, reactions and important posts related to International Men’s day across the internet this year.

International Men’s Day

Firstly, as has been pointed out in previous years, it has been noticed that International Men’s Day shares this date with another celebration:

It has also been pointed out that the timing of International Men’s Day is fairly apt:

Plenty of people wanted to shout out the men and boys in their lives, and celebrate blokes in general:

Others…not so much:

Some didn’t know there was such a thing as International Men’s Day:

While others have been talking about it for ages - comedian Richard Herring has been referring to it, and raising money for charity, for years:

It hasn’t all been fun and games, though.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer posted a video on Instagram telling his son how “proud” he is of him, and how he enjoys sharing a takeaway.

Sir Keir talked about the difficulties of young men “growing up in this day and age”, with the pressures they face and questions about mental health, masculinity and social media, while also talking about his strained relationship with his own father.

Many posters online have been advocating checking in on the men in your lives:

The theme of this year’s IMD is “Celebrating Men and Boys”, with some users sharing information and charities for people to get behind:

Many reposted a viral video from International Men’s Day in 2023, regarding male suicide rates:

With International Men’s Day in the spotlight, a number of charities shared startling statistics regarding the men’s mental health crisis:

Finally, one poster thinks there might have been a typo in today’s name:

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