{"slug":"no-thanks-brain","name":"No Thanks Brain","url":"/templates/no-thanks-brain.jpg","w":500,"h":500,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Create a No Thanks Brain meme. The brain proposes something terrible in a speech bubble and the person politely but firmly declines.","keywords":"no thanks brain meme, brain vs person meme, intrusive thought meme, no brain meme, brain talking meme","year":2019,"origin":"A cartoon showing a brain with a speech bubble making a suggestion, while the person attached to it politely holds up a hand and declines. The format captures the relationship between intrusive thoughts and the rational part of you that knows not to act on them. For more internal conflict formats, try the Two Buttons meme.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"The brain's suggestion","x":4.2,"y":4,"w":46.9,"h":34.9,"placeholder":"The intrusive thought","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":38,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["WHAT IF YOU JUST THREW YOUR PHONE INTO THE OCEAN RIGHT NOW"],"exampleAltText":"No Thanks Brain meme with the brain suggesting throwing your phone into the ocean","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-15","howToMake":["Open the No Thanks Brain template with the speech bubble ready over the brain cartoon","Fill in the textbox with the intrusive thought the brain is proposing","The person declining is already in the image, no additional text is needed for the punchline","Works best when the suggestion is something you have genuinely almost done despite knowing better","Download and use as a diplomatic acknowledgment of your worst ideas"],"seo":{"aliases":["Brain No Thanks Meme","Intrusive Thought Meme","Brain Suggestion Meme","No Thanks Intrusive Thought","Brain Person Comic"],"description":"A cartoon split between a brain in the upper left speaking out of a large speech bubble and a person on the right politely raising their hand and declining. The brain has an idea. The person is not going to act on it. But the idea is fully formed and worth acknowledging. The textbox goes in the speech bubble.","definition":"A cartoon showing a brain making a suggestion in a speech bubble while the person declines. Used to present intrusive thoughts, bad ideas, or the brain's least helpful proposals.","useCases":[{"category":"Intrusive Thoughts","examples":["WHAT IF YOU TEXTED YOUR EX RIGHT NOW / NO THANKS BRAIN","WHAT IF YOU QUIT AND STARTED A GOAT FARM / NOT TODAY BRAIN","YOU COULD JUST SAY THE THING YOU'RE THINKING OUT LOUD / PLEASE NO BRAIN","WHAT IF YOU REORGANIZED YOUR ENTIRE APARTMENT AT 1AM / ABSOLUTELY NOT BRAIN"]},{"category":"Financially Questionable Ideas","examples":["WHAT IF YOU BOUGHT A BOAT / NO THANKS BRAIN","YOU COULD JUST ORDER FROM THREE DIFFERENT PLACES / BRAIN PLEASE","WHAT IF YOU GOT A THIRD SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE / NOT TODAY BRAIN"]}]}}