Memes are the perfect medium for expressing a joke or idea by simply subverting the meaning of an existing image with new text. The best thing about a good meme format is that it can be used over and over again and express something different each time, often making the format itself funnier through repetition. Well some madlads out there get a kick out of misusing meme formats by disregarding their symbolic potential and getting intentionally too literal with it. We're well aware that these dumb memes will likely elicit more eye-rolls than laughs, but we know the true meme fans out there can respect a good anti-meme when they see one. 

One of the most unprecedented parts of living in the modern world is how much of our lives are dictated by computers. They are integral to everything from finding a job to shopping for groceries and as technology advances, they are becoming more and more of an essential part of our homes. Without getting too 'we live in a society' about it, it's scary to think what might happen if these things stopped working. 

This is not a fear shared by everyone, as a recent video by @whatsinside has made clear. In it, a man gives a tour of a super futuristic house that seems to act like one big party trick. Showing off everything he can control from his phone, he demonstrates things like turning on taps, operating the water slide in the swimming pool and making the piano play itself. 

The whole thing is house porn on steroids, if you are an Elon Musk wannabe with a taste for suburbia. However, much of the internet was less than impressed with what it offered. Pointless luxury aside (who needs that many shower heads?) many people called attention to the security issues of hackers, viruses or just a plain old-fashioned evil sentient robot takeover, à la classic sci-fi. Perhaps the rest of us should stick to switching the lights on ourselves for the time being.

Anyone who participated in theater as a kid remembers that dizzy, lurching, butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling right before the curtains get drawn. And where does this fear come from? The anticipation of humiliating yourself in front of an audience, of course. And in the age of social media, where everything is documented and immortalized on the internet nearly in realtime, the stakes are much higher than they used to be. Every gaff, flub and disastrous fail has the potential to haunt you for the rest of your life. The only way out is to fully embrace the embarrassment. So what if you fell straight on your face during your monologue as Hamlet. It might have felt like your big break at the time, but you were nine years old and it was hilarious. If you'd nailed it, half the audience would have been asleep halfway through the soliloquy. Now they'll remember it forever.

@nathancykiert recently tweeted an epic theater fail on behalf of a pal who played a particularly clumsy Peter Pan in school. The clip went totally viral and inspired others to share their favorite examples of school play mishaps. Keep scrolling for the funniest highlights from the thread—a little schadenfreude never hurt anyone. 

If you aren't familiar with the YouTube web series Hot Ones, it's not quite product placement, it's more like celebrity placement—where movie stars are placed in a strange world ruled by hot sauce. Jokes aside, the concept is pretty brilliant. Celebrities must answer host Sean Evans' spicy interview questions as they eat progressively spicer hot wings. Typically, the guests start to lose their cool midway through, but recent Hot Ones guest and WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen absolutely killed it. 

By the tenth wing, Olsen voiced some slight discomfort but didn't even break a sweat. She truly is the strongest Avenger. Olsen's Hot Ones episode has been viewed 2.8 million times since it was published and the fans have had a blast meme-ing stills from the video on Twitter. Keep scrolling to see what the Wanda stans are saying. 

One of the best things about memes is how friendly they can be. Whether they are relatable or the peak of weird humor, consuming the best ones can be like sharing a joke with a friend. Even the most cursed, eye-bleach worthy ones give a sense of familiarity it is hard to find anywhere else. Should we ditch our real-life social circle to stare at memes all day? I mean, no, that is a terrible idea. However, in those times when it seems like the rest of the world is against us, it's nice to know there's something fighting our corner — even if it is making fun of us at the same time.

If there's one thing the entertainment industry refuses to get enough of, it's rehashing what it's already done. This year alone, audiences will be receiving updated versions of everything from Beavis and Butthead to Sex And The City. Are they running out of ideas? Maybe. Do they know there is money in exploiting a readymade fanbase? For sure. Nostalgia sells, but it has to come with a modern twist.

This can be seen with Gossip Girl, one of the latest shows to undergo the reboot treatment. In the mid-noughties, the series defined an era of trashy drama with its portrayal of glamorous, upper-class teens being as horrible to each other as humanly possible. Created at the same time as a golden era of reality TV, its premise was just as ridiculous, winning it legions of viewers.

Fast forward to now, however, and the new version has added a surprise addition into the mix: a conscience. Showrunner Josh Safran has announced that the characters in the new generation of the show will "wrestle with their privilege", taking into account social movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street. Needless to say, many fans are far from impressed with these changes, and they have taken to Twitter to express it. If the terrible rich people escapism formula ain't broke, don't fix it.