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It's a whole lot better than watching pimple popping videos at 2am, but here are some of this week's cringiest, most uncomfortable memes that are surprisingly hilarious. If awkward silence, chaos, or discomfort makes you laugh nervously, these memes are for you.

It's easy to take birds for granted, especially when you live in an urban setting. The prevalence of pigeons, sparrows, and starlings here in New York is such that you can forget that they're kind of cool. Yes, even the pigeons. The hatred humans have for them has long been dispelled as misguided and unfair. In fact, contempt for pigeons didn't really exist until humans started building cities – and pigeons started adapting. Which is exactly what most humans were doing, too. Whenever I leave th…

Hope they'll recover from these sick burns

We all love puns , right? No, No, we don't. Puns can often be the fodder of dull people who desperately want others to think they're clever. I don't want to sit around all day and listen to half-jokes from someone who would rather be witty than be funny. My perfect pun does not make any sense on the most fundamental level. I want a pun that makes people question the art and science of wordplay . Luckily, the latest Twitter meme fits perfectly into my philosophy of pun-making. The viral “Shocked…

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*increases phone volume on the birth control reminder* Whether you have kids, know someone with kids, or have been a kid yourself, it's easy to see where there are hesitations for some people to have children these days. Maybe 30 years ago it seemed like an awesome idea to quadruple the population with self loathing youngsters, but nowadays, more and more people are deciding not to populate the Earth. Here are some relatable, nightmarish children to really make you rethink the beauty and wonder…

Welcome back to another exciting edition of Tolkien Tuesday . For those of you who are new, Tuesdays are when we (Memebase) provide you (whoever you are) with a selection of the best Lord of the Rings memes to have graced our feeds in the last week. The internet has been abuzz with LOTR news, and while there's plenty to be seen (and memed about), it's recently come to our attention that Peter Jackson almost got hypnosis to forget making our most beloved movies. Why? Because he wishes he could w…

They're poets

Trainwiz is at it again with the modding antics, and this time he's replaced all the dragons in Skyrim with the great state of Ohio. According to his Nexus Mods profile, Kevin Brock, a.k.a. Trainwiz, has been modding Elder Scrolls games since 2016. Plenty of gamers in the modding community have been well aware of Trainwiz's work for years, but nothing enhances a mod's virality like a good meme reference , and turning Alduin into a giant, fire-breathing Ohio got everyone's attention—even the Twi…

I have only quit a job once in my life, and technically I was still training. I was thrown into the fire at a West Village seafood restaurant, which has since closed, and left to burn. At the time, the only bartending experience I had was pouring wine into the glasses of elderly customers. They decided to train be by having me be the sole bartender on a Friday night service. Needless to say, it didn't go well. I walked out. Despite my experience, it's pretty rare to hear about someone up and qu…

Being sorted into your Harry Potter house is one of the most important moments of a young Potterhead's life. There are so many ways to do it. If you're one of the lucky ones, you can do it in person, like my friend who was sorted into Hufflepuff at a bookstore the night of the Deathly Hallows book release. Imagine how much fun it is to have a real sorting hat plopped on your head as an eight-year-old? Lucky dog. If you were sorted in the pre-Pottermore era, you likely had to fill out a question…

Every day you consume things. Unless you are sitting in a dark room with no technology because you're recovering from a concussion or you're a deeply neglected child (and if you're either of those things, I'm terribly sorry), you consume stuff with your eyes and other less important senses every day. You see buses, Comedy Central sitcoms that got canceled after three seasons, and God . Just kidding about that last one, unless you're highly advanced, or you're that person suffering from that con…