So much for Christmas spirit

There's a reason people have been swapping coffee for “healthier” alternatives like green tea and mushroom brews. While green tea also contains caffeine, it also contains L-theanine, an amino acid that promotes calm and helps counteract caffeine's negative effects like insomnia, panic disorders, and anxiety. It's true that a couple of cups of coffee won't kill you, and might make you feel invincible, but people are realizing that the benefits may not outweigh the cost or heart palpitations. Tha…

We've all seen those memes about the moment the edible hits and you're blasting off to outer space. But what if you took the edible without actually knowing it would have psychoactive, trip-inducing properties? As marijuana and even shrooms become legal in some places around the country, these substances are being packed into some tantalizing and sometimes confusing formats. Putting magic mushrooms into a chocolate bar may be a way to ingest them pleasantly, but as is the case with weed gummies…

Why do so many people get sick during the holiday season ? Nobody likes being sick during the holidays, especially in a hospital. Nobody likes working overtime during the holidays either, unable to see their families when they should be together most. Unfortunately, there ain't no rest for the weary, so nurses and healthcare professionals everywhere spend so much of their December working till all hours of the night. It's so cruel that there's an increase in hospitalizations and illnesses durin…

Brrrr! Baby, it's cold outside. And we don't want to do anything. It's true that there are definitely some winter enjoyers out there, doin' their winter things. Emmy from Memebase just went ice skating in Central Park on an evening that boasted temperatures well below freezing. I know people who will go on bar or food crawls in a January chill. Then there are the true psychos, who do the whole Polar Bear swim on January first. While I cautiously respect and fear these people, I just can't join…

Chocaholics unite

Tuck yourself in

The internet is basically a big Blockbuster for memes, except we don't get charged late fees and we don't have to rewind anything.

Not to be corny, but I have an incredibly corny story about a high school teacher who always told us to “dominate the day.” He was my world history teacher and a football coach, usually a red flag. If you've never been to a school with incompetent coach teachers who were unnecessarily cruel to unathletic children, I'm guessing you're not from the South. This guy was not like that at all, and was really kind to all of the students. He was a super funny guy. I don't know of any other teacher that…

Some ridiculous diagnoses

Somebody make these

What's your big three?

It's easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it's usually a good idea to know how to spell, and if you don't, it's a good idea to have someone who can spell-check your work. Our brains aren't necessarily wired to pick up on spelling errors immediately, especially when we're reading something quickly. L…

To be a parent or to not be a parent. That is the question that so many twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings grapple with, and it's a lot harder to answer than you'd think. Of course, some people don't have a choice in whether they become parents. Babies sometimes just happen to people, and that's that. But for those with the privilege of family planning, it's all about the timing. Some people want to have kids as soon as possible, and some have to scramble toward the finish line, with the s…

There's a bunch of reasons why Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time, one of them being the fact that the Minecraft world is truly open. There's no wrong way to play—one can choose creative mode, in which the player can unlock all the different kinds of blocks available and build almost anything imaginable. Or the player can choose survival mode, where resources are scarce, predators loom, and the game's internal lore becomes more apparent. Anyone who's managed to kill the Ender…

I'm sad to report that in 2022, there are men in their thirties who think periods are gross. One guy had enough blind conviction to admit to r/AmItheAsshole that he got mad at his wife after she threw her menstrual pad away in her brother-in-law's bathroom trashcan. Apparently the guy's brother was so disturbed by the sight of the ghastly thing that he pulled OP aside and asked him to have a word with his wife about it. Tell me you've never had a woman in your apartment without telling me you'v…