There's a quote in T olkien's Fellowship of the Ring that always comes back to me when I'm lamenting the current state of affairs, be it my own personal emotional turmoil, or the many ills faced by the world on a global level. When Frodo is tasked with the impossible, we are blessed by the following exchange: “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is…

Keep on grinding

WikiHow certainly has its merits. If you're having some problems, it is almost guaranteed that some kind user has decided to try to help the world through those problems, by creating a step-by-step guide complete with some…interesting images. Trying to cope with crippling anxiety? They've got you covered. Dealing with depression? Yup. Need to ask a loved one for forgiveness? There's certainly something for that. Even someone looking to get into the subculture of emo h as an instruction manual t…

Unbeaten

As I sit here on an Amtrak train to Providence, Rhode Island, I feel as though I am slowly losing my mind. And it's my own fault because I let my headphones die before a long trip. Now, with my ears fully open and exposed to the shudder-worthy sounds of reality, I am paying the price. To my left is a woman who appears to be from Long Island, furiously filing her nails as though we're in the bathroom adjacent to her gaudy master bedroom. She's been going at it for thirty minutes, with no signs o…

As a purveyor of diverse Internet content, there are a few animals that have really had success in the realm of memedom. Cats are an obvious one - cat memes just never seem to get old. But we're more interested in the grittier, self-deprecating memes that feature raccoons, who are also known (affectionately) as trash pandas. If we're being honest, it should come as no surprise that raccoons have an incredibly devoted (and large)fanbase. The masked bandits are incredibly cute, they're wily, and…

There's something to be said here about following through on promises. When this company promised this worker a raise a year ago and then refused to follow through, all they were doing was stacking dominos that were ready to fall. It doesn't take that much effort to follow through on promises so it's hard to imagine what these idiots were thinking here. It doesn't seem unfair to expect a promised raise, especially in light of their contribution to dramatically increased production. Honestly, it…

Meow

It seems like AI has totally blown up over the past six months. I remember when I first started working at Memebase, DALL-E AI-generated images were all the rage on Twitter. Personally, I thought those images were extremely cool because they could really accurately encompass the prompt. As time has gone on, AI art has become even more ubiquitous online, and it's gotten better and better. The hands for most pieces are still blurry, and they're nowhere near as sophisticated as some types of deep…

According to the hit TLC program Say Yes To The Dress , if the wedding dress isn't right, you might as well not get married at all. Wedding dresses are the most expensive and high-stakes pieces of clothing many women will ever buy, and being so, they have to be just right. That's why some women order custom dresses when the options off the rack don't do the trick. Unfortunately for one woman, her custom dress did not turn out like her reference photo. The designer recorded a TikTok documenting…

Memes for the stoic soul.

Is there a divine reason for certain memes to be grouped together? As you're scrolling through this list, I'm sure you've seen at least one of these memes in a different context. It might have been on Tumblr a couple of years ago, on Twitter last week, or this very website. Memes are inherently communal things that are shared repeatedly to secure their legacy. You don't think we're just pumping these things out on an assembly line, do you? The question remains, though, why these memes? Why here…

Radical

All my friends are plants.

This includes everyone over the age of 30 (except for you, Leo).

They're beautiful