You're not alone

“ Nature is so cool and amazing” I say to myself as I sip my cold brew coffee and shut my laptop just as David Attenborough is beginning to explain how rapid industrialization led by the human species has done irreparable damage to the Amazon rainforest. I have a bad habit of turning Attenborough off when it starts to get depressing. I'm not proud of it, but what else am I supposed to do? I live in a city where watching two rats and a pigeon fight over a slice of pizza on a rare patch of grass…

Memes to share with the gang at Nance's potluck

All over the place

This song is a joke, right?

Being rejected by a partner (or potential partner) is never fun. Neither is rejecting someone. But as actions go, there's definitely a right way and a wrong way to let a person down. The right way involves honestly, empathy, and hopefully meeting in person - or at least a somber phone call. Even “It's not you, it's me” is an acceptable theme, as it's a situation that often rings true when a relationship simply doesn't click. So while there are a number of considerate ways to tell someone that y…

Catching some Zs

Just wrong

Not fair

Every Friday, the 9-5ers of the world celebrate the arrival of a paltry respite from responsibility. And every Friday we seek to enhance that joy with a collection of the best Dungeons & Dragons memes to catch our eye this week. Sadly, my colleague who was dutifully collecting these comedic specimens has left for another campaign of sorts. I hope that my selections, and growing knowledge of the beloved roleplaying game, will do her justice. So without further ado, here are the best D&D memes we…

And as characters like Elmo, Miss Piggy, and Winnie the Pooh—it's just really gone off the avada ke-rails…

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” While Emma Lazarus may not have been speaking of weary parents in her 1883 sonnet, she could have been. The plights that child-rearers face are real: exhaustion, frustration, depression , and sometimes even anger. While these experiences could potentially bring out the worst in people, the…

Brutal

Even smart people make horny mistakes.

Is it too soon? TikTok thinks not. (FYI, TikTok is team Johnny.)

The internet can get a person into a whole lot of trouble if they're not careful. One minute you're innocently checking your work email and the next you're two years into your ex's Instagram, very carefully trying not to accidentally "like" any thirst traps even though you're creeping them from a burner account like an expert stalker. "Who am I?" you ask yourself as the shame permeates your entire being. It wasn't always this way. Before the internet, people sat around and tortured themselves w…