What isn't a meme now? No, really. Think about that for a second. What isn't a meme? Sometimes I look around at the state of things and wonder where satire begins and reality ends. Do memes imitate life or does life imitate memes? I really can't tell. If the medium is the message, then the medium of the 21st century is memes. Memes began as an efficient vehicle for ideas to spread far and wide across the internet—ideas about humans, culture, and society. Now it seems that the reverse has happen…

He's studying to be a geologist and his reputation on TikTok is already getting him some great rock recognition.

It makes perfect sense that many of us are having existential crises. The past two years have been nothing short of hellish. Pandemic. Now war. It's all very anxiety-inducing . But the worst part of it has been how much time we have had to consider the reality of life and mortality. During our very extended quarantine - the “Stay the F*** Home” era - we had nothing better to do than scrutinize how we spent our days before we were stuck - and how we would like to spend them in the future. Many o…

Everybody hurts

The healthy snack is supposed to satisfy that crunchy craving/ salty-tooth so you don't reach for the potato chips—but let's be honest, it's just a salad…

I know everyone and their mom is playing Elden Ring right now, but there are lots of other 2022 releases to look forward to. Kirby and the Forgotten Land and its highly anticipated “mouthful mode” comes out this month. Fantasy action-RPG Forspoken comes out in May. Bethesda's Starfield (dubbed “ Skyrim in space") comes out in November. And we all know that with each big hit comes a wealth of new gaming memes. Whether you're in between bosses in Elden Ring and need a break, or you're waiting for…

The world can be a very cold and unfeeling place. While it is true that we speak from a place of privilege , going back to normal isn't feeling that hot. Being forced to commute to prison-like offices feels kind of awful, and while the thought of partying with friends is cool, the reality of dressing up, going to a bar or club, and being surrounded by strangers kind of blows. It is a pretty confusing time. One of the only comforts we can turn to during this complicated time is the world wide we…

The never-ending winter, the never-ending pandemic, and (mostly) working from our tiny, expensive homes have really taken our laziness and lack of focus up a notch. Nothing sounds less appealing than walking to the grocery store. Going into that fluorescent-lit hell hole means having to talk to people. And it means leaving the house. Which is simply unacceptable and certainly undesirable. That's when we open the Instacart app and pay someone else to do it for us. Washing clothes in the dingey,…

Google Maps time

Culturally, things have never been more bizarre. “This could be an Onion article” or “this feels like an episode of Black Mirror " doesn't even cut it anymore. Society has outdone itself with the insufferable cringe, and it's only going to get worse. Sooner or later, so-called “disruptors” and “innovators” of “culture” are going to try and ruin memes for the rest of us, and we can't let that happen. No matter how dystopian the internet feels in a decade, even if our experience of cyberspace is…

Lord of the Rings memes are more than a form of entertainment for us here at Memebase. They are actually a lifestyle. That's why we carefully curate a weekly collection of the silly and often sweetly stupid gems. While many of the Lord of the Rings memes we harvest hail from the dark corners of Reddit, we also spend a lot of time perusing the world of LOTR shitposts on Facebook. It may be a scary website filled with misinformed boomers and married couples with joint accounts, but there are stil…

Gottem

The fact that Reddit makes it impossible for its users to change their usernames is both cruel and hilarious. It's fun to think about how all the teenaged trolls in 2005 who chose crass usernames for a laugh are now thirty-somethings making heartfelt points about serious issues from accounts called “I_Like_Boobies_69” and “StinkyButthole420." There are so many examples of funny times the username didn't check out that there's a whole subreddit called r/rimjob_steve dedicated to documenting thes…

Smooth brains only

Nothin' better than memes.

It's easy to shrug off a lot of kids movies as cutesy garbage. Disney especially. But while Disney might have a reputation for being all about wholesome love stories, musicals, and empowerment, there is often an undercurrent of adult humor or wit below the surface. Which is great when you think about all the tired parents who must need a bit of funniness that they can appreciate while being dragged to movie matinees they could really care less about. The dirty Disney easter eggs are probably th…