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You ever hear of a little thing called ‘ Rule 34 ’? If not, well, you're in for a treat. It's probably even a concept you're familiar with. From Know Your Meme : "Rule 34 is an Internet adage in the "Rules of the Internet" list of protocols and conventions which asserts that "if something exists, there is porn of it." The humorous concept is commonly illustrated through fanarts and fanfictions in which fictional TV and cartoon characters engage in sexual behavior, in a similar vein to the Ruine…

A year and a half ago I made the decision to deactivate Instagram for the sake of my mental health . It's actually insane how much time these apps can eat up if you're not careful about your behavior. It's easy to scrolling aimlessly through one's infinite feed, and at a certain point, it becomes addictive. The devolution starts innocently enough: you plant your butt on the cold, hard toilet and start tapping on Instagram stories of users you barely know, or scrolling past the boring posts from…

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Listen. Summer might be approaching in the Southern hemisphere, but up here in the North, we've got a lot of seasonal delights to celebrate. There's Halloween (or ‘Spooky Season’ as some refer to it), pumpkin spice lattes, and eventually a Thanksgiving feast. Everyone loves the feeling of crunchy leaves under their feet, or the slight tinge of excitement that comes with a chill in the air. My favorite thing about the fall, however, is that it is finally acceptable to eat soup for every meal. Th…

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Growing up in Brooklyn we did a lot of walking . That walking happened on tree-lined streets and along garden-filled blocks. Some homes just had planters of petunias and left it at that. Others manicured their tiny lawns, adding tiny Japanese maples within their gates, and prickling rose bushes that (if we were lucky) would bloom twice or even thrice a year. My mom would quiz us on plant names, and if we were lucky, we'd catch glimpses of exotic plants inside peoples solariums, or make a stop a…

You don't meet too many people with rabbits here in New York City. Which is kind of a shame, because little kids love those critters. I remember a friend of mine who had a rabbit named Sonoma. As you can imagine, her father worked in the wine industry. The rabbit was not kind. So while it may feel like we missed out, it's probably a practical choice for parents to avoid the floppy-eared beasts when searching for a kids' pet. That said, we can't get enough of the critters. They're cute, they're…

The appropriate question isn't 'how' funny are these memes, it's 'when' funny are these meme?!...

Aw shit, here we go again. It's Tuesday and we're back in the Lord of the Rings groove, but if we're being honest, we never left. And that's largely because the series has been incredibly present in our lives with the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. And as much as we lamented the series (and its Amazon ties), we simply cannot stop tuning in every Friday for a fresh episode. Lately, the show has been ramping up the action and intrigue, which has left us feeling even more ho…

Pure chaos. That's how much of the internet seems to me, especially lately. The other night I got that notification about Shinzo Ab e as I found out that one of my memes about something lewd went viral. I cared more about the latter, but that's also because of my politics. Anyway, there's been nothing but good news here in New York as we brace ourselves for yet another sh*ty wave of the newest C-word, and it's time to get really comfortable with the weirdness of the worldwide web. There's no be…

A fun fact about me is that not only am I gay , but I'm also a homosexual. That was my go-to line for coming out of the closet when I was a teenager because I thought taking a comedic approach to tell people about my gayness would ease the awkwardness of the whole ordeal. Spoiler alert: it did not. October 11th is National Coming Out Day, celebrating queer people owning their truth and openly sharing their sexualities. I'll be honest with y'all: I've been coming out for almost nine years, and a…

Dinner starts at 9? Yah, I won't be there