As I write these words, a tremendous amount of shame is filling my body. You see, my aloe hasn't been watered in a very long time. Furthermore, I doubt that it has received much sunlight. It's on top of my dresser, hidden from the sun's rays because my cat thinks aloe is a delicious snack. This poor crispy, crunchy, parched plant was a gift from another Memebase editor, and I'm really not doing it justice. This is why I can't have nice things - plants in particular. Never will my apartment be o…

King of the Hill remains one of the greatest sitcoms ever made. It's one of those shows that doesn't rely on hokey humor and cares deeply about telling a compelling slice of life narrative of a middle-class family. The show works so well because all of its characters are realistically flawed. Hanks is emotionally stunted, Peggy is narcissistic, and Bobby is practically perfect in every way. Everybody needs a friend group like Hank, including one guy who's getting cucked, a textbook loser, and o…

Happy Tuesday to the wonderful people in the Fellowship of the Internet. It's that time again, and we're bringing you another big-ass batch of Lord of the Rings memes. Yes, you can stop what you're doing and rejoice at the promise of incredibly stupid and nerdy comedy. IYKYK, but if you're new around here, then prep yourself for all the best Lord of the Rings memes the internet has to offer in the past week. Haven't seen the movies? Well, that's a crime that will never be forgiven. Fortunately,…

When you're in high school, you have very little freedom. One of the few choices you can make for yourself is which trapper keeper you get from Staples. This is a critical decision, as that multiuse binder won't break for at least three years, so you better make the right choice. The question of “which binder color should I choose for which subject” was never one that phased me. I simply picked the binders with the prettiest colors and chose which subjects they were for based on ambiguous vibes…

So many people think they'd want a 6-hour-long Harry Potter movie that covers every single of the details of the books with no variation whatsoever. Not to be contrarian, but I believe this is a delusional take. Film and literature are two completely different mediums. Nobody really wants the exact details of Harry Potter played back at them onscreen like nobody would want a 129-part BBC “miniseries” of War and Peace. There are some plot points of the Harry Potter books that I wish they'd inclu…

It is time for a history lesson! Do you know anything about the origin of the memes you consume to make life more tolerable? The truth is that memes aren't just funny pictures you find on Reddit or Memebase. Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins originally introduced the term "meme" back in 1976, and it obviously had nothing to do with the internet A meme, by Dawkins' definition (via the Oxford Dictionary) is "An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another…

Getting reccomened meditation by a friend or a therapist feels kind of weird. It's like they know just by looking at you that you refuse to shut off your brain for even one second of your waking hours. They sniff you and think, “now this is a person who will consume media at an alarming rate just so they don't have to hear the thought bouncing through their head.” I've never really successfully done meditation because I struggle with taking it seriously. I'm supposed to not ruminate on any thou…

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Hey, you. You over there. Yeah, you. I wanna let you in on a little secret about memes , and internet content in general. You see, contrary to the beliefs of some insufferable and pretentious internet enjoyers, memes really don't have to be intelligent to be amusing. Memes don't need to shout out some niche subculture, Twitter celebrity, or meme trend. They don't even need to be that much of an inside joke to qualify them for appreciation. In fact, we're partial to the opinion that stupid memes…

Just like you, these memes have nowhere better to be. Might as well make the best of this situation and keep each other company. These memes probably wish they were on a one-way ticket to the Bahamas right now. I mean, who doesn't? But instead they're here. Stuck on the internet. Condemned to a life of thankless servitude. At least you have a choice. You can log off right now if you really want to, but these memes are in it for life . Think about that the next time you comment “old” or “trash”…

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Being a relatively new programmer is like living in two completely different worlds. Non-programmers think you are the absolute dog's meow. They act like you cured cancer, achieved world peace, and are worth 20 billion dollars. That kind of validation for choosing a well-paying career path can feel good, but it wears off soon enough when you're around senior programmers . You feel like the most useless ant at the picnic when you're with guys who've been doing it for years. In that room, you're…

America is known for many things. Among them are intolerance, obesity, Disney, obese people at Disney, and cowboys. And if we're being honest, only one of those things is good for memes . And we're not talking about fat-shaming people who love the Magic Kingdom. For years we've idealized and even idolized the cattle herders of American ranches. While the characters may be a bit less “en vogue” than in the 1950s and 1960s, the archetype remains. Just look at the success of Westworld , Deadwood ,…

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It's easy to be correct and even easier to be wrong. But it takes true talent and wit to be correct in the wrong way.