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Memes are one of those things that are easy to accept into your heart. Whether hilarious, disgusting, life-affirming, or otherwise, memes come and go so quickly, making them a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives. You might see a meme one day and never see it again as long as you live. On the other hand, some memes stay with you forever and ever despite your desire to let them evaporate into the annals of your subconsciousness, never to be seen again. One of the best things about memes is that…

What up, y'all? We're back with another edition of Tolkien Tuesday , which I almost forgot to wriet because I have a small brain that doesn't adapt well to things like three day weekends and/or having time off for national holidays. That shiz messes my schedule up. Anyway. I didn't completely forget, so here we are now, ready to enjoy some incredibly stupid and moderately funny memes inspired by and using stills from the Lord of the Rings . While most LOTR memes we come across these days stick…

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Celebrating America is great and all, but we'd rather celebrate the glorious art of grilling. There's nothing like the smell of charcoal to get that feeling of celebration going. Plump sausages. Cold beer. Sizzling burgers. Dads flaunting their new Balance sneakers. And if you're lucky, that sweet smell of a chlorinated pool just waiting to be tainted by grubby little ketchup stained hands. Here's to grilling. And here's to memes.

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Being a bartender may seem like a glamorous and perk-filled gig to some people, but it's not everything it's cracked up to be. While it may seem fun and benevolent to be getting people drunk, the duty comes with the bonuses of semi-frequent vomit, belligerence, creepy guys, finger-snapping, and people who expect freebies. Even as a bartender in a restaurant, my clientele may have been politely seated at the bar, but the servers sending me tickets had no concept of the time it takes to make cock…

Video games can be notoriously unhelpful—it's almost like an inside joke among video game creators who like to do a little trolling in the loading screen. Sometimes the advice is embedded in the game dialogue itself, like when Para-Medic says “when you get shot, you'll sometimes offer a gunshot wound” in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. It's not all bad and unhelpful, though. Twitter account @VGAdvisor is an excellent repository of video game wisdom and advice, mostly from older video games tha…

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Minions have been part of the cultural conversation longer than anyone could've guessed. First debuting in the Steve Carell vehicle Despicable Me in 2010, minions were an instant phenomenon, becoming a merchandising powerhouse comparable to Disney. Minions became the popular subjects of Facebook memes , often featured in relatable image macros for an older demographic. While minions were initially received quite positively, the meme world turned on them in 2015 during the release of their spino…

I was never a picky eater growing up. But I had friends who would turn up their noses at the mention of tuna salad. They seemed to only respond to chicken nuggets or tenders , white rice, and buttered noodles. It was bleak. I always thought that as New Yorkers who are surrounded by different cultures, we should be a tad more adventurous. Their weak palates disappointed me, and my family struggled to inspire open-mindedness. It recently occurred to me, however, that we were using the wrong tacti…