education

We all inherently know that sweet, sweet Keanu Reeves belongs in the annals of history, but his recent appearance in a Ukrainian history textbook was decidedly unintentional - and is receiving a lot of attention on Twitter. According to the BBC, Twitter user @jigsawdeaad was perusing the textbook and spotted Sad Keanu in a famous photo of New York iron workers taking a break from building a skyscraper. 

Though most people on Twitter shared the photo in the spirit of humor and because, well, Keanu, some people were not so pleased with the error. On Facebook, some people expressed their disappointment that publications are relying on quick Google searches to fill the educational tomes. While the publishing company claims the error came from one of their designers, the book's author, Ihor Schupak, came out to express that he'd been well aware of the blunder.

"When the designer who worked with me on the book's illustrations showed me that photo with Keanu Reeves, I didn't notice that small detail at first," he wrote on Facebook after the photoshopped photo was noticed and widely reported in Ukraine. "But when I understood the meme, I decided to keep it."

Whether or not that story is true, the whole thing is incredibly entertaining. And just more proof that Keanu Reeves is immortal. 

High schoolers, we get you because we were in your shoes once, years ago. We definitely don't miss the endless homework assignments, math tests, or essays we completely forgot about until 3am. But look on the bright side: it'll all be over soon enough and then you get to college and graduate and work every single day for the rest of your life until you die. Oh, wait...

Anyway, have some memes that'll at least help you feel a little more understood.

Getting a college education in America can completely ruin a person financially, as times just aren't what they used to be when our Baby Boomer parents were our age. This Twitter thread is depressing as hell, but highlights the reality of being in an outrageous amount of student debt.

The solution to all of this? It may be time to encourage today's high school kids not to attend traditional college and go to trade school or community college instead!

The World War III memes have been circulating all over the internet ever since the United States assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani just a few days ago. Since then, Trump addressed the nation in a speech this morning, stating that the US has no intention of using its nuclear weapons against Iran. Even if we don't end up going to war, we wanted to deliver some historical World War memes, just in case that draft letter comes some day.

It is said that you learn something new every day, and we can't argue with that. This dump of mildly interesting photos won't turn you into a genius, but they'll give you some new info to share with your friends. You might even become the most interesting person at a party.  

I can't remember the first time I was told that "curiosity killed the cat" but it was probably by my mother. The petite neurotic woman was convinced that at any moment something terrible was about to happen to one of her brood. While it's been many years since I realized the adage was antithetical to a rich and full life, it wasn't until this Tumblr thread that I realized there was more to the proverb. As it turns out, the phrase is not meant to ward off healthy curiosity. The thread doesn't stop the splainin' there, either. We've never felt more sure of ourselves regarding the use of tired proverbs. Knowledge truly is power.

If you're a college student then you're probably *this* close to finishing out the semester right before the holidays. It might seem really far away, but amidst the stress of studying for final exams, just keep in mind that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We believe in you.

These memes are incredibly niche and it's likely that only engineers will fully understand them. But that's okay, because you guys need some humor to break up your stressful day. Just don't forget to shower. Please.

Gather 'round kids because we're about to give you a nice big helping of historical knowledge in the form of memes, which is always vastly more interesting than any history class you could ever sit through!

If you love history as much as we do, then you're definitely going to love these educational memes that span from the ancient days to the Cold-War era. They're certainly more entertaining than sitting in your boring college history lecture.

We often lament the current state of healthcare in the United States, but judging by these social media posts, we need to take a much harder look at the state of our school systems. These morons either cut all their Sex Ed classes or even worse - didn't have access to a sexual education program at all. 

For more cringey ignorance, check out these abominable posts we shared last year.

Whenever any old person complains about how life today is "so violent" or that this generation is "going downhill," all you have to do is show them a few of these memes, which show how incredibly f*cked up people were in the past. Like, damn, at least we don't burn people at the stake for being witches anymore!

We've got some seriously bad news for fish-lovers. According to a report from nonprofit Oceana, over 20% of 449 fish that they tested were mislabeled, exposing some pretty serious "fish fraud." This is a staggering percentage, especially when considering that less than 1% of fish is tested for fraud. There's a huge chance that the expensive fish you're ordering while dining out is cheap - or even, according to this related Twitter thread from a biology professor, dangerous. There are fish out there that will hurt you to eat. And, as @AwesomeBioTA's class discovered, some of this "fish" is almost too disgusting for words.

Louisiana State University recently tweeted photos of their insanely fancy football locker rooms which reportedly cost them $28 million to renovate. Louisiana is one of the most impoverished states in the country and the tweet had people asking why the school wasn't making more of an effort to put that money toward education, or at the very least paying the athletes.

Here are some of the reaction tweets.

If you're old and aren't familiar with what "Kahoot" is, it's a user-generated educational quiz game played by students all over the world. Once a student creates a quiz, aka a "Kahoot," it generates a pin number that others can enter into their computers or mobile devices in order to join in. A trivia question with four multiple-choice answers pops up on a communal screen and players can pick their answer. 

As you can probably guess, students go nuts over this game - probably because it's a hell of a lot more interesting than sitting in class listening to a boring-ass teacher talk for an hour!