One of the first things I learned about in film studies, after Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion, and the works of the Lumiere brothers, was the Hollywood Studio System. While it was technically the creation of Jewish immigrants, which sounds progressive, it was, in fact, a very toxic empire and way of conducting business. The demands placed on actors were brutal, especially concerning body image. Despite the toxicity, my fascination with the era remains, and I was delighted this week to…

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There are times to slow down and times to speed up. If you're luxuriating in a delicious bubble bath on a Friday night, it's time to sit back and take your damn time because it won't last forever. If you're working as a lifeguard at your local community pool and you see some suspicious bubbles, you know what to do sport. Consuming memes can lean towards being a speedy activity; you want those memes hot, fresh, and sizzling, and then you want to move on and take in some more memes. As someone wh…

Happy Monday, internet users and abusers. Twitter has always been a bit of a sh*tshow, to say the least, but since Elon Musk has gotten his corny mitts on the app, things only seem to be getting worse. Instead of seeing delightfully funny tidbits from Internet strangers, we're seeing a whole lot of garbage on our “For You” feeds. But has that dissuaded us from patching together a fabulous quilt of fresh and stupidly funny tweets for your scrolling pleasure? Hell no.

Values are important to us here at Memebase. This means that when we say that we strongly believe that everyone should have the opportunity to mindlessly engage in unproductive activities from time to time, we mean it – without exception. In our humble opinions, it is our collective right as human beings to reject the monotony of our daily routines whenever possible. Whether it means switching on the TV during a long and tedious conference call, ignoring a demanding message from an unsympatheti…

Selfies of the soul

"Why so serious?" It is not only a quote from one of the greatest Batman villain performances of all time, but an important question we must ask ourselves often. Why do we take everything so seriously, even though we don't need to? We were not put on this earth to yell at waitresses for having to wait 35 minutes to be seated. People doing things you don't like is not a slight against you. Things on Twitter that make you mad should not ruin your day. Most of us would feel so much better if we co…

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The best recent Tweets from the bird app

There's no shortage of people who strut around like the whole universe revolves around them, and those people are mad annoying (especially if you work in the service industry). But it can be pretty hilarious when someone is entitled to their own detriment, or when choosing beggars get taxed extra for their rudeness. For example, when I used to bartend back in the day, I enjoyed being generous to customers for no reason. It felt good to improve some random stranger's day with a free drink or sma…

I've been on Twitter for longer than any reasonable person should be on Twitter. I definitely had an account before I turned 13, and I've been tweeting up a storm ever since. I was especially obsessed with tweeting when I was in high school. Not to brag, but I was featured on my school's student news for having one of the funniest Twitter accounts at our school. Slow news day, I know, but it was impressive at the time. When I look back at those old tweets, I cringe like there's no tomorrow. I c…

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Has this ever happened to you? You're sitting in the window seat on an airplane, people are boarding, and you're praying nobody sits beside you. When you think you might be in the clear, a chatty Cathy sits next to you and tries to get your whole life story. I don't know about you all, but this has literally never happened to me. I've been on many an airplane in my day, and never once has somebody tried to strike up a conversation with me while we're sequestered in a sealed metal tube. There ar…

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‘Neil Banging Out The Tunes’ is an old meme, but not as old as you think. The image of the rodent playing a rainbow instrument was dated April 13th 2006, but it wasn't posted online until late 2014.

I dare you, Warner Bros