It's rough out there, y'all. And by “out there” I mean the online dating landscape . It's funny that as meeting new people has become easier (with the help of apps like Tinder and Hinge ), it's also gotten harder. While in the old days of Okcupid I was able to message a normal guy, and then meet him for a fun date, nowadays it seems like there are just four trajectories: Option 1) Play pen pals for a couple of weeks and then get unmatched for some unknown reason. Option 2) Meet up for a casual…

Here we go again. Once more we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of the week, a day many people here in the United States refer to as “hump day." Though both the days of the week and their assigned dates may be arbitrary markers, the whole annoying plight of being alive certainly is not. This is why it's integral that we try to find ways to make the whole ordeal a bit more bearable. That's where we come in with the glorious things we call memes. There's not much in this world that brighten…

Ta ta, I'm off to see Tatianna

Remember when Tumblr was absolutely chock full of p*rn? We do. And while we don't really care that that's changed, it does tend to seem like the Internet has, largely, become a slightly less spicy, sexy place. While we may not want to be inundated by graphic gifs or surprise photos of sexual organs, things do seem a lot more tame, and a lot more boring. The truth is, much of this is due to the very strict policing of Facebook , TikTok and Google. We can barely use the word “a**hole” without fea…

People talk a lot of sh*t about “mid” things. For those of you who are unaware, “mid” is slang used to describe things of average or even poor quality. But we like to take it literally, especially when we're talking about " mid memes. " We see mid memes as the ones that aren't the funniest but still give you a little chuckle. See, these kinds of memes may not make you laugh out loud like some of the clever top-tier memes, but they still offer a welcome respite from the stresses of everyday life…

Back in the mid-aughts, I was part of an exchange program that took a few lucky Americans on a trip to Japan for a few incredible weeks. It was a little nerve-wracking to think about traveling in a country where I couldn't read or speak the language, but to my surprise, it was incredibly easy to get around, and to ask for help (in English) with my timid voice. It seemed most people could speak English, and were excited to learn about where I was from in America. While there was anti-Bush graffi…

Happy Tuesday, nerds! Welcome back to another edition of Tolkien Tuesday, where we put together rousing roundups of memes for anyone who loves The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. This collection has got it all: incredibly dumb and low-effort memes that somehow hit the spot, memes that reference the actual books instead of Peter Jackson's adaptations, plus some solid Twitter and Tumblr posts that shout out our favorite fantasy films and the books that inspired them. As a bonus, we're als…

Happy National Pet Day! It's believed that h umans started domesticating dogs more than 30,000 years ago. That's 10-20,000 years before cats waltzed into the lives of humans and domesticated themselves. It's also thousands of years before horses and ruminants (sheep, cattle, goats, etc) were put to use by enterprising homo sapiens. So basically, we've been keeping pets for a very, very long time. While pets have been found in tombs - both mummified and not - it feels as though our animals are b…

What up, fools? We're back with another gallery of nerdy and normie meme s that definitely contains at least a couple gems that will tickle your funny bones. First, we'll discuss the nerdy area of things: we've got history memes, animal memes, prehistoric animal memes . And for those of you who love Dungeons & Dragons, or Star Wars, we have a variety of D&D memes and Star Wars memes that poke fun at various aspects of the games and series. The normie section isn't too shabby either; we have a v…

It's pretty common knowledge that English is far from the most logical of languages. I can't imagine how difficult it is to make sense of words like “their”, “there,” and “they're." Spelling may not be quite as difficult as Gaelic or Welsh, but making sense of silent letters must be frustrating.

For those of us who work full-time jobs, it can feel like our lives revolve around work. The pressure to excel professionally and progress in one's career often comes at the expense of our personal lives. But what if we could have the best of both worlds? I magine a four-day workweek, where we have more time to pursue our passions and enjoy the little things in life. Sounds amazing, right? Well, it's not happening any time soon, at least stateside. So while we wait for that dream to become a re…

Happy Sunday, internet users and abusers! We've almost made it through yet another fabulous weekend on our illustrious planet Earth. How does it feel? Well, after an unfulfilling weekend of trying to recuperate from the workweek, I'm honestly still tired as hell and feel like my life is passing me by. It's pretty cruel that the weekend hasn't really helped my mood or my general feelings about existence. I always find myself wondering how many days off it takes to actually feel good. The weekly…

Navigating life sucks

Dark humor to suit the dark ages

Congratulations, you've officially almost made it entirely over the hump. For some people, that means absolutely nothing. That's because some people are exempt from the tortures of a Monday through Friday, nine to five workweek. As for the rest of us, this calls for a celebration. When celebrating milestones like hump day , you want to be careful not to have too much fun, because that will alter your productivity on Thursday and Friday. It's a delicate balance. That's why we like to cut loose b…

Dogs are absolutely precious and need to be protected at all costs. Even as a relatively recent " cat person ," there's no way I can turn my back on the adorable, loyal, and sometimes smelly creatures I grew up with. The bond shared with a pet is strong, and there's something about a dog bond that can't be replicated. Their eyes, full of devotion. Their grief when you leave home. Most of all, when I think about dogs, I think about Teddy, my family's long-deceased Wheaten Terrier. Teddy was amaz…