Do you ever think about how crazy it is that you can just make a person? It is wild that people worldwide can create a human life with nothing more than their body and their time. And a big white bird depending on who you ask. While creating a person can take minimal effort, raising a person is full of chaos, madness, and confusion. Parenthood is a commitment of multiple decades where you get no days off and it can take over your life. One of the most common issues for parents is not having tim…

Congratulations, readers. You've officially made it to the day they call “hump day,” which means you're nearly over “the hump.” Being over the hump ( Wednesday ) is supposed to mean that you're more than halfway there. Halfway towards freedom, which is supposed to come in the form of the weekend, a two-day respite from responsibility, that generally ends up being filled with responsibility. This is especially true if you're over thirty or have children to take care of. That laundry isn't going…

Greetings, fans of all things Tolkien. But especially fans of The Lord of the Rings. It's that time again: Tuesday. Which means we're putting out our favorite LOTR memes to grace our eyes over the past week. Some of them come from Facebook, where thousands of people get together to share incredibly stupid memes using imagery from the movies. Some of the memes come from Reddit, where it's a constant struggle to avoid reposted shitposts from years ago. We're not going to pretend they're the best…

Self-deprecation isn't a new concept. People have used the attitude for both bad and good purposes - think of the “fool” of the courts of yore. Hating on themselves was literally their vocation. Comics have embraced this mode for years. But the advent of memes has allowed for self-deprecation to shine more palpably than it ever has before. All across the internet, depressed jokesters make themselves the punchline of jokes that are seen by millions of people just like them. While we don't condon…

2001's Amelie may have put gnomes on the indie slash twee map, but the diminutive spirits have a history that goes well beyond the garden gnome boom of the 19th and 20th centuries. The creatures were first discussed during the renaissance, and attributed to the mind of the German philosopher Paracelsus. While the philosopher describes them as reluctant to interact with humans, whereas in other accounts, gnomes are touted as being incredibly curious, creative, funny and kind. A bit different fro…

As much as I try to hide it, when something crappy happens, I'm gonna carry it with me for the rest of the day. If I get an obnoxious Slack message from a higher up as soon as I wake up, I'm gonna be grumbling from under the covers and all through my commute. Don't even get me started on the commute. The subway is always screwed up, there's inevitably someone screaming about Hell or the “people” who are “after them”, and worst of all? There's usually someone doing something disgusting like eati…

"This is how we doooo it. It's Friday night, and I feel alright, the party is here on the West side." Just kidding, I feel terrible. What a week. It's amazing how we can spend all of Monday through Thursday fantasizing about how amazing Friday is going to be, and then when it finally arrives, it's kind of a let down. Maybe it has to do with aging - we just don't have it in us to enjoy ourselves after grinding for five days. But maybe it's more of an existentia l kind of exhaustion. Lately it ki…

Do you ever think about how kids are among the funniest demographic groups, but there are very few kid comedians? Children's unfiltered thoughts seem to pour out of them in hilarious ways before they get all bogged down with social skills, self-seriousness, and puberty. For those of us without little kids, we tend to miss out. Luckily for us, there is no shortage of parents on social media willing to share the darndest things their kids say. From dads enacting revenge on bullies through cartoon…

Every now and then 4chan has a hand in something good. And today, well, this month, rather, is one of those times. The imageboard site is responsible for one of my favorite new memes, an exploitable meme format that involves a seriously hideous Zoomer hairstyle, famous actors and characters, and a whole lot of painful Zoomer slang. While both Zoomer ‘dos and Zoomer slang are pretty cringe, when they’re incorporated into these memes we rather like them. The memes first started popping up in May…

Tuesday's greetings to the Fellowship of the Internet. It's that time again, and we're serving up another big-ass batch of Lord of the Rings memes. Not sure if it's just my usual existential dread talking, but there's something weird in the air. Oh wait, maybe it's news about The Rings of Power, the Lord of the Rings series that literally nobody (except for maybe Amazon) asked for.

Happy End-of-Monday to some of you, and a very happy Tuesday to the rest of you. There's no use in pretending that memes will cure all of our existential ailments, nor can we pretend that they're doing anything to make our brains bigger. All we can really say is that memes may be able to put a temporary smile on a frequently frowning face. They might even chill you out so that you have a good night's sleep. It's true that people suggest turning off electronics before bed, but who are we kidding…

Some people may not understand the phenomenon of possum memes . The large, greyish marsupials look something like big and ugly rats (sorry guys), and have an affinity for garbage . They don't move very quickly and have very poor eyesight, so graceful is the last thing we'd use to describe them. Nonetheless, the critters have become something of a meme legend, almost rivaling their arguably cuter trash cousins, raccoons . Possum (opossum if you're nasty) memes are often self-deprecating. You kno…

Oh my god. Raise your hand if you are sick to death of hearing about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. The multi-week affair has absolutely poisoned the internet, and despite the fact that it's over, it's still permeating every place where we usually find our memes. Trying to avoid people screaming about it is like trying to do gymnastics in a minefield - it just doesn't work. The situation has been so dire that we're having to lower our expectations of the memes. This batch is not our bes…

There are few things in this world that I appreciate more than walking around in nature. Perhaps this has to do with being a city slicker. Walking around my neighborhood at home I can see rats, big ass palmetto bugs, squirrels and the occasional backyard raccoon or possum . And while I cannot denigrate those creatures (except for the big roaches), these sorts of critter sightings leave something to be desired. Walking around my parents new home in Vermont, however, is a different story. Their l…

Every now and then I see something that makes me think “Holy crap, thank god I do not have children."

There may not be anything inherently noble about spending one's spare time scrolling through memes , tweets, and other funny things, but there's also nothing inherently ignoble about the activity. It may seem like a bit of a mindless activity, but it's ultimately harmless. We're willing to bet that a meme hasn't killed anyone, and while they can be a bit addictive, you don't run the risk of overdosing on them. Memes don't make you gain weight or go through withdrawal. With life dealing us so fe…