politics

It's November now so naturally we're getting into the yearly debates about the holiday season and political correctness. What's the argument this time, you ask? Well, it all spawned when former Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker tweeted complaints about people referring to Christmas trees as "holiday trees." 

He also tweeted that menorahs are to be solely referred to as such, rather than a "holiday candle holder." 

Our take on the whole thing? Call your winter holiday decorations whatever the hell you want; shouldn't we be focused on more, ya know, pressing issues facing our nation?

There are many, many, many reasons we try to stay out of political reporting and memery. More often than not, if you make a meme about the election, or the president, it's going to come off as incredibly cringey. But it's even worse when you see the meme handiwork of boomers getting super political. There's a smugness and ignorance to these memes that makes them nearly unbearable. But we like pain. And know you do, too.

We're so glad we found the subreddit /r/ForwardsFromGrandma and we think you'll like it too. We all know at least one older person on Facebook who's constantly posting one conspiracy theory or another. If nothing else, at least it supplies us with some hearty laughs, right?

During a meeting to discuss Syria, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was photographed assertively pointing a finger at Donald Trump. Trump later tweeted the photo with the caption, "Nervous Nancy's unhinged meltdown!" the photo has inspired a whole host of memes from every political angle. 

Whether you're a Trump supporter or a Pelosi fan, we think you'll find these trending memes amusing. Or maybe you hate both of them equally! That's certainly an option too!

ABC's been receiving a whole lot of political flack for hiring former Press Secretary Sean Spicer for Dancing With The Stars, but after watching the performance we think the flack should be regarding the visual terrorism we were subjected to last night. Spicer stutted onstage with congas sporting a garish neon blouse, and we're pretty sure the fabric of reality burst at the seams. Especially because he chose to dance to the Spice Girls' classic "Spice Up Your Life." Twitter seems to have felt similarly about the flabbergasting performance, and has not been quiet about it. 

2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders tweeted out on Saturday asking followers about the most outrageous medical bills they've ever received. Let's just say, some of the replies are something else - like, the cost of purchasing a house. Reading through these makes us grateful that we've never dealt with anything of that scale, but it also makes us wonder why these costs are even necessary in the first place...

Instagram user @bringbackdialup discovered one way to make the Democratic debate last night a bit more bearable. In a multi-photo upload to the image sharing site, he shared that "If you put your phone really close to the top of your tv and tilt it down all these candidates look really big brained." The resulting images of presidential hopefuls such as Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang are absolutely ridiculous, but a welcome laugh for people suffering from election and general political fatigue. 

Some people think the left can't meme, others feel the right can't meme. Politics aside, most of us can agree that boomers are absolutely helpless in the meme department. The Cropped Boomer Images Twitter account takes those cringe-filled memes and crops them into bizarre, surreal memes that are as funny as they are absurd. Here are some of our favorite of their crazy offerings, but you should definitely follow them to keep up with the madness. 

The British government released its "Get Ready for Brexit" campaign on Sunday and let's just say, the rest of the UK is not impressed. The campaign comes in the form of billboards and social media advertisements in anticipation of Britain's October 31st exit from the EU.

One billboard in particular that reads, "Get Ready for Brexit," has recently become a meme on Twitter. Many Twitter users are mocking the ad for encouraging a "shared responsibility," and fears of what could happen to the average UK citizen - including losing access to medication.

You can read some of the snarky tweets and memes about it below!

Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, and Melania Trump got caught in an unfortunate candid photo at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France. The photo, taken by a Reuters photographer, depicts a seemingly smitten Melania about to kiss Mr. Trudeau on the lips while The Donald looks disapprovingly at the ground. 

Sounds like a familiar meme that we all know and love, doesn't it? And we're super cool with it because we sure do love any revitalization of the Distracted Boyfriend meme!

Sure, we're probably not getting the entire story behind this photo, but the resulting memes are still funny AF regardless!

Donald Trump has apparently recently expressed interest in purchasing Greenland with "varying degrees of seriousness," according to the Wall Street Journal. 

Yes, you read that correctly - Greenland, the massive autonomous Danish territory northeast of Canada with a population of just 56,000. 

(And not to mention, "abundant resources.")

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your personal take on the situation), Greenland has stated that they are absolutely not for sale. 

This of course hasn't stopped memers and Twitter-dwellers alike from mocking the absurd proposal! We just hope that Trump is aware that Greenland is, in fact, not very green...

We believe congratulations are in order. We've all officially made it over the hump to Thursday, and that deserves celebration in the form of these procrastination-fueling and boredom-destroying memes. You're welcome.