The other day I saw a chalkboard sign outside of a smoothie shop that read, "when life gives you strawberries, make a smoothie." It was was bewildering to me. For one, they completely missed the point of the adage they were referencing. The reason why you make lemonade when life gives you lemons is because lemons are way too sour to eat on their own. The quotes about seeing the silver linings in terrible situations.. When life gives you strawberries, you eat the strawberries. Because the gliste…

Guys. We really need to know why it always seems to be 'where are the memes ? Give me the memes ! I need the god damn memes! ' but not ' how are the memes? It just seems kind of rude not to care about how they might feel about being swiped and redistributed as we see fit. They are flung into our group chats and casually uploaded to Instagram stories. Just think about it for a second. Nearly much every meme you have seen has probably been passed around without any regard for its psychological st…

Mix and match

A few nibbles

Memes aren't purely for entertainment. Memes serve many purposes. They're like little friends in your phone that cheer you up when you're feeling lonely or sad. They bring people closer together and they're a good excuse to DM a crush in a chill and non-committal way. The perfect meme will brighten up any group chat after an awkward silence. They're excellent for occupying dull moments you can't get out of, like waiting in a long line at the grocery store. If you're trying not to make eye-conta…

All sorts

Hello there, dear internet friends. We don't want to sound rude, but we need to chat. It's not easy for me to say this. But listen. I'm sorry. I'm pretty sure we both know that you have probably looked and felt better. And we have been worried about you. This isn't really an intervention, but we need to know if life is getting you down. How is your sleep schedule? We're not experts here at Memebase, but it kind of seems like you are in need of a pause - a meme break, if you will. You can't hide…

It'll fly

It's hard to really pin down my descent into meme madness. I think I started really enjoying them in the early 2010s, and as I began spending more time on Reddit, the love grew. I joined tons of Facebook shitposting groups, some themed, some general. Eventually, my feeds began to be more meme than me. That might sound sad, but it ended up working in my favor. During a bout of unemployment, I met someone who worked at Know Your Meme. When he saw my Facebook account, he asked if I'd like to work…

More funny

Everyone has their own preferred ways of seeking pleasure and wiling their spare hours away. Some people like to binge watch reality tv on their cozy sofas, surrounded by snacks and beverages. There are some folks who prefer to indulge in more productive activities, such as woodworking, scrapbooking, gardening or even baking a lovely loaf of tangy sourdough bread. Others still? They devote their spare moments to their nurtured talents. That could be a musical talent, writing, or even drawing an…

Stupendous

It's Sunday evening. The scaries are sinking in, and hard. We're starting to feel that very specific agony that many folks feel at the start of the workweek. It's incredibly palpable. While Sunday is still technically a day of rest, it's also a day of dread. It can often serve as a reminder of how we are completely beholden to this mentally taxing and nearly automated schedule by capitalism and forced to greedily enjoy fun whenever we can get it. Which for some people means two days a week, and…

It's truly incredible how many people will complain about stuff they've completely elected to engage with. They click a link that says “ Random Memes ” or some iteration of it, and then complain that they're not to their liking. Well, guess what? Not everyone likes the same memes, and as someone who curates these batches of reasonably funny tidbits, I can tell you with complete certainty, that there's literally no way anyone can make everyone happy. People think the content is too normie, I mak…

Anything goes

Hey, you. You over there. Yeah, you. I want to let you in on a little secret about memes , and internet content in general. You see, contrary to the beliefs of some insufferable and pretentious internet enjoyers, memes really don't have to be intelligent to be amusing. Memes don't need to shout out some niche subculture, Twitter celebrity, or meme trend. They don't even need to be that much of an inside joke to qualify them for appreciation. In fact, we're partial to the opinion that stupid mem…