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Happy Monday, friends and enemies. To help you through this crappy day (week, month, year) we've put together another collection of memes to get that dopamine flowin'. This one's got an extra dose of nerdy humor, some material for science (and science fiction) freaks, gaming and history nerds. We hope you enjoy it. 

Conspiracy-loves and anti-vaxxers have really been making themselves heard as the world struggles to contain the deadly Covid-19 epidemic. While many people are celebrating the release of Pfizer's vaccine, conspiracy theorists are growing increasingly loud in response to any mention of the drug. Sir Ian McKellen received the vaccine early today, explaining that "Anyone who has lived as long as I have is alive because they have had previous vaccinations." The actor shared his excitement and recommendation on Twitter, and while many fans congratulated the 81 year-old, the trolls were just as eager to attack the endorsement. The truthers, who apparently don't believe in science, accused McKellen of everything from lying to sucking the teat of Bill Gates. We've included some of their cringey commentary below - maybe some of you will join the fight and help put them in their place. Our beloved Gandalf deserves better.

For all the amateur zoologists, eco-freaks, and environmentalists out there, we've got a truly dank selection of wild memes featuring crustaceans, trash animals, tetrapods, friendly ferns, fierce frogs, and everything in between. Seems like almost all the memes today are about that one super overrated and painfully narcissistic species (ahem, humans). But what about the pachypodium bispinosum gang? Well search no further because we've got some amusing ecology-related content right here. 

Lo and behold, we found some cringey flat-earth memes in the wild for you to facepalm at! It's like Christmas! And yes, these people are being completely serious in case you were wondering. 

If you're feeling up to temporarily losing faith in humanity, you can always visit the official Flat Earth Society website, or #FlatEarth on Instagram. Don't say we didn't warn you of the impending cringe.

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Summer's about to be over and the United States is still struggling to control the coronavirus pandemic. While some states seem to be improving (some after a dismal first wave), California, Texas, and Florida are seeing dismal increases in both cases and deaths. As all the mask-haters and conspiracy theorists butt heads with scientists and government officials, many of us are left to sit at home, job hunt, and dream of a day we can go to a bar with friends without risking our lives or the lives of someone else. We're also left to cope with corona-related memes like these. If we can't laugh at our situation, then we know we're really screwed.

If you thought the internet was done talking about Karens or Elon Musk, you were dead wrong. And Twitter offered us an unholy amalgam of the two this weekend. The SpaceX founder tweeted on Friday that "something extremely bogus is going on," regarding Covid-19 tests. 

Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020

The tweet, unsurprisingly, was not well received. While many people resolved to call Elon Musk a "pos" and decry his penchant for fueling conspiracy theories, doctors and academics instead called him out in the best way they know how: with facts and statistics. While we admire every own, it was Dr. Emma Bell of Toronto, Ontario that delivered the harshest blow. In their takedown tweet, they refer to Elon Musk as "Space Karen." The nickname was received far better than Musk's cringey tweet. We've put together some of the best reactions to Musk's tweet and subsequent Karen-dom, but we're willing to bet you'll find more goodies on Twitter.  

Everyone loves cute animal memes, but today we decided to show the extinct animals some love. So whether you're a nerd for evolutionary biology, or you just thinks dinosaurs are cool as hell, we think you'll enjoy these memes as much as we do. Darwin would be proud. 

Check out this gallery of strictly dinosaur memes while you're at it!

If you're a big-brained student of science and humanities but you also have a dank sense of humor, you might just get a chuckle or two out of this list of nerdy memes that cover philosophy, math, history, and Jesus. Whether you've got a thing for the quadratic formula or you're more into contemplating your own existence, we've got something for everyone in this array of scholarly memes. Gaze into the meme void—it might even gaze back. 

Not a soul knows when schools will operate in-person again, so we thought we'd deliver you the next best thing to real education: educational memes. Okay, so admittedly they won't come anywhere close to the school experience, but at least they're more entertaining than school? Sure, we'll go with that.

We share a lot of memes on this site, and while some of them tackle philosophy, literature and art, there's not much representation of the right brain. These science memes are intended to change that. They feature a healthy mix of very basic science references and shitposts, and some more intense material for the smart and driven people who were in STEM classes. They're no substitute for actually studying these big-brained subjects, but they might make you feel smarter.

We brought you some physics memes earlier, and now we've got some content for the marine scientists - fish and sharks and morays galore! And in case you missed said physics memes, check 'em out here!

These memes are for college physics majors, professional physicists, or anyone who just enjoys learning about physics. If there's one thing we know, it's that we're not really smart enough to understand this stuff. Want some generic science memes? eBaum's World's got 'em.

Any science enthusiast will likely find some amusement out of these memes. Whether you're a field researcher, a college student, or just a layperson who likes to nerd out over this stuff, there's something in here for you. Now go check out some physics-specific memes if you want more nerdy material!

We're not going to even pretend to have physics knowledge beyond what we "learned" in high school. But we know some of you have bigger and more efficient brains than ours. These memes might appeal to you.