summer

Ah, the dog days of summer. Here on the East Coast, the heat (and accompanied humidity) render us into sticky blobs with little to no energy. Blobs that are incapable of making good on their promises to finally cook dinner for themselves instead of ordering takeout. Blobs that can barely muster the strength to lift the remote control to change the channel. Blobs that can hardly find the motivation to seek actual joy or be productive. Fortunately, we're here to provide quick and easy humor that requires nearly zero effort on your part. All you have to do is scroll through the memes. Stay cool, y'all. 

Winter 2019/20 was pretty rough. As a sufferer of seasonal depression (NYC baybay), that's pretty par for the course. The lack of sunlight, the frigid cold, and the convenience of being able to have anything delivered turns into a very dark self-induced nightmare. But every year I remind myself that it's temporary. Well, that wasn't the case for the rest of 2020. Those antisocial and agoraphobic habits translated well to isolation, but my mental health never improved. It just got worse. 

While the next winter wasn't quite as bad, there's really no escaping that annual ennui. But with Covid-19 cases plunging, vaccinations being administered, and the city opening up, I was hopeful for the summer. Now that it's here, I realize that was wishful thinking. The side effects of the pandemic are still present. The newly busy streets have instilled anxiety and misanthropy in my heart. And while having a drink at a real bar certainly helps to quell the nerves, I'm still not my normal self. And from what I can tell from my near-problematic internet usage, there are a lot of people feeling the same way. These memes should serve as a healthy reminder that no, you're not alone. No, you're not "broken," and that in time, with perspective, you may just start to feel better. Keep yer chins up, and hopefully by 2025 things will feel at least a little more normal.

Beloved TV personality Martha Stewart recently posted a photo of herself poolside on Instagram, and let's just say, it's got the internet uncomfortably horny. The thirst trap pic has people marveling at Stewart's good looks at age 78, and of course, roasting the heck out of it in true unsavory internet fashion.

Over the past few weeks cities all around the United States have been reporting an increase in fireworks. And it's quickly becoming clear that murmurs on Twitter aren't just hearsay or the result of quarantine-induced noise sensitivity. According to Gothamist, fireworks complaints in New York City have increased by a whopping 230% since last year. And Twitter users have begun theorizing that the increase may actually be due to something more sinister. 

The most widely circulated theory right now is that the increase in fireworks leads back to the police, or even that the CIA is supplying fireworks to rowdy teens as a sort of psychological operation to deprive citizens of sleep and desensitize them to the sounds of warfare. One such thread comes from writer Robert Jones Jr., who tweets as Sons of Baldwin. Other conspiracy theories suggest that police are supplying and setting off fireworks and ignoring complaints to make themselves feel needed in the wake of calls to defund them. And there's been a lot of weird police activity that backs up this attitude - take this bizarre show from police vehicles in Harlem - at 3am. 

While some of the tweets we've been seeing mock and meme the theories, they're being taken seriously enough to inspire inquiries from investigative journalists and have even led to a writer having to apologize for retweeting speculation on the matter. Many people seem to think the explanations are a simple combination of inexpensive surplus fireworks (due to Covid-19 cancellations) and, well, let's face it: fireworks are fun. And while the theories may seem far-fetched, they're a hell of a lot more entertaining than anything pertaining to 5G. So we're happy to watch the truth unfold - whatever it may be. 

Let's just all just be realistic for a second: summer is going to royally suck for the vast majority of us this year, but unfortunately that's just how it's gotta to be while we try to get over this pandemic. Accordingly, we've put together some memes that will probably make you feel really bad while you're stuck inside! Sorry ahead of time...

It's February and there are literally people already trying to work on their summer bods. Well, we're here to tell you that that's insane, and you should rock whatever you've got. Besides, life is too short not to eat that delicious food right in front of you. 

Here are some more gym memes for the gym rats reading this!

Hooray, summer 2019 is officially here! You know what that means - it's time to crank that air conditioning way up, especially if you live in a place plagued by a heat wave. We can't help you physically cool down, but we do hope you can relax with some memesin an air-conditioned place!