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While the nation mourns the lives lost in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, politicians and the media continue to find ways to insist that guns don't kill people, video games do. President Trump jumped on the bandwagon during his national address yesterday, condemning the "glorification of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace." The sentiment is frankly outrageous, and has zero evidence to back it. The inevitable backlash began on Twitter, with the #VideoGamesAreNotToBlame hashtag, and quickly grew to include memers in the r/dankmemes community. As of yesterday, the informative memes (some include graphs) have been hovering at the top of the page. Here are our favorites. 

You know how some people laugh when they're nervous or anxious? Yeah, that's us right now with these memes. 2020's latest little surprise for us has been protests and riots in response to the tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Accordingly, people have taken to the streets of major cities to protest police brutality and racism toward Black Americans. No one really knows what this all will amount to...revolution? More major government crackdowns? Whatever it is, we just want y'all to be safe.

And of course, if you plan to join the protests, be careful and wear a mask, because COVID-19 hasn't forgotten about us!

Craigslist can often be a nightmare of scamming, illegal activity, and insane entitlement. But sometimes, the "scam" is actually a hilariously entertaining troll having his way with an unsuspecting person who just wants a cat. This trolling session goes from 0 to 100 extremely quickly, and while we had a good laugh, we just hope the person who posted the ad found a cute cuddly cat to call their own.

We've already recently covered this topic, but honestly the memes have been so good that we felt like we had to bring you even more of them.

We certainly don't want to get too deep into the politics of exactly what causes gun violence in America in light of recent tragedies, but one thing seems to be certain here: both gamers and non-gamers alike on both sides of the political spectrum are coming together to reject the idea that video games are what cause it.

So here are 17 brand new, freshly baked memes that roast the (lack of) logic that video games are the violent culprit!

If you like dumb memes and you have way too much time on your hands, this gallery is for you! You're in even more luck if you're a Spongebob meme aficionado. This batch is overflowing with everyone's favorite sponge! Check out even more Spongebob Memes here. 

Manga artist Abe Youichi is responsible for this bizarre and slightly disturbing comic. The artistry and attention to detail is impressive - as is the unexpected ending.