Being «in the loop» can be a blessing and a curse. If you’re the friend who’s plugged in, you probably feel somewhat responsible for informing your less-inclined friends. You may find yourself deep in the trenches of explaining memes, discourse, and the latest trend that everyone seems to be a part of. Your friends rely on …
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The Funniest Animal Memes of the Week (August 31, 2024)
Animals are so easy to love. Sure, it can be annoying when a wiener dog who has been let off his leash at the park disrupts your multi-course picnic, but once you accept him as a part of the party, you can’t help but love him! Animals will love you if you merely pay attention …
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Guilty Gear: Strive tendrá versión para Switch
Arc System Works ha anunciado una versión para Switch de Guilty Gear: Strive. El popular juego de lucha llegará a la consola híbrida de Nintendo el próximo 23 de enero de 2025, en una edición que incluye los veintiocho personajes disponibles actualmente. Guilty Gear Strive se publicó inicialmente para PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 y PC …
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28 Memes With a Flair for the Humorous
Having flair is a wonderful if hard-to-pin-down quality. Some people just have it. Liberace comes to mind, obviously. So does Edna Mode. So does the Genie from Aladdin. So do these memes. Flair is different from finesse- finesse is all about precision whereas flair has more to do with attitude. Flair is that extra little …
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Hideaki Itsuno abandona Capcom
El conocido desarrollador japonés Hideaki Itsuno ha anunciado su marcha de Capcom. El director de títulos como Devil May Cry 5 o Dragon’s Dogma 2 llevaba más de tres décadas empleado en la compañía nipona. En un comunicado publicado en redes sociales explicaba que «a finales de agosto dejaré Capcom, tras treinta años y cinco …
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‘She said I probably look really good underneath the fat’: Aunt buys 18-year-old niece a subscription to Weight Watchers for her birthday after making fun of her weight, parents tell her to just accept it
The motivation to lose weight can’t come from somebody else; it has to come from within. It can be frustrating to know that you’re overweight and to be constantly reminded of it by the people around you. They act as if you don’t know that you’re overweight like you don’t feel the social and somatic …
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26 Memes Taking a Mid Day Nap Because They Can
Nothing like a nap to throw your day into existential horror. You go to sleep just needing a little bit of a pick me up, and you wake up wondering what day it is, what year it is, and how the heck you got there. That is if it’s a bad nap. A bad nap …
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Mom faces backlash telling fellow parents that she would love to use the same name as their newborn for her hypothetical daughter: ‘I told her I would be stealing her baby name… I’m not even pregnant’
Names are strange in some ways. On the one hand, they are one of the most defining personal details about us, on the other, most people share their moniker with thousands or even millions of others around the world (unless their parents were particularly creative, or Mormon). I think that anybody who has gone through …
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25 Introvert Memes for Lone Rangers Cancelling Plans to Chill at Home (August 30, 2024)
Most people have some sort of social media page, but the ones who are truly making the most of them are the antisocial crowd. Introverted folks have been silently scouring the interwebs for decades, scrolling memes and watching their old high school acquaintances live their lives, all from the safety of sitting behind their screens. …
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‘The Aesthetification of Everything’: Kindle Girlies, BookTok and How Reading Became an Aesthetic
It seems that everywhere you turn, what you’re doing has been turned into an «aesthetic.» In the online world, every mundane activity is an opportunity for branding, product placement, and up-sells. Hitting the gym requires a constellation of pre-workout supplements, Apple over-ear headphones, and Gymshark matching sets. You’re not getting your steps in, you’re going …
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