It’s officially sludge season, one of the most beautiful times of the year. The roads are full of grey, horrible soup. The sidewalks are treacherous with ice. You’re thinking about attaching crampons to your work shoes so you don’t meet your maker on your way into the office. Snow is all well and good when …
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‘With Arms Wide Open’: How Memes Resurrect Long-Lost Lore Through Nostalgification and Elevate Old Trends That Deserve an Encore
What do Creed and Shrek have in common? Of course, both embody the post-grunge anthems of the early 2000s, but more recently, these two icons are forming a new fandom with Gen Z, earning a delayed round of applause through memeification. As you’ve probably noticed, the resurgence of 2000s trends are relentless. We’re constantly dodging …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (January 31, 2025)
It’s the last day of January, which means we’re slowly but surely crawling our way back to a life that’s worth living. We’re still far from the end, but I can imagine a world where I have beers on somebody’s back porch again and I’m not just curled up in a ball on my couch …
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‘They all decided that my name, Ciarán, is too hard to pronounce’: Irish teenager moves to the USA, classmates try to call him ‘Connor’ as his American name against his will
Most nicknames are bequeathed onto the nicknamed by others. They are not the ones who typically come up with their nicknames, nor are said nicknames natural and fitting from the word go. When I was in middle school, I bequeathed one of my best friends with the nickname «Beef.» Why she still talks to me …
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‘I just got called a “Maple Licker»…’: Americans hilariously roast Canadians like a sibling rivalry after ban gets halted in the U.S.
Listen, we all have our issues around the world. Right now, it feels like the U.S. has more issues than most, but I digress. As an American, it is our right to be able to complain and make fun of ourselves. So, we self-deprecate left and right. I would be so bold as to say …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (January 24, 2025)
Midwesterners are a different breed. We have men who will wear shorts in 15-degree weather. We have moms who will call anything a «salad» even if it looks literally nothing like any salad you’ve ever seen before. We have dads who will get so angry that the only words that can come out of their …
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The Funniest TikTok Ban Memes from the Shortest-Lived Hysteria in Internet History
The last two days for TikTok users (and all over social media, actually) have been a crazy ride. We went from accepting the ban we have been dreading for weeks, to saying tearful goodbyes, to a weird 12-hour silence, to a new kind of chaos once the ban was lifted. Right before the ban, TikTok …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (January 17, 2025)
The Midwest contains multitudes. We have some of the coldest weather out there, but some of the happiest people. We have some of the worst sports teams in history and some of the best (I’m not saying which is which for fear of retaliation). We have some of the grossest mayonnaise-based foods and some of …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (January 10, 2025)
It’s officially as cold as a witch’s, well, body part. This is the time of year that everyone cites when they talk about why they won’t move to the Midwest. All the fun and the festivities of the holidays are over, and we’re left with a bitter cold and wind that can make you rethink …
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25+ Midwest Memes for Nice Folks Who Say Ope (January 3, 2025)
Welcome to the New Year, Midwesterners. In 2025, we’re all about embracing our roots. We’re not going to let a little lactose intolerance stop us from eating all the cheese we could dream of eating. We’re going to call everything a casserole and a salad even when any sane person would just call it «slop.» …
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