«Give me your tired, your humor-deprived, your huddled meme-hungry masses yearning to laugh free, the wretched refuse of your teeming political hellscape. Send these, the disenchanted and quarantined, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.» If these words sound familiar, that’s because we’ve edited Emma Lazarus’ famous 1883 sonnet to reflect the way the …
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40 Memes To Distract From Our Garbage Reality
What a week. Between the absolute sh*tshow at the Capitol and, um, ::gestures at everything:: we’re feeling more than a little overwhelmed. But it’s Friday, so hopefully for some of you that means you get some time to process our hellscape of a reality. That said, we’re betting that some of you would prefer to …
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The Dank Drop: 25 Of Our Favorite Dank Memes Of The Week (1-2 to 1-8)
TGIF, meme-lovers. We’re back at it with the best dank memes Reddit had to offer this week. And what a week it was. As is to be expected, there’s a smattering of politics in this installment. But don’t fear. You’re not about to be inundated with memes about MAGA storming the Capitol. There’s plenty of …
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Twitter Thread Roasts The Capitol’s Apparent Lack Of Security
The absolute mayhem at the Capitol yesterday has been on everyone’s mind for the last 24 hours. It was scary. It was volatile. People died. Politicians are comparing the attack on democracy to memorable events like Pearl Harbor. Pundits are scrutinizing the actions of both sides, and everyone’s realizing that 2021 ain’t looking so sweet. …
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30 Nuggets Of Scottish Twitter Gold
Dae ye talk Scots? Well, you might want to start. We don’t hear much of the language IRL, but we run into it a lot on Twitter. And our lives are better because of that. The phonetic brogue makes pretty much everything ten times funnier, and because it’s literally a different language, challenges our brains …
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35 Memes & Reactions To The Storming Of The Capitol
Okay, so 2021 isn’t quite the fresh start Americans had hoped for, but right-wing insurrection and a literal siege of the US Capitol in the first week of January is a bit extra. Most impressive was the rate at which memes, tweets, Instagram stories, and TikToks were flooding the internet as the storming of the …
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15 Dystopian Tweets For People Who Want To Be Depressed
Every damn day something about the world comes to light that reminds us what a terribly dystopian situation we’re in. Tweets are constantly being posted that deal with everything from healthcare woes to the pitfalls of late-stage capitalism. It’s difficult to keep our chins up when everything seems so damn bleak, but it’s better to …
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Vote For The Best ‘2020 Meme’ Of The Year
It’s FINALLY happening. 2020 is coming to a close. The year is almost over! Remember when Tiger King was a huge deal? Or when Kobe Bryant died? Yup. That was this year too. One thing that got us through was memes. Oh, the memes. They were bleak. They were relatable. And they really reflected what …
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17 Bleak Dispatches That Reflect Our Dystopian Reality
While some people seem to be acutely aware of the terrible times we live in, it’s easy to become desensitized to the utter bleakness of our present reality. When the television and internet are constantly barraging us with bad news, it kind of becomes normalized. The subreddit r/boringdystopia is a great tool for shaking people …
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24 Fiery 2020-Related Comebacks
2020’s pretty much been a wash in most respects. People dying. Can’t hang out with friends or see family. Can’t go to the gym. Political turmoil. Unemployment. Evictions. The terrible list goes on. The year, however, has excelled in one area: inspiring some seriously savage burns and comebacks. All the political back and forth and …
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