Political Memes

We live in a society that is addicted to convenience, a wild world where even our burritos have their own taxis. We do not want to wait around for anything, and a lot of the time, we have no reason to. There are a lot of things that are right at our fingertips, some for…

If you’ve ever suspected that adult friendships are just middle school cliques with more expensive appetizers, you’re not wrong. The dark art of social exclusion is alive and well, weaponized with vague texts, behind-the-scenes planning, and a level of group chat choreography that would make a political campaign jealous. Loyalty, it seems, is optional, transparency…

Pretty much anything good that has ever come about has happened because of a degree of experimentation. A lot of bad stuff has happened because of this, too, but that is all part of the process of creating things. Some may argue that the creation of memes lies at the bad or at least lowbrow…

Family dinner is rarely meant to be a test of evolutionary fitness, but some in-laws simply cannot resist their primal urge to turn Sunday dessert into an extreme sport.  Meet the mother-in-law whose approach to allergies is less modern medicine, more natural selection by whipped cream. Instead of respecting the mundane, boring advice of doctors,…

Ian McKellen recently revealed that there had been interest in him returning as Gandalf in the long-planned Lord of the Rings prequels. He quipped that they had “better be quick” in writing them if they wanted him to reprise the role. No matter his age, we all have to concur that he is probably the…

Michael Stipe knew that he was onto something when he sang that everybody hurts, because rarely has a truer statement ever existed. It may be the case that some people have much harder lives than others, but nonetheless on the planet has gone through their own personal struggles and rough patches. They have all played…

For many people, it is a part of their routine that is just as, if not more, predictable than the first coffee of the day. They wake up, and the first thing that they do is check their phones. Now, there are multiple ways that this can go. Maybe they read a nice text from…

The way distant relatives you’ve never met expect you to become their personal concierge, chauffeur, and Airbnb host simply because you share a last name and happen to live near the city is truly one of those amazing things about family. Take the case of this unsuspecting city dweller who graciously picked up a mom’s…

Internet memes are at this point so popular and encompassing of so many of the interests of so many different groups that often, it is often impossible to know what somebody is referring to when they vaguely mention memes. Indeed, one of the greatest benefits and frustrations of enjoying memes is that they are a…

If there’s one thing that really spices up the miracle of childbirth, it’s the presence of a best friend who’s one Pinot away from proposing a love triangle over baked ziti. You’d think pregnancy would be enough drama for any household, but in walks Lena, the best friend forever with boundary issues so advanced she…