When you're a kid, you always have arbitrary rules thrust upon you for stupid reasons. In elementary school , we were only allowed to wear hats on Fridays, which as a hat girl, I found ridiculous. How is wearing a hat any more distracting than not wearing a hat? I would understand if hats were banned in order to prevent the spread of lice, but they weren't! They just wanted to restrict our freedom a bit more. Sometimes, teachers and educators can circumvent rules that are unfair. My 3rd-grade t…

You get what you give

It shouldn't be controversial for me to say that we've been in an era of absurdist humor for some time now. I don't know where this taste for silly & goofy comedy originated, but Gen Z and Millennials can't get enough of it. I can tell that absurdist humor has swept the nation because of the Netflix show I Think You Should Leave . It is a sketch comedy show starring and created by former SNL writer Tim Robbinson, and it is just as wacky as you could imagine. Ask any Millennial or Gen Zer who th…

And people are commenting their theories on what happened to these characters that forced them into their villain era.

If you spend a lot of time on the internet, there's a good chance you've noticed some cursed, out-of-context images and memes of a terrifying animatronic bear in a top hat. That would be Freddy Fazbear. If you're unfamiliar with Five Nights at Freddy's , there's a lot of lore to catch you up on. Five Nights at Freddy's is a popular survival horror video game series that was first released in 2014, and features the sort of animatronic characters designed to entertain children at a pizza restaura…

F retail

Everyone makes mistakes. But some mistakes are funnier than others. In a recent TikTok, Chicago therapist Zach Leeze r shared a video addressing his, um, poor choice of a username . That username? It's “@zachtherapist.” It could be read as Zach Therapist. Or it could be read as something a little more damning. If the dilemma seems familiar, that's probably because a similar fiasco occurred on Arrested Development , when Tobias Funke decided to use the ill-advise portmanteau of “analrapist” to d…

At the end of every year, Google puts out a list of the top-searched items in multiple categories including games, people, questions, songs, and more. There were plenty of searches that showcased a heartfelt belief in humanity's ability to change. In fact, the most popular searches of 2022 began with the words “How can I…” and ended with multitudes of ways to make oneself or the world a better place. You can view the Google in review video here. While there were plenty of educational and humani…

Regular dogs do not belong everywhere. I was riding an incredibly crowded subway this weekend, and a pug was sitting in one of the seats. While the dog's presence amused some subway riders, I was slightly annoyed. Why the owner couldn't put the pug on her lap so somebody else could sit down, I don't know. There is a clear exception to this rule, and that is service animals . Service animals are essential to the people they serve and are allowed in any business or public place by law. The import…

A lawless land

Stephen Sondheim said the following in his Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George. “There are only two worthwhile things to leave behind when you depart this world of ours: children and art.” Of course, this is not an objective fact. You could argue that there are many worthwhile things you leave behind when you die that go beyond those two rigid categories.

A strange place

You're (probably) not at death's door

Woah!!!

So much pomade

What up, my dudes? On a day like today, when it's absolutely freezing outside, what's better than getting cozy with some memes? If you're stuck inside because it's snowing, sleeting, and just generally unpleasant, memes can be the perfect pick-me-up to keep your spirits warm. There's something about scrolling through a never-ending stream of hilarious memes that just makes me forget about the repulsive weather outside. Whether it's cats doing stupid stuff or ridiculous memes about the latest po…