These memes uhh... found a way

I bet if wizards were real, they’d be the weirdest people you know . We all imagine Gandalf when we think of a wizard (who was a bit eccentric himself), but I bet a real wizard would be more like Radagast the Brown—just a really weird dude who can barely hold a conversation and, for some reason, smells awful. Wizards always seem like they’re spaced out, as if they’ve eaten some weird mushroom growing behind their cupboard. Sure, you need a high level of intelligence to be a wizard , but just lo…

You sacrifice a few seconds of your time and transmute it into a few chuckles.

The Marvel Bunch

Nerdiness is a hell of a drug . Once you try one science fiction movie and like it, it's impossible to stop. One of your friends suggests you give Star Wars a try, and a week later, you are binge-watching Battlestar Galactica and buying Star Trek Funko Pops. You read one chapter of Lord of the Rings, and you suddenly find yourself knee-deep in a Dungeons and Dragons session with a bunch of sweaty, role-playing nerds . Also, your very definition of what is cool changes completely. You used to th…

Cosplayers are the lifeblood of geek conventions. Sure, you come for the merch, the panels, the exclusive announcements (and the free swag, of course), but it’s the cosplayers that truly bring these events to life, making you feel like you’ve stepped into a parallel dimension. Cosplay was much simpler when it first began—people would buy pre-made costumes of their favorite characters or cobble together something basic themselves. Today, however, it’s an incredible, well-developed art form . Som…

Careful! One of these memes might be a Meme-ic

With the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in theaters, I wondered what the most successful Tim Burton movie is. I mean, the guy has made a lot of great films, from Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Edward Scissorhands to Ed Wood , Mars Attacks , and Batman , all the way to Sweeney Todd , Big Fish , and several episodes of Wednesday . His filmography is pretty impressive. But it turns out his biggest movie is one he didn’t actually direct— The Nightmare Before Christmas . Everyone considers it a cla…

On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

The Meme Express is now departing from platform 9¾

With the rise of AI-generated art, the “X reimagined in the style of Y” genre has become saturated. Anyone can use ChatGPT or MidJourney to generate images of, say, Star Wars characters in the style of Studio Ghibli or realistic-looking Pokémon , and the results would be… satisfactory. The AI is great at giving exactly what we ask for, but nothing more. Does it look good? Yes. Is it impressive that a computer can do it? Absolutely! But it lacks the “wow factor” that a human artist can deliver.…

You can't take the sky from me!

I think maybe we all love Bucky a little too much , and it’s mostly because of Sebastian Stan. I mean, that guy is charming ! I’m not ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reaction videos on YouTube where people watch the entire Infinity Saga for the first time (don’t judge me), and I can see how both men and women react to the Winter Soldier/Bucky. Men think he’s the coolest , and women think he’s the dreamiest. He’s like a non-goody-two-shoes Captain America. He has it all—the looks, the superpow…

Careful! One of these memes might be a Meme-ic

You know what? I’m not going to be ashamed of it anymore, and I’m just going to say it—I love hotdogs! I know it’s considered one of the lowest forms of food, and I know you should never ask how a hotdog is made because you won’t be able to live with the answer (apparently, it’s made with every piece of meat humans refuse to eat). But I am done hiding! I love them! I will buy a jumbo pack of 50 hotdogs, and if no one else is around, I will finish that pack in about two days. I have even enjoyed…

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