In only a few decades, video games went from being a weird sideshow of bleeps and bloops to a billion dollar industry and pastime for millions, complete with its own competitive leagues. Anyone who grew up through this time has witnessed the growth of beautiful artform only to have its wings clipped by constant microtransactions and identical sequels. Those 12-year-olds who were beating us at Halo and describing exactly what they did to our moms last night are now 26 year olds, still beating us…

It's a fun show.

There's one in every group.

So what exactly is a para-social relationship? Urban Dictionary might describe it as a sex move that involves an entire parachute. But really it has to do with convincing yourself that you actually have a personal relationship with a celebrity or bit of mass media that has no idea you exist. Sort of like this interaction right now, but not really. Because that would imply that you actually like us, which is not a terrifically solid claim. Where this might apply here is that when we read other p…

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Red Forman from That 70s Show said “It's called work, not Super Happy Fun Time.” And he was right. And then he got laid off from the plant and had to work in a grocery store. The thing about work is that it doesn't have to be as bad as it is for a lot of people. The problem is that many people have bosses whose whole entire job is to make their employee's jobs more miserable. So that's cool. Here are some exhaustingly relatable memes about work.

Dad jokes just never get old.

Oh nice, goat internet?

Because why should we be forced to hear our own thoughts.

What would we do without Twitter? We'd probably read more books and spend more time with our families. But c'mon, who doesn't want to peer into the collective panic attack of a thousand media-addled minds? Books are way longer than 140 characters and we've destroyed our ability to focus. So here are some funny tweets to grind boredom into the dirt.

It's important to always be on your toes. You can never be too sure where the next one is coming from, and this little gem of an interaction drives the point home.

Taste the quality.

Quit toying with Adam Sandler fans' heart!

We could have spent our childhoods outside or doing things, but when “talking to girls” is competing with “converting an entire army of Persian war elephants to blue” those ladies stood as much of a chance as a men-at-arms has against a Cobra with a machine gun. Here's to all the time we spent trying to get out of the dark ages as quickly as possible. And here are some more video game memes.

Are you serious?

A collection of funny Tweets and moments from Twitter