Star Trek

Why do dads love puns? Because the other jokes they want to say are so disrespectful and abhorrently filthy that if they said them, no one would trust them with children. You make do with what you have. In the end, we have punny dad jokes that go father than ever before. So throw on those jeans, pile the kids into the car, drive to the soccer game and patiently sit through daderrific dad jokes that just nailed it.

We can always bank on the brilliant, wandering minds of Tumblr to lead us down rabbit holes where various aspects of universes like that of the Star Trek universe, are obsessively overanalyzed. Basically, this Tumblr thread pays mind to the fact that humans are regularly equipped with technology that's light years beyond their understanding, and such a situation paves the way for complete chaos throughout space. It's really a fun way to shift your perspective on how other civilizations throughout space actually view humans in the Star Trek universe. Check out some more funny Tumblr gems unleashed from the depths over here. 

Seeing our own actions through the eyes of a more coldly logical being lets us poke fun at the absurdity of our own lives. Plus it doesn't hurt that Vulcans are a fun concept to play around with anyway, as evidenced by this tumblr thread of a human on a Vulcan ship. Pet ownership is weird, and our relationship with cats in particular is fraught with unique and strange meaning. Especially when you get into specifics like this tumblr thread on how cats are just eloquent enough to be melodramatic.

In typical tumblr fashion, we've got a situation that upends ye olde sci fi tropes with the prospect of a regular person chilling on a ship full of cold, calculating Vulcans. It's reminiscent of this study into human nature featuring a space-worthy weaponized Roomba. Tumblr has its own Star Trek ideas, like these questions Tumblr had about gay Klingons.

Twitter user _danilo uses an example from Star Trek to explain some of the dangers of having an industry that lacks face-to-face interaction with its own workers. It's scary enough to imagine your job being done by a cold, calculating robot, but what if your boss's job was done by a cold, calculating robot? For something with more Star Trek fun and less technocratic dread, here's an awesome Tumblr post on how hard humans go in Star Trek.

Brian Bendall posed this stunning Picard and Riker action figure scene with nothing but the power of patience and balance. If only they did this in the show. Hey, maybe Patrick Stewart is available.

Dr. Tanya Harrison laid out how a lot of us are dealing with self-isolation but in terms of Star Trek: The Next Generation characters. Sadly, more than a few of us are Geordis. For some other Star Trek stuff, here's a discussion of why no one on the Enterprise has pockets, and here are Tumblr's questions about gay Klingons.

Leave it to Tumblr to ask incredibly specific questions about the world of Star Trek and then rationalize the living hell out of them. It's kind like the time Tumblr had questions about gay Klingons. Tumblr asks interesting questions that make for good sci fi, like this thread about an alien invasion fought off by wildlife.

Tumblr gets itself into some interesting rabbit holes regarding the mating habits of fictional creatures, like this Tumblr thread that asks the hard questions about centaurs. Tumblr never runs out of sci-fi concepts and questions, which result in some pretty creative threads like this one about how humans are durable space orcs.

General Picard had some great writers. Take these with you into the world, and maybe pass some wisdom along to others while on your way. 

So much wisdom from the legend Jean-Luc Picard, and so little time. You might just learn something. 

The resulting subtitles are so far off the mark, it's actually kind of amazing. 

Memes that might help you accept certain truths about reality. 

Also worth checking out: Some of our top funny memes or memes about relationships

The working life can be dreary and supremely frustrating, so take these memes to help you along your way. Sometimes it is just all you can do to make it through one more day of work, one more shift, one more reason you hate your boss and plot is untimely and increasingly extravagant and fantastical demise. 

But enough about that pr*ck, use these work memes or these relatable work memes, to give yourself the nourishment you need to make it through and over the hump, and onto Friday and its glorious memery and freedom.