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For a lot of people, daily life doesn't look like how it used to, and it won't go back to normal tomorrow or the next day. Aisha Ahmad explains that part of getting through it is having a strategy to deal with that 6 month wall and learning how to adapt to a somehow stagnating but also everchanging reality. If it's worth anything, here are some wholesome memes.

Memes are a sort of ephemeral form of communication. Most of them need some sort of context in order to operate well. As this tumblr thread shows, the further we get from some, understanding them becomes a form of cultural anthropology. These ones still mostly make sense though so it's still pretty funny. For more tumblr stuff, here are some random tumblr gems to tumble through.

Human beings are peculiar creatures with a strange set of rules. We catch onto trends quickly, but can be easily swayed by minor changes in our environment, especially when it has to do with getting tickets we could trade in for cheap, horrible prizes. Here's a teacher who underestimated their students during a social experiment.

There's a tradition in the U.S. navy that no submarine is lost at sea, and every Christmas a broadcast is sent out to all the crews of those subs still on duty. Naturally, tumblr took it and made it into a whole ghost ship thing, which is somehow macabre but also heartwarming. Why not, people see some unexplained stuff at sea. For a totally classic navy story, here's a Navy operations officer who pulled the laziest move ever.

As convenient as a greeting card can be, it's a shame they only make them for boiler-plate events like birthdays and holidays. Sometimes you need a greeting card that gets at a more specific issue, and you have to use your creativity to devise a low budget solution. With a flick of a pen, any card can be expertly repurposed.

Following the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, people were compelled to tell stories of the supreme court justice's impact and legacy. In this instance we have a guy sharing his time working with the justices in a fantasy baseball league. The thought of having a petty fantasy league moment in such an official setting is surreal.

If there's one nice thing about being an adult, it's that you can bankroll at least some of your childhood dreams. Jurassic Park is a timeless classic, and many of us have our own personal reasons to say, want to believe in twitter updates from Jurassic Park or in this case, buy cool toys we never got to have.

Do you eat food off the ground? Do you collect small rocks and things? Do you make strange noises and leave all your belongings in a big pile? You may very well have a goblin personality. For some more fantasy inspired tumblr stuff, here's a tumblr thread on the theory that dwarves have intelligent super beards.

The career of Snoop Dogg is long and interesting, and he's managed to work his way into popular culture in a way unlike anyone else. Tumblr fawns over his more down to earth aspects, his cook book, and the fact that Martha Stewart is a convicted felon while he isn't. You can never be too sure of what kind of golden moments will come out of the world of Tumblr.

Here's a good reminder that the way your country does things isn't necessarily the way it's done everywhere. We can see how this person would have a bit of an issue over the use of a stick of butter in a recipe. Tumblr can be home to some culture clashes, or a place for learning, like this Tumblr thread on the USA explained.

To be perfectly honest, we thought that Garfield hype had lived a long life and died but for some reason there's still straight-up Garfield-themed restaurants out there that sell merch and are on Twitter. This dude was trying to buy a plush toy when somewhere along the line, someone made a mistake and he got pounds and pounds of sand. The time and frustration that go into constant shipping errors can become a madding roller coaster, like this guy who ordered boxes and kept getting granola.

Sorry everyone. "The Game" is something many of us played and only succeeded in losing, and now it's time to once again take up that heavy mantle of failure. When one Tumblr user asked what the hell all this game losing was about, another was compelled to explain the burden so many of us live with the this day. For more Tumblr, here are various Tumblr gems to keep the day moving.

An ekans doesn't seem nearly as imposing when it looks like it could crawl out of a tailpipe. Many of us grew up with the global phenomenon of Pokémon searing its mark into our childhoods, and a lot of time has been lost on those games for good reason. This Tumblr Thread explains how the Pokémon probability system is madness. Also, here's a thread on why Mr. Mime is the creepiest Pokémon.

It starts out really making sense, then you're like all right this is getting extreme? Then upon closer inspection, possibly by employing your crackerjack critical thinking skills you read the username and you're like "oh." The creative minds of Tumblr never stop, leading to some totally random, funny and bizarre Tumblr nuggets.

So it started with a goofy observation on ants getting your attention, and then someone gave it some more thought and re-characterized this whole thing as you taking on the God role in an ant war. A simple story prompt or small idea can spin into a whole thing, like this Tumblr thread about wildlife fighting off an alien invasion or this short story about lies making scars. For short bursts of creative weirdness  here a bunch of Tumblr gems to keep the day moving.

A limited knowledge of animals and a well timed photo can send the wrong message, and this person is here to explain why it's probably not as sad as it looks. For more people enlightening other people on how animals actually work, here's a thread on farm animals that takes a dark turn.