'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (August 11, 2026)

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Aug 11, 2026 3:15 PM EDT

Do you have your memes in a row for the workweek ahead?

Or wait, is the saying with ducks? Ducks, memes, whatever- are you ready? I sure am. I always have my memes in a row before the start of my workweek. I wouldn't be able to survive the capitalist wheel if I didn't! Your boss doesn't want you to know this one trick: Meme on the company dime. Why send a regular 'ole "circling back" email when you can send a meme of a dog chasing its tail? It basically means the same thing. And it makes you seem like a chill af coworker. Who doesn't want to be the chill coworker? Even if you're a manager, in fact, even more important for a manager! You have to meme to be understood and respected.

Then again, I work for and about the memes, so maybe my office dynamics are different than most… You might as well try it though! Even if it just gets your office bestie to LOL during the 9am meeting, it's worth the meme. Memes are like a little bit of PTO during your day. You can't take another week off because you used all of your PTO, and sickdays… But your boss can't stop you from scrolling on your computer as you go about your day. How do they even know what you're scrolling through? Maybe it's through the email chain with Karen from marketing or something.

Whatever kind of office dynamic you have every day, may it be filled with memes. Here is a whole quarterly report's worth of them for you and your coworker to LOL to.