Baby Yoda and the Quest for Memes

Embracing the Light Side of Humor

It's Yodalicious!

This week, the trailer for the new Peter Pan & Wendy movie came out. I'm shocked that Disney is attempting to do a Peter Pan live-action remake; If they think they can compare to Hook , they are out of their minds. Personally, I was obsessed with the made-for-TV live-action Peter Pan starring Mary Martin in 1960. It was an adaptation of the Peter Pan Broadway musical, so Disney didn't get their greasy paws on it. My favorite thing about Peter Pan the musical is that they cast a middle-aged woma…

we <3 baby Yoda

I don't know if there's ever been a better toy in existence than the lightsaber toys that dominated the shelves in the 2000s. They are 1000% cooler than those silly Harry Potter wands could ever be. They lit up, made cool noises, and were the perfect tool for accidentally whacking your sibling in the throat. When you're a child, whether you're an avid Star Wars fan or not, you feel an almost primeval urge to get into sword fights with other children. You could use sticks, flimsy foam swords, or…

Adult Yoda is included!

Yikes.

If you are a young Gen Z, your vocabulary is probably rotted because of your exposure to the internet. Trust me, I would know. The way I speak has so man colloquialisms you'd think I was a character written by a boomer for the expressed purpose of making fun of young people. I say words like stun, werk, and fierce as if I was a robot programmed to do so. Friends have told me that because they hang out with me, they've started accidentally calling people “gorg” in corporate environments, much to…

Get wet.

Once you leave school and get into the regular routines of life, it can be hard to find new things to do that make you think. It's often difficult to find something exciting to stimulate your brain. Many people use little games and puzzles to keep their brains challenged and active, which is admirable. While doing a crossword every day probably won't make you a genius, it can imbue little nuggets of knowledge into your mind that previously might have just stayed in the newspaper. Personally, I…

One of the best things about memes is they aren't going anywhere anytime soon. It doesn't seem like memes are in danger of extinction, but you never know. As a kid, I was anxious about the entire internet deleting itself in a burning of the Library of Alexandria-esque crisis. This dilemma kept me up at night; If the internet got deleted, how would I watch the newest episode of Annoying Orange and Charlie the Unicorn? As I've grown older, I've found much more reasonable end-of-the-world scenario…

May the memes be with you

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