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Just when you thought this year couldn't get any more unhinged, if you log on to Twitter right now, you'll find that 'Zoom Dick' is one of the top trending topics. And yes, it's pretty much what it sounds like. According to VICE, the New Yorker has suspended CNN reporter Jeffrey Toobin after he whipped it out during a Zoom meeting with his colleagues. Toobin claims the indecent exposure was accidental, believing his camera was off at the time. Yikes. 

Many on Twitter are lamenting the fact that we'll have to add 'Zoom Dick Incident' to the big, fat 2020 history books, while others are embracing the absurd event as a distraction from global pandemic, ceaseless wildfires, and electoral shit-shows. To be honest, we're pretty surprised something like this hasn't already happened at this point. Here's how people on Twitter are reacting to The Great Zoom Dick Incident of 2020.

Anyone else feel like their meme standards have taken a nose dive of late? Political fatigue and a general contempt for the world seem to have skewed our taste towards the very dumb. This past weekend we were graced by meme that easily meets this very low criteria. According to Know Your Meme, the trend began on 4chan, after a user shared a still of Paul Allen (Jared Leto) in American Psycho. The intentionally miscaptioned still reads  "Patrick, it's you!! You're the American Psycho?!!," to which another 4chan user replies "He didn't say that." After other users chimed in, the thread grew to over 100 replies. And now it looks like it made an impact in the memeosphere.

Following the 4chan thread, the format started to pop up on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Users seemed to be scrambling to create (and share) the incredibly stupid and easy-to-make memes. Even gamers got in on the joke, creating their own versions for releases such as Death Stranding and Final Fantasy. While it's hard to present these memes as the "best" of anything, they're pretty damn entertaining. Here's hoping we see more dumb and easy content in the coming months. This year needs all the help it can get.

If you've ever tuned into Evangelical Christian television, you're already aware of its inherently cringey qualities. But today we're here to offer up some vintage Christian cringe that feels like something right out of HBO's The Righteous Gemstones.  The video comes courtesy of Twitter user @RebekaDawn, and it's an incredible spectacle of awkward snapping, dramatic beats, and some seriously goofy choreography. We've included the video below, along with some more wince-worthy Christian rap and some of the more clever and incredulous reactions. Our next move? Probably practicing these dances in the mirror.

Both American and English food get a bad rep for being over-processed and bland respectively. But honestly if you're looking for noxious cursed food, you can find it just about anywhere. Here's how British and American people looked upon the phenomenon of a whole chicken in a can, as well as some other notorious canned meat products. For some more cultural clash, here's cultures colliding over how to measure time and space.

Welcome to another weekly twitter roundup of the best, most talked about animal tweets of the week! Every week, we collect the most viral animal tweets for you, the kind of viral tweets that you always know about but are never sure how to find. We gotchu. 

There's always something new going on in animal twitter, some adorable/funny/cool thing to see. This week, we have animals taking selfies, animals skateboarding, and cats being the best psychologists. You think we're kidding? Nope, animal twitter is just crazy and creative enough that all of these things are 100% real. 

We never thought we'd see the day that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would be used to explain the way people with ADHD think, but that day has officially come. In a thread from earlier this week, Twitter user @3TrackMind79 shares the nuances of what he likes to call "dolphin brain," and how these rapid-paced thoughts can lead NTs (neuro-typicals) to become confused when people with ADHD pepper their conversations with what might seem like non sequiturs. It's an interesting and amusing read, and definitely gives some valuable insight for those of us want to communicate better with our friends with attention disorders.

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.

Freddie Mercury was correct in Bohemian Rhapsody when he said that "nothing really matters," because let's face it, life is meaningless and corporations have completely taken over our lives. So if for some strange reason you're in the mood to be reminded of the dystopian hell we live in, scroll down!

With all the chaos going on in the world, Twitter can be especially exhausting these days. It's like an endless river of bitterness and anger. But once in a while, if you manage to escape the current and rest along the bank, you can come across a heartwarming picture of a cat, or a dumb dad joke, or that clever quip you wish you'd thought of first. We can't get enough of those funny tweets that don't demand a lot brain energy. Hopefully this compilation of Twitter winners will fill your day with good vibes.

Nothing's quite as sweet as seeing a liar who thought they could pull a fast one on people, getting outed for their antics online. As long as we've had social media, we've had people trying to garner attention, cultivate clout, and just generally trick people with an onslaught of silly lies. Fortunately, we have other folks online that are dedicated to calling the lies out as they see them. 

Replies this clever are pretty hard to come by; you've kinda just just gotta be in the right place at the right time, and brands like Wendy's - the absolute champions of the roast - know this all too well. Some of these people seriously deserve an award for their witty replies!

It's perfectly normal to decompress with a cocktail or beer (or three) but sometimes people take it too far. This can lead to, at best, a brutal hangover - or at worst, a hangover paired with the embarrassment of having done something extremely stupid while under the influence. These people are definitely fall into the latter category.

Another week has gone by, which means another week of parents struggling to do their best as their kids test their patience day after day. Thank goodness for Twitter, which serves as an outlet for parents to get sympathy, empathy, and advice from other parents who are also winging the parenting journey. We've put together another list of funniest parenting tweets we came across this week to make you hopefully feel somewhat less alone in your parenting trials and tribulations. And here are last week's in case you missed them.

Animal twitter is huge. Navigating it is a challenge. One must know where to look to find the most talked about animals, and keeping up with everything is nearly impossible. That is why - every week - we do the job for you, finding the most liked, retweeted, and popular animals on twitter. 

Every week, there are new surprises. If last week we had cat gods, this week we have the oldest tortoise in the world (188 years old!) and crab scandals. Yes, crab scandals that'll definitely give you something to talk about this week with your friends. Really, huge animal tweets are generally a good conversation starter, and they are definitely the best start to your week. So, enjoy this look into the animal twitter hivemind, and hopefully, next year, we'll be celebrating Jonathan the tortoise's 189th year together!

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.