The Best Memes and Viral Tidbits of 2021

In clockwise order, starting from the left: the bassist, acoustic guitarist, "singer," and drummer in ilovehashbrowns11's NOTHING IS HERE!!! TikTok

It is whenever times end up being so trying, however, that we’ve especially got to take stock of the things that bring us relief and joy. For me, a major source of such positive vibes ended up being those functionally useless yet arguably entertaining and/or hilarious things that we call “memes” or whatever it is that goes “viral.”

TAY2: Open Forum – Positively Unpopular Opinions

Image still from the end of the "Wonderful Christmastime" music video, featuring Paul McCartney and members of his band, Wings

Releasing Wednesdays on a biweekly basis, Todd (of Todd in the Shadows) and Alina Morgan’s Song Vs. Song is essentially the only podcast which I regularly keep up with these days. And this Wednesday’s episode was a doozy: Not only this year’s Christmas-themed episode, but a full-on Beatles throwdown–Lennon vs. McCartney!!–as they pitted John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” against Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” in an hour of discussions.

TAY2: Open Forum – The Beginning Bonds

The actors who have played James Bond, from left to right: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig

It may very well be difficult to remember, but eons ago last month, the newest James Bond 007 film, No Time to Die, finally released to theaters, following a six-year gap between now and the last one. And having still not seen it, it nonetheless sparked my latest resurgence of abnormally high interest in the whole James Bond enterprise.

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