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.

The Anime Playlist of Winter 2021 – Infinity Edition

SK8 the Infinity

Welcome back to another edition of my Anime Playlist — your short guide into some of the best anime openings, endings, and original soundtracks! Contrary to popular belief, the news of my untimely demise has been greatly exaggerated. Jokes aside, it’s been nearly three months since I last posted anything, so I have some catching up to … Read more

TAY: Open Forum – Re-Arrivals, Years in the Making

Tychus Findlay from the teaser trailer for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Today’s Open Forum is about those things in entertainment–games, shows, movies, music, and otherwise–that, after laying dormant for years, come back with a splash. Especially if it turns out to be something that excites you to your very core; even better if it’s something that you would have never expected to reenter your life anew. … Read more

TAY: Open Forum – Higher Fidelity

Salutations to you all! It always comes back to Mario somehow, doesn’t it? The Nintendo Gigaleak continues to provide fascinating insights into the behind-the-scenes details of how some of their games come together. One of the most recent ways that’s happened is that the Gigaleak apparently includes many of the exact names of the synthesizers … Read more

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