Sunday Smiles

I took a break last week due to the potentially indelicate interaction between the solemnity of Easter, Christianity’s holiest day, and the profanity of memes, which exist to poke some less-than-generous fun at others.

Of course, I did do a “smiles” post on Monday. I make my concessions to decency, but as few and as rarely as possible. I was born in the 1960s, so a bit of rebellion was pounded into me at an early age. As St Augustine said, “Lord make me pure, but not yet!”

I scoured the internet for ridiculous memes so you don’t have to. I hope you think the effort was worth it.

See you tomorrow!

An oldie but a goodie…

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Grammar Nazis are timeless.

Your weekly dose of the best newspaper in America:

Riley Gaines Arrested For Making Trans Activists Assault Her https://t.co/0gDWxVTlbh pic.twitter.com/sNKBrdPD0f

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 15, 2023

National Public Radio Denies Being National Or Public https://t.co/n2VVPVyT4i pic.twitter.com/toOq8nbxGn

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 12, 2023

Parents Just Relieved Teen Who Came Home Drunk Wasn't Drinking Bud Light https://t.co/9eXddpgWeD pic.twitter.com/ozs9iWCilW

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 14, 2023

Girl Too Young For Tattoo Offered Irreversible Gender Surgery pic.twitter.com/b7vSk0Zvu4

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 14, 2023

Child Grows Out Of Carseat Before Dad Can Finish Installing It https://t.co/I7BTibqBhw pic.twitter.com/bZC4vpxb5o

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 15, 2023

Drunk Irishmen Say They Understood Biden's Dublin Speech Perfectly https://t.co/ASd6rEEzfe pic.twitter.com/rGKUbdQuc9

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 14, 2023

‘I'm A Victim!’ Yells Trans Activist While Punching Woman In The Face https://t.co/mnIJ7qYCV5 pic.twitter.com/YUewFckqgD

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 15, 2023

And finally, a fascinating lesson on how maps distort your view of the world:

Flattening balls distorts them! pic.twitter.com/bhB9IGzVaL

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

Here it is, comparing the most disadvantaged with the most advantaged. Africa is *wider than Russia*!
Source: https://t.co/kkFTcnLSBm pic.twitter.com/z2tpRW30rA

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

It's 50% wider than the distance between Brazil and Africa pic.twitter.com/sohO6iC7X4

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

Here's Argentina fitting a bunch of European countries: pic.twitter.com/dodbF7J4HV

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

Here's another from @neilrkaye comparing Mexico with Greenland pic.twitter.com/P6F9SDnX6f

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

Broadly speaking, Europe, the US, Brazil, Australia, Russia, China, and India are comparable in orders of magnitude pic.twitter.com/bLMPUaIZ6p

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

And the biggest thing of all is by far the Pacific Ocean
A third of the world pic.twitter.com/BQjqw4zwAq

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

Or New Zealand? pic.twitter.com/QXAITmeIn5

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

Poor Antarctica feels lonely: pic.twitter.com/poTRvvBs0T

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

If you go all in, you can see the world according to fishes. Pretty well connected! pic.twitter.com/Aq7QwZ3VAr

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023

OK that's all for today. I'll add some more in my free newsletter, subscribe to get it:https://t.co/ky2JevTvio

Here's a last one that really surprised me, to give you a taste: the westernmost point in China is closer to Germany than to its easternmost point! pic.twitter.com/X4EN23ugmm

— Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo) April 14, 2023