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Really did summarize 2023 very succinctly. Nice refresher

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Jan 7Liked by Visceral Adventure

I finished! And now my desktop is cluttered with tiny memes mewling for a home. Thank you Tonika!

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I appreciate you sitting through the whole thing!

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Jan 6·edited Jan 6Liked by Visceral Adventure

Did it in one go - but not until 2024 - do I get a prize? Thanks for the effort, that's a lot of work. To mis-quote Celia Farber - from her dad I believe - 'fighting evil is so much fun'.

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You brave soul, that’s a huge time investment!! But I very much appreciate you doing that. 🤗 and agreed with Celia’s dad: fighting evil is a hoot.

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I know it I know it--that wuz his "signature" tune--still git all scenty-mental seein' it--always a talent. I wunder (since Bob wuz a Leslie an' wuz a Brit) if he got roped in fer "patriotic" reasons or if he knew it wuz evil from the git-go. If ya look'it Eyes Wide Shut he's the masked feller with the swoopy ski nose... he lived ta over 100 too--they reward the ol' farts fer their evil (sadly). But fer me--I gotta supper-ate the men from their ahrts / dart ahrts y'know. Look' it Cat & Canary fer a truly young Bob. Anywhoo.... yup, I think they wanted it that way if it ever leaked out that indeedy, we "cain't have anythin' nice"-- but the movies remain at least!

Thanks fer the toast Tonika! (buttered on both sides!) An' fer the collaboratin', an' lotsa love back at'cha an' yer own young whipper snappers! Mebbe we kin do something funny 2gether in the new yahr? cheers!

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Let’s see what the new year brings! There sure isn’t a shortage of material to work with. Or as you say, toast to butter on both sides. 😂 (never heard of that expression before).

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thanks fer the meme-eries Tonika! lotsa good 'uns!

makes me think've this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmE7gVkK14I

(Of course yes, BOB of all "pee-pull" ta "trigger" them memories ('er meme-eries) bein' an mkultra handler an' all but my he wuz talented so I'm jus' sharin' the song cuz it's a classic an' I'll leave it ta Stanley Kubrick ta shine a lurid light on old' ski nose thar)

Happy HAPPY New Year with a toast ta yer many talents shared far an' widely over the past year!

(with extree grattytude fer bringin' the "entity known as Joe" to life!)

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Thanks for sharing that video. Quite moving, that scene, actually. Never had seen Bob Hope as a young man. He was a handler? Dang! Can’t we have nothing nice!!?

A toast to you, dear Daisy! Thanks for collaborating with me and bringing some fun to Substack. Lots of love and good fortune to you and your young whipper snappers. ❤️

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Jan 3Liked by Visceral Adventure

A year in memes. Fantastic, Tonika, thank you for the giggles and memories!

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Thanks. Liam!

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Jan 3Liked by Visceral Adventure

This collection was the best 12 hours of my life

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Hahahaha! That’s pretty much how long it took me to compile. 😂 thanks for spending the time. 🥂

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Jan 3Liked by Visceral Adventure

Bravo! That was so much fun, and meaningful. It brought the laughter of nodding acknowledgment. The laughter of wise recognition. The laughter of painful irony. And a couple just gut busting humor. Thanks for a fun ride this evening. 🚗🌈❤️

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Aw, heck, that means a lot!! Cheers!

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Jan 1Liked by Visceral Adventure

Brilliant! You found some really excellent ones there - nicely done :)

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Thanks for spending the time with it, Jen! Hope the scotch helped. :)

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It did :)

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OMG thank you for the best laughs! Brilliant!

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I stand on the memoulders of giants.

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Jan 1Liked by Visceral Adventure

Epic!

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I stole a few from the OU chat if you couldn’t tell. :)

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Steal to your hearts content :-)

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Jan 1Liked by Visceral Adventure

Yes, best source of historical news EVER 😁😁! Happy happy until the next one...

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Happy New Year!

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Jan 1Liked by Visceral Adventure

Made it through in roughly three sittings and have questions. How big is your external meme storage hard drive? How convoluted is your meme folder organisation system? Where are all the Astrology memes?

I think the Venn diagram section was my favourite. Yo Ho Ho

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😂 the memes all got dumped into a folder on my computer. About half of them made it into the memelanche. I wish I had organised them throughout the year, but no, I spent the last three weeks organising and then the last three days dumping them into a post. Only one astrology meme made it in because I’m daddy when it comes to it, but I promise to learn from your stack and make it up to you next year’s memelamche. If there is a next year. If we make it past April.

I’m a lover of Venn diagrams and I am so relieved that at least one person thought them worth while.

Really appreciate you, Isaac. Thanks for being stack buddies. And collaborators. Looking forward to 2024.

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Jan 1Liked by Visceral Adventure

Too many, too good! I'm *still* wading my way through them!

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😬you don’t have to finish! It’s a lot! But I appreciate that you’re taking a gander!

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Jan 1Liked by Visceral Adventure

Oh, I'll finish. Some of these are too good to pass up re-posting to other places.

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kudos to Calvin for his excellent narration. nice memes, some were so laugh out loud. Great work my friend. Praying for you and yours, peace and prosperity.

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Thank you, David! And may all the blessings find you too!

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Only 1/3 of the way through but so far superb! HNY 🎉🎈🥳

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Awesome! Thanks for taking the time! Happy New Year, cosmic traveler!

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