Are there many things less funny than hot new memes rife with LOLcat spin-offs? Well, this one, “Pete Hoekstra is a Meme” — based on this tragic war tale — is pretty funny, and should be for the next seven hours or so. Anyway, some of you have asked for an Iran open thread, about (the start of) the Khamenei crackdown, so consider this it. Hopefully everyone in Iran and on Twitter stays safe. Fuck bad people.

Holiday Party Season is in full swing, and everyone will be constantly drunk and miserable until January 2, when we’ll all sober up and face the unimaginable dread of another year of this shit. MORE »