Meme Monday: Just a Regular Guy Memes

If there's one thing that I prefer out of my SF&F, it's the concept of the "regular guy" going out and doing things. 

Not this Guy, but hey, it works.

Doesn't have to be a world-ending threat, and to be honest I prefer it if it's not. Maybe it's because I've been all "Tolkien-ed" and "Marvel-ed" out about world threats.*

But just being a regular person in a game going from zero to kind of something, I can work with that. And these memes are a celebration of that belief.

This is Plumbing the Death Star Episode 512.
They had me at that title. From Plumbing the Death Star.

At least regular ol' folks in MMOs can
be polite. From EBaum's World.

Sometimes, however, the DM doesn't really
give you what you want. From Pinterest.

And sometimes you just want to plant a garden,
not save the world. From Pinterest.

Well, crap. From Pinterest.

Then again, I guess I found myself. From Reddit.

*Admittedly, most of my D&D and MERP campaigns in my seminal early years had nothing to do with world-ending threats. Even the 20+ year campaign, which was ostensibly about a world-ending threat, never got close to that level because it took us so long to actually, you know, level up our characters.

EtA: Forgot to reattach the "*" at the end when I was adding the memes. Corrected.

Meme Monday: When You're Just Starting Out Memes

Everybody has to start somewhere, and being a gamer is no exception. I mean, we all started somewhere, right? And while that starting point is different for different folks...

This is mine. From the University of Texas.

we all have one. So, in honor of those first baby steps into gaming, here's a few memes.

If I had to point one out, it'd be #1, but as
you can see from the above Colossal Cave
reference, that's likely a keyboard.
From Thunder Dungeon.

Well, that wasn't me. We didn't have a separate
color television at home. Ever. (Ours was
black and white.) From Pinterest.

Yes, they do. I did my part! From Pinterest.

Yes, this. From Reddit and ifunny.co.

There is this little problem of people not being
used to having your character die, as in "it was
nice knowing you, better roll up another."
From Pinterest (with a nod to Mel Brooks).

And yeah. This is what it's like. Kind of reminds me
of those free "First Part of The Eye of the World" by
Robert Jordan books that bookstores had in the 90s.
As a bookseller once told me as he picked one up,
"You know what these are? These are your first free
hit of Crack." From 3 Wise DMs.

Meme Monday: Vacation? What Vacation? Memes

If you're like me, you have someone in the family who believes you need to be going and doing things on vacation. 

I'd say more, but I'd rather not deal with a fight.
From MemeGenerator.

For them, the concept of doing nothing is the antithesis of a vacation. Vacations are meant for personal enrichment and seeing places and things that you can't otherwise see, or the vacation days end up being used for appointments or lists of things to do that you can't simply delay for the weekend. 

That ain't me. 

Vacations to me are for doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. Slumming, in other words. Maybe read a little, maybe play games, maybe cook a bit, but otherwise just don't do a single thing.

And I really haven't had one of those in a long while. (Still haven't, if you're wondering whether I'm "on vacation" for posting this Meme Monday.)

So this is for all those people who are skeptical about taking vacation and you end up "working" more than at your regular job.

The family lore is littered with the times
I have been called back into work on
company holidays, such as Christmas or New
Years Day, because... stuff. From Cheezburger.

This too. There have been so many times that
I've come back to far more work than when I left,
and somehow people seem to think this is normal.
From Laurent Perrier via Thunder Dungeon.

Again, why do I go on vacation when I get up earlier thatn
when I go to work? From inkl.

Yep. And usually the arguments are about going
and doing all sorts of things when we should
be relaxing. From Alamy.

And this is what you end up facing when you
"go someplace invigorating" or "go someplace
peaceful". Everybody else goes there too.
From Readers Digest.

And then it's the dreaded "return from
vacation" event, in which you realize you
forgot the PIN to your password vault
(or your passwords; take your pick).
From Facebook.

Meme Monday: Guinea Pig Memes

Our oldest and her partner are visiting for the week, although part of the time here they'll be away at a conference. This means that we're babysitting our grandkids.

Or maybe I should say "Grand-piggies."

Yes, we've got the two* guinea pigs in the house right now. So, in honor of them eating us out of all of our lettuce and carrots (and apples), here's a few guinea pig memes.

This. This is true. From Merry About Town.

This is a lie. I mean, it's an XBox. Real piggies
play Playstation. From Cheezburger via Instagram.

Again, this is true. I was serenaded yesterday
when they decided it was mealtime. Didn't matter
that it wasn't their real mealtime, they decided it was.
From Merry About Town and Pic Collage.

Every time I read this, I hear my Questing Buddy's
voice superimposed over this, as if she were a
big ol' guinea pig. From Pinterest.

Again: can confirm. From Piinterest.

And they have. Holy cow, I'd forgotten how much
they poop. From AnimalSpot.

And now, the best part of WoW's
Shadowlands expansion. Once you see it,
you can't unsee it. From Reddit.

*Alas, the third passed away a few months ago from old age.

Meme Monday: Hot Memes

Before you ask, no, I don't mean this sort of hot:

I kid you not, this came from a Pinterest user
named... Nightelf. I suppose it could be worse.

 

I meant THIS sort of hot:

Yes, I brought this one out again.
From 9GAG.

This week is the first really hot week of Summer in our part of the Midwest, so I'm not exactly looking forward to it. Hence this Meme Monday.

I work in IT for a reason. Just sayin'.
From Becky Barnicoat.

You've got me. I have no idea, but then again
I'm not really good at fashion, either.
From Pinterest.

Huh. Huh huh huh huh.
From Pinterest (and Beavis and Butthead).

Well, just effing great. Now I've got an image
in my head I can't shake. Thanks a lot, Anchorman.
(And Imgflip.)

Uh, about that... From Imgflip.

He can have it. From spot.ph.

Meme Monday: Aging Memes for a Gamer

This past weekend I spent some hours ripping out weeds and weedy shrubs from our yard, then followed by trimming the shrubs that are still around back into a usable shape.* Not exactly the most fun thing in the world, but it had to be done. However, when I finished, I discovered that the muscles in my arms were having difficulty holding something steady, given that I was lifting and moving stuff for quite a long while. 

From Blazing Saddles via MakeAGIF.com.

I know that by tomorrow morning it'll be fine, but it's still an annoying reminder that I'm getting older.

So, I figured I'd soothe my annoyances with a few memes about aging.

Given that our local library branch has D&D afternoons
for teenagers, I can see this happening. I think we'll need
to wait for the Satanic Panic crowd to die off first, though.
From Reddit (and X, most likely).

I was having to explain something to Shintar
last week when I realized that it really made me
sound old in a way I never quite thought of before.
Yikes. From Imgur.

I at least know what Fortnite is, but ask me
to provide details about Roblox and you'll get
a blank stare. From Pinterest.

Kind of ironic they used Linus of Linus Tech Tips
for this meme. From programmerhumor.io.

If you think it's bad in your 30s, wait'll you hit
your 50s and 60s... From Facebook.

And yeah, it can feel like this at times...
From Facebook (and Coraline).

Yeah, this. From couldbeworsecomic from
Instagram via Reddit.

*In this case, "usable shape" meant trimming so that I can actually see out of the windows in the front of the house. Left to their own devices, the shrubs would have completely covered up the front windows within a couple of years. I personally would have preferred some boxwood bushes in front, but the evergreens were in place when the house was built and I have no reason to remove them unless I have to fix cracks in the basement. And yes, that's a project to eventually work on, but hopefully I can put that off as long as I can. (Because costs.)

Meme Monday: Father's Day Memes for 2026

This coming Sunday is Father's Day in the US, so I figured that sharing a few memes for Gamer Dads would be a good idea. (Maybe.)

Well, I'd like to think so. From Pinterest.

True story: I was supposed to watch my oldest when
she was a few months old and napping in her car
seat. So I took the car seat upstairs and began a game
of Sid Meier's Colonization (the original one). 
I ended up with a stiff neck because I kept twisting
it around every few seconds to see if she'd woken up.
From Meta PCs on X.

Sheesh. It's not that bad. After all, we're all gamers here.
From Bored Panda.

/snicker. From Reddit and Breaking Bad.

Okay, I laughed. From Reddit.

Then, of course, there's World of Warcraft.
From Reddit.