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The era is of the internet. People are passing their time on the internet, blog, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Memes are evolved recently. It is a pictorial representation of a joke. And people love memes.

Our social media is flooded with jokes, memes and gifs. Here in the present article, we have enlisted some of the meme material related to PhD. PhD is a very serious business, still, some of the memes are incredible and describe some of the common problems everyone faces during their PhD time.

See this What a PhD student feel on Friday when everyone is planning to party!

This meme is best understood by those who are still struggling to write their research paper.

A cold-blooded insult to a PhD student.

This story is for those who have actually mastered a skill to describe their research like no one other did do it.

This one is actually exciting.

Another next level of insult to us (PhDs).

This happens to everyone. By reading a few papers we think we know everything.

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And, really, that’s all there was to say about “Hawk Tuah” girl. We sufficiently bled the discourse dry of all valuable insight, and we’re ready to move on to fresher hells. And yet, for some reason, my brethren in the media have not gotten this message. Yesterday Rolling Stone unveiled a fawning Haliey Welch exclusive that is so overheated in its posture that I almost wonder if it’s satire . Here is the subhead of that piece:

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I’ve been on the internet long enough to remember when there was a universally established life cycle for viral characters. The “ Numa Numa ” kid uploaded his video to Newgrounds and enjoyed an in-the-know ubiquity among forum dwellers in the early 2000s, without any predatory talent agents harboring fantasies of him splayed out on the cover of Spin. (Others that fall into this category include Tay Zonday , the Star Wars kid , and whoever made the “ End of Ze World ” Flash cartoon.) But unfortunately, in our modern hypercapitalized digital ecosystem, everyone who has even the faintest whiff of virality is now encouraged to mine that moment for all it’s worth—morphing, say, a cute, profane YouTube clip into the job. Think of the tools currently at your disposal! Cameo, OnlyFans, ersatz Instagram sponcon for poorly defined health drinks, all working in conjunction to ensure that Being Online is permanently tinged with sweaty desperation from all parties. (Apparently Welch is developing a reality show ? Jesus.) Everyone wants to be a star, but really, most people who have a viral moment on the internet were meant to only ever be a meme.

But who knows? Maybe I’m wrong and Welch’s career is poised to skyrocket to unfathomable heights. Perhaps she’ll next headline Stagecoach or appear in a forthcoming incarnation of the Fast and Furious franchise, and her fateful blow-job joke will be seen as a strange, divinatory omen of authentic stardom. If so, I will happily eat my words. Until then, if you are lucky (or unlucky) enough to brush against white-hot virality, maybe set your aspirations a smidge lower than Dolly Parton. There is so much grace and dignity in enjoying your 15 minutes of fame before returning to real life.

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Within its first month on the air, “SpongeBob” edged out “Pokémon” as the highest-rated Saturday morning kids’ series on TV. By 2002, it eclipsed “Rugrats” as the most-watched children’s show on cable – and more than a third of its audience were adults.

“The first time it hit me was when I’d pull up to the elementary school to pick up my daughter and I’d get greeted by 15 7-year-olds screaming, ‘Patrick! Patrick!’ “ Fagerbakke says. “And then I started getting comments from parents, being like, ‘I’m so happy there’s something I can watch with my kids.’ “

Kenny considers “SpongeBob” to be a “statistical anomaly” in the vein of Fox's “ The Simpsons ,” which just wrapped its 35 th season. (“It’s confounding,” he says. “Stuff isn’t supposed to last this long.”) He credits the show’s staying power to Hillenburg, who died in 2018 at age 57 from complications of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“One thing I learned from him is that character drives everything,” Kenny says. “You shouldn’t violate who they are or stuff they would do for the sake of a laugh. Steve was very strict about that. He always said SpongeBob was the hardest character to write for. He’s so elastic; he’s very complex.”

With 14 seasons and more than 500 11-minute shorts, “SpongeBob” has spawned a branding empire, with theme-park rides, spinoff movies, a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade float and even a Broadway musical . The affable sponge has been emblazoned on kids’ backpacks and water bottles, as well as adult merchandise.

“I remember early on, Patrick T-shirts and boxer shorts were selling in double and triple XL sizes at rates that had not been seen before. I thought, ‘These are for dudes – and not small dudes, either,’” Kenny says. “You’d go to the grocery store and see SpongeBob Fruit Roll-Ups and Kraft Mac and Cheese. I was like, ‘Wow, OK, I’m liking this!’ Licensing is everything – that’s our lifeline.”

Despite a popular meme , those brand deals did not include “SpongeBob” tampons. “I’m guessing that wouldn’t make it out of the board meeting,” Kenny adds with a laugh. However, “there are ‘ SpongeBob ’ toilet training seats . We’re teaching children many things: about friendship, being yourself, letting your freak flag fly – and also how to poop.”

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When I asked Skelhorn why people buy gold bars, he said the most common reason is that they want to use them to hedge inflation .

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Skelhorn emphasized that gold is taxed at a higher rate than normal investments.

"Capital gain taxes for gold are 28% when it's held over a year," he said. "Other assets like stocks or real estate could be taxed at 0-20%, depending on your total income for the year."

But if you're looking to invest in a tax-friendly investment vehicle, Skelhorn mentioned it's possible to instead invest in a gold IRA .

"That way, you don't have to pay any capital gain tax when you buy or sell the funds inside the IRA," he said.

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Another factor Skelhorn advised me to consider is that I can't earn income by buying gold.

"Comparing it to stocks or bonds, which could yield interest or dividends, there's no income when you buy gold bars because you're just holding them," he said.

Skelhorn added that the only way to make money off gold bars is by selling them for more than you bought them.

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Skelhorn did confirm that investing in gold could be a good way to diversify my portfolio.

"Gold isn't correlated with other asset classes like the stock market or bonds," he said. "So if the stock market goes down, it doesn't mean the price of gold will go down with it."

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