The year is 2017 and you are laughing at pictures online. The pictures are funny because you understand the contextual foundation of the jokes. This understanding makes you feel included, as if you’re part of an inside joke. Now look to your left, then to your right. You’re actually alone. You’ve felt alone for years, but the pictures online help you to forget about that. The pictures online make you feel like you’re having a genuine shared experience. You know deep down the experience isn’t genuine, because there is a void in your heart that even the dankest meme could never fill. You are nothing without these online pictures.