You know times are dire when people are so bored that their major memes in a given week are a made-up Simpsons character and a local government Zoom meeting that got a little out of hand. Those would be Gumbly, a character made up by Simpsons fans as a way to lament the show's decades-long decline, and the Handforth Parish Council Meeting, a viral video in which local councilwoman Jackie Weaver wouldn't take any guff on Zoom from her superiors, much to the amusement of the UK.

Still, the last week in memes proves that our collective hunger for shared experiences is growing stronger than ever in the time of COVID, and with vaccines in circulation, we may soon yearn for a time when the internet was defined by everyone losing their minds a little bit. This week, we celebrate our new Gumbly overlords and keep up with the ever-evolving Lady Dimitrescu and GameStop Short Squeeze meme extravaganza.