Doge Has Lost His Joy

ARE YA WINNING, SON? No dad. We’ve been in quarantine for nearly a year now. I find no joy in videogames despite having 50 unplayed steam games, and making memes has become a repetitive chore. I am cold and sad. When will this end?

A muscular Doge stands in a doorway while a smaller, sad Doge sits at a desk during quarantine. The joke parodies a parent checking whether their child is enjoying video games, but the son explains that isolation, an overwhelming game backlog, and meme-making have made everything joyless. It is used as a reaction to burnout, boredom, and prolonged quarantine fatigue.

• @itvbia / 9192 2021-01-15