Close up of a white longhaired dog with his nose in focus who's laying on the beach. The dog's nose is covered in sand. Behind is a long stretch of the ocean and the white clouds above.

My cat broke his favorite toy and was very sad about it, so on his next vet visit we brought the toy along for “treatment”, and the vet totally played along. Photo of a veterinarian’s exam room. Vet has a surgical cap and mask on. Large red cat also with a cap, is watching intensely as the vet “operates” on a toy.

Comic with a woman sitting in a recliner. In front of her, two pre-teen children are staring at their cell phones. Mom's speech balloon is in cursive. She is saying, "When I was your age, I had to write in a style called 'cursive'." One child texts to the other, "W-T-H is Mom saying?" The other child replies in texting abbreviation with "I-D-K." [Credit: 18 Feb 2013 "Speed Bump" comic by Dave Coverly]

The classic two-panel Picard/Riker facepalm meme with a bad pun/dad joke. Picard: "Number One, do you know the difference between a kleptomaniac and a literalist?" Riker: "No Captain. What's the difference?" Picard: "A literalist takes things literally. A kleptomaniac takes things, literally." Riker then facepalms.