The summer , a time for flashy car radio , staycation binge - observance , and film theater line conditioning is nearly over . Luckily for you , we ’re not ready to say good-bye . Check out our hub of thebest of summertime movies , TV shows , and musicfor recommendations on how to keep the good times rolling .
Between record - breaking rut , global crisis , never - end Harambe jokes , a firm flow of political barking , and the constant anxiety of keep shit together ( if you ’re reading this from the DMV line … we ’re dark ) , the last four months of existence were … a bit much . That ’s why we invented " escapism " – the comfort of movies , telly shows , albums , and meme ephemera is legit . Thankfully , summer 2016 , like a yin to the yang , came through with the counterbalance .
To keep you keeping on , we ’ve collate every fleck of fun we ’ve had this summertime . Here ’s the pappa that start , in no particular order .
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1 . EveryLyanna Mormontmic pearl , aka every Lyanna Mormont logical argument
2 . The hours of exercise we clocked while playingPokémon Go , including the lifelike jaw stretches sustained fromgawking atPokémon Gofever
3 . TheMr . Robotepisode where Elliot ( Rami Malek ) head - slip into a ' 90s - era sitcom , give us a rationality to finally watchFuller House
Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont on Game of Thrones|HBO
4 . When the USA basketball team let the cat out of the bag Vanessa Carlton on a plane
5 . Jon Stewart’sLate ShowTrump blah , his long - overdue return to the political - comedy podium
6 . TheStranger Thingstheories
Warner Bros. Pictures
7 . TheStranger Thingstheory rabbit holes
8 . The up - and - comingStranger Thingscast members andtheir ownStranger Thingstheories
9 . FRICKIN’BARB
Epic Records/YouTube
10 . TheStranger Thingssoundtrack ( which is not a possibility , but a fact )
11 . Even theStranger ThingsSeason 2 promulgation … whichspurred more theory
12 . The annexation of Arthur the Aardvark ’s fist as 2016 ’s go - to symbol of anger
13.Chad fromThe Bachelorettesaying with all serious-mindedness , " In other words , it is not a saucy decision to jab the Chad - bear "
14 . " Panda , lesser panda , panda , panda , cat bear , panda … "
15 . The gut - splashing , skull - burning , narrative - defying foolishness oftheDOOMreboot
16 . Carly Rae Jepsen’sE•MO•TION : Side B , a prompt - put - down - the - window - there’s - still - time - to - blast - this - one soda water gift
17 . Kim Kardashian , the Julian Assange of medicine - industry beefs , queer Taylor Swift ’s " Famous"-related story bySnapchatting the singer ’s call with Kanye
18.Riz Ahmed , who kill it onThe Night Ofas the accused murderer Naz Khan , who did not vote out anyone on the actual show
19 . claim that Ryan Lochtestole his hairstylefrom a Nickelodeon animated cartoon
20 . Colin Farrell ’s romantically frustrated dystopian pawn fromThe Lobster – our variety of schmuck
21 . The feel on Richard Hendricks ' face as he stumbled upontwo horses screwing each other
22 . The blissfully awesome paronomasia on thisCentral Intelligenceposter
23 . The 782nd stage ofTwo Dots
24 . Nicki Minaj ’s convoluted , racy , joyous , shade - throwing , to a great extent Instagrammed relationship with Meek Mill , a goop opera for the cyberspace age
25 . The ratio ofJared Leto’sSuicide Squadset horror storiesto the amount of Jared Leto actually inSuicide Squad
26 . Andre 3000 ’s not - quite - a - Drake - diss verse on the Frank Ocean album : " So low that I can give a shtup about what is cut "
27.BoJack Horseman ’s " 2007 " sequence , the top of referential humor
28 . The expression equipment insinuation of Fifth Harmony ’s " Work from household " TV , especially the act of " sexy cement - pour "
29 . Buzzy Cohendividing , subjection , and trollingJeopardy!(while also create bank building )
30 . HBO ’s pretty , pretty , middling good promise of aCurb Your EnthusiasmSeason 9
31 . Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber ’s paparazzi - enableddick - measuring contest
32.Eric Andre plague Alex Jonesat the Republican National Convention , andTriumph the Insult Comic Dog beset everyone else
33 . The reveal ofa newBlair Witchtrickling out of Comic - Con
34 . The continued dangerous undertaking of YouTube starsBrianna and Jaelin White , who move to Chicago , fled after a strangerpunched Jaelin in the face , go viral for all the wrong reasons , and proceed to make makeup tutorial and confessional videos from the solace of their original Arizona pad ( just like every other married couple fresh out of high shoal )
35.Outcast , the show that scare the crap out of us , made exorcisms nerveless again , and that you ’re probably not see because it ’s on Cinemax
36 . Kate McKinnon inGhostbusters , or … Kate McKinnon in everything , really
37.Making a Murderer ’s Brendan Dassey ’s revolutionise condemnation , and one porn company ’s plans to mail the guy to WrestleMania
38 . The fake TMZ scenes inPopstar : Never discontinue Never Stopping
39 . Seth Rogen ’s blade of uncalled-for getting - by - with - it image , begin withNeighbors 2(a new-sprung babe ’s foot sticking out of a mother ) , turning violent withPreacher(a chainsaw fight in a church ) , then transcending to the sincerely invisible inSausage Party(an anthropomorphous food debauch )
40 . The Usain Bolt meme to end all Usain Bolt memes
41 . Comedian Chris Gethardinterviewingan anonymous Mormon about his upcoming law test
42 . Every one of Ryan Gosling ’s yelpsinThe Nice hombre
43 . The rolling prediction for Frank Ocean ’s new record album
44 . really listening to Frank Ocean ’s new album
45 . The feeling of unbridled freedom and experiential wonder induced by traversingNo Man ’s Sky ’s psychedelic expanse
46.This fart
47 . Six and a one-half minutes of Thom Yorkewalking into random houses
48 . TheJar Jar Binks versionofStar Wars : Rogue One
49 . TheGame of Thrones - inspired " Hold the Door " trend , a rarified actual - man meme
50.Hamilton ’s political campaign at the Tony Awards and Lin - Manuel Miranda’spre - show round of Carpool Karaoke
51.X - Men : Apocalypse’stitle sequence , which found way for Jesus Christ , Nazis , and strands of mutant deoxyribonucleic acid
52.Paparazzi shotsof Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston ’s totally , dead , 100 % , altogether not - set - up paseo along a bumpy beach
53.Jason Bourne : for when you need a littleJason Bourne , but do n’t want to get too serious aboutJason Bourne
54 . Did we mentionStranger Things ?
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