Xennial Memes
A spiral galaxy glowing against black space, with a thin white arrow pointing to a spot on one outer arm. The caption reads: "You are here, Paying taxes and Living in Fear."

You Are Here: Paying Taxes and Living in Fear

A "You Are Here" galaxy map recasts adult life as paying taxes and living in fear, a cosmic take on grown-up Xennial dread, with a nod to science class posters.

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A spiral galaxy glowing against black space, with a thin white arrow pointing to a spot on one outer arm. The caption reads: "You are here, Paying taxes and Living in Fear."

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Black banner with white text: "“The year is almost over. We’re in the home stretch.” The home stretch:" Below it, a film still of two golden winged sphinx statues kneeling face to face in a dark rocky cave, with a glowing passage between them. A bearded warrior in a riveted metal helmet with a eyeguard mask and a rust-orange wool cloak, lit warmly against a dark background. Text: "Pick your battles. Pick fewer battles than that. Put some battles back. That's still too many battles." Collage-style postcard with a yellow border. A small child in a red bandana screams with an open mouth at a shaggy brown pony or horse, whose mouth is also open, near a terracotta water tub. Pasted captions read "Life is good." and "Everyone just overreacts." Handwritten in the corner: "Even me." Comic panel of a shirtless, muscular long-haired man in blue underwear crouched on a wooden floor littered with trash and cups, a green couch behind him. Yellow caption: "WEEK TWELVE." Narration box: "The garbage is home to me. I thrive in it. It strengthens me." A dark poster with a man's face, a man with swept-back hair and a mustache, built from tiny words in a typographic portrait; phrases like "the truth" are visible. Below, white text: "My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists." Red text: "- Nikola Tesla". Two stacked photos of the same fjord. Top: a sepia photo of a man in a small rowboat in front of a massive, towering glacier wall. Bottom: a color photo of a person in a red jacket in a gray inflatable boat marked GREENPEACE, with bare mountains and only a thin strip of ice behind.

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