The Shakespeare Meme Blog

Okay, so there will be genuine content here, but mostly memes and shitposts, all inspired by the Bard. (There’s gonna be a lot of Hamlet. I’m not sorry.) By the way, this is basically just an incorrect hamlet quotes blog at this point, with some memes sprinkled in.

[horaitos]

hey sorry your boyfriend was mistaken for the king and stabbed through the curtains. yeah he was wrapped in cloth and left to rot. he’s at supper now. no, he’s not eating. the worms are feasting on him now. oh and - yeah the prince just called him a dumb bitch. sorry.

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet: No I will not “stop being so dramatic”

Hamlet: My UNCLE poisoned my DAD and now he’s MARRYING MY MOM

Laertes: mY uNcLe PoIsOnEd My dAd aNd NoW hE’s MaRrYiNg mY mOm

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

hamlet be like “i know a spot” and then jump into ophelia’s grave

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Support the BLM Movement

This link right here leads to a google doc with the most comprehensive list I’ve been able to find of links to petitions, places to donate, resources to educate yourself, as well as contact information with templates for reaching out to officials and information regarding relevant events.

Please take the time to look through this doc and sign the petitions, share the links, educate yourself and others, and contact officials. If you can’t donate, then share. It doesn’t take long. Yes, spreading this information on your social media platforms is incredibly important, but don’t forget to contact your friends and relatives. There is no excuse to stay silent. We need to stand together to make change. 

[asphalt-cocktail]

Some tips for those of you who are protesting just to stay safe. Please remember to cover all of your tattoos, piercings, and really any recognizable features you may have. Turn your location off so no one can track you and have atleast two written emergency contacts.

If the police begin utalizing tear gas use a combination of 50% water and 50% Maalox/liquid antacid).

For pepper spray use dawn dish soap and water, vegetable oil, or milk in a spray bottle.

***edit: please feel free to add more tips and make sure to read the comments for helpful additions!

[honeymark-moved]

ways to support the blm movement

this google doc includes a list of petitions to sign, resources to help educate yourself and others, organizations to donate to, and contacts of law officials to get in touch with to express your support for the george floyd and black lives matter movements. this includes ways to help even if you don’t live in america. please read it and support the movement. 

use your voice. use every platform you have, no matter how big or how small. nothing will change if you just sit there and watch. if you think you’re the exception, you’re not. remaining indifferent will only support the oppressor. do something.

write to your legal representatives. express your support for legislation that would bring justice to the unarmed civilians who’ve been murdered by law enforcement officers. demand for justice. 

call 612-324-4499 ㅡ this is a hotline that will coach you on how to get connected with the people who can arrest the officers that murdered george floyd. 

create serious conversation. stop demeaning people who disagree with your philosophies on how to overcome. it is useless and no better than the practices of the oppressor to silence. we need to listen to each other with respect and really consider how we can combine our perspectives to create practical change. 

please feel free to add any links or resources or information that you think will be helpful and also reblog to spread awareness. the systems we are fighting against were literally created to oppress marginalized communities and therefore will not go down without a fight. we need to collectively stand up and do something about it. 

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet: I wonder what I’m going to be someday

Gertrude: I’d say a disappointment, but that’s what you already are, so :/

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet, proposing to Horatio: Will you be the thicc to my dummy?

Horatio: *choking back tears*

Horatio: Yes

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet: Man I wish I was Santa Claus.

Horatio: ?? Please elaborate ??

Hamlet: He only has to leave his house one day of the year, no one has raised their expectations of him in hundreds of years, and he lives in a place where there’s 163 days of total darkness a year.

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

If the ghost of my father came to me and told me to avenge his death, I’d just do it right away without prolonging it and causing all the people around me to die

Rip to hamlet but I’m different

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet: vibe check!

*stabs Polonius through arras*

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Polonius: *enters the room*

Ophelia: ok boomer

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Laertes: Hey Hamlet, I named this pig after you

Hamlet: Haha that’s sooooo hilarious. It’s not like I’ve ever heard that pun before

Laertes: That’s not why I named the pig after you. It’s because I think you are a lazy, undignified mess

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet: Ophelia, go be a nun

Ophelia: No

Ophelia: What I do is nun of your business

*Ophelia and Horatio high-five*

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Oh my goodness!!

So, I just reached over 1500 followers! I just wanted to say, thank you all so much!

I never thought that I would start a Shakespeare meme blog on tumblr, but look where we are now. It makes me so happy to make these weird, half-coherent posts, and to hope that I might be making at least one person smile. I love sharing my humor with you guys, and getting to interact with you. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I started this blog. Finding so many Shakespeare fans through these posts has been such a cool thing! Memes and classic literature are not mutually exclusive! You guys get it.

Anyway, thank you! Thank you so much! You guys are the best. I hope to continue generating some good 👌 memes and incorrect quotes for this blog. I hope you have a great day/night!

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Horatio: Hamlet, what are you doing with all that tape?

Hamlet: I’m. Trying to mask my pain

*canned laugh track plays as Hamlet looks into the camera, a single tear running down his face as he chuckles jovially*

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

Hamlet: ...Anyway, I don’t know. I just really like him? But I’m worried he won’t feel the same way...

Exasperated Ophelia: Hamlet, please. You’ve been dating Horatio for six months now.