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Emmy Pratt

Writer and Editor
Emmy has been a Writer and Editor for Memebase since June of 2022, but her fascination with memes and online culture has lasted all her life. Since she was 12 years old, she's been scrounging Twitter for the latest discourse and scoping out super-specific memes to send to her friends and loved ones. She spent 8 hours a day on Tumblr in 2012, and that training has gotten her to where she is today. Prior to working at Cheezburger, she's been published in TV Insider and The Broadway Beat. Prior non-writing job titles include Library Security Guard, Dog Bakery Employee, and High School Dragon Mascot. The meme industry has been the one that stuck. Emmy earned her degree in English from The Ohio State University, where she was the President of the school's historic humor magazine and not-yet historic sketch comedy troupe.
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Mom pressures 19-year-old to spend her first paycheck on gifts for family instead of paying her friend back the $300 she owes her friend for concert tickets

A young woman who has received a stipend for her University education but is worried that her mother will spend the money on household expenses

Mom Pressures 17-Year-Old Daughter to Give Her College Scholarship Stipend to Her so She Can Pay For Household Expenses

Young ballerinas preparing for a dance recital for their family and friends

Grandpa Pressures Mom to Attend His Wife's Mother's Funeral Over Her 5-Year-Old Daughter's Dance Recital

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17-Year-Old Yells at Dad For Investing $5K of His Savings Without His Knowledge, Yielding Only $50 in Interest

Eggs Benedict

Stepsister Asks Stepbrother to Take Eggs off the Menu at His Destination Wedding Because She is Allergic

an extended family, who are staying at their family member's apartment for three weeks against her roommate's will.

29-year-old roommate moves entire family into apartment for 3 weeks, lets them use her 19-year-old roommates stuff: 'Her parents have accidentally walked in my room more than once.'

A non-profit employee who is frustrated that she didn't get the raise she was promised.

Nonprofit refuses to give employee a raise after 3 years of working, while the CEO makes $200K: 'I get exceptional reviews. I was told that this was finally the year I was going to get a raise.'

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Job forces employee to come into work immediately after her grandma passed, refuses to let her leave when she cries at work: 'I can't afford to lose this job right now.'

the brother in his sister's former bedroom

Parents Force 18-Year-Old Daughter Out of Her Bedroom so Her 22-Year-Old Unemployed Brother Can Sleep There Instead

A dad carrying his daughter

Working Dad Picks Daughter Up Late at 6:30 PM From Daycare That Closes at 5 PM After His Non-Working Wife Asked Him to Pick Her Up