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Emmy Pratt

I sell houses that don't exist to men who were never born
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.
Anxious woman sitting with her father-in-law on the couch at his house, laying her hand on his hand as he clutches his chest

Daughter-in-law refuses to pay widower father-in-law $400 a week to live at his mortgage-free house so she can take care of him: 'My father-in-law inherited roughly $300K. My husband and I received nothing.'

A woman hovering over a man looking at a laptop at work

Female employee tells 5'6 male coworker that he shouldn't have children because he's too short: 'She said she doesn't understand why someone would marry a man as short as I am.'

Senior businessman using smartphone in formal clothes with grey hair and beard

Job fires beloved 70-year-old boss who has been at the company for 50 years without giving any severance: 'They gave people who worked here for 2 years severance in December, but not him.'

Green-haired man in a green button up shirt

Green-haired dude tells his friend not to use his shampoo, friend uses it and freaks out when her blonde hair turns green: 'She said that I should have specifically told her it had green dye in it.'

The stocking room of a pharmacy

I Miss the Pharmacist Who Used to Shameless Flirt with Me at the Counter

Portrait of female metalworker in hardhat smiling at camera standing with her arms crossed against metal piles

Trade school graduate refuses to give $8K she inherited from her grandpa to her 6-year-old half-sister: 'My mom said I was lucky, and my sister doesn't have anyone setting up funds for her.'

A crowd of people standing in front of the Disney World castle

Aunt and uncle take 9-year-old niece to Disney World, refuse to take her 12-year-old sister: 'We simply cannot afford to take all of them.'

Soldier in camouflage standing in the snow

Parking garage sends employee home for wearing his military-issued pants and boots in the snow: 'They said dress warm today, so that's exactly what I did.'

Young gamer boys with headphones playing a computer video game

17-year-old refuses to give his gaming PC to his 13-year-old cousin after his aunt asked him to: 'He’d appreciate it more.'

A chart of the colors that are permitted and forbidden for warehouse employees to wear on the job

Warehouse forbids employees from wearing any colors that aren't gray, black, white, blue, red or tan: 'I'm not sure they even know their basic colors'