The year is 2040. President Steve Buscemi is on his 3rd term.

Trees have become an urban legend, most of the world is on fire or underwater. The slang between generations has caused such a language gap that communication is now all but impossible.

Most millenials were lost during World Wars 6 and 7. Many are pretty sure started it as a massive suicide pact.

Kanye West is revealed to be the anti-Christ and no one is shocked. Like, no one.

Queen Elizabeth and Betty White have fuzed and become on immortal being known as The White Queen. We still love her.

My children get done with their Playstation 24 VR injections and ask me “How did it start?”

I go very still. The eFire crackles under the poster of Pepe, which is mandatory to have now because a 4Chan prank went too far.

“How did what start Braelynnn and Braxto?” I named them after our senators.

They gesture vaguely.

“All of this”

I take a drag off of my vape which is now implanted in my brain. It sends memes directly to my vision. And I begin.

“This. All of this….it started in the year 2016, all with this Gorilla named Harambe”.