I’m Tired of the “Slams Laptop Shut Til Monday” Posts

*slams laptop shut til stfu*

Part of me hates I’m devoting an essay to this. But the hater in me won’t rest until my resentment is so unavoidable that you can’t see these on your feed without my words ringing in your head. I’m talking about the “slams laptop shut til Monday” memes. More specifically the Sunday Scaries brand of this meme, most popular on Instagram, usually in the form of a carousel post that features different pictures and videos of (mostly white) celebrities doing expensive things. On top of these images, there’s always text in an italicized, Instagram Stories serif font stating the popular phrase: *slams laptop shut til Monday* — unless it’s a holiday weekend, which in that case, it changes to Tuesday.

I don’t remember when I started seeing these posts. Likely sometime in the last year. Like most content, I’m sure I subconsciously ignored them at first. But then I started seeing friends post different variations of the meme each week — to the point I began wondering if they got a job at Washed Media, Sunday Scaries’ parent brand. After a while, I started seeing reposts from friends and acquaintances alike. The more I saw, the more annoyed I got.

The “slams laptop” memes feel like those chain texts or Facebook posts that encourage you to share them for good luck or…