Every now and then the world goes absolutely bonkers. Like when, say, a deadly virus shuts down all social life around the globe and a bizarre docu-series about an ex-presidential candidate and tiger breeder and his animal-activist arch enemy (who may or may not have fed her ex-husband to tigers, but let’s face it she probably did) becomes the glue that holds humanity together.

When we welcomed in a new decade, no one could have possibly predicted we’d have fallen so far by March. Then again, historians may look back and see those decades of expert warnings that a pandemic was on the horizon coupled with our collective and indescribable love of trashy reality television and wonder how we didn’t see this coming.

So maybe we DO know how we got to this point in human history. But if self-reflection isn’t your thing and all you want is a compilation of the best memes from Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” you’ve come to the right place.

1. A (welcome?) distraction

This is what we get for asking for anything else to think about other than COVID-19.

Be careful what you wish for.

2. Good guys vs. bad guys

We wonder just what the producers told these people about how they’d end up being portrayed in the final cut. Because from where we stand, EVERYBODY looks like the bad guy here.

3. Stomach-churning

There’s a lot to make you nauseous in the docu-series.

But we feel legitimately bad for you if the pizza is really made the way they implied. (And for those of you who haven’t watched, no, it’s not made with tiger.)

4. Resemblances

We’ll totally buy the Circe Lannister connection, but let’s not get carried away with thinking Joe Exotic is in some way misunderstood.

That dude’s a monster. He’s certainly no Jon Snow.

5. Weirdness overload

You’ll have a whole new yardstick by which to measure weirdness by the time you’re done watching this series.

Unless that skeleton belongs to Carole Baskins’ husband, there’s not much going on in this shot, all considered.

6. Hide the sardine oil!

Did she feed Don Lewis to a tiger so she could have his money?

There’s only one person and one tiger who know for sure.

7. Current infrastructural integrity

Why are people so obsessed with this travesty of a series?

Well, because it’s the least disastrous thing going on in the world right now.

8. The best-laid plans

Ok, so can we all agree never to invest in day planners ever again after this?

No one knew we’d end up here – there’s no use in planning ahead.

9. Move over Morgan Freeman

It takes a dumpster fire to narrate one – and Rick Kirkham is the man for the job.

The former crack addict (and current reindeer stew aficionado) is now peddling the story that Joe Exotic was afraid of the tigers and killed them for fun.

Would anyone be surprised? Are we even capable of being surprised anymore? And aren’t his 15 minutes of fame over?

10. The master plan

When you’re in the middle of a “Tiger King” binge, just about anything could be going on in the world and 1) you might not notice, and 2) it wouldn’t seem that weird relative to what you’re already experiencing.

11. What more do you people need?!

There’s no doubt that Carole had a tough life and is being vilified for something that the producers of the series really want us to believe.

But seriously. Are we sure we don’t want to reopen the case…just a little?

12. Official Internet name change

Can you even say her name without adding that phrase to the beginning?

Thanks a lot, Joe Exotic. We can’t unhear you.

13. You heard it here first

Go ahead and pretend you didn’t raise your eyebrows when Joe delivered the breaking news to the gift shop.

It was an utterly bizarre moment – and yet not even remotely the weirdest thing to happen in that episode.

14. Wedding photos

Oh, Howard.

Do you think this is the photo Don sent in to the Harvard Business School alumni newsletter that year?

15. Speaking of photos you can’t unsee…

If you’re surprised to find out that these three men are all married to one another and yet only one of them is gay, then you’ve got some binge-watching to do.

16. Sweet karma

“Tiger King” doesn’t make Don Lewis out to be a good guy, just a dead one.

And we certainly have questions about that night he “met” Carole on the street – but we almost don’t want to know the real truth.

17. Because we haven’t seen enough mind-blowing graphs lately

There are so many devastating graphs showing COVID-19 statistics that this one was almost a balm for the eyes.

At least we can all spend that money we were squirreling away for our future tiger.

18. Truth hurts

We’d truly prefer to leave the amazing Lizzo out of this hot mess, but this meme was just too great to resist.

19. Now that’s what I call music

The soundtrack is both horrendously mystifying and abnormally pleasing at times.

But don’t be that person who helps get a convicted criminal and legitimate bad guy on to the Top 40 charts. Quarantine is already bad enough – we don’t need to give it a deranged theme song.

Unless it goes on another month…then let’s talk.

20. No one’s too good for Tiger King

You can hold out. In fact, most people are wishing that they had slowed down to savor the slow burn of the series.

But you can’t hold out forever.

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We’d love to say that there’s worse television out there to be watching than “Tiger King,” but we have to admit that part of the appeal is that it may be one of the most demented things that’s ever entered the public consciousness via a television screen (aside from politics).

Do you think we’ll even belive we sunk so low as to watch (and enjoy) this by next summer?

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