Live every week like it’s Shark Week

As Pride Week comes to a close, we can all rest soundly knowing that another equally awesome week is just around the corner: FUCKING SHARK WEEK. The week the Discovery Channel devotes to sharks, sharks and more sharks, which I’ve always been weirdly obsessed with, dating back to when I was but a wee faglet who dreamed to one day own a pet shark and take him on walks along the beach.

Sadly, that shit won’t ever happen, but at least I’ll always have Shark Week, which has been injected with a shot of gay because the official song of Shark Week comes from Lady Gaga. No, seriously: someone finally figured out that putting sharks and Lady Gaga together would melt the entire world, so they just said, “FUCK IT, MAKE IT SO.” The result:

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