Friends, that week was a true junk-buster! So in the immortal words of philosopher Taylor Swift, it's time to "shake it off" and get in a weekend mood with these hilarious internet cheer-ups from your pals at the Mercury Cheer Up Club. YOU. ARE. WELCOME.

Today in "Death demands a song" news:

What song would you sing if your life depended on it? pic.twitter.com/vN9NDgbd27

— Jeff Wright (@JeffRightNoww) April 17, 2020

Today in "This Jeff Wright guy is so funny, here's another" news:

Real Aliens Be Like 👽 pic.twitter.com/JZzBNCCzhH

— Jeff Wright (@JeffRightNoww) April 16, 2020

Today in "DO NOT GET DAD STARTED" news:

Quarantine-life:

Mom, do you think ‘Dadosaur’ wants some cake?”🤭🦖🤣😭💀pic.twitter.com/cuQbnFOgV0

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 17, 2020

Today in "Not my first pick for a fire fighter" news:

Not without my baby❤️(FB Don Phillips) pic.twitter.com/5XxY9WHwCD

— Aussies Doing Things (@aussiesdointhgs) April 17, 2020

Today in "I'd pay 50 cents" news:

I built myself a proud parent. It charges me 25¢ for a pat on the shoulder. pic.twitter.com/YMvBkzzuVa

— Simone Giertz (@SimoneGiertz) April 17, 2020

Today in "Pass the loofah" news:

good morning pic.twitter.com/6QMxPq8dmk

— ✧ (@mixedhunty) April 14, 2020

Today in "Rodney Dangerfield across the universe" news:

Best one i've ever seen pic.twitter.com/js4fjIjvjx

— Chris Macho (@chrismacho) April 16, 2020

And finally, today in "Man, this commute to work gets tougher every day" news:

Day 23537373 of quarantine: pic.twitter.com/HcMuMi7ReI

— . (@__Stannnn) April 17, 2020

If you like this and our other A++++++ content, please consider donating to the Mercury to keep us around!