By: Ted Kirk Class of ‘32

MANHATTAN, NY: The following is retrospective summary on new evidence that suggest the hit meme #grrrrmondays had a deeper meaning than some previously expected. On May 29, 1453, Mehmed II  breached the Theodosian Walls after a 53-day siege, ending 1,123 years of Byzantine rule.Historians have long cited artillery superiority. This shocking win for the Ottoman Empire allowed the Islamic World to expand into Christian territory. Many including one historian, who goes by the alias “Ted Kirk’ was shocked by how the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans. However after further research a new theory has come to the light. Although #grrrrrmondays was a hit meme that took social media by storm in the summer of 2026 not all are familiar with it. The meme #grrrrrmondays is a modern expression of low-grade, pre-caffeinated rage at the start of the workweek, although this  did not exist in 1453. This has not stopped internet historians such as Stanford J. Shaw, Ph.D from Princeton University diagnosing Constantine XI Palaiologos with a terminal case of Monday energy on the eve of the final assault, which (conveniently, suspiciously) fell on a Tuesday, meaning the actual grrrr mondays energy peaked 24 hours prior, compounding into what meme scholars call "siege fatigue with extra steps.". One bystander stated, “The feeling of being in a fertility center exhibits feelings similar to a monday morning” Unfortunately it seems Constantine XI Palaiologos has similar issues.