Happily, there are Thursday memes to correct that injustice. Sure it’s not the last day of the week, but it finally brings hope for the weekend and, usually, ushers the weekly after-work happy hour.

In 2005, the Simpsons episode “Pranksta Rap” gave us a rapper wearing a gold chain that spelled out “Thursday the 20th.” In 2014, a screenshot of the character became a perennial meme ...