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<p>Aimée Lutkin is a writer for the Daily Dot.</p>


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2 panel image: on the left is a screenshot from the video game, on the right is a meme about the game

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Memes

Explaining the ‘My Femboy Roommate’ meme

A grainy still from a video of person taking a photo with their cell phone. A post from X is overlaid that says, "Nah, there's a vibe shift happening with Karens"

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Has there been a ‘Karen Vibe Shift’? Viral service dog confrontation sparks debate

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Explaining the ‘Free Candy Van’

Bio classroom with pronouns behind the tables and text that says "pronouns in bio - what will they learn"

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Explaining the ‘Pronouns In Bio’ meme

Person with paint on their face and text that says "normalise not saying 'Living the dream" instead saying: "the horrors persist but so do i",(l), Gerbil in car with text that says "Them: How's work going? Me: The horrors persist but so do i"(c), Dog howling under rainbow on pink clouds with text that says "when the horrors persist, but so do i"(r)

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Explaining ‘The Horrors Persist But So Do I’

Jemima Kirk with text boxes over her that says "Ask me a question- Are you queer?" second box "What the hell, sure"

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Jemima Kirke’s ‘What The Hell, Sure’ becomes a meme

Giant Spoon

Where did the ‘Comically Large Spoon’ meme come from?

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Explaining the ‘Sir, This Is A Wendy’s’ catchphrase and meme

Gavin Newsom reading beloved with a tweet that says "I love that everyone is finally getting introduced to Gavin Newsom. On top of everything else, he's dyslexic and memorizes every one of his speeches because he can't read off teleprompters. He, ALSO, has a photographic memory. Real super villain shit."

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Why is everyone suddenly talking about ‘Gavin Newsom Psycho Lore’?

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Explaining Sadge, the saddest Pepe

Baby covered in peanut butter with text that says "a mysterious group of time travelers are interrupting every viral vine"(l), Woman talking with text that says "time travelers are interrupting every viral vine. - I need you to hand these out to every person that walks on this property"(c), Body talking with text that says "a mysterious group of time travelers are interuppting every viral vine"(r)

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Disturbing ‘Time Travelers Interrupting’ memes are freaking TikTok out

Jonathan Galindo dressed up as cursed goofy

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Who is Jonathan Galindo aka Cursed Goofy, and what is the Blue Whale Challenge?

Woman putting her face up to card reader with text that says "because face card never declines"(l), Man talking with text that says "face card never declines"(c), Second woman putting face up to card reader with text that says "face card never declines"(r)