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The Daily Dot

<p>Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.</p>


Lindsey Weedston

Memes

The dramatic meme origins of the Persian Cat Room Guardian

I guess we doin’ the Triangle Factory meme now

Three panel design with a man looking concerned as he talks to the camera, next to an image of a snow like substance, next to an image of a man walking down the street while he talks to the camera

‘Fogvid-24’: Conspiracy theories about ‘The Fog’ across certain states engulf social media

Lily Rose Depp and partner(l), Meme text(r)

‘Trench coat buttoned to the TOP’—Explaining the Lily-Rose Depp and 070 Shake meme

2 panel image showing 2 versions of the traffic meme.

‘MF DRIVE FASTER’: Sentimental traffic meme inspires parodies

Two panel design with an image of books being sold and being looking at them, next to an image of a Costco

Culture

‘This breaks my heart’: Costco will stop selling books year-round in 2025 and BookTok is furious

‘Funeral director here’: Experts fact-check dude who said women will die alone with their cats

Three split of Britney Spears and her son

‘Best Christmas of my life !!!’: Fans are accusing Britney Spears’ son of reuniting with her for financial motives

2 panel image: on the left we see a bust of Homer the author of The Odyssey, and on the right a screenshot of a tweet about knowing what the Odyssey is.

‘The humanities are in trouble’—Apparently, a bunch of people have never heard of ‘The Odyssey’ and the discourse has reached a fever pitch

Three split of people with their dogs at computers

‘Tell me why I screamed too’: TikTokers are pretending their dogs got into Harvard in an adorable new trend

Some guy’s dad wrote a “Grinch 2” script and people are obsessed

‘This is actually high art’—Kim Kardashian’s cover of ‘Santa Baby’ is polarizing the internet

‘Mr. steal your seat’—Delta passenger ‘livid’ after being downgraded from first class for a service dog

Woman talking(l), Reflection of couple kissing(r)

The ‘throning’ dating trend has people coupling for status…again

Man taking selfie with bouquet of roses in bathroom

Man bringing flowers to a first date gets swamped with hateful comments