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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections

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Memes

FDA says ‘good luck out there,’ plans to end food safety checks—21 memes and reactions

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.

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Lindsey Weedston

Left: Meme of the Voros twins with the captions "WE USE AI. Actual Imagination"; Right: Meme of Sonic the Hedgehog with the caption "yeah, I use AI: Actual Imagination"

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The ‘Actual Imagination’ meme is artists’ clapback to AI-generated slop

katy perry and gayle king kissing the ground with a tweet that says "pigeons when i eat a croissant outdoors"

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Katy Perry went to space for 11 minutes. Then came the memes—21 of the best

Left: Tweet from X user @msnetik: "Trader Joe's employees after flirting with you" with a photo of Gayle King ringing a bell before her Blue Horizon space flight; Right: Screenshot from X user @2HNDSUM of Gayle King from her Blue Origin space flight; Tweet from @2HNDSUM "me clocking into the job I prayed for".

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Gayle King’s ‘help me god’ face becomes the meme of the week

right generation

The ‘I was born in the right generation’ meme celebrates your impeccable and cursed taste—15 of the best

2 image split. Tweet that reads: "me getting back to my apartment after running errands" with screenshot of woman kissing ground on left. Katy Perry with tweet overlayed that reads: "starting a conspiracy theory that the Katy Perry who came back from space isn't the one who went up" on right.

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‘Shorter than a Selena Gomez social media break’: Internet roasts Blue Origin’s 11-minute flight—22 memes

Saxon Crying meme

Saxon’s teary face from ‘The White Lotus’ finale is the internet’s new emotional support meme

2 panel image showing two memes based on The Pitt television show finale.

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24 ‘The Pitt’ finale memes that prove fans are not emotionally stable right now

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

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Japan’s biggest meme right now: Trolling America’s oversized cars

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

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2 image splits. Screenshots of Tik Tok meme about a crocodile.

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‘Bombardino Crocodilo’ is leading a parade of absurd brainrot animal memes

Screenshot of the Tung Tung Sahur AI meme.

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What is the ‘Tung Tung Tung Sahur’ meme? The rise of Ramadan-core horror on TikTok

2 panel image showing scenes from the Minecraft movie.

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Chicken Jockey: The viral Minecraft meme breaking the fourth wall

2 panel image- of memes from the show White Lotus.

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‘White Lotus’ fans lost it over the season 3 finale—here are 24 of the best memes

2 panel image both showing versions of the Rizzler Reveals meme.

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20 of the funniest the ‘Rizzler Reveals His Favorite’ memes we’ve seen so far

people are joking about 2nd great depression on X (Twitter)

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Is this the Great Depression 2? The internet certainly thinks so