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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.

Lindsey Weedston

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“Officially been meme’d”: The Labubu Grandma’s grandson isn’t sure how to feel about her viral fame

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.

Anna Good

Left: Norm Maconald under tweet reading "I walked through a knuckles depth of ash and blood through the streets of Orc City trying to find my brother" Right: George W Bush under banner reading "Mission orcomplished" under tweet reading, "The mayor of orc city 1 week into the orc war:"

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What is the Orc City meme? Everyone’s clowning an indie author’s failed dunk on Hideo Kojima

Wedding Couple Holding a Beautiful Bouquet of White and Green Flowers with AskReddit caption overlay reading, "What's the fastest you've ever seen a marriage end?"

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“Married on Sunday, divorced by Tuesday”: 18 people share their brutally short marriage stories

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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Who is the “Indonesian aura farming boat kid” taking the internet by storm?

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Trump’s f-bomb on live TV instantly launches a thousand memes

zohran mamdani memes: Left: Running horse meme under caption reading Zohran mamdani winning Right: NBA meme showing Zohran Mamdani dunking on Andrew Cuomo

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After Zohran Mamdani’s win, the memes came fast and furious: 31 of the best

Whitney Jefferson is the Executive Editor of The Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at BuzzFeed, Jezebel, Gawker Media, and The Late Show with David Letterman. She&#8217;s written books for Adams Media, hosted shows on IFC and Sirius XM, and appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CBS, MTV, VH1, HLN, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and Nightline.

Whitney Jefferson

is it not clocking to you that im standing on business

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The best “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business” memes inspired by Justin Bieber

Left: Iran bombing meme showing Donald Trumph hitting "WW3" button below caption reading: "When nobody shows up to your sad little birthday parade" Right: Who Killed Hannibal meme showing Andre as Trump shooting "Iran" in one panel, and him saying "now is the time for peace" in subsequent panel

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30 viral memes about the Iran bombing that sum up the online panic and nihilism

Left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the "Trade offer meme" Right: Blinking white guy meme underneath caption reading: When you're laughing at ww3 memes and suddenly the sun comes out at 3am

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Israel launched an attack on Iran and everyone’s doomposting through it: 26 memes

Right: Tweet reading ""I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" bro I asked an ancient dragon who talks to me in riddles we're not the same" over an image of a dragon from Game of Thrones. Left: A tweet reading "'I asked chatgpt' 'I asked grok'. Ok. I intuited it from first principles. It was pretty obivous."

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“I asked ChatGPT” and “I asked Grok” memes say no thanks to AI, yes to your ex’s mom

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Ed the zebra escapes, gets airlifted like a Disney character, and becomes a meme

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Is ChatGPT down for anyone else? Meme calls out AI reliance and bad writing

Photo of President Donald Trump in the Burn Book from 'Mean Girls' film, next to a photo of Elon Musk's face photoshopped onto Kendrick Lamar's body

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33 of the funniest memes about Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s messy breakup

A person taking a selfie and a bottle of perfume.

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“The face vs the perfume” meme is all about personality, scent, and self-parody

3 panel image showing 3 examples of the the trend.

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Nepo babies hijack the “holy airball” meme to flex their famous parents