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Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

Jay Hathaway

Memes

This white dude blinking is the most applicable GIF of 2017

Grant Pardee is a writer and producer specializing in digital video, social media, and web culture reporting. He has produced videos for Fullscreen, SourceFed, and Funny or Die, and his work has been published by Vice, McSweeney&#8217;s, and Rooster Teeth.

Grant Pardee

Moon Moon: The dumb history of the dumbest dog meme

Trolley Problem memes present head-scratching new dilemma with multi-track drifting

The definitive list of Shaq’s best memes

Chef Gordon Ramsay, trying to locate the lamb sauce, becomes a dank meme

A former Weekend Editor at the Daily Dot, April Siese&#8217;s reporting covers everything from technology and politics to web culture and humor. Her work has been published by Bustle, Uproxx, Death and Taxes, Rolling Stone, the Daily Beast, Thrillist, Atlas Obscura, and others. Siese joined Quartz in December 2016.

April Siese

The history of ‘Numa Numa,’ the world’s first viral video

The very longevity of Doge, the Shiba Inu meme that is still such popular

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions,  and the Village Voice. He&#8217;s the author of two odd books of fiction, &#8216;Ivyland&#8217; and &#8216;True False.&#8217;

Miles Klee

The best and biggest memes of 2016

Nick Douglas is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn, New York.

Nick Douglas

The evolution and secret destiny of frog memes

Gabe Bergado is a Daily Dot alumnus who covered dank memes, teens, and the weirdest corners of the Internet. One time, Ted Cruz supporters turned him into a meme—or at least tried to. In 2017, he started reporting for Teen Vogue&#8217;s entertainment section.

Gabe Bergado

‘SpongeGar’ aka Caveman SpongeBob memes bring out the primal in everyone

tyra banks with the words "is keeping your baby more important than your modeling career" over her, caption-style

Debunking the quote on this classic Tyra Banks meme

A former New York Teaching Fellow, her writing has been featured in Reductress, Rolling Stone, Mic, Someecards, and more.