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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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How ‘Chris Paul Hits A Huge Three’ became the epitaph of humiliated teams

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‘If you’re a guy in your early 20s, buy a Rolex. Go into debt if you have to’—a viral tweet turned parody meme

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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Tweet 1 "it's really painful to admit this, but the landshark ayahuasca copypasta is now soy, people are using it for everything"(top), tweet 2: ""phthalo green" is insane because it appears to be one of the most legitimately mystical colors with the potential to gigafry your brain but is exclusively obsessed over by men who unironically think it looks like British Racing Green and basically get oneshotted by its RGB code"(bottom)

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Explaining the Landshark Ayahuasca copypasta and meme

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Hell hath no fury like the ‘If You Propose At My Wedding’ meme

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The Fortnite It’s Like Finding A Gold Scar meme, explained

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‘Godzilla Had a Stroke Trying to Read This and F*cking Died’: how the copypasta and meme blew up

A reddit post of the words "don't care. CURSE OF RA" and lines of hieroglyphic-like symbols, against the background of an ancient Egyptian-looking tomb.

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What is the ‘Curse of Ra’ copypasta and the memes about it?

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The ‘Why Do They Call It Oven?’ Garfield meme and copypasta, explained

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Who is Homer Uchiha and why is he all over TikTok?

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Explaining Sadge, the saddest Pepe

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

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‘The Defrosting Has Begun’ meme shows us the true meaning of Christmas

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‘Never Kill Yourself’ memes are giving people a reason to live

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‘Don’t Ask Who Joe Is’ is the modern ‘Joe Mama’ joke

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Imagine if ‘Imagine if Ninja got a Low Taper Fade’ became a meme

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