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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.

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Lindsey Weedston

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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Memes

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

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

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Susan LaMarca

Three panel image: First a boy in a trench coat with the caption: "How I feel knowing international best selling author Quan Millz will never find my small account" Second: A bald eagle with caption reading, "Quan Millz after finding EVERY video mentioning him and reposting it" Third: A person looking into the camera underneath a caption reading, "I know Quan Millz won't find this cuz i'm just a small account with less than 50 views"

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Culture

TikTokers are daring horror writer Quan Millz to find them, and he does every single time

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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Anna Good

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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

Tweet reading: I spoke to David Lynch shortly before he died. He gave me permission to commit many crimes next to photo of Natasha Lyonne on Late Night With Seth Meyers

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Natasha Lyonne’s defense of AI has folks trolling her with “before David Lynch died” memes

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EXCLUSIVE: TikTok’s favorite new trend? Making ChatGPT glitch and scream in AI gibberish

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 examples of the trend.

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The “muffins in the freezer” meme is back in a big way (it never really left)

2 panel image showing examples of the Donald Trump TACO Tuesday meme trend.

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Viral Politics

“TACO Tuesday” takes off as internet mocks Trump’s tariffs strategy with taco memes, chicken suits, and more

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

2 panel image: on the left is an A.I. generated video and on the right is a person's reaction on X which reads: so you mean to tell me the video of a kangaroo at an airport patiently holding onto his ticket to board an airplane ISNT real!?

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No, the “emotional support kangaroo” holding a boarding pass isn’t real—but thousands thought it was

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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3 panel image of the original GAP commercial and 2 lip syncs on the sides.

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Why is everyone making fun of this Cher and Future Gap commercial 7 years after it came out?

3 panel image showing the Holy Airball trend.

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“Holy airball” is Gen Z’s new favorite term for painfully public Ls

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Rachel Kiley

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“Sister, I’m pickled”: How a throwaway drag comment became the meme of the month