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

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“Nearly Houdini’d”: YouTuber MrBeast fell to the ground after a punch from Mike Tyson, and it’s now a meme

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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Entertainment

The best jokes and memes embraced by celebrities, ranked by Reddit

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: Text reading "Me at the office potluck making sure no Uber driver of mine gets the pear of anguish" above a dish with peas and rice. Middle: Woman looking into the camera above cooking ingredients, text overlay reads "Cooking to avoid the pear of anguish." Right: Woman peeling a potato, text overlay reads "pov: improving my cooking skills bc I just found out what the pear of anguish is."

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Culture

Internet cooks are begging to avoid the “pear of anguish”—how medieval torture became a FoodTok 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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Anna Good

Left: Silksong meme with text reading "Me playing" with a frustrated woman above "Me recommending" next to woman doing heart shape with her hands. Right: pepe with dropped beads above caption reading "How it feels watching all my beads scatter everywhere because I wasn't fast enough to catch them all."

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“Hollow Knight: Silksong” launch breaks records and floods the internet with memes

Left: Tweet reading "the great lock in of sept-dec 2025 will be talked about for generations by my children and their children." Right: Bugs Bunny tuxedo meme next to text reading, "I wish all my brothers a very locked in Sep-Dec 2025."

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The Great Lock In: How September-December officially became grind season

Left: A Stack Of Great Value Raw Shrimp Bags In A Grocery Freezer. Right: Radioactive man meme. Caption overlay reads "Me after eating a whole bag of them walmart radioactive shrimp."

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Walmart recalls radioactive shrimp, the internet responds with memes—29 of the best

Left: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on Jason Kelce's podcast New Heights. Right: The Simpsons characters Edna Krabappel and Principle Skinner locked together, caption overlay reads "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."

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26 memes and reactions to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement breaking the internet

Left: Tweet reading "It's not lost on me that I have received a huge amount of hate from so-called "leftist" accounts since changing my pfp to include a hijab-inspired secular accessorization." Right: 'The Devil Wears Prada' meme showing Anne Hathaway saying "The hijab inspired secular accessorization? Yeah, I am."

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Here’s why the internet can’t stop joking about “hijab-inspired secular accessorization”

Left: Tweet reading "my therapist said this to me, and it hit me like a brick “they’re not your friends if they disagree with you or try to challenge you”" Right: Screencap from The Sopranos of therapist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. Caption overlay reads "My therapist said this to me, and it hit me like a brick: You don't have to eat every dish of rigatoni."

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25 “my therapist said this to me, and it hit me like a brick” memes that went completely off the rails

Makalah Wright is a writer for the Daily Dot. She has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

Makalah Wright

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8 cursed moments from Katy Perry’s world tour—so far

3 Panel: Left: Woman dancing doing the barbershop haircut that costs a quarter accuracy meme. Middle: Actor Kevin James Sievert delivering the line during the song "King of New York" in a Wisconsin production. Right: Shirtless man dancing doing the barbershop haircut that costs a quarter accuracy meme.

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The “barbershop haircut that costs a quarter” meme from “Newsies” is blowing up on TikTok

Left: Caitlin Covington, the face of the Christian Girl Autumn meme, tearfully crying into the camera in a gray sweatshirt. Right: Caitlin Covington in a dress smiling, caption overlay reads, "just kidding. FALL IS HERE."

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Christian Girl Autumn influencer Caitlin Covington was just kidding about canceling fall [updated]

Left: Marnie from HBO's "Girls" under caption reading "The Life Of A Showgirl." Right: Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in SATC wearing a top hat and riding crop as Big opens the door, under caption reading "The Life Of A Showgirl."

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Taylor Swift fans and haters are already memeing “The Life Of A Showgirl” into oblivion—here are some of the best

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Charlotte Colombo

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What to know about Wplace, the social art experiment taking over the global map one pixel at a time

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

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Jamie Jirak

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The 13 best memes about “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”