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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

Unclick

A brief history of ‘Shooting Stars,’ the funniest video meme of the year

The Rare Pepe economy is real, and there’s serious money behind it

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

A meme war is raging over the future of Trash Dove

What’s up with this purple bird that is all over your Facebook?

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

Elijah Watson is an internet culture and entertainment reporter. His work has been published by the Daily Beast, Vice, Complex, Bustle, Uproxx, and Okayplayer.

Elijah Watson

Mario Kart 64 has been stoking competition—and memes—for 20 years now

The week’s hottest meme comes from a racist beef between YouTube personalities

Internet sacks Falcons with choking memes after Super Bowl collapse

Is Knuckles the Echidna about to die of old age? This meme demands an answer

Roll Safe is the new #Saltbae

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

Meet the teen behind ‘Cash me ousside, howbow dah,’ the internet’s favorite threat

‘Whomst’ meme will make you a genius

‘Trump deportation memes’ are the meme world’s reaction to Trump’s latest crisis