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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.

Lindsey Weedston

NBA 2K rendering of an NBA player wearing a quarter zip sweater. Official NBA 2K X account tweet overlay reads, "Quarter zips are taking over."

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“My culture is not a costume!”: Gamers roast NBA 2K for adding quarter zips instead of fixing the game

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.

Anna Good

Left: NBA Dallas Mavericks player Klay Thompson during an interview. Right: Megan Thee Stallion on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

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“A REAL MAN”: Klay Thompson rips ex-NBA player’s “disgusting and disturbing” misogynistic remarks about girlfriend Megan Thee Stallion

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

Rachel Kiley

Left: NBA player Ben Simmons' sister Liv Simmons looking into the camera. Right: Kendall Jenner on a podcast speaking into the mic.

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“They dated years ago…”: NBA player Ben Simmons’ sister dragged his ex Kendall Jenner over cookies in profanity-laced video and it totally backfired

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Ljeonida Mulabazi

Bizarre AI generated ad stills show a green alien in a basketball jersey at a house party. Another still shows a weather man in a yellow jacket looking at the camera, next to a woman in distress holding her dog as they bear a wild hurricane.

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“We are beyond cooked”: This brand aired the first fully AI advertisement during the NBA Finals

Left: Kylie Jenner taking a selfie next to her sister Kendall Jenner, who is wearing a white Hanes tank top Right: A woman holding two packs of white Hanes tank tops under caption reading "trying the viral $2 Kendall Jenner tank"

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Culture

“We are in a recession”: TikTok is in a frenzy over Kendall Jenner’s $2 Hanes tank top

2 panel image of meme's made about Buddy Hield.

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He starts hot, then vanishes—The Buddy Hield Cycle is now a meme

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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Screen shot of a person holding up five fingers, text over says, " OKC, KFC, UFC... Lakers in 5!"

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‘Lakers in 5’: How Shannon Sharpe’s infectious confidence became a meme

Man refusing broccoli(l), Basketball players and Pokemon(r)

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‘Luka waking up in L.A. like…’: 30 of the funniest memes about the Dončić trade

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Here’s how the girlfriend of a Victor Wembanyama fan rebranded him ‘Hector Banana Bread’

chris paul hits a huge three meme - chris paul on an NBA court after hitting a huge three to cut the lead to 42.

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

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‘What Happened to the Game I Love?’—a meme history

Rebecca Leib

The statue of Dwayne Wade is photoshopped into the Mortal Kombat video game background.

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Dwayne Wade’s statue is a layup for memes

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Brian Windhorst became an NBA meme. Now why is that?

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

Shaq posing with cybertruck(l), Tesla sign(c), Tesla cybertruck pulling into driveway(r)

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‘People will buy anything’: Shaq debuts his new customized Cybertruck, but not everyone’s onboard

Mike Hadge

text messages that read "Send da video" "I haven't even taken them or received anything" "Send da video"

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What is the Anthony Edwards ‘Send Da Video’ meme?