Jay Hathaway
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What Does It Mean To Be An Extremely Online Person?
At some point, you have to admit that you’re Extremely Online because you want to be. Or because you once wanted to be, and now it’s part of your identity. → Read More
Humans of Late Capitalism reveals the dystopia we all live in
The Twitter account Humans of Late Capitalism (HOLC) shows images of what it's like to live in current society. Bringing an iPad in the shower, Jeff Bezos eating an iguana: it's all part of late capitalism. → Read More
K-pop star Jungkook of BTS is the new Evil Kermit meme
BTS, perhaps the best-known Korean pop group in the U.S., released a new video teaser for their song "Fake Love" this week. Fans have turned member Jungkook into an Evil Kermit meme. → Read More
How the ‘T-pose’ became a meme
The new thing is "T-posing," forming a T by standing with your feet close together and both arms out to your sides, held parallel to the ground. The T-pose is the default stance for characters in 3-D animation programs and many video games, and now meme teens are copying it in real life. → Read More
You’re not ready for this ‘Back to the Future’ meme, but your kids will love it
A scene from the first Back to the Future film is now a popular Twitter meme. In the scene, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plays heavy-metal guitar riffs for the people of the '50s—they don't exactly appreciate it. "Guess you're not ready for that yet," he says. Then he adds, "But your kids are gonna love it." → Read More
Why the internet thinks Yoshi, Nintendo’s good dino, committed tax fraud
A Tumblr post about the Nintendo dinosaur Yoshi became a meme in 2018. People were asking what was wrong with Yoshi until someone claimed that he committed tax fraud. → Read More
Grimes and Elon Musk inspired a lot of good memes this week
Musician Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, and billionaire Elon Musk are officially dating. The internet responded with memes and jokes. Grimes even responded to one. → Read More
Poppy responds to lawsuit, says Mars Argo is working with her abuser
YouTube personality Poppy responded to a lawsuit filed by another YouTuber, Mars Argo, this week. In a statement published on Twitter, Poppy claims Mars is working with a man who abused her. → Read More
The ‘four words every girl wants’ meme is roasting dumb relationship advice
A new stock photo of a couple has taken over the internet. Someone posted a photo of a man whispering in a woman's ear with the caption, "post the four words every woman wants to hear," and people are posting it with hilarious answers. → Read More
This artist’s ‘Thanos Bae’ drawing is blowing up after ‘Infinity War’
An artist's drawing of Marvel supervillain Thanos as Salt Bae went viral on the internet. The Daily Dot spoke with the artist behind the image. → Read More
The Deep-Fried 'E' Meme Shows Just How Weird Memes Can Get
A meme that mashes up Lord Farquaad, Mark Zuckerberg, and the letter E is all over the internet right now. This deep-fried meme shows how weird memes are in 2018. → Read More
This anime butterfly meme is a Big Mood right now
The anime 'Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird' includes a scene of a robot discovering objects in the world. He asks, 'is this a pigeon?' when seeing a butterfly. That scene has turned into a big meme on Twitter. → Read More
Is Twitter banning users for saying ‘thank you’?
People are reporting that Twitter is banning users for saying thank you or thanks on the social site because the terms are flagged as spam. → Read More
Everyone wants to be friends with a creepy demon called Apyr
'друг,' loosely pronounced 'droog,' is the Russian word for friend. 'Apyr,' pronounced just like it looks, is the new name of a creepy video game monster that has become a good meme over the past week. But what the hell is Apyr? Where did it come from? Why are so many gamers obsessed with it? → Read More
Jeff Bezos’ new mansion comes with 25 bathrooms—and Twitter is losing it
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and world's richest man, is renovating his Washington, D.C. mansion, and Washingtonian obtained and published the floor plans. The 27,000 square-foot home is impressive, but one stat in the renovation plans stood out: 25 bathrooms. → Read More
The Band-Aid meme is here to plaster over all your life problems
An image of a person putting a Band-Aid over a cut has become a meme. The Band-Aid meme represents the things that heal us—namely pop culture. → Read More
Two rival computer-generated Instagram models ‘met’ this week
Lil Miquela, a computer-generated Instagram model and social media influencer, has over 1 million followers. But she's not real. The people who manage her accounts revealed the truth behind the model in a post after she was hacked by Bermuda. → Read More
‘Deepfake’ celebrity porn has crept back onto PornHub
The site isn't proactively taking down the fake AI-made porn. → Read More
This Star Wars subreddit is head over eels with a new meme
The Reddit forum dedicated to memes about the Star Wars prequels is currently dedicated to something else. After one popular post made a joke about slippery sea-dwelling creatures, r/prequelmemes erupted in eel jokes and puns. → Read More
These Twitter bingo cards make fun of people you’ll date
Bingo cards for dating specific kinds of people, like left-leaning men, are appearing on Twitter. People are also making bingo cards specifically for dating them. → Read More