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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

Left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the "Trade offer meme" Right: Blinking white guy meme underneath caption reading: When you're laughing at ww3 memes and suddenly the sun comes out at 3am

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Israel launched an attack on Iran and everyone’s doomposting through it: 26 memes

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."

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

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

Ed the zebra escapes, gets airlifted like a Disney character, and becomes a meme

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

33 of the funniest memes about Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s messy breakup

A person taking a selfie and a bottle of perfume.

“The face vs the perfume” meme is all about personality, scent, and self-parody

3 panel image showing 3 examples of the the trend.

Nepo babies hijack the “holy airball” meme to flex their famous parents

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

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

3 panel image of the Blue Shirt Guy dance trend.

Everyone is obsessed with the “Blue Shirt Dance Guy” and doing “The Whisk”

Images from a TikTok video posted by well known online influencer MrBeast recreating a the Hood MrBeast trend. Text over reads: You can call me MrLean now.

“You can call me MrLean now”: He said he wouldn’t, but MrBeast finally delivered the Hood MrBeast meme fans begged for

2 panel image.Spritual images sent to contact named: "Thall who shall not be named" with caption that reads: "Trying Cathrine's new method (crying emoji)" on left. Spiritual images in text chat with caption that reads: "Catherin method on my bf except he always matches my freak (crying emoji)" on right.

The Catherine Method meme proves the internet can make anything funny

2 image panel. Man with caption that reads: "F students" on left. Child with glasses and bowtie with caption that reads: "are inventors" on right.

The ‘F students are inventors’ meme is a prank-filled dunk on business bros

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Laura Holliday

Two panel image with brick housing buidling on left and tweet on right.

“The American mind can’t comprehend this” meme has Americans and Europeans beefing

A classic photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue with a screengrab of the Reddit thread on it.

‘Two college degrees, believes in the Hollow Earth Theory’: 20 times very smart people had hilariously dumb takes

The new pope Leo stands on the Vatican balcony and greets the crowd. Tweets about his coronation are overlaid.