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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

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

‘I’m a fancy treat boy, look at my treat!’: The internet’s new diss, ‘Treatler,’ explained

2 panel image of a tweet containing an animated gif that shows Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump together. Text over: seeing your friend get along with your opps

Trump and Obama seen laughing at Jimmy Carter’s funeral—cue the memes

Rebecca Leib

Photo collage of a plant bush behind a bikini bottom.

‘Full bush revolution’: How an Etsy bikini review sparked the viral ‘full bush in a bikini’ TikTok trend

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

‘Yeah bro I got fluffy hair’: Explaining the teen boy fluffy hair meme

25 of the funniest deleted celebrity tweets of all time

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.

Angela Andaloro

The Man Horse Meme: part man, part horse, all meme

Tweet with text "My christmas tree january 7th" with image of Idris Elba and text "i want you to put the word our there that we still up"(l), Tweet "they should invent a january that doesn't drain your will to live."(r)

30 January memes to laugh at while waiting for February

Bluesky "Sorry, not sorry, not going to care about Afghanistan because I grew up with an alcoholic, psychologically abusive father in constant state of distress, anxiety and worry about the future. Hearing the key in the door every evening was my own "Afghanistan" for almost 20 years"(L), "Sorry, not sorry, not going to care about christmas because I grew up with a loving, psychologically supportive father in constant state of peace, happiness, and excitement about the future. hearing the key in the door was my own personal "christmas" for almost 20 years. I love my dad tho hes so goated."(r)

The ‘Hearing The Key In The Door Was My Own Afghanistan’ meme makes the political personal

Dog with eyes closed meme with text "when you are playing at 2am and scream but you hear your mom footsteps"(L) and "how it feel when you break something in the house then you hear your parents car pull up"(r)

The Cooked Dog meme, aka ‘Dog Closing His Eyes Halfway,’ is taking over TikTok

Donald Trump talking(l), Jessica Lange with text "there's not going to be lower grocery prices, you stupid slut"(r)

Trump’s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ kicks off meme blitz

What is the ‘Chopped Chin’ meme and who is Angel Wiley?

The mysterious origins of the Locked In Alien Meme

Explaining the ‘Eye of Rah’ meme and TikTok trend

Man talking with text "i bought a"(l), People inside home under construction with text "property in egypt"(r)

How the ‘I Bought a Property in Egypt’ meme mocks hustle culture