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Why everyone on TikTok is dancing with a dang rat

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‘Fascism gunna win bro’: Liberals ashamed by House Democrats new ‘Choose Your Fighter’ meme

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29 Ash Wednesday memes that are holier (and funnier) than thou

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2 panels both photoshopped images of JD Vance. Tweets over say, "how many times did you say thank you today? Me:" and "It's disrespectful if you don't say thank you"

‘Say pwease’: JD Vance Photoshop edits are growing more and more absurd by the day

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First, Trump take egg. Now, Trump take nest egg

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JD Vance blown-up baby face memes blow up after Oval Office blow-up with Zelensky

Left side: Tweet reading 'You’re trying to spike my cortisol and make me less beautiful' has settled into my lexicon nicely." Right side: Drake reading a book meme, overlaid with a caption reading 'Bro did you seriously just spike my cortisol'

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2 panel image: one a post from NYPost that reads: Teen who injected himself with crushed butterfly spent 7 agonizing days in the hospital before he died. And another post: I'm sorry but like what

How a teenager’s bizarre death from injecting crushed butterfly turned into a meme

Left: Screenshot of a Tiktok with the caption: "YES we're a millennial burger Joint/ YES we overprice EVERYTHING / YES out truffle fries are MEDIOCRE at best / YES we're two guys with a crazy idea / NO we don't offer comfortable seating / YES we serve water in mason jars"; ; Screenshot of a Tiktok comment section