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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: "Babyface" JD Vance meme showing the Vice President with a shaved head in a blue suit: Right: Norwegian tourist Mads Mikkelsen

Culture

EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian tourist says he was barred from entering the U.S. over a JD Vance meme, interrogated for hours, then had his records falsified

Whitney Jefferson is the Executive Editor of The Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at BuzzFeed, Jezebel, Gawker Media, and The Late Show with David Letterman. She&#8217;s written books for Adams Media, hosted shows on IFC and Sirius XM, and appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CBS, MTV, VH1, HLN, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and Nightline.

whitney jefferson author photo by jon premosch

Whitney Jefferson

is it not clocking to you that im standing on business

Memes

The best “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business” memes inspired by Justin Bieber

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: Iran bombing meme showing Donald Trumph hitting "WW3" button below caption reading: "When nobody shows up to your sad little birthday parade" Right: Who Killed Hannibal meme showing Andre as Trump shooting "Iran" in one panel, and him saying "now is the time for peace" in subsequent panel

30 viral memes about the Iran bombing that sum up the online panic and nihilism

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Creator of the Hawk Tuah meme Haliey Welch sits in front of a mic, across from comedian Whitney Cummings as they record an episode of "Talk Tuah."

“#NotMyHailey”: Slurs dropped at “Talk Tuah” live taping as event descends into chaos

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: Britney Spears in the "Toxic" music video below tweet reading: "WHy wasn't this her Espresso?" Right: Britney Spears in the "Toxic" music video below tweet reading: "Girl this was THE coffee factory"

‘Girl this was THE coffee factory’ has pop music fans frothing at the mouth—here’s what it means

justin bieber singing side by side with justin bieber shouting "it's not clocking to you that i'm standing on business" with the words spelled out in white letters in a meme format

Justin Bieber said “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business” and now it’s a meme

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

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

Left: "Pentagon Pizza index is spiking" showing map of DC near the pentagon Right: The closest Dominos to the Pentagon has surged in traffic as of 8:55pm ET, showing Domino's Pizza surge

Why the internet thinks pizza orders warned us about Israel’s attack on Iran

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

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Three panel image: First a boy in a trench coat with the caption: "How I feel knowing international best selling author Quan Millz will never find my small account" Second: A bald eagle with caption reading, "Quan Millz after finding EVERY video mentioning him and reposting it" Third: A person looking into the camera underneath a caption reading, "I know Quan Millz won't find this cuz i'm just a small account with less than 50 views"

TikTokers are daring horror writer Quan Millz to find them, and he does every single time

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

Tweet reading: I spoke to David Lynch shortly before he died. He gave me permission to commit many crimes next to photo of Natasha Lyonne on Late Night With Seth Meyers