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Unclick

‘Pen Pineapple Apple Pen’ is the J-pop meme you’ll never get out of your head

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions,  and the Village Voice. He&#8217;s the author of two odd books of fiction, &#8216;Ivyland&#8217; and &#8216;True False.&#8217;

Miles Klee

Every kind of Twitter, ranked from worst to best

15 years ago, the ‘Bonsai Kittens’ site led to an FBI investigation

Epic squirrel gets the Photoshop treatment it deserves

‘Garfémon’ are—you guessed it—Garfield Pokémon

Austin Powell is the former managing editor of the Daily Dot. His work focuses on the intersection of entertainment and technology. He previously served as a music columnist for the Austin Chronicle and is the co-author of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology.

Austin Powell

Memorize this ‘whack’ rant for when you see your crush with someone else

MyLaCroix.com lets you dream up whatever disgusting, bizarre La Croix flavor you want

Clinton campaign releases official statement on Pepe meme

Pepe the Frog creator says pro-Trump memes ‘just a phase’

Pepe the Frog is not a Nazi, no matter what the alt-right says

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

Jay Hathaway

Wew, lad: Everyone hates this meme that simply refuses to die

The rich, delicious history of *Italian chef kiss*

Who is Hugh Mungus, and why is he suddenly a meme?

The ‘Hail Hydra’ meme runs deeper than any conspiracy

A former Weekend Editor at the Daily Dot, April Siese&#8217;s reporting covers everything from technology and politics to web culture and humor. Her work has been published by Bustle, Uproxx, Death and Taxes, Rolling Stone, the Daily Beast, Thrillist, Atlas Obscura, and others. Siese joined Quartz in December 2016.

April Siese

The rise and fall of ‘Bye Felicia,’ this generation’s coldest reply

Memes