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Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Culture

No new memes? TikTokers declare March 2025 the start of the ‘Great Meme Depression’

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.

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Innies vs outies: What the ‘Severance’ memes say about work and identity

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

Scrolling in the Deep: Type Shii

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

A person speaks. Text over: Devour feculence.

‘Devour feculence’ is the latest pop culture catchphrase—here’s why it’s everywhere

3 panel image: left to right, a person in a restaurant with text over: POV: your son snuck off to North Liberty, a person in car with text over: bros never sneaking out again, and on the right a person in a Game Stop store, text over: POV: your son sneaks off to North Liberty.

The ‘North Liberty’ meme: why everyone’s lip-syncing this angry dad’s phone call

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

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Meme History: JD Vance memes

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Man talking with text "fanum's classic bacon, egg and cheese sandwich"(l), Text "LMGABEAC = Lemme Get a bacon egg and cheese (x3) On everyone's soul we all love BEAG"(c), Dog dancing "Bacon egg and cheese"(x3)(r)

The viral ‘bacon, egg, and cheese’ meme, explained

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Tweet on left that reads: "Rihanna selling everything but music. Beyonce charging $500 to sit beside Jesus. Kourtney Kardashian is back on reality TV. ...and now Southwest is now charging for checked baggage. Baby, the recession is HERE!" Tweet on right that reads: "#recessionindicator" in response to "If you bring liquor to the get-together, are y'all taking the remainder of y'all liquor at the end?"

Are we in a recession or just meme-ing about one? Why the recession indicator meme is everywhere

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Leslie Bibb’s face from ‘The White Lotus’ spawns the ‘Coming out as a Trump voter’ meme

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‘Because at 7 it’s marginal right’: how a Trump quote became a viral meme

Spongebob and patrick flipping burgers with text "subaru was always on some bs mf took spongebobs job"(l), Pagani just trying to do his J*b and subaru just be geeking"(r)

How a 4-year-old SpongeBob Wiki comment spawned the ‘I call Patrick Subaru’ brainrot meme