The celebrities who show up (and show out) at the Met Gala 2026 are essential to the success of the highly anticipated annual charity event, but the internet is the true star of fashion’s biggest ...

On Thursday, less than a week after an airstrike killed dozens of children in an Iranian elementary school, and one day after the Pentagon named two of the six American soldiers killed by a drone, the ...

In the first week of Black History Month, President Trump posted a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on social media — a video clip showing the Obamas' ...

A clip of a ‘Nihilistic Penguin’ walking away from his colony toward certain death in the distant mountains has gone viral—where did the footage come from, and what does the meme mean? A viral clip of ...

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As 2025 comes to a close, people turn to the highlights of what made the year special…or at least bearable. There were plenty of viral trends and memes that took over the internet this year, though ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

Why has Jon Hamm been dancing in ecstasy all over your Instagram and TikTok feeds lately? Well, it's a story that starts with an Apple TV show from earlier this year and ends with Millennial nostalgia ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

TikTok users spent much of 2025 complaining that memes had slipped into pure nonsense. Consequently, a growing crowd is pushing for a full cultural refresh, dubbed the Great Meme Reset of 2026, set to ...

On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...