29 Fascinating Posts From the Underbelly of Wikipedia

As I’ve said here before, if I could only keep one website on the internet, it would be Wikipedia. In fact, maybe I’d be okay with wiping the internet and starting over with just Wikipedia. No more social media, no more harmful content, just a wholesome fountain of information that never has ads and is …
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‘Whole slews of the internet just defunct’: Internet veterans bemoan loss of online third spaces, fun websites

The internet has changed so much in the short time it’s existed that it’s hard to remember that it wasn’t always like this. The internet, to me, used to be a place where I would play fun dress up games, talk to other kids on Club Penguin, research fairies on fairy websites, and update my …
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27 Hilarious Instances of Community Notes Debunking Misinformed Tweets

There’s something so vindicating about the community notes section on Twitter, when it’s used right. Watching misinformation get taken down in one fell swoop by wise commenters is like popping an extra juicy pimple. Sorry for that image, but the simile stands. Twitter, (we’re not calling it X) a website famous for hawking wrong info, …
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Star Behind Iconic Stan Twitter Meme Shares The Story Behind The Photo

A picture is worth a thousand words. And so is the case with the iconic pic that became a staple of stan Twitter, featuring a young woman fitted up in 2015’s best, giving a sassy pose that captured the internet’s hearts. It soon became a blank canvas for all sorts of fan posting, where users …
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27 Strange and Silly Excerpts From the Depths of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is probably my favorite website of all time. It’s a wholesome, comprehensive, streamlined yet expansive resource for all the most and least useful information out there. You can study up on anything from ancient Roman history to Instagram Egg. To me, it’s the epitome of the internet’s purpose: millions of folks coming together to …
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30+ Phenomenal Memes for People Partial to Hilarity

Have you ever had one of those weeks where things just continually got worse? I’m in the midst of one of those periods and I have to admit the sense of self-pity has shifted entirely to one of hilarity. How is it even possible for so much to go cosmically wrong in such a serialized, …
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20 Wi-Fi Memes for Wireless Internet Aficionados and Those Looking for a Connection

If you’re reading this, you’re currently connected to the internet. Congratulations! For some of us, that can be a grandiose task. Most of us have struggled with connecting to the internet at one point or another. Sure, older individuals may struggle with internet-related issues especially, but you’re lying if you’ve said you’ve never been frustrated …
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A Gobbet of Memes for Giddy Meme Lovers

Have you ever considered how much time you spend looking at memes? Not even intentionally, but just how much you’re exposed to memes. I can’t say an exact figure, but I’d argue that I spend at least half of my waking hours exposed to the things. They’re everywhere. Not just on Twitter, Facebook, or any …
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Iconic Tumblr Posts That Made Internet History

People give Tumblr a lot of slack. It has maintained its reputation as being a cesspool for 13-year-old fangirls to scream about Misha Collins, even though the website has changed a lot in the past ten years. I stopped using Tumblr regularly in 2014, so my concept of it is a bit skewed toward that …
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Internet Conoisseurs Share Normal Photographs That Bear an Uncanny Resemblance to Memes

I wouldn’t go as far as saying the internet melts your brain, unless you really take things way too far. However, I must admit that prolonged exposure to it is kind of like someone sticking their hand in there and rearranging all the wiring. Once you start seeing parallels between online and offline, you can’t …
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