Wholesome Virality is the ‘Little Treat’ of Positivity that the Internet Desperately Needs: Why Trends like ‘Moo Deng’ Are Saving Humanity From an All-Out Tailspin into Utter Despair

Behold, the cutest living creature on earth–Moo Deng! She is a pygmy hippo from Thailand who’s grown increasingly popular online in the last month for a variety of reasons. Fondly named ‘bouncing pig’ in her native language, this charming aquatic mammal has shocked and awed the world with her charms, goofiness, and her little spicy …
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‘NYC side quest’: TikToker Shares POV of Being Escorted by the NYFD Through the L Train Subway Tunnels After Emergency Stop, Goes Viral

You can say a lot of things about New York City, but saying it’s boring is not one of them. This city will keep you on your toes, guaranteed! Heck, I was supposed to only be here for a summer and now it’s been over a decade. Once this city gets its claws into you, …
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Demure VS BRAT: How the trend uplifted modesty and denounced its predecessor of the messy party girl aka BRAT

As the wise Charli xcx once said, «I think the apple’s rotten right to the core / From all the things passed down from all the apples coming before». The apple in question? The internet. That ever-growing, overly-immersive, digital world, riddled with aesthetics and buzzwords. You’ve undoubtedly seen the «demure» meme everywhere. The term was …
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‘Those are Digney socks’: Husband Shares the Knock-Off Disney Character Socks His Wife Bought Online That All Have Hilarious Mistakes, Goes Viral

You don’t have to be a Disney Adult to find these knock-off «Disney» socks friggin’ hilarious. A couple preparing for a fun little getaway with a whimsical Disney trip wanted to get in the spirit for their trip. So the wife found some socks with Disney characters on them. She found them on the infamous …
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‘Unpopular opinion but more parents need to hear that they’re doing a bad job’: Dad criticizes parents for posting their toddler’s meltdowns on TikTok

Parent’s willingness to post private moments online has shifted in the past couple of years. When I was a kid, it was embarrassing if your mom posted about you having a bad day at school to her Facebook friends. While it was kind of humiliating for 300 of your mom’s friends to see an ugly …
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How Hawk Tuah Brought The 2014 Meme Into 2024

When you’ve spent many years engaging with internet memes, you can automatically tell if a meme is dated. I remember being a freshman in high school, scoffing at my less-online peers for still posting passé image macros like Bad Luck Brian. I saw screenshots of quirky 2012 Tumblr text posts on Instagram and bragged about …
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Dude encourages everyone to stop working because their bosses don’t care about them: ‘Stop simping for your capitalist overlord who do not love you’

It’s very cool and popular to criticize capitalism, and I get it. It’s messed up beyond belief that so much of your life is spent working and stressing about whether you’ll be able to afford to be alive. The phrase «cost of living» can radicalize people because why does it cost so much money to …
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‘Go make rock soup or something’: Millennial Mom Hilariously Shows Her «Bored» Gen Alpha Kids What She Used to Do to Entertain Herself When She Was Their Age

You have to get bored to get your imagination to work.

Dude records Chipotle employee to get larger portions, gets criticized for being embodiment of the surveillance state: ‘They don’t get paid enough for this’

If you’ve been around the fast food block, you’ve probably heard the complaint that Chipotle doesn’t put enough meat in their bowls. I’ve never particularly had a problem with this: every time I’ve eaten Chipotle, it’s been so filling I didn’t need to eat again for at least another 8 hours. However, that doesn’t stop …
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‘Who wants to go to the Four Seasons Orlando?: Unusually sentient baby answers question with great clarity, shocks the internet

The internet has always been obsessed with adorable babies. I would argue that YouTube couldn’t have become what it is today without the immense viral success of «Charlie Bit My Finger.» But times have changed. Charlie is likely a legal adult by now, and TikTok is the #1 distributor of adorable baby videos. That is …
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