Memes are humorous. Thats the idea. If youve been on the Internet at any point ever, youve probably come across one. Maybe youve even made a few of your own and reveled in your own creative wit.But memes dont always turn out well for everyone involved. Se...
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Screenshot: Sony PicturesI don’t think that you could call any film about a second-rate Spider-Man character much anticipated, but that doesn’t change the fact that Morbius comes out today. The reviews are decidedly less than great, including our o...
There is a phrase that has come into prominence in recent years amid the brave men and women hashing it out on the front lines of the battle for gender equality. The phrase, which emerged from the male camp, arguably encompasses the way a lot of men...
Why Is This Important?Will this actually be the first meme that has a real-world positive impact?Long Story ShortLooking at Ryan Gosling feminist memes increases feminist feelings in men, a new study has found.Long StoryHey guy. A new psychology stud...
As a way to generate hype for the The NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton, which opens this Friday, August 14th, Beats by Dre created a "Straight Outta" meme generatorand the resulting memes have been pretty great.As expected, the internet went of...
Why Is This Important?Because if we can't laugh a little, the terrorists have won.Long Story ShortAs Belgium and other parts of Europe continue to endure a lockdown as authorities search for terrorists, some Belgians are lightening the mood by sharin...
Why Is This Important?Because Harambe is getting up towards crying Jordan level?Long Story ShortThe gorilla who was shot in the Cincinnati Zoo has become one of 2016's most popular memesand the zoo family isn't amused. Its director called for an...
Why Is This Important?Because even as the decorum around this election sinks to vicious new lows, Americans remain politically engaged thanks to social media.Long Story ShortFollowing an exceptionally nutty weekend on the campaign trail, three import...
retrorocket/iStockThree days into the #MeToo meme, my Facebook News Feed is teeming with posts. Female friends have shared heavy anecdotes about inappropriate events. Men have attempted to express solidarity, or concern, or surprise. Celebrities have...
In 2004, 17-year-old Steve Ibsen took photos of his cat Kayla and realized that if he animated the images, he could make it look like his cat was dancing. In one take, he recorded a song to accompany the animation: “Cat! / I’m a kitty cat! / And I...
James Wan is having a very busy Comic-Con. As the convention was getting started, he announced a new collaboration with his old *Insidious* partner Jason Blum for a horror-thriller called *M3GAN*. Then he showed up at Scare Diego, New Line’s horror...
English-speaking YouTube has established tropes—workhorse video concepts like unboxing, shopping hauls, and microwaving things you’re not supposed to. Over the last few years (but especially in the last six months), a new second-hand delight has st...
@badluckbrian via foundation.appZoe Roth is 21 and gearing up to graduate from university. Sixteen years ago she was standing in front of a burning building in North Carolina when her dad, an amateur photographer, snapped a picture that would take on...
Another week, another seven days so full of events that it’s difficult to remember all that’s happened. That’s especially true on a week that saw another , as if everyone needed a reminder of what that felt like. I mean, we *were* just a week out...
When Stephen Hillenburg premiered *SpongeBob SquarePants* in 1999, there’s no way he could’ve known what would become of his animated creation. Sure, he may have foreseen success: the cartoon's years on Nickelodeon, multiple feature films, even an...
As has become convention for our accelerated times, I first got word of Young Busco's death on Twitter. "Lmao bruh was legit hella funny RIP," @ChillyANTthat included a minute-long compilation video showcasing Busco's routine antics: p...
Spend enough time on the internet and you'll inevitably come across Astrology Content™. Maybe you've seen a *Game of Thrones* meme about Leos, or a Twitter thread arguing why we should all love Taurus season—or perhaps you just have that one fri...
Nowadays, memes go through the internet like excrement through the titular character of the **. As we’re rocketing through this information superhighway like fish in a tube (remember when the people of Twitter longed to be ?), clasping onto bits of...
After a US drone strike killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last week, the online world saw two nations tumbling toward a war that could consume the globe—the long-prophesied World War III. Some Americans celebrated President Trump taking a stand...
At the start of the*Feels Good Man*, cartoonist Matt Furie bends down in a marsh and scoops up a small green frog no bigger than his thumb. He looks like a dad who probably owns a skateboard—shorts, patterned shirt, yellow ball cap, California chill...
