#meme-culture

#meme-culture

On the day that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson shot and killed rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, prosecutors say, he texted his roommate to confess what he'd done. While appearing to admit to the murder and describe how he was planning to retrieve his gun, he pivoted to mention why he had carved messages into the ammunition. Remember how I was engraving bullets? The fuckin messages are mostly a big meme, Robinson texted, according to authorities.

In mid-August, social media started buzzing with posts about "The Great Lock In." As the name suggests, it's built around the Gen Z slang for fully committing or hyperfocusing on a task, goal, or activity. From now until the end of the year, the idea is to "lock in" and to get your life in order and your goals checked off before 2026.

After six years, the clowning is over. Hollow Knight: Silksong is coming to a PC, Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation near you on September 4. Silksong has been conspicuously absent from industry events for so long that the act of anticipating the elusive Metroidvania has become a meme in and of itself. Now that it's imminent, what does the internet do with all that pent-up energy? They draw, yell, and celebrate.

An American border official denied Mads Mikkelsen entry based on his possession of a meme featuring Vice-President JD Vance, causing a brief controversy over meme culture.

The myth of the heirloom tomato clutch fabricates a narrative that speaks to the modern era where memes transition to tangible art, blurring boundaries.