#meme-culture

#meme-culture

I would ask: May I meet you?' before engaging further in a conversation, Ackman wrote, adding that he almost never got a No and credited proper grammar and politeness for its success. I hear from many young men that they find it difficult to meet young women in a public setting. In other words, the online culture has destroyed the ability to spontaneously meet strangers.

The nonsense number trend began life as a throwaway line in "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Philly rapper Skrilla, a 26-year-old who makes menacing drill rap where his couplets tumble haphazardly like Percocets out of an overturned prescription pill bottle. With his nasal flow, he's proclaimed himself the "face of zombieland" - a nod to the grim reality of the open-air drug market in his Kensington neighborhood - and seems to be approaching his newfound notoriety with bemusement at the mop-headed TikTok-ers who've boosted his streaming numbers and, probably, his asking price.

The social app draws entirely from artificial intelligence: Instead of sharing photos and videos of themselves, users can opt in for "cameos" and create fake clips that depict themselves or their friends in any scenario imaginable. It's mostly being used to make viral meme content and the type of short-form videos you'd scroll past on TikTok, albeit with deepfakes. Sora doesn't allow you to make videos of other living people ( dead celebrities and SpongeBob SquarePants characters are fair game) unless given express permission.

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.