The long-running mystery of whose face was printed on a piece of fabric in 2008 has been solved. But to the untrained eye, it’s difficult to understand why anyone would care, let alone over 60,000 people on a subreddit. But this seemingly trivial microtrend is a case study of why the internet rewards just that: triviality. To catch you up, back in 2020, a Reddit user circulated a picture of a piece of fabric printed with the faces of early 2000s celebrities (Adriana Lima, Josh Holloway, and Ian…

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 coined by Jools Lebron , a TikTok personality and beauty content creator known for her comedic mode of expression. “Very mindful, very demure” is used to…

I'm just a zoomer

The internet has long been a great place for solving mysteries, with internet detectives being renowned for reaching the correct conclusions… And if you're not catching the sarcasm, you clearly haven't been online much at all. This is an old thread, about as old as the sands of time itself as far as the internet is concerned. It originates from days of internet silliness that have long since passed. I stumbled across it while browsing through some old content and thought it was worthy of a revi…

Happy birthday Wikipedia

At least we still have Cheezburger

Fake news who?

Still a slay

Citation needed

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, increasingly unfortunate spree? I'm not sure, but at this point the only option I have is laughter. Sometimes that's all you need to put things into perspective. Sure, I twisted my ankle, came down with a cold, and…

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 while trying to establish a reliable Wi-Fi connection. Wi-Fi is a finicky beast. Maybe you've just moved to a new address and have desperately tri…

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 other social media. You're seeing memes crammed into just about every form of media. Not even just in media format! Your friends, family, and colleagues are directly referencing meme content. Ma…

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 time period. However, Tumblr has some hilarious gems that are worth checking out if you've cast it aside. Tumblr has a lot of qualities I look for in a social media platform. It allows and even encou…

Double take

Have you ever felt like a plastic bag or a meme?

People were unhappy at partnerships in general this week.