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The World Is on Fire, and You’re Reheating Nachos?

SNACK TIME

There’s another new internet meme, and another new existential crisis sparked by trying to understand it.

Kevin Fallon | Published Feb 07, 2025

Tim Burton: The Internet Makes Me ‘Quite Depressed’

SAME, BROTHER

Join the club!

Claire Lampen | Published Oct 24, 2024

The Pop-Rock Twins Driven Mad by a Wild Catfishing Scheme

FANATICAL

“Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara” exposes an almost unbelievable campaign by impersonators to uproot their careers and fans’ lives.

Nick Schager | Published Oct 17, 2024

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Unmasked: GOP Operative Making Those Viral Frozen Biden Vids

FREEZE FRAME

Jake Schneider worked for the infamous Michele Bachmann. Now his videos showing an apparently frozen Biden are going viral to GOP joy, Democratic alarm, and White House fury.

Jake Lahut | Published Jun 23, 2024

Smear Campaign: Why Trumpworld Said Biden Pooped Himself

MAGA SH*TPOSTERS

Deceptively edited footage of the president sitting down in France spread rapidly online. It was childish, familiar from attacks on Trump, and a sign of harsh political reality.

Jake Lahut | Published Jun 07, 2024

Meet the Straight Boys Going Gay for Zendaya

HOMOEROTIC

Just like the boys in “Challengers,” a unique group of (self-proclaimed) straight men are offering to kiss each other, if it pleases the famous women they love.

Charles Bramesco | Published Jun 03, 2024

‘Dress That Broke the Internet’ Man Admits Strangling Wife

TRUE COLORS

Keir Johnston who gained fame when a dress his mother-in-law wore caused a global debate over whether it was black and blue or white and gold, has admitted strangling his wife.

Mathew Murphy | Published May 11, 2024

Can This App Help You Leave the Multiverse?

CALL DR. STRANGE

Think of it as a kind of WeChat for the multiverse.

Aidan Walker | Published May 07, 2024

Musk’s Starlink Keeps Providing Internet in Unlicensed Areas

FIVE-STAR SERVICE

Customers were told their illegal internet would be shut off on May 1. The next day many were still able to use it.

Edith Olmsted | Published May 02, 2024

Fanfiction’s Meant to Be Free. So Why Are People Selling It?

NOT A FAN

Writers of popular stories based on “Harry Potter” are pulling their work offline after discovering readers selling them on Etsy. It could kill the community entirely.

Michele Theil | Published Apr 16, 2024

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