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Princess Peach Makes A Meme Comeback With DJ Peaches and NES Princess Peach Sprite Redraws
NES Princess Peach Sprite Redraws is a pixel art trend on X (formerly Twitter) and BlueSky that redraws the sprite of Princess Peach from the 1985 NES game Super Mario Bros. in different styles. The trend started in early-mid September of 2024, and has also led to other artists drawing these redesigns as modern digital art. The trend also inspired some artists to draw humorous interpretations of NES sprite Princess Peach, sometimes depicting her with a big Popeye-like chin and finger guns.
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From Walmart Ads To Government Speeches, Is Brainrot Officially Dead?
Brain Rot or Brainrot is a slang term used to describe content that has little to no artistic, educational or substantive value, painting it as having a negative impact on the viewer and thus leading to the degradation and "rot" of their brain. In relation, the term is used to refer to pieces of "brain rot content" that a person cannot stop thinking about, leading to further brain rot, such as regularly repeating the Skibidi Toilet song. Although the exact origins of the term are unknown, it has been used online since as early as 2007, becoming increasingly popularized throughout the 2010s and 2020s.
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Is Dax Flame the Greatest Internet Actor? We Still Don't Know
Daxflame is the YouTube alias of Madison Patrello, a YouTuber known for vlog entries and comedy sketches. His posts feature him playing a socially awkward and aggressive young man; though, many have debated whether or not the character is a piece of performance art of Flame's real personality. In the mid-to-late 2000s, Dax Flame was one of the most popular YouTubers on the platform.
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The Asian Andy Squatter Saga Summarized
The Asian Andy Squatter Saga refers to a series of livestreams and videos in which IRL streamer Asian Andy, along with fellow streamer Scufffed Justin Carrey (SJC) and other streamers, attempt to evict a squatter, Mary Cameron (aka Mary Bakrania), from his sister's home in California, which was being used as an Airbnb. Purportedly, in late May 2024, Cameron signed on to stay at the Airbnb for 28 days, then, after the 28 days, claimed that she stayed there for over 30 days so she could claim squatters rights and continue living in the home for free. As retaliation, Asian Andy and Carrey went to the home in late June 2024 and attempted to make Cameron's life as difficult and miserable as possible to try and force her out, later uploading highlights of the situation to YouTube in August and September of that year. On July 12th, 2024, Mary Cameron filed a wrongful eviction lawsuit against the home's owners.
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The Internet Is Obsessed With This Screaming Baby Hippo Named Moo-Deng
Moo-Deng the Baby Hippo refers to a female pygmy hippo named Moo Deng who was born at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand in July 2024 and went viral online in September of that year. Moo Deng's photographs and videos, particularly an image in which she is being sprayed from a water hose while looking mortified, inspired fan art and memes on social media.
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Remembering Storm Area 51: When The Internet Decided to Naruto Run Into a Military Air Base
Storm Area 51, also known as the Area 51 Raid and Alienstock, is a satirical Facebook event that calls for an assembly of a flash mob to infiltrate the top-secret American military airbase in Lincoln County, Nevada, scheduled to commence at 3:00 a.m. on September 20th, 2019. Since its launch in late June, the Facebook page went viral and millions of people have signed up to attend.
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Where Did the Viral Nonchalant Cartoon Dog, "My New Character" or "Chill Guy" Come From?
My New Character. His Whole Deal Is He’s a Chill Guy That Lowkey Doesn’t Give a Fuck is a meme focused on a character called "my new character" who's a light brown dog with a human body, wearing a grey sweater, blue jeans and red shoes. In the drawing, the character is smirking at the viewer with his hands in his pockets. The drawing was originally shared in a tweet by Twitter / X user philb (@PhillipBankss) in late 2023, paired with the aforementioned caption about "his whole deal" being that "he's a chill guy that lowkey doesn't give a fuck." In 2024, the meme went viral on TikTok where users inserted the character into different formats like an exploitable and joked about "his deal."
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Who Is Smartschoolboy9? The Creepy Adult Pretending To Be A Child Online
Smartschoolboy9 or Smart School Boy 9 was an Instagram user who dressed and acted like a schoolboy in high-heeled boots, glasses and white face makeup. Smartschoolboy9's content has been described as disturbing, surreal and fetishistic. It is suspected that the user also ran the accounts truth_sticks_11, girl.chloe12 and several other accounts that posed as children, which similarly posted creepy, sometimes AI-generated and surreally edited photos of children, with girl.chloe12 posting images of what appeared to be a real girl rather than an AI-generated person. The content has been described as predatory and fetishistic, with some speculating that the accounts could be linked to an age-play kink, while others speculate they are used to prey on minors. Several comments left by Smartschoolboy9 on children's Instagram accounts suggest this, although it is unconfirmed if the user has any known victims. In 2024, internet sleuths began investigating the accounts as Smartschoolboy9 garnered virality. Purportedly, Smartschoolboy9 was run by a Doncaster, England man named David Walter, who has allegedly been spotted dressed in the makeup and outfits as early as the late 1990s. Smartschoolboy9 has purportedly responded to accusations of being a predator using social media accounts that are believed to belong to him in which he seemingly denies being predatory.
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Apparently, We Interviewed "The Apparently Kid" 10 Years Later, Apparently
Apparently Kid refers to Noah Ritter, a five-year-old who was interviewed by a local news channel while attending the Wayne County Fair in Pennsylvania. When the interview, which features Ritter animatedly discussing his indifference to the news and repeatedly saying “apparently” was uploaded to YouTube it quickly went viral.
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The Internet Reacts to the Minecraft Trailer - Is This Another Ugly Sonic Situation?
The Minecraft Movie, also known as A Minecraft Movie, refers to a movie based on the video game Minecraft, originally hinted at in early 2014 but was postponed until April 2025. The movie was set to be produced by Warner Bros. Studios, however, when the original release date in 2022 came around, there was no movie released, resulting in memes across social media from users reacting to the missed release. In 2022 and 2023, a new release date for the film was announced: April 4th, 2025. The movie was to be live-action, directed by Jared Hess (known for directing Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre) and starring actor Jason Mamoa (known for Aquaman) and Jack Black as Steve. In September 2024, the movie's first teaser trailer was released, resulting in memes and reactions, many of which panned the film's CGI and dialogue. Much of the viral criticism focused on the pink sheep seen in the teaser trailer.
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The Internet Reacts to Nikocado Avocado’s 250 lb Weight Loss
Nikocado Avocado's Weight Loss, also known as Nikocado Avocado Social Experiment, refers to mukbang YouTuber Nikocado Avocado's reveal of the result of his two-year-long journey to lose 250 pounds of weight, claiming his YouTube career was a social experiment. The reveal video and images of the much thinner YouTuber wearing a red shirt became a viral subject of discussions and memes online in early September 2024.
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See Who Won 'Meme of The Month' For August 2024
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