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Meme coins aren’t just harmless fun

Fast Company Tech

For some time, meme coins have occupied a peculiar space in online culture. Beneath the fun, there are systemic issues that demand attention. Streamer MistaFuccYou died by suicide on an X livestream after allegedly losing his last $500 to a meme coin scam. warn that meme coin investors risk losing everything.

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The Trump take egg meme is an absurdly layered joke

Mashable Tech

In short, it's a meme. Like most memes — as well as onions and ogres — there are layers involved. As with anything, memes evolve. In a bit of boomer humor, a new play on the meme is Trump take nest egg as the stock market has plummeted amid the president's tariffs. And, one last time, it is really fun to say.

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November. Sure, it’s slacktivism but what the hey… it was fun.&#. Do we need slacktivism to justify fun behavior online?

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AMC is giving free popcorn away to meme stonk investors

The Verge

AMC, though, they’ve elected to really embrace the whole meme thing. I’m hoping there are more announcements where they get meme-ier. Meme enthusiasm essentially saved the company. A lot of the meme stocks are shooting up again. CNBC even has a “meme stock” graphic now. You know what trades heavily on memes?

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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger? Many more groups joined in on the fun, recording videos and posting to YouTube. Why meme at all? It’s fun, for one. Stick to your voice.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

New memes get started everyday. Remember the FB meme challenge that asked women to post what color bra they were wearing that day? Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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Now you can determine your level of Fauci with this handy meme

The Verge

So to lighten the mood and get the students interested, she and her co-instructor Reece Lyerly start every class with a meme of some sort. The meme has made it beyond the classroom and social media; Errichetti said Lyerly showed it to some colleagues at the National Institutes of Health. “So

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