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Morgan Wallen, Gods country, SNL memes take over the internet

Mashable Tech

His recent Saturday Night Live appearance and subsequent post about returning to "God's country" has become a meme of sorts, most of which are poking fun at Wallen. He later posted a picture of a private jet to his Instagram stories, captioning it, "Get me to God's country." It might be loading or has been removed.

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

—– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters! But, what still really stands out for me, is the addition of the cause-advocacy appeal once the meme hit the English translation.

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ChatGPT Starts Blocking Studio Ghibli-Style Images After Trend Goes Viral

Futurism

Right after OpenAI debuted its new GPT-4o image generation capabilities , tech bros flooded the internet with AI-made cartoons and memes imitating the style of the iconic Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli. The wave of ersatz Ghibli art was inescapable in AI spheres. One particularly viral example depicted JFK's assassination.

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You, too, can have a Jack Dorsey-like block profile picture

The Verge

My friend said this picture makes me look like Hide the Pain Harold. Now, Twitter user @tarngerine has pushed this developing meme even further by creating a tool that lets you create your own blockhead image. Oh, who am I kidding — just make it your Twitter profile picture, and change your display name to some geometry-shaped pun.

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Nyan Cat’s creator is running an event to sell memes like Bad Luck Brian and Keyboard Cat as NFTs

The Verge

After selling Nyan Cat as an NFT , its creator, Chris Torres, has found himself working on an even bigger event: a week-long series of auctions where classic memes are being sold on the blockchain by their original creators. The memes involved should be recognizable if you were on the internet in the early 2010s. 1 brand new NFT.

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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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Infographic: How To Create An Awesome Meme

Care2

Memes are a great way to talk about your issue and use humor to get your message shared. For example, if your nonprofit is going to experiment with creating a meme, it's worth noting the following data, according to this infographic How to Cook Up A Winning Meme that examimed over 100 sucessful memes from 1980 to today.

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