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Jay Hathaway


Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

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‘Black Panther’ showed Black meme culture some love, too

What are thoooooooose?!

On Feb 19, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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'If the Minecraft world is infinite how does the sun spin around it?' search with 'Google wants to know your location' popup

‘Google wants to know your location’ is the meme you want to track

Everyone's spying on you!

On Feb 17, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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Reddit banned the FakeApp subreddit.

Reddit cracks down on FakeApp, the software behind ‘deepfakes’ celebrity porn

They weren't even posting porn.

On Feb 16, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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Elon Musk is actually named Elongated Muskrat.

Did you know Elon Musk is short for Elongated Muskrat?

The internet has spoken.

On Feb 16, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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Sienna Day on Fake Taxi became a porn meme in the U.K.

‘Ohhh that’s f*cking filthy’ is the U.K.’s new favorite porn meme

"Fake Taxi" porn memes are the new British invasion.

On Feb 16, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

Internet Culture
Green M&M meme takes over the internet.

The green M&M wants you to do her a favor

It involves a fake PS2 game and David Lynch.

On Feb 15, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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Get ‘pounded in the butt’ by Chuck Tingle’s new podcast

Now you can get Tinglers in your earholes.

On Feb 14, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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You deserve this ‘Neo Yokio’ Toblerone meme for Valentine’s Day

Big Toblerone is back.

On Feb 14, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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Sumo wrestler goes viral with a slapstick ‘Salt Bae’ move

The video has the Japanese internet rolling.

On Feb 13, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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The ‘Monsters, Inc.’ version of Goofy is pure nightmare fuel

'Kingdom Hearts III' is looking pretty weird already.

On Feb 13, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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These Bullet Men Statues Are the Biggest Meme at the Winter Olympics

Penis-man statues at the Olympics are a gold-medal meme

This meme turned a dick joke into art.

On Feb 12, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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The Distracted Boyfriend Meme Is Set in The Matrix

If you take the red pill, you realize Distracted Boyfriend is the Matrix

Look again.

On Feb 12, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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tic tac toe disaster

How can anyone be this bad at tic-tac-toe?

This is the worst game of tic-tac-toe ever.

On Feb 9, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

Internet Culture
emma watson deepfake fake porn video

Here’s where ‘deepfakes,’ the fake celebrity porn, went after the Reddit ban

These videos might be harder to find now, but they're far from gone.

On Feb 8, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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NY lawmakers want to make Tide Pods look less like candy

Lawmakers finally take action on the Tide Pod challenge.

On Feb 7, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

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