Skip to content
  • Tech
  • Internet Culture
  • Streaming
  • IRL
  • Video Originals
  • Dot Recs
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Jobs
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Ethics Policy
  • Tech
  • Internet Culture
  • Streaming
  • IRL
  • Video Originals
  • Dot Recs
  • About
    • About Us
    • Contact
    • Jobs
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Ethics Policy

pandemic

college professor looking pensive

‘Lmao you never needed this’: Stanford professor ridiculed after claiming he carried ‘papers’ allowing him to work during the pandemic

Even his fellow doctors are mocking him.

On Apr 11, 2022 by Claire Goforth

Tech
Monkey in cage

Woman falls ill after encountering escaped lab monkeys—sparking new pandemic fears, wild conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theorists blamed everyone from Bill Gates to Hollywood for the crash.

On Jan 25, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

Tech
Will Smith

‘Worst shape of my life’: Will Smith unveils ‘pandemic body’ in relatable post

'This is the body that carried me through an entire pandemic and countless days grazing through the pantry.'

On May 4, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

Internet Culture
Matt Damon (L) and Gene Hackman (R).

‘You can be a different person after the pandemic’ meme imagines a brand new identity

A brand new you.

On Apr 12, 2021 by Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture
Four college men play with yellow ball on the beach.

Old photos of Miami Beach dupe internet during COVID-19 spring break chaos

A photo of a crowded beach from 2019 has resurfaced following a chaotic weekend in Miami Beach.

On Mar 22, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

‘Our kids are gonna be so emotionally scarred’: 7-year-old’s depressing Zoom school poem is too relatable

'It's the only thing that is happening.'

On Feb 9, 2021 by Rachel Kiley

IRL
jimmy kimmel tweet white privilege accusations

People are still roasting Jimmy Kimmel for his ‘tone-deaf’ political tweet

Judging from the Twitter responses, a deadly pandemic isn't the only thing people are worrying about.

On Jan 25, 2021 by Phil West

Internet Culture
2005 world of warcraft pandemic 2020 covid-19 pandemic

Viral Twitter thread highlights similarities between 2005 World of Warcraft pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic

The author noted, 'Players acted in much the same ways as real people are acting now.'

On Jan 4, 2021 by Phil West

Internet Culture
A tweet over the kingdom of Corona from Tangled

Disney’s ‘Tangled’ lowkey predicted the 2020 pandemic

'I was today years old when I learned that the kingdom in Tangled is called Corona.'

On Dec 28, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

Internet Culture
illustration of woman using ring light, camera and laptop to apply lipstick

OnlyFans dominated 2020. What does that mean for sex workers?

OnlyFans helped sex workers in some ways—but not all.

On Dec 27, 2020 by Ana Valens

IRL

Get the Daily Dot in your inbox