Spend enough time scrolling through social media and you’ll find one: A photo that’s too strange to just be “creepy,” too puzzling to just be “mysterious,” too sinister to just be “weird.” That, my ...

Emma Grey Ellis covers memes, trolls, and other elements of internet culture for WIRED. Shocking images are classic internet entertainment: Before they get to social media, many cursed images start ...

A puppy surrounded by two large snails. A bunch of spaghetti placed directly onto the glass of a photocopier. A man holding two hot dogs and crying as a dog’s eyes glow in the background. Web detritus ...

From the classics to the obscure to the more niche trends, memes are always a great way to react to things online. But while most of these reaction images are harmless, there’s a small contingent of ...

This week was Upvote Everything Day on Imgur (the procrastination black hole I spend way too much time on). So instead of the usual feel good fluff and pandering cute pet pics, the front page was ...

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Have you ever looked at an image and felt comforted yet deeply disturbed at the same time? Like your heart wanted to say "oh, how sweet" but your soul was whispering "wtf?" That, my friend, is what we ...