‘Reporter Wears Grape Costume to Defend Boy Suspended for Banana Suit’ In August 2022, a popular post to Reddit's r/all purportedly depicted a reporter in a grape costume, investigating the suspension of a boy for wearing a banana suit.
‘Here’s to Politicians Using TikTok Properly’ Florida politician Ken Russell (D) received praise for leveraging the platform and garnering engagement without trying to frighten or alarm young voters in his district -- and elsewhere. The Parable of the Stolen CookiesPlease enable JavaScriptThe Parable of the Stolen Cookies
NYC Nuclear Attack Emergency PSA In July 2022, the New York City Emergency Management Department issued a public service announcement involving preparedness for a nuclear attack.
Simplisafe Fireworks Video A purported Simplisafe fireworks video was viral across platforms, but little information about the clip was available.
‘San Diego Lights All the Fireworks at Once’ In early July 2022, a Reddit post about a year when "San Diego set all the fireworks off at once" was virally popular.
‘This is What a Dial Up Modem Connection Looks Like on the Spectrogram (DTMF Handshake and Call) An Imgur video depicting a "dial up modem" visualized via a "spectrogram" inspired nostalgia -- but what is it?
Pembroke Pines ‘Don’t Say Gay’ School Walkout Footage of high school students protesting Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill with a walkout went viral on TikTok, then Twitter, then everywhere.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’ After Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on podcaster Tim Pool's show in January 2022, a quote about climate change and Ice Age taxation circulated on social media.
‘Robin Test Footage’ On October 12 and 13 2021, a video titled “Robin Test Footage” spread across social media, often described as a scene from an in-the-works biopic: ROBIN Test Footage Scene from videos A top comment thread on the post to Reddit’s r/videos above encapsulated social media discussions about the clip, discussing the scene in the context […]
Most Hospitals ‘Legally Have to Forgive Your Medical Bills’ if You Make Under 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Line A viral TikTok purportedly explains how medical debt can be legally forgiven.
