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 strange image of SpongeBob SquarePants’ Plankton has become a viral meme on TikTok. This has greatly intrigued fans who are now curious about this “cursed” meme and what it entails. Fans also wish ...

This meme is a version of a "cursed image," or a rendering of a popular character, object, or location made to seem creepy, uncanny, or off-putting in some way. The identification of an image as such ...

Sometimes, while scrolling through adorable cat and dog memes, you might stumble upon content that’s a bit… strange. Or downright cursed. Yes, we’re diving into the internet’s most bizarre and ...

Grab some holy water and get your sacred chants and teddy bears ready, Pandas. We’re about to dive deep into the abyss and it is chock full of C u R s E d memes. Don’t be scared, though—they don’t ...

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 ...

Art imitates life and then memes imitate art — and the glorious, unrelenting life cycle of content lives on. Thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered text-to-image generator called DALL-E mini, ...