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Topic: internet memes

Humpback anglerfish (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/WikiCommons/Epipelagic)

Lost anglerfish adored by internet

Matthew Rozsa
Tesla head Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Have we hit peak Karen?

Nicole Karlis
Donald Trump and various media outlets/personalities superimposed onto a violent scene from "Kingsmen" (CNN/Youtube)

The Trump murder video is not a joke

Chauncey DeVega
(AP/Getty/Salon)

How one mom learned to love the meme

Lori Barrett
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Official portrait of President Donald Trump (White House)

Trump's official portrait is comedy gold

Leigh C. Anderson
Ivanka Trump (AP/Markus Schreiber)

People trolling US Weekly

Katie Serena
Kenneth Bone in the second presidential debate (Getty/Tasos Katopodis)

The rise and fall of Ken Bone

Nico Lang
Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey talks about the Rift virtual-reality headset during a news conference Thursday, June 11, 2015, in San Francisco. Oculus is expanding its highly anticipated virtual-reality headset to simulate the sensation of touch and gesturing as part of its quest to blur the lines between the fake and genuine world. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) (Associated Press)

Taylor Link
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Police Sketch of the Zodiac Killer; Ted Cruz (Wikimedia/AP/Matt Rourke)

"Cruz is the Zodiac Killer"

Michael Garofalo
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-162877p1.html'>fivespots</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-491173p1.html'>stockelements</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The parodies that will save us

Paula Young Lee
Ron Johnson (Reuters/Jason Reed)

GOP's ACA ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Simon Maloy
Brian May (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

Lindsay Abrams
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (J. Scott Applewhite)

Alex Seitz-Wald
Edward Snowden, Internet babe

Katie McDonough
(Netflix)

Prachi Gupta
(Via Daily Dot)

Craigslist bans used car ad

Chase Hoffberger - The Daily Dot
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(Via Hyperallergic)

Memes for marriage equality

Joseph Akel - Hyperallergic
(Actresses Without Teeth)

Prachi Gupta

Ermahgerd! 2012's best memes

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta
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(Tom Hale/Jezebel)

Katie McDonough

Prachi Gupta
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