Pop Culture

2024 look-alike contests	A number of contests in 2024 grew popular attention
Alpha and beta male	Terms of dominance hierarchy that have become internet memes
Beanie Babies	Collectible bears that became a major fad in the 1990s
Birkin bag	Luxury bag and collectors item
Blåhaj	○ Which IKEA toy became an internet meme and trans mascot?
Boneghazi	Neopagan witch takes human bones from cemetery sparking online discourse
British Invasion	A cultural phenomenon where British music became popular in the US during the 1960s
Cultural impact of Taylor Swift	● There are currently 25 Wikipedia pages relating to Taylor Swift
Culture of the United States	● 🐇 A long read; try looking up your country on Wikipedia too
DashCon	Failed fan convention with an iconic ball pit
Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud	● 🐇 Ongoing feud between two rappers
Fan (person)	🐇 Enthusiast of a celebrity, group, sport, media etc
Furry fandom	🐇 I can’t hate, furrys always look like they’re having a good time
Fyre Festival	Music festival scam
Incel	🐇 Online subculture of males who promote misogyny
Josh fight	○ A 2021 meme and gathering where people called ‘Josh’ were invited to take part in a fight ‘to keep the name’
Kawaii 可愛い	Japanese subculture based on cuteness
Korean Wave (Hallyu 한류)	● The spread of Korean culture across the world
List of creepypastas	● 🐇 Creepy stories spread across the internet
List of Internet challenges	❗🐇 If you’re licking public toilet bowls you need to sit down and have a hard conversation with yourself
List of Internet phenomena	● 🐇 An extensive list of internet memes, jokes, videos etc
List of most-disliked YouTube videos	🐇 This page was last updated in 2021, a day before YouTube removed the dislike count from videos
List of most-followed TikTok accounts	🐇 TikTok sits at number 5
List of shoe-throwing incidents	🐇 Bit awkward walking around with only one shoe on after
List of Streisand effect examples	🐇 Sometimes trying to cover up something leads to more awareness of it
List of viral videos	❗🐇 Reading this list feels like I’m back in school
One red paperclip	○ Man trades paperclip all the way up to a house
Online shaming	🐇 This project does not support online shaming, but the article is interesting nonetheless
Pet Rock	○ I can’t hate this. You just wish you’d thought of it first
Six degrees of separation, and Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon	A concept that suggests there are six of fewer connections between people