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The latest trending memes, internet news, meme anniversaries and more from Know Your Meme this week.
Know Your Meme Team
July 30, 2024
Top Trending Memes
Elon Musk Babyfur Rumor refers to a viral rumor that American entrepreneur Elon Musk has had an active interest in the babyfur fandom, which is a subgroup of the furry community who roleplay as child characters. Spawned by a viral X post in late July 2024, the unconfirmed rumor became a viral subject of speculation and memes in the following days.
Republicans Are Weird refers to unofficial messaging adopted by the Democratic Party's 2024 Presidential Election campaign that sought to deride Republican policies in general, and J.D. Vance, in particular, as "weird" as opposed to only "scary" or "dangerous." Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made an appearance on MSNBC where he described key Republican policies, as well as Trump's seeming fixation on Hannibal Lecter in his campaign speeches, as "weird" in July 2024. This sentiment about Trump was also echoed in a press release from Kamala Harris's presidential campaign that described Donald Trump as "old and weird." In late July 2024, businessman and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy notably criticized Democrats for adopting "weird" as a messaging tactic, calling it "dumb & juvenile."
Ava Kris Tyson Grooming Allegations and Shadman Commission Allegations refer to accusations that MrBeast associate Ava Kris Tyson groomed a minor who goes by LavaGS online, with evidence suggesting that Tyson messaged Lava numerous times when he was 14 years old and Tyson was in her 20s and met up with him when he was still underage. These allegations also brought increased attention to previous accusations that Tyson commissioned art from controversial artist Shadman around 2017. The allegations were shared by YouTuber Prism42 in June 2024 and went viral that July, resulting in calls for Tyson to be removed from the MrBeast team. In July 2024, LavaGS responded to the accusations, claiming the videos alleging grooming were false and that he was never groomed by Tyson, stating that much of what Prism42 used as evidence was just "edgy jokes."
DYKTMM is a slang expression that is an abbreviation of the question "Do You Know the Muffin Man?" The phrase references a scene from the 2001 Shrek movie in which Lord Farquaad is torturing Gingerbread Man. The slang grew popular online after Twitter / X user tweeted a screenshot of Gingerbread Man with the caption "It’s always 'wyd' never 'dyktmm.'"
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Upcoming Meme-a-versaries
Here are this week's birthday memes celebrating their anniversaries from the storied halls of meme and internet history:
Yes Chad (August 1st, 2019)
McKayla Maroney is Not Impressed (August 5th, 2012)
The Dab (August 1st, 2015)30-50 Feral Hogs (August 4th, 2019)
