A Look At NPC Streaming, 'The Flash's' NFT Controversy And More

The latest trending memes, internet news, meme anniversaries and more from Know Your Meme this week.

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July 21, 2023

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Lois Lane is a character on Max's animated Superman television show My Adventures With Superman. This version of the original comic book character and Superman's primary love interest is depicted as a tomboyish brown-skinned woman with short hair and brown eyes. Discussions about My Adventures With Superman Lois Lane often veer towards hornyposting, with some commentators comparing her to her 1996 cartoon version in Superman: The Animated Series.

NPC Streaming is a type of TikTok LIVE stream in which the streamer acts or is perceived as acting like a video game NPC by mimicking idle animations, only saying something or performing a specific action when gifted, the action or phrase changing depending on the gift. The streams began to increase in virality throughout 2022 and were popularized by TikTokers like Natuecoco, notably going viral across Twitter and other platforms in July 2023 when TikToker Pinkydoll's videos gained widespread attention.

The 2023 Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild Strike is a nationwide protest held by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in response to poor compensation for Hollywood workers working in streaming, as well as concerns over AI-generation tools being used to replace them. The strike started on May 2nd, 2023, and is currently ongoing. On July 13th, 2023, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) joined the WGA Strike, a first since 1960. The dual strike will reportedly cause significant delays in the creation and filming of movies and television shows until it is resolved, resulting in what many people are calling a "content drought."

Pinkydoll TikTok Lives, also known as Ice Cream So Good, Gang Gang and Yes Yes Yes, refers to the TikTok LIVE streams of TikToker Pinkydoll (@pinkydollreal) that were labeled a part of the NPC Streaming trend in July 2023. Pinkydoll's livestreams gained notoriety due to the widespread perception that they were strange or "psychotic," mostly based on her "call and response" catchphrases that coincided with tips and gifts. Her most prominent catchphrases were "gang gang," "ice cream so good," "yes yes yes" and "*slurp*" (which involved her licking thin air) that were often paired in slang overload memes and tweets. Screen recordings of her streams went viral via reposts on Twitter in mid-2023 where users discussed the strange nature of them and likened her to an NPC or Roblox character, among other comparisons.

Latest News

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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:

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Skibidi Toilet Is The Latest Source Filmmaker Meme

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Neko Life - The Cat Girls and Cat Boys of the Internet

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