Wrap Up 2023 With A Recap Of This Year's Viral Chaos

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

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December 29, 2023

Calendargate or #Calendargate refers to the viral controversy and online debate over the Conservative Dad's Real Women of America 2024 Calendar, produced by Ultra Right Beer, which featured scantily-clad female conservative influencers. Debate over the appropriateness of the calendar sparked debate on the online right, with some calling it "demonic" and many figures chiming in about whether the calendar represented the movement's values.

Forever Weed Brownie is a series of webcomic redraw memes in which one character eats another character's "forever weed brownie" to stop them from getting high and has a bad trip. The original version of the comic is based on characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and was posted to X (Twitter) and Tumblr in December 2022 by @punkittdev, inspiring numerous redraws throughout 2023.

Paul Mescal Running Away From Women refers to a rumor about Irish actor Paul Mescal going to bars in North London, seducing women for threesomes, inviting them to go for a walk and ditching them later. The gossip started on TikTok on December 2023, inspiring a series of jokes and memes on Twitter / X imagining Mescal running from women.

The Collapse of Sam & Cat is a video essay by YouTuber Quinton Reviews that summarizes and analyzes the final 10 episodes of the Nickelodeon series Sam & Cat, a spin-off of both iCarly and Victorious. The video, which clocks in at over nine hours long, is the third and final part of a series of videos on the show, the first part of which Quinton Reviews uploaded in August 2022. The video essay became the subject of memes and reactions following its December 2023 upload, with many criticizing and joking about the length of the video.

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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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