NATALIE Finding Your Digital Tribe At StayHipp we talk a lot about how the high school stereotypes like the punk, jock, goths, hipsters are a thing of the past. It would make all of our jobs a heck of a lot easier if we could categorize the Internet into neatly defined cohorts of Gen X, …

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The #GoobaChallenge on TikTok is a dance consisting of twerking, throwing it back, and crossing arm motions performed to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s “Gooba.”

Astronaut with a gun “always has been” memes are used to make over-dramatic reveals.

Creators are making fun of the times they’ve run into very attractive people while dressed down in the “Me Vs. The Boys There” trend.

Retail TikTok is a subgenre within Alt/Elite TikTok where creators depict anthropomorphized brands and retail stores in bizarre videos.

The “Down South, Hood Baby” TikTok trend calls for creators to stand in a row. They take turns reciting lyrics to KBFR’s “Hood Baby” before looking up, down, and off to the side in unison.

The “this user has hidden tweets from” meme format calls out certain groups and individuals on Twitter.

Gen Z-ers are using Manny, a cartoon from Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, as a symbol against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

TikTokers are labeling the various “sides” of TikTok including Straight TikTok and Elite/Alt TikTok to highlight the distinct communities and genres forming within the app.

A rise in the number of fireworks reportedly being set off across the United States has sparked a surge of conspiracy theories and memes about the source of these pyrotechnics.

“Americans Are Asleep, Free Healthcare” Memes mock the American healthcare system for being unaffordable, while many countries offer free and universal coverage.

Images of President Donald Trump exiting a helicopter after returning from his rally in Tulsa have become a meme format to represent someone who is sad, tired, and/or defeated.