01
Zoom Cat Lawyer
A lawyer entered a court hearing as a terrified kitten and had to assure the judge: “I’m here live. I’m not a cat.”
Archive score95
Internet time machine / 2021
2021, kept in the archive.
Backdrop
The Internet in 2021
Year reference
The Ever GivenA supply-chain failure became a universal meme.
Source: NASA Earth Observatory- Short video and remix tools made duets, stitched reactions, and remote collaboration a normal creative language.
- The internet was still negotiating a post-lockdown identity: more creator-led, more platform-shaped, and more comfortable making everyday rituals into content.
Archive order
Archive picks
02
The Wellerman Sea-Shanty Wave
Soon may the Wellerman come—and, for a few months, everybody on the internet knew the harmonies.
Archive score93
03
Bing Bong
One postgame “bing bong” turned a subway-door sound into New York’s loudest one-word victory speech.
Archive score93
04
No Bones Day
If Noodle the pug flopped back into bed, the internet received official permission to take it easy.
Archive score92
05
Emily Mariko’s Salmon Rice Bowl
Leftover salmon, cold rice, an ice cube, parchment paper, and suddenly millions of people were watching lunch like it was cinema.
Archive score91
06
Bernie’s Inauguration Mittens
Bernie Sanders sat down at an inauguration and immediately got added to every location on Earth.
Archive score90