01
My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle
Louis Theroux’s old documentary rap got remixed, revived, and suddenly every timeline wanted to wiggle wiggle.
Archive score95
Internet time machine / 2022
2022, kept in the archive.
Backdrop
The Internet in 2022
Year reference
Webb’s Cosmic CliffsOnline science got a new image of awe.
Source: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI- Word games, daily prompts, and screenshots offered a gentler counterpoint to the endlessly scrolling feed.
- Generative AI reached the public imagination through image tools and ChatGPT, adding a new kind of synthetic creativity to the web.
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Archive picks
02
It’s Corn (Corn Kid)
A kid’s perfect explanation of corn became a pop song because, frankly, it has the juice.
Archive score95
03
Wordle Score Grid
🟩🟨⬛ became a perfectly spoiler-free way to say, “I got it in three.”
Archive score94
04
Elmo vs. Rocco
“Rocco’s a rock, Zoe!” A 2004 Sesame Street argument about an oatmeal-raisin cookie became 2022’s most relatable tiny meltdown.
Archive score93
05
My Weekend as a 28-Year-Old in Chicago
Six margarita towers, four trips to the Museum of Ice Cream, and one calm voiceover turned a Chicago weekend into a perfect parody of lifestyle-vlog excess.
Archive score91
06
The BeReal Notification
⚠️ Time to BeReal. ⚠️ A random two-minute countdown briefly became the most recognizable interruption on everyone’s phone.
Archive score90