Kim Kardashian embraces her meme-dom in Fortnite
Plus: AI slop spotted during SNL...
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
A Kardashian addition to the Fortnite universe has sparked a variety of reactions, but at least her homage to memes is entertaining.
A tech worker’s story of going through eleven interviews and still being rejected anyway has gone viral.
We aren’t safe from AI anywhere, it seems, including SNL’s Weekend Update.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
Kim Kardashian’s addition to Fortnite divides gamers, but even critics agree the meme references work
Kim Kardashian popped up in Fortnite this week, and the internet reacted fast to her addition to the popular video game.
Some players rushed to share clips, while others tried to process how a reality TV star fit into the fighting game. Still, Fortnite had already blended pop culture and combat for years, making this an unsurprising collaboration. One of the more interesting parts of Kim’s Fortnite character is the item descriptions pulled from old Kim K memes.
“Go to court?”: After 11 interviews, tech company rejects candidate but keeps the code he wrote
An unemployed tech worker showed just how wild the job search is getting with an email thanking him for the 11 interviews—and rejecting him. Actually, it thanked him for going through 11 “technical” interviews, suggesting there may have been more to the process. Then it admitted to using the code he worked on for the “take-home project.”
“So disappointing”: Weekend Update segment called out after eagle-eyed “Saturday Night Live” fans notice “lazy” AI slop graphics
This week, Saturday Night Live used AI during the Weekend Update segment starring Colin Jost and Michael Che. They showed a graphic of a woman playing a slot machine at a casino that’s clearly artificial. Naturally, people aren’t thrilled with the long-running show.
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🛍️ “After the Super Bowl, we returned it”: Customer insists Walmart is a “rental company” thanks to its easy returns
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🇨🇳 Traveler in China says they were “catfished” into vacationing at a theme village
👛 Shopper confronts Home Depot after cashier rounds down his total by a penny
🐟 Women are “visiting the boy aquarium” to look for dates. What does it mean?
😱 Mom orders a Waymo for her daughter—and finds a man in the trunk
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