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My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle
Louis Theroux’s earlier documentary rap was remixed and revived as a widely used dance sound.
Archive score95
Internet archive / 2022
Internet moments from 2022
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 child’s enthusiastic description of corn became a song because, as he said, “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 a widely used reaction clip in 2022.
Archive score93
05
TumblrGoncharov
Tumblr invented a fictional mafia film, then reviewed and debated it as though it existed.
Archive score92
06
My Weekend as a 28-Year-Old in Chicago
Six margarita towers, four trips to the Museum of Ice Cream, and a calm voiceover parodied the excess of lifestyle vlogs.
Archive score91
07
The BeReal Notification
⚠️ Time to BeReal. ⚠️ A random two-minute countdown became a familiar phone interruption for many users.
Archive score90
08
Whopper Whopper
A fast-food jingle played so often that “Whopper, Whopper” became a common punchline.
Archive score90
09
Stop Making Memes About Ohio
Stop Making Memes About Ohio became a compact, instantly recognizable internet-comedy artifact.
Archive score88
010
M3GAN’s Dance
A doll pauses in a hallway, does an elaborate little dance, and makes a horror trailer briefly feel like a music-video dare.
Archive score87
011
Andrew Garfield Laughing
An Andrew Garfield interview laugh became a reaction sound whose rhythm did most of the work.
Archive score86
012
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING!
A Shotover Canyon Swing Queenstown clip gave a shouted warning the force of a compact reaction sound.
Archive score84