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What's the best soda?

Team Coke, team Pepsi, or something else entirely? Let's finally settle it.


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Wild Cherry Pepsi Β· Mountain Dew Voltage Β· Pepsi Β· Fanta Grape (or Sunkist I really can't tell the difference) Β· Cherry Coke.Read more
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I’m a huge fan of cherry coke and cherry Dr.Pepper. What's yours?
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Internet memes that broke into the mainstream β€” which one crossed over hardest?

These didn't stay inside jokes for internet forums β€” they ended up on the news, in the White House, and even on TV broadcasts. Which meme do you think made the biggest leap from internet culture into everyday life?

πŸ—³οΈ 15 votes so farπŸ† Leading: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

In the summer of 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge asked people to film themselves dumping a bucket of ice water over their heads, nominate friends to do the same, or donate to ALS research. What started as a niche fundraising stunt exploded into full mainstream participation within weeks β€” celebrities, athletes, politicians, and even tech billionaires like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg took part on camera. It ultimately raised over $115 million for the ALS Association, directly funding research that led to a gene discovery, making it one of the rare viral memes that translated internet attention into a genuine, measurable real-world outcome.
(47%)
πŸ₯ˆ Rickrolling

Starting on 4chan and YTMND around 2007-2008, internet pranksters began disguising links to Rick Astley's 1987 music video "Never Gonna Give You Up" as something else entirely, tricking people into an unexpected earful of 80s pop. "Rickrolling" spread from niche forums to full mainstream culture over the following decade, eventually showing up in official White House tweets, Google's April Fools' gags, and even live sports broadcasts. Nearly two decades later, it remains one of the internet's longest-running inside jokes, and the original video has racked up well over a billion views almost entirely because of the prank.
(27%)
πŸ₯‰ Gangnam Style

Released in July 2012, PSY's "Gangnam Style" and its horse-riding dance spread from Korean pop culture into a full-blown global viral sensation almost overnight, getting parodied by everyone from world leaders to professional sports teams. It became the first YouTube video in history to reach 1 billion views, a genuinely unprecedented milestone at the time that proved internet virality could rival, and even outpace, traditional pop stardom on a global scale. More than a decade later, it's still the reference point people reach for when talking about a song "breaking the internet."
(20%)
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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge In the summer of 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge asked people to film themselves dumping a bucket of ice water over their heads, nominate friends to do the same, or donate to ALS research. What started as a niche fundraising stunt exploded into full mainstream participation within weeks β€” celebrities, athletes, politicians, and even tech billionaires like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg took part on camera. It ultimately raised over $115 million for the ALS Association, directly funding research that led to a gene discovery, making it one of the rare viral memes that translated internet attention into a genuine, measurable real-world outcome.
Rickrolling Starting on 4chan and YTMND around 2007-2008, internet pranksters began disguising links to Rick Astley's 1987 music video "Never Gonna Give You Up" as something else entirely, tricking people into an unexpected earful of 80s pop. "Rickrolling" spread from niche forums to full mainstream culture over the following decade, eventually showing up in official White House tweets, Google's April Fools' gags, and even live sports broadcasts. Nearly two decades later, it remains one of the internet's longest-running inside jokes, and the original video has racked up well over a billion views almost entirely because of the prank.
Gangnam Style Released in July 2012, PSY's "Gangnam Style" and its horse-riding dance spread from Korean pop culture into a full-blown global viral sensation almost overnight, getting parodied by everyone from world leaders to professional sports teams. It became the first YouTube video in history to reach 1 billion views, a genuinely unprecedented milestone at the time that proved internet virality could rival, and even outpace, traditional pop stardom on a global scale. More than a decade later, it's still the reference point people reach for when talking about a song "breaking the internet."

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# Gangnam Style at 10: How its legacy is remembered. This might seem kind of ridiculous, but I believe that PSY's "Gangnam Style" is one of the most culturally ahead-of-its-time moments of the 21st century. I've been thinking about it a lot recently, and can glean the followin...
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