Dead Squirrels, TikTok Bops and Raw Milk: The Internet Slop of 2024
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Dead Squirrels, TikTok Bops and Raw Milk: The Internet Slop of 2024

In a time when the internet is teeming with content and hyperfragmented, how do you determine which memes, viral videos and ideas actually matter? The Times Opinion writer Jessica Grose sits down with Ryan Broderick, the creator of the Garbage Day newsletter, to understand the trends that made a splash both on- and offline in 2024.

This conversation was recorded in December 2024.

Thoughts? Email us at theopinions@nytimes.com.


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