Emma Grey Ellis covers memes, trolls, and other elements of internet culture for WIRED. Shocking images are classic internet entertainment: Before they get to social media, many cursed images start ...

When you think of the word “cursed,” what comes to mind? Do you imagine a witch from your favorite childhood fairy tale putting a spell on innocent children that wandered into her garden? Or how about ...

Cursed food memes feature culinary creations that are so bizarre and outlandish, they’re funny in their own right. These ...

Severed Barbie doll heads on a car antenna. A grass field covered with plastic forks. A guy setting his hair on fire. There's nothing more captivating than seeing an image on the internet that leaves ...

To find out more about the Who.is.making.these Instagram account, we got in touch with the page's creator, Jimi. He was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and explain exactly how this account ...

From left: A JD Vance Meme and photo of JD Vance Vance has become the meme of the moment as people share thousands of pictures of the vice president where his face has been blown up, stretched, and ...

Spend enough time scrolling through social media and you’ll find one: A photo that’s too strange to just be “creepy,” too puzzling to just be “mysterious,” too sinister to just be “weird.” That, my ...

Three years ago, I interviewed the proprietor of the Twitter account Cursed Images, which had amassed more than eighty thousand followers in just a few months with its steady stream of creepy, uncanny ...