It would appear the birth of the hot dog meme traces back to this tweet from July 4th. The video shows the dancing hot dog being "taken away" by a child riding in a shopping cart. That tweet has ...

But the hot dog never really had a chance with the snobbiest part of the “dank meme” crowd. It’s a top-down meme, a default filter on a popular chat app, not some grassroots movement like ...

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 ...

However, as popular as the Hot Dog Guy meme became in the COVID-19 era, it ascended to a new level last week, following the insurrection on Capitol Hill.

It has also birthed a juggernaut of a meme. If you've spent any time on the internet over the past few days, you've likely come across a 3-D rendering of a smiling hot dog wearing headphones and ...