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The Weekly Meme Roundup: Your AI Slop Bores Me, Donna Kelce, Gyaru Bulbasaur And More
We know it's stressful, but please, stop worrying about Donna Kelce's home renovations for a second and focus on the Weekly Meme Roundup, where we recap five of the biggest memes of the past week.
This past week, a website where you can pretend to be an AI and answer real prompts went viral, artwork depicting Bulbasaur as an anime girl filled up X / Twitter feeds everywhere, Socrates threw yams all over TikTok and more.
Here are five of the biggest memes of the week that you need to catch up on.
Your AI Slop Bores Me
A first-of-its-kind website called "Your AI Slop Bores Me" that lets anyone LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) as an AI chatbot went viral this week as users shared their funniest results online.
When you head to Your AI Slop Bores Me, you have two options: submit a prompt resembling something a person might ask of an AI, or answer submitted prompts as an AI. If you choose to be an AI, you're fed a random prompt and can answer that prompt either by drawing or writing.
Social media users quickly became obsessed with this fun and original website when it launched this past week and flocked to try it out.
Fun fact, the name of the website is inspired by a prevalent version of the "Your Politics Bore Me" meme.
Screenshots of users' funniest results from the website were hard to avoid this past week on X. Many of them are laden with references to anime, memes, video games and more.
If you've ever wanted to see what it's like to be an AI, now's your chance.
Examples
Gyaru Bulbasaur
Pokemon Pokopia was one of the most talked about games this week, and Gyaru Bulbasaur helped keep that discourse alive as a massive fan art trend.
In Pokémon Pokopia, you can recruit and befriend all sorts of Pokémon to help you rebuild the Kanto region. Each Pokémon has a unique personality.
Bulbasaur's personality, especially in the Japanese version of the game, reminded some players of the Japanese gyaru aesthetic, a punk-like, non-conformist aesthetic denoted by things like colorful hair, heavy makeup and vibrant outfits.
The idea of a Gyaru Bulbasaur resulted in a wave of moe anthropomorphism fan art depicting Bulbasaur as an anime girl.
A lot of the artwork features Bulbasaur in a school uniform and with some of the Pokémon's signature features, including sharp fangs and a green color scheme.
Examples
Donna Kelce Home Renovations
Donna Kelce, the mother of Taylor Swift's husband, Travis Kelce, became a big meme this week after some shocking news went viral — she's getting a home renovation.
TMZ reported on the exclusive story earlier this week, which understandably took the internet by storm. According to the article, Donna has plans to get some windows and doors in her house replaced.
This is very important news for obvious reasons, and social media users gave the story all the respect it deserved by reacting with their most dramatic reaction images.
Travis Kelce even responded to the viral story on his podcast this week, applauding his mother and claiming that she could have asked him for help with the windows and doors instead.
Examples
Computa, Make X Into Y / Computer Guy
A TikToker who goes around and reprograms people using his "computa" is one of the biggest creators right now, as his signature catchphrase gets stuck in everyone's heads.
@okjuskiii Finally got em #fyp #explore #computa #theprogrammer #admin000 ♬ original sound – okjuskiii
His name is Julius Mondragon, and he's been going viral for a series of first-person videos where he records himself walking around in public and telling his "computer" to activate bizarre protocols on random, baffled bystanders.
He's been at it since January, but only started to take off over the last month or so as his videos and references to his videos began to leak outside of TikTok.
Now that his videos are mainstream, the phrase is inspiring memes on X as people imagine the most insane things you could ask the computer to do to someone. Other TikTokers are also trying their hand at the trend, resulting in both successful and awkward interactions.
Examples
@urmomsajoe69 ts frying me cause i came into my college halls crazy as hell 😭 i LOVE that video cause it was camp omg but this one kinda got dicey like why was i about to get hit COMPUTA??? 💀 #gay #college #prank #omega #fyp ♬ original sound – urmomsajoe69
@okjuskiii #fyp #explore #funny #computa #theprogrammer ♬ original sound – okjuskiii
@joddessx my shoulders look huge you are everything to me right now @okjuskiii computer make this guy rich #theprogrammer ♬ original sound – binky
@okjuskiii #fyp #explore #computa ♬ original sound – okjuskiii
Socrates Skeleton Videos
Finally, we have a big AI video trend that's all about Socrates and the time-travelling skeleton, who he won't stop haunting.
@system_sinister What if you were SOCRATES for ONE WEEK? 📜 😋 #whatif #skeleton #socrates #ancientgreece #ancientrome ♬ original sound – TheOpenAnatomy
This meme has been all over Instagram Reels and TikTok lately. Each version presents a weird "what if" scenario, like "What if you brought fried chicken to Ancient Greece," and represents "you" as a skeleton.
At one point, the skeleton inevitably runs into Socrates, who annoys them with a philosophical pondering. Sometimes Socrates just strolls up and starts yapping, and other times he's disguised as someone else, knowing that the skeleton is on his last nerve.
The memes are inspired by a video by Instagram user mr_datavisuals and have only gotten more insane as their virality has grown.
Many of them now feature Socrates twerking, or "throwing yams," as the fans say, for no real reason at all, making it unclear if the meme is evolving or devolving at this point.
Examples
@skull.ai3 #viral #fy #fyp #grecce #socrates ♬ Originalton – Skull Ai
@whatifudid What if you showed Socrates Tiktok?
@mrartificial_68 What if you became a barber in Ancient Greece? #socrates ♬ original sound – Mr Artificial🔮 🧠
@robertzirkzee2 If _ is your power What Are you with out it? #socrates #greece #ragebait #fyp #viral ♬ original lyd – RobertZirkzee
We'll be back next Friday with another edition of our Weekly Meme Roundup series, so stay tuned!