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MAINS The macro-conversations.
Ron DeSantis drops out of presidential race, endorses Trump.
Jacob Elordi may have hosted SNL but Renée Rapp, Rachel McAdams, and Megan Thee Stallion, along with all three combined, stole the night.
Taylor Swift was at another Chiefs game, hanging with Kylie Kelce.
The new season of The Bachelor debuts tonight.
The trailer for the new Avatar show debuts tomorrow. The show debuts on Netflix Feb 22.
NICHE Insider items and sub-trends.
People are concerned about a Harry Potter show update: JK Rowling is involved, Tweet about her being a transphobe goes viral.
Creator Gabby Hanna has resurfaced as a YMCA fitness instructor.
Sports fans think a lower third flub shows that the NFL / Super Bowl is rigged.
Country fans are very mad at Elle King for showing up drunk to a Dolly Parton tribute.
Euphoria’s Dominic Fike talks about a new season, but doesn’t think he’ll be on it.
WATCHING The rising subjects.
Gen Z is debating (and memeing) why they look “so old” which they blame on stress.
Meanwhile, young people are talking about how middle age should be younger and that they don’t want to work until they’re 70: they want to enjoy life.
Fans are shipping Quinta Brunson and Daniel Radcliffe after an Emmys interview, where they are now making fan fiction of them.
Seemingly in tandem with TikTok’s German-funny-words trend, Twitter is obsessed with ridiculous Dutch and German phrases (which ties back to a Tweet from far right Dutch politician Geert Wilders).
A series of silly, mischievous, old timey dolls are a new Twitter meme.
A TikTok sound of a big static shock is being used for funny zapped-then-passed-out jokes.
EXPIRING Items peaking or on the way out.
While still popular, the Chicago Rat Hole is at max capacity as people are getting married there and debating if it’s even a rat.
TikTok slideshows where you “guess the gay/straight roommate” continue to trend.