The yr in popular culture: AI slop and rage bait | The Assignment

A scrappy Canadian homosexual hockey romance turns into the web’s obsession whereas big-budget, star-packed exhibits vanish with out a hint. AI-generated slop blurs the road between popular culture and parody and rage-bait memes (some from authorities accounts) preserve hijacking the nationwide dialog. Together, these jolts sketch a tradition the place nothing is assured to interrupt by and the whole lot is competing for a blink of consideration. Audie and New York Magazine workers author Rebecca Alter dive into this 2025 chaos spiral, making an attempt to hint the unusual logic of what counts as popular culture now.

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