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Author Archives: Jamie McNamara, with additional reporting by Cassie Teford

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Memes to an end: Inside the world of Calgary’s “dankest” Instagram meme pages

by Jamie McNamara, with additional reporting by Cassie Teford March 7, 2017September 4, 2020

If you’ve ever tapped Instagram’s explore icon, you know the kind of page: a mish-mash of lo-fi, pixelated posts and memes featuring “Kermit,” or “Salt Bae,” the salt-sprinkling restaurateur who has sprinkled his way to Internet fame.

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