TikToks of cats in cardboard tanks. Flirty comments on Instagram accounts dedicated to Vladmir Putin, begging him to stop Russia’s attacks on Ukraine. Memes bemoaning what it’s like to live during a pandemic and war.
Memes, cats and TikToks are central features of contemporary internet culture. And sometimes, internet culture is all three at the same time, using commonly understood templates in conjunction with cute and silly themes and materials that don’t automatically seem to mesh with the catastrophic consequences of Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
