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This animated meme shows clumsy cartoon character Peter Griffin from *Family Guy* spinning uncontrollably while falling through a cloudy blue sky, with every frame captioned 'DB Cooper after escaping with $200,000'. The joke plays on the famous unsolved real-life DB Cooper case: in 1971, DB Cooper hijacked a plane, extorted a $200,000 ransom, then parachuted out of the plane over the Pacific Northwest and was never seen or identified again. The meme humorously implies that Cooper never successfully landed safely after his jump, and is still tumbling to his death mid-fall, which explains why he was never found, matching the meme's original title 'And he was never seen again'.

DB Cooper after escaping with $200,000

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This is a casual indoor portrait photograph of Iryna Zarutska, the murder victim. She is a blonde woman wearing thin rimless glasses, a form-fitting olive green short-sleeve t-shirt, with a light mint crossbody bag strap across her chest. She stands in a residential home hallway, with a small gray-framed wall mirror and a door with blinds visible behind her, and looks directly at the camera with a neutral facial expression. The associated post context discusses the court outcome for her killer Decarlos Brown Jr., who was found incompetent to stand trial, with the poster criticizing this result.

Iryna Zarutska, whose killer was found incompetent to stand trial

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A meme featuring a pie chart titled 'True crime documentaries:' with two categories. The blue segment, labeled 'Times the detectives solved the case,' is extremely thin, while the large orange segment is labeled 'Times the nosy neighbor handed them everything they needed.' The chart humorously exaggerates that nosy neighbors contribute far more to solving cases in true crime documentaries than detectives themselves, highlighting a common trope in the genre.

True Crime Documentaries: Detectives vs. Nosy Neighbors Pie Chart

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A meme criticizing YouTubers' tendency to prioritize sensational or fictional content over serious real-life topics. The top text reads 'When Youtubers tell...' followed by a 2x2 grid. The top-left panel contains the text 'A case of a real serial killer who killed a lot of people,' paired with a bottom-left image of a simple stick figure with colorful rainbow lines above its head, appearing happy. The top-right panel has 'A Supposed Lost Episode of SpongeBob,' paired with a bottom-right image of a creepy, grinning face with a menacing expression and raised hand, typical of creepypasta imagery. The contrast humorously highlights YouTubers' focus on fictional/sensational content (SpongeBob lost episode) over real, serious crimes (serial killer), using visual exaggeration: the serial killer topic is met with a neutral/happy reaction, while the fictional lost episode is met with a scared/intense reaction.

When Youtubers Choose Between Serial Killers and SpongeBob Lost Episodes

A meme criticizing YouTubers'…

The image consists of a text block at the top and a photograph below. The text describes Sophia Koetsier, a 21-year-old Dutch medical student who vanished in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park in 2015. It details the discovery of her underwear hanging 5 meters up a tree, with her purse and shoes neatly placed below, noting she remains missing. The photograph shows a group of people in a rural, outdoor setting with dirt ground and vegetation in the background; a woman (presumably Sophia) is in the foreground giving a thumbs-up gesture, smiling, and wearing sunglasses, surrounded by others.

Sophia Koetsier: Missing in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park

The image consists of a text …