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by: eBaum's Staff
September 25, 2024

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Talking to a zombie is oddly pleasant. Then you see the pictures of them eating rotten food. For most people, seeing an image of a moldy banana on the timeline is a surefire sign that the internet’s content has been exhausted and that you should probably log off for the day.

For members of “zombietwt,” however, this could simply be someone sharing a snack that they plan on diving into, paired with lustful posts around raw meat or strawberries covered in a thick layer of green fuzz. If you’ve come across posts like these, congratulations: you’ve officially entered “zombietwt,” an online subculture in which people role-play as, or, in some cases, feel that they genuinely are, zombies.

To hear those in the scene describe it, zombietwt partially emerged from edtwt, which are abbreviations for “zombie twitter” and “eating disorder twitter” respectively. While the latter has been around for a while, the former is a recent development, with its founding being attributed to an X user who goes by the name Cruddy Mary.

23 Photos From Diddy's Now-Infamous Parties

While it's unclear what exactly, Combs was referring to with this ominous message, one thing is certain: The photos taken from the star's famed parties are worth more than 1,000 words. From Leonardo DiCaprio hanging with the boys to Jennifer Lopez getting in on the fun, here are 23 photos purportedly snapped at Diddy's now-infamous parties.

Cart Girl Gets Hit On By the Most Awkward Man Alive

Listen, we’ve all been down bad at one point or another. I’m not judging anyone for getting a little too horned up and shooting their shot. But this is… I mean, man. Hearing this golfer try to explain how beautiful this cart girl is, then overstay his welcome considerably is just something else. Enter this clip in the pantheon of videos of dudes trying and failing to flirt.

50 Oddly Terrifying Photos

From pictures of the Sphere made to look like a human eyeball, to one very terrifying six-year-old paper boy, there are enough pictures here that at least one of them is guaranteed to give you the heebie jeebies. 

5 Objects That Really, Truly Came This Close to Hitting Earth

A giant meteor is heading right toward us, and we’re all doomed. At least, that’s what a lot of self-identified “experts” are currently shouting about on the internet. According to them, there’s “a massive object that is course correcting towards earth” and will apparently be here in about a decade.

45 Disrespectful Tourists Who Crossed the Line

Like the guy who tried to sneak a bomb onto a plane in his underwear, or the American woman who climbed the Mexican pyramids, all it takes is one bad apple before we're forced to remove our shoes before getting on planes or, well, you never were allowed to climb the pyramids in Mexico but you get the point. 

Here Are the Celebs Who May Go Down with the SS Diddy

Usher deleted his tweets and people think it may be related to the fall of Diddy, and the other 5 Celebrities who may be nervous due to their friendship with Diddy a.k.a. The Diddler.

The True Story Behind John Blackthorne, the Crazy British Bloke From FX's ‘Shōgun’

Shōgun is one of the most talked-about TV shows right now, which makes sense because if there’s one thing the internet loves, it’s samurai. While the show is a historical drama and based on a fictional novel, the character of John Blackthorne is based on a real person: English navigator William Adams, the first Englishman to visit Japan.

20 Trashy Pics Stinking Up Our Timelines

Go have a quick scroll through one of your timelines. Go ahead, I'll wait. Did you see a bunch of trash? I thought you might. Why bother sorting through your own trash when you can just have a quick scroll through these funny facepalms and get them all out of the way at once?

24 People Who Fell Flat on Their Face

Life is a series of ups and downs. And no one knows the pain of falling flat on your face like these poor folks. Like one man who took a sick day to attend a job interview and came face-to-face with his boss. Or how the daughter of Will Smith thinks she got to where she is on her own.

Dude Hires Chimps to Wash His Car, and They Do a Decent Job

“Chimp labor” is a controversial concept. Yes, these are smart animals, but do we really want to subject them to the horrid machinations of the human world? Is it right to give a monkey a 9-to-5 job?

C21 Insiders Share Industries Secretly on the Verge of Collapse

Every day thousands of little things happen around you that make your life easier. Your toilet flushes, your breakfast is hot, and the bridge you drive over on your way to work stays upright. But how much of that is at risk?