Obituary

A term for the internet's pattern of falling in love with something for five minutes before discovering its awful past — named for a hypothetical duck that was adorable until its old tweets surfaced. It died, but the pattern never did.

Born

2017

Died

2018

Cause of death

Checked its tweets

Last sighting

A trending hashtag, 2018

Resting place

Section AD, Row 2

Category

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