There are moments in history where society collectively loses its mind, pulls out a credit card, and says, âYeah, this seems legit.â In 2012, it was a YouTube video asking you to stop a war criminal by wearing a rubber bracelet and yelling âKONY!â into the void. In 2017, it was paying thousands of dollarsContinue reading “Kony 2012 vs. Fyre Festival: A Tale of Two Flaming Disasters”
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Where in the World is Joseph Kony? A 2025 Retrospective on the Internetâs Favorite Fugitive
Ah, 2012. The year the internet collectively decided to become vigilantes with iPhones and Vimeo accounts. Before the algorithm fed us TikTok dances and mukbang meltdowns, there was Kony 2012âa viral video campaign so powerful it made suburban teens believe they could stop a Ugandan warlord by wearing bracelets and slapping posters on telephone polesContinue reading “Where in the World is Joseph Kony? A 2025 Retrospective on the Internetâs Favorite Fugitive”