This week, Melanie Haupt takes a look at the hyperspecific humor of Austin-based memes, such as Nathan Black's The Dirty Sixth Street Bar Generator, a hit-refresh randomizer that makes up surprisingly plausible names for imaginary downtown drinking holes. "I was refreshing my coding skills because I'm still looking for a job and it was literally the dumbest thing that could possibly work," says Black of his meme's origin.

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