Empathy soon transformed into mockery as online users posted submarine memes, highlighting the complex relationship between tragedy and internet culture—particularly where the wealthy are involved.

A flood of jokes and memes about the missing Titanic submarine on social media has been met with outrage. Before the US Coast Guard said on Thursday, June 22 that a ‘catastrophic implosion ...

Memes about the killer whales’ “war on the rich” abounded, as social posts related the killer whales’ crusades against yachts to the state of the world under capitalism — and the ...

Among many of these posts were memes about the perceived ignorance ... How are so many people comfortable making jokes about the Titanic submarine? One main reason given for the perceived glee ...

Popular memes that have made their way around the internet include: “Why eat the rich when you can simply make the rich eat each other.” “Marked safe from dying on a submarine on the ocean ...