enigmatic puzzle - Ah, the old SE puzzlearoo

Hold my crossword clues, I'm going in!

1. 1973 Ford tow truck



2. Trip to geeks’ country in Portugal


3. Why Germany imprisons mother


4. John Stewart, according to Wikipedia


5. Classic m7xBI.jpg

Hello future solvers! Have you read the puzzle yet? If so, answer me this: What am I thinking about right now?

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HINT 1: No shovels, please!

HINT 2:

Like the flavortext says, these aren’t crossword clues but something else entirely. Perhaps a more direct search is in order?

HINT 3:

Each clue gives a specific thematic word, and the method to get each word is the same across all clues.

Answer

You're thinking about:

MEMES

The mechanism used:

reddit uses an alpha-numeric pattern to code each comment/post. Some of these randomly end up as "words". By going to reddit.com/(whatever) you will go to a random post. The clues are the random posts visited by using the names of subreddits as the code. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/are009/why_does_redditcommusic_redirect_to_a_7_year_old/

1973 Ford tow truck

http://www.reddit.com/music lands on a random post about the contents of this clue

Trip to geeks’ country in Portugal

http://www.reddit.com/meirl lands on a random post about the contents of this clue (Thanks to @noedne)

Why Germany imprisons mother

http://www.reddit.com/iama lands on a random post about the contents of this clue

John Stewart, according to Wikipedia

http://www.reddit.com/excel lands on a random post about the contents of this clue

Classic m7xBI.jpg

http://www.reddit.com/texas lands on a random post about the contents of this clue

Now:

By taking the first letter from the first answer, second from second, etc. we get Music mEirl iaMa excEl texaS, which spells out MEMES