Virgin Media's Meme Billboard Used to Troll Passersby When ad agency 18 Feet and Rising were approached by Virgin Media for a billboard campaign, someone at the agency probably turned to Reddit (which was likely...
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Carlos the Mailman Steps Up His Game for Xmas 2011 Remember Carlos the Mailman? He's the post office worker whose epic Christmas card became a 2010 Reddit hit, and then spread to the wider web. Carlos the Mailman is...
Carter Johnson: Antoine Dodson in a Coonskin Cap? We hope that Carter Johnson is ready to become a meme. The young man, interviewed for ABC 13 after witnessing an attempted robbery in Panama City, Florida, is about...
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Batmanning: the New Horsemaning So, it looks like Batmanning is the new Horsemaning, which is the new Owling, which is the new Planking. Got that? Good. Eschewing the gravelly voices for the exuberant old-sol theme...
Horsemaning is the New Owling, Which Was the New Planking Planking is now two levels of played-out. First came owling (which is demonstrated by the vampires in Stake Land). Now there's horsemaning. (It's pronounced...
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#seriouslymcdonalds: Retweeting a McDonalds Racist Sign Hoax A photo of a fake sign at a McDonald's that had been floating around the web for years has gotten new life thanks to Twitter, and, more to the point,...
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Nyan Cat, or Pop tart Cat: Nonstop Annoying Music If you haven't heard of Nyan Cat yet, then I apologize in advance. Nyan Cat (also known as Pop Tart Cat) is a cat with a Pop-Tart body that smiles as he flies through...
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Urlesque Moving under Huffington Post Umbrella Just as Cheezburger Network bought Know Your Meme, Huffington Post has taken over Urlesque. Well, a more accurate way of reporting this would be "AOL is shutting...
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Latest Single-Topic Tumblr: 'Chicks with Steve Buscemi Eyes' The web loves beautiful women. The web loves Steve Buscemi. It was only a matter of time before the two were combined, and, sure enough, Tumblr was the...
My Hand is a Dolphin: Brock Baker's Meme within a Meme Gets Its Own Song If you hear the phrase "my hand is a dolphin", do you think of Rebecca Black? You probably should, before the mental image of a pinniped...
Co Za Asy: It's Polish for 'FAIL' You may have noticed the phrase "co za asy" appearing in Youtube comment threads lately. The term came to web prominence after appearing in the comment thread of a video featured on...
4chan Hijacks Meme to Derail Hot Topic Product Sales Via reddit, we found that 4chan users hijacked an established meme to taint a product being sold by mass-market retailer Hot Topic. "Rage Guy" became "Race Guy"....
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Warning Strong Images Contained in This Post Google Street View has captured some interesting images in the past (horse boy for example), but Street View users noticed something more grizzly when looking at images of...
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Isaiah Mustafa (Old Spice Guy) Posts Video for Obama The Old Spice Guy meme continues to build steam. First came the TV ads ("the tickets are now diamonds!"), then the targeted videos for prominent and...
Mysterious 'Horse-Boy' Captures Imagination with Equine Mask Google Street View, useful and intrusive, provides all manner of unintentional humor. For example, "Horse-Boy", who is neither horse nor boy, but a man...