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Meme Archive 08/2016
This Arthur Meme Has Become a DJ Favorite
What began as a series of funny (and sometimes inappropriate) tweets featuring images of characters from the animated cartoon Arthur has grown into a bonafide meme. One image in particular featuring main character Arthur curling his hand into a fist ...
(Aug 1, 2016, THUMP)
Coppercab - star of 'gingers have souls' meme - has 'become a WOMAN'
The star of a massively popular viral 'ginger people have souls' meme has revealed that she is now a woman after undergoing five months of hormone replacement therapy. CopperCab, an internet personality whose real name was Michael Kittrell, became ...
(Aug 1, 2016, The Sun)
A Field Guide to China's Most Indispensible Meme
Though they've borrowed elements of memes from Reddit and 4chan, biaoqing have evolved into a specific form unique to the Chinese internet, complete with its own traditions and conventions. Like other mature internet meme systems, biaoqing are a ...
(Aug 1, 2016, Motherboard)
Redskins OLB Junior Galette trolls himself with Crying Jordan meme
Redskins OLB Junior Galette trolls himself with Crying Jordan meme. Junior Galette tore his Achilles once again, but he won't let it get him down. John McDonnell/Getty Images. By Cameron DaSilva Aug 1, 2016 at 12:05p ET. 0shares. For the second ...
(Aug 1, 2016, FOXSports.com)
Meme of the Day: Extremely Careless Downhilladonator
As gun owners, we're held to an impossible standard of accountability. We're blamed for crime committed with weapons obtained illegally, chastised for demanding the removal of suicide numbers from gun crime numbers and even saddled with acts of ...
(Aug 1, 2016, Bearing Arms)
The Arthur fist meme is the best new meme in a long line of Arthur memes
These kids grew up to be the content creators and memesmiths of the internet today, hence us now hitting peak Arthur on the show's 20th anniversary. The hot new meme of this moment — before the internet's collective attention spans reset — is the ...
(Aug 1, 2016, The Verge)
Kakapo post on meme-site generates donations, adoptions after going viral
Kakapo post on meme-site generates donations, adoptions after going viral. 8:25pm. share. Jordyn Rudd. ONE News Now Reporter. A Kakapo conservation group has received an influx of donations and adoptions after a post on image-sharing website Imgur ...
(Aug 2, 2016, TVNZ)
Natural Gas Lobbyists Target Millennials with Sweet Fracking Memes
How in the world can millenials be reached? Instead of asking them, many companies often resort to catchy twitter accounts and creating quick Vines that somehow relate to whatever meme is popular at the time. Over the past year alone, memes have been ...
(Aug 2, 2016, Inverse)
Before you share that meme, America: A plea for basic media literacy this election season
I've seen both of these memes make a few appearances on my Facebook feed this election season. One post featuring the Clinton meme above was shared more than 10,000 times. Yet, it is false. She never wrote those words or uttered them but thousands of ...
(Aug 2, 2016, PhillyVoice.com)
The Christmas lights from 'Stranger Things' spell out all our greatest memes
Stranger Things, Netflix's 1980s-set horror series, quickly built an internet following due to its likable young cast and vintage Spielberg ambience, but only one moment from the show has truly become a meme. A missing boy tries to communicate with his ...
(Aug 2, 2016, The Daily Dot)
Joe Budden Is Now Selling Runnin' Budden Meme Merch
The second the Internet caught wind of footage of Joe Budden sprinting through traffic to catch some teenagers in a car who had been harassing him, it knew it had struck meme gold. The image of Budden tearing down the street like the T-1000 bearing ...
(Aug 2, 2016, HipHopDX)
Joe Budden Immortalizes His Meme Worthy Drake-Fan Chase In New Merch Line
Joe Budden knows how to laugh at himself, and he's laughing all the way to the bank. Last week, “Running Joe Budden” memes went viral after the Slaughterhouse rapper chased down two Drake fans who thought it would be funny to run up on him at his ...
(Aug 2, 2016, Vibe)
Latest Donald Trump Twitter meme: #TrumpOlympics
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been having an admittedly rough week following last week's Democratic National Convention. To add onto the dogpile of negative press, Twitter users are having their own fun with the flaxen-haired ...
(Aug 3, 2016, SFGate)
Inside the Right's Fracking-Meme Campaign
Take the website's “meme gallery,” which is prominently displayed at the center of the home page: At first glance, all seems in order, if slightly dated. There are images of both Rihanna looking casually perturbed and somebody in a Photoshopped ...
(Aug 3, 2016, The Ringer (blog))
The Teen Prank Tearing Up Twitter: Painting Memes on Your Friends' Backs
To fully understand these inspiring works of meme art, first you have to understand the significance of the sunset to the prank. The whole I'm going to paint a sunset on your back thing started as a trend on Pinterest and Instagram. Several teens I ...
(Aug 3, 2016, New York Magazine)
This is Fine meme dog being turned into a plushie
'This is Fine' has become one of the most-used memes of our time, probably because it so succinctly describes someone being in denial. It's been used for nearly everything and everyone, from companies going bankrupt to sports organizations ignoring ...
(Aug 3, 2016, Geek)
Donald Trump and Jenna Maroney come together in brilliant meme
Jenna Maroney is one of many characters we love to hate on 30 Rock — her outlandish, selfish statements are just as shocking and funny every time we binge the show on Netflix. Now the internet can enjoy Jenna-isms in another light: new Tumblr page ...
(Aug 3, 2016, Mashable)
The PBS Station That Produces 'Arthur' Has Some Thoughts On The Show Being A Meme Sensation
America's longest-running children's animated series, Arthur, has become an unlikely smash on Twitter, but the PBS station that produces it isn't exactly 100 percent onboard with how their kid-friendly characters are being used. WGBH-TV (a station you ...
(Aug 4, 2016, UPROXX)
Enes Kanter Hits Lakers Fans with 'Crying Jordan' Meme After Westbrook Re-Signs
Sorry, Los Angeles Lakers fans. Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter couldn't resist breaking out the "Crying Jordan" meme when big news broke this week. On Wednesday night, it was reported that the Thunder were in serious negotiations for an ...
(Aug 4, 2016, Bleacher Report)
The Network Behind Arthur Is Not Pleased With Those Memes
Many of the memes making the rounds are par for the course — just stills of Arthur and his family and overlaying them with a funny saying or relatable modern moment. But, as can be expected, some of the memes have taken a more explicit, not safe for ...
(Aug 4, 2016, TIME)