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Meme culture is alive and well at ASU
In recent years, social media has created new words and phrases for different types of viral videos and content. One of the most common terms for viral content is a meme. Memes are no stranger to college students and of course, no stranger to the No. 1 ...
(Feb 9, 2018, The State Press)
Only on 10: Providence Democratic Party Chairman speaks out about 'childish meme'
Providence Democratic Party Chairman Patrick Ward has apologized for posting what he described as "a childish meme" on social media. “I'd like to apologize to every member of the Providence Democratic City Committee and I'd like to apologize to anyone ...
(Feb 9, 2018, Turn to 10)
The Mainstreaming of Political Memes Online
Political memes have gone mainstream as the distance between the White House and subcultures like 4Chan has closed. President Trump has frequently retweeted his fans' meme work, #MeToo jumped from social media to every workplace, and political ...
(Feb 9, 2018, New York Times)
The Ugandan Knuckles, 'do you know de wey' meme explained
Fans of Sonic The Hedgehog are well acquainted with Knuckles, the red echidna made popular through a series of video games produced by Sega. Recently, the character has taken on a whole new persona online in the form of Ugandan Knuckles. Not only has ...
(Feb 9, 2018, USA TODAY)
Democratic Chairman Resigns After 'Childish' Facebook Meme
Democratic Chairman Resigns After 'Childish' Facebook Meme. The chairman of the Providence Democratic City Committee has resigned after posting a meme on Facebook that some city leaders said was racist toward Italians. Feb. 9, 2018, at 10:01 a.m ...
(Feb 9, 2018, U.S. News & World Report)
Providence Democratic City chairman resigns in wake of meme controversy
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The chairman of the Providence Democratic City Committee has resigned after he came under fire for distributing a meme that offended members of the Providence City Council and had some calling for his resignation. Patrick Ward, who ...
(Feb 9, 2018, The Providence Journal)
Sonos used a popular meme to troll Apple on HomePod launch day
Apple's HomePod hits stores on Friday, but Sonos, which makes competing smart speakers, isn't sweating it. In fact, the smart speaker company welcomed the "Fruit Machine" to the biz by trolling it with a custom Spotify playlist, which we first spotted ...
(Feb 9, 2018, Business Insider)
The Internet Is Convinced This Olympic Curler Looks Exactly Like Super Mario
The 2018 Winter Olympics may have only just begun but the Internet has already spotted the first hilarious doppelgänger of the PyeongChang Games. After U.S. curler Matt Hamilton took the ice to compete alongside his sister, Rebecca Hamilton, in mixed ...
(Feb 9, 2018, TIME)
Lindsey Vonn's Extremely Jetlagged Dog Is the First Meme of the 2018 Winter Olympics
Already a long flight, Vonn and Lucy's trip from the United States to South Korea was dragged on even longer due to flight delays. “Well, we made it to Korea!!! After 6 hours on the tarmac before takeoff and a total of 24 hours of travel we are finally ...
(Feb 9, 2018, PEOPLE.com)
The 13 funniest memes for the week of Feb. 9th
Civilians are getting all worked up about the military having a huge parade in Washington. Meanwhile, on the green side, we're getting worried about having to set up our dress uniforms in time and hoping Private Carl in the back won't lock his knees in ...
(Feb 9, 2018, We Are The Mighty (blog))
How VRChat Plans To Become More Than Just A Meme
I was sitting backstage at a VR rave, holding a cocktail that radiated sparkles, surrounded by anime characters, and Ron Millar, VRChat CCO, leans to me and asks in a hushed voice, “Do you want to join a musical cat band?” Obviously the answers is yes ...
(Feb 9, 2018, UploadVR)
Sonos used a popular meme to troll Apple on HomePod launch day (AAPL)
Apple's HomePod hits stores on Friday, but Sonos, which makes competing smart speakers, isn't sweating it. In fact, the smart speaker company welcomed the "Fruit Machine" to the biz by trolling it with a custom Spotify playlist, which we first spotted ...
(Feb 9, 2018, Yahoo News)
SEC Memes: Jacob Copeland's mom gets the meme treatment
Jacob Copeland's mom became a meme target this week after her son chose Florida over Alabama and Tennessee. SEC Throwdown/Facebook. Christopher Wuensch. Posted 2 hours ago. Tennessee wound up on the positive side of a meme for the first time in a long ...
(Feb 10, 2018, SECcountry.com)
This Kid Licking The Camera Meme From The PyeongChang Olympics Is What You Need
If you've been watching the 2018 Olympics so far, then you might already have seen this. But if you missed it, you're going to at least want to take a quick look. Basically, here's what you need to know: there's a meme of a kid licking an NBC camera at ...
(Feb 10, 2018, Bustle)
Kim Jong-Un's Sister's Face At The Olympics Opening Ceremony Is Twitter's Favorite Meme
The Olympics is a time for a peace and friendly competition. However, this year, there is tension in the air due to the presence of North Korea. In attendance to represent the country was Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong. Things remained even more ...
(Feb 10, 2018, Elite Daily)
Team USA's 'Dumb And Dumber' Gloves Are Now An Olympic Meme
Folks online thought there was something amusingly familiar about the gloves that Team USA athletes wore for Friday's Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Namely, that the fringed, suede garments were strikingly similar to those donned by Jim Carrey's ...
(Feb 10, 2018, HuffPost)
10 Memes To Send Your Single Friends On Valentine's Day, Because You're All In This Together
The best part of being single on Valentine's Day? It's an opportunity to show yourself and those around you a ton of love that would otherwise be poured into a significant other. Boring! The whole universe is your significant other, and the best way to ...
(Feb 10, 2018, Elite Daily)
Revisiting the 2008 meme-filled masterpiece that is Weezer's 'Pork and Beans' music video
I remember cringing when the video for Weezer's song "Pork and Beans" came out in 2008. Now, I look back on it with nostalgia for a simpler time on the internet. Lead singer Rivers Cuomo wrote the tune after meeting with the band's label, Geffen ...
(Feb 10, 2018, Mashable)
SpaceX engineer once featured in 'nerd party' meme (PHOTO)
Tomasz Czajka, a Polish flight software engineer at SpaceX since 2014, having previously worked at Google has carved out a highly prestigious career for himself. However, Czajka shot to stardom for a quite a different reason, appearing in a popular ...
(Feb 10, 2018, RT)
Why millennials are making memes about wanting to die
Before the Tide Pod meme there was the "drinking bleach" meme, a joke about committing suicide by (obviously) drinking bleach. Social media subcultures like Weird Facebook and Black Twitter share images of bleach in response to undesirable content or ...
(Feb 11, 2018, Salon)
