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15 Best Super Bowl Memes You Sent Us
For the Super Bowl, we challenged you to turn Patriots coach Bill Belichick into a meme using the cropped image of him we provided. This photobomb featuring US President Barack Obama is our favorite submission. Congrats to James Valentine, ...
(Feb 10, 2012, Mashable)
Weekend Meme: James Wolk Is a "Political Animal," Gareth Thomas Cries a Lot ...
Weekend Meme: James Wolk Is a "Political Animal," Gareth Thomas Cries a Lot ...
(Feb 12, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Five memes that describe the student experience
By Charlie Osborne | February 13, 2012, 1:09am PST Memes have risen in popularity of late; and a number of college-focused 'meme groups' have consequentially sprung up on Facebook and blogging platforms including Tumblr. As a means of impersonal and ...
(Feb 13, 2012, ZDNet (blog))
Morning Meme: Whitney Houston's "Sparkle" Still Set For August, Thomas Roberts ...
Morning Meme: Whitney Houston's "Sparkle" Still Set For August, Thomas Roberts ...
(Feb 13, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Memeology: The Best of the 'What I Really Do' Jokes on Facebook
By Damon Poeter The memes roll in and the memes roll out. This week's Facebook meme is a variation of the perception-versus-reality gag, with people in different careers making simple collages that present pictorial examples of what various people ...
(Feb 14, 2012, PC Magazine)
Bon Iver, meet Bonnie Bear: Grammy confusion spawns meme
By Maura Judkis It was obvious that there would be confusion surrounding any Bon Iver Grammy win — the band had already inspired a Tumblr, “Who is Bon Iver?” after it was nominated for Best New Artist, and a viral video riffed off of people supposing ...
(Feb 14, 2012, Washington Post (blog))
MEMEopedia: 'Dinner with waifu'
Editor's note: Know Your Meme is a research lab from the Cheezburger Network that documents the history of Internet memes and culture. Once a week, they invite CNN's Geek Out! to go on a very deep dive with them, into the stories behind the memes they ...
(Feb 14, 2012, CNN (blog))
Jeremy Lin vs. Tim Tebow
So now that Linsanity is everywhere it's time to ask: Who was the bigger meme? As with TV viewership, ticket sales, and nearly everything else, football trumps basketball yet again, but just barely. Below is a chart from Google Trends showing how many ...
(Feb 14, 2012, The Atlantic Wire)
CONTEST! Make Your Own J.D. Alexander Meme, Win Prize
Most of you speak Internet meme. In the comments, we'd like you to use your favorite meme to make whatever point you want to make about Alexander. Example: Use whatever meme you want. Get creative and mean, too. (Although you probably shouldn't be ...
(Feb 14, 2012, Voodoo Five)
Facebook's 'How people view my profession' meme
Over the past few days, a new Facebook meme has flooded people's walls, demonstrating the public perception of various jobs and hobbies. Whether you're an artist, a teacher or a social media manager, chances are a variation of the meme has appeared on ...
(Feb 14, 2012, Washington Post (blog))
Oh Great, Now 'Linning' Is Becoming a Meme
By Tim Newcomb | @tdnewcomb | February 14, 2012 | + As far as memes go, “Linning” is a bit tougher to pull off than “Tebowing.” As fans, for some unexplained reason, clamor to copy our instant idols (Tim Tebow, Jeremy Lin, etc.), we search for defining ...
(Feb 14, 2012, TIME)
College Memes: University Meme Pages
In the past week, college newspapers across the country have been picking up on school-specific "memes," a phenomenon gaining momentum on social media sites. An Internet meme, as the website Know Your Meme explains, "is a piece of content or an idea ...
(Feb 15, 2012, Huffington Post)
Everything You Need to Know About Jeremy Lin
There's a new meme on the internet, and it's tall, Asian, and sinks great 3-pointers: Jeremy Lin. By now you've probably heard his name, but you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. So we're here to help with a short primer of everything ...
(Feb 16, 2012, Forbes)
Enough with this 'culture war'
NBC's First Read confirmed the meme: "You know the economy must be improving when cultural and social issues come roaring back into the national spotlight." And a Business Insider headline informs us that we can "Forget Jobs: The 2012 Election is About ...
(Feb 16, 2012, Chicago Tribune)
UFC on FUEL Aftermath Pt. 1: The Last Exorcism
Check out some of the meme-worthy photoshops over at The UG.) Over the past week or so, the sports world has come down with a serious case of LINsanity, a now airborne disease that mimics the effects of Yellow Fever and is brought about by way of ...
(Feb 16, 2012, Cagepotato)
Meme Wars and the Death of the Underground
In the past week, college rivalry took a surprising turn when college-centric memes went viral. From London to Scotland, Warwick to Ontario: Universities around the world started creating groups on Facebook that consisted of reinterpreting standardized ...
(Feb 16, 2012, Huffington Post (blog))
Campus-themed Internet memes go viral
By Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed With roots in the evolutionary biology of Richard Dawkins, meme theory is something a student might expect to learn about while in class rather than killing time on Facebook. Variations of the "Lazy College Senior" ...
(Feb 16, 2012, USA TODAY)
'Hunger Games': The Memes That Caught Fire
But it's also been a productive 36 or so months for the series' acolytes, evidenced by the plethora of Panem-centric memes that have cropped up online to amuse, inform and enthrall. From Seneca Crane's beard to Katniss' orange backpack, let's celebrate ...
(Feb 16, 2012, MTV.com)
Internet meme explodes in HK over Henry Tang's "basement-gate"
Overnight, the scene outside Tang's house exploded into an internet meme as Hong Kong netizens juxtaposed it with images of recent meetings between Vice President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama, Godzilla and Transformers in photoshopped ...
(Feb 17, 2012, Shanghaiist)
Morning Meme: "Valley Girl, the Musical," Matt Bomer's Costars React, and Will ...
Morning Meme: "Valley Girl, the Musical," Matt Bomer's Costars React, and Will ...
(Feb 17, 2012, AfterElton.com)