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Meme Archive 04/2014
The Internet's New Favorite Meme Is From "Captain America 2"
Warning: The following post contains Captain America: The Winter Solider spoilers (and maybe spoilers for a couple other things). Read at your own risk. Marvel Studios. Marvel Studios. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we learn that the evil ...
(Apr 8, 2014, BuzzFeed)
Today's Completely Random Pop-Culture Meme: 'Hail HYDRA'
Or, proceed if you don't care about comic-book movies but do vaguely care about internet memes. Part of the plot of the latest Marvel movie involves the reappearance of HYDRA, the once-Nazi-connected terrorist organization. At one point in The Winter ...
(Apr 8, 2014, Vulture)
Big GOP Donor Slams Obamacare Using Infamous Hitler Meme
Every internet meme goes through the same lifespan: one person makes something creative and funny, it blows up and becomes viral, everyone else starts using it until it stops being funny, everyone starts posting lame counter-memes about how lame this ...
(Apr 8, 2014, Mediaite)
'Poor Drake' Is Our New Favorite Meme: Make Your Own
Drake is a bestselling recording artist, was on a hit TV show and is dating Rihanna. But now, he's really made it. He's an Internet meme. Here's the background: as Kentucky made it to the NCAA National Championship game, people realized that Drake was ...
(Apr 8, 2014, MTV.com)
#FindingMomo Is The Instagram Meme That Will Always Leave You Smiling
Then, Knapp challenges followers to pinpoint the playful Border Collie as quickly as possible. Watch the Pet Collective's newest video in their web series, "Meme'd" to learn more about Momo and Knapp. (And keep an eye for two of your friendly ...
(Apr 8, 2014, Huffington Post (satire))
The 10 Best Hail Hydra Movie and TV Memes
Ever since "Hail Hydra" became a mainstream thing, meme-makers have had a ball making it look like some of our favorite movie and TV characters are villainous sleeper agents of the Marvel terrorist organization. Heck, it turns out even IGN's own Chris ...
(Apr 8, 2014, IGN)
The enduring power of memes
You'd have to be living under a rock not to be familiar with memes, which are according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” An Internet meme is spread via social media ...
(Apr 9, 2014, Executive)
Daily Meme: Yep, He's Toast
Peacock's husband, Heath, is fueling the tabloid-esque furor by making the rounds on cable TV. “I'm just freaking devastated by the whole deal, man. I loved my wife so much. I cannot believe this. I cannot freaking believe it. I feel like I'm going to ...
(Apr 9, 2014, The American Prospect)
Once Advertisers Co-Opt an Internet Trend, You Know It's Doomed
And this is what happens whenever advertisers get their hands on Internet memes. A commercial that attempts to tap an Internet trend may be the thing that makes the meme uncool, or it may just be the harbinger of a trend that has already peaked, but ...
(Apr 9, 2014, Slate Magazine (blog))
Here Are The Origins Of The Internet's Most Meme-orable Memes
Ah, memes, the Internet doth love you. However, do you know the origins of all your favorites? Not just the television series or film, but the exact episode or movie scene in which they were born? For instance, do you know the precise moment in "Star ...
(Apr 9, 2014, Huffington Post)
Best of Hail HYDRA: The New Marvel Meme Sweeping The Internet
According to Know Your Meme, the “Hail HYDRA” meme has been around a while because, well, HYDRA is a Marvel Comics institution. But they cite Twitter user @ReyEstupendo (his Bert & Ernie above) as the first to start the current iteration spawning from ...
(Apr 10, 2014, The Mary Sue)
Ending Stigma by All Memes Necessary
Another prong is what I call depression's meme problem. Depression is profoundly uncool. So uncool that nearly all dialogue on the topic is stripped of references to anything cool or current. Anti-stigma have trouble breaking through to the mainstream ...
(Apr 10, 2014, Huffington Post (blog))
Daily Meme: FutureSex Scandals/LoveSounds for Hillary
Our theme today is the future, where everyone is looking. To start, House conservatives are thinking that their future might involve a Speaker other than John Boehner. National Journal reports that a group of 40 to 50 Republicans are plotting to oust ...
(Apr 10, 2014, The American Prospect)
Nicolas Cage: Can 'Joe' Take Him From Meme Back to Movie Star?
After a string of mid-sized thriller box office disappointments, Nicolas Cage is sorely in need of his own McConaissance, the career resurgence coined for Matthew McConaughey, whose path to Oscar glory began in 2012 with low-budget hits “Mud” and ...
(Apr 10, 2014, Variety (blog))
'Hail Hydra' Is The New Meme To Love (Or Hate)
Hail Hydra is the newest meme to hit the web, stemming from its use in the box-office smash "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." Viral doesn't even begin to describe the velocity with which it took off; any picture of people whispering or embracing ...
(Apr 10, 2014, Huffington Post)
Hold a Meme in Your Hand Thanks to 3D Printing
Shapeways is a facility that uses over 15,000 designers to produce a wide array of 3D-printed jewelry, home decor, gadgets, game pieces, and of course, memes. Now you can share how you really feel in the form of a pocket-sized figurine that resembles ...
(Apr 11, 2014, Mashable)
Daily Meme: Who's Afraid of Stephen Colbert?
Yesterday, CBS announced that Stephen Colbert, the flag-waving, eagle-loving faux-conservative comedian, will replace David Letterman as the next host of the Late Show. Although Colbert made his name on Comedy Central by impersonating a right-wing ...
(Apr 11, 2014, The American Prospect)
Hail HYDRA! 17 amazing 'Agents of SHIELD' crossover memes
Inspired by the mind-blowing events of this week's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, a new meme was born. We know that HYDRA agents are everywhere – but could they exist outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ...
(Apr 12, 2014, Hypable)
More of the best One Direction meme you will ever see...
More of the best One Direction meme you will ever see...
(Apr 12, 2014, Sugarscape)
#AvlNews: Chipotle, meme attacks
The new frontier in election season attack ads is here, and it is called the political meme. Supporters of Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and her chief Republican rival, Thom Tillis, have already sent out their share of catchy attack ad images ...
(Apr 13, 2014, Asheville Citizen-Times)