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Meme Archive 05/2016
Don't judge me for my Jesus memes
If you want to discern my faith, don't look around my neck for a cross. Look at my Facebook page. I love a good Jesus meme. One favorite features a classic painting of villagers staring heavenward. “Jesus is coming,” says the caption. “Look busy ...
(May 1, 2016, Los Angeles Times)
The Best Meme of the Week Goes to (What Else?) Lemonade
Several shows on the late-night circuit paid homage to Lemonade with their own spoofs, but in the week since Queen Bey's album release, the Internet has taken its affection to unprecedented heights. Here, we tip our hat to the best Lemonade memes on ...
(May 1, 2016, Vogue.com)
240th Anniversary of the Illuminati, An Obscure Group Turned Internet Meme
KnowYourMeme traces the resurgence of the Illuminati as an internet meme to May 13, 2005, when a user called “New Rising Sun” posted an entry for the Illuminati in the Urban Dictionary. Far from having dissolved around 1785, “New Rising Sun” claimed ...
(May 1, 2016, Inverse)
Kendall Jenner mocks her sister Kylie on Instagram with funny meme
When you're part of the Kardashian/Jenner clan, you're bound to have memes created about you all the time. And Kendall Jenner found this meme about her younger sister, Kylie, pretty amusing. So much so that the 20-year old model shared it on her ...
(May 1, 2016, Metro)
SCAZZERO | The Era of the Meme
The meme is a weird phenomenon of the 21st century. Memes appear suddenly out of nowhere and then travel everywhere. It all starts with a picture of a random person's face capturing some oddly specific expression, and then boom, it spreads like ...
(May 1, 2016, Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun)
This Meme Made Shaquille O'Neal Walk Off 'NBA on TNT'
Very little knocks the smile off of Shaquille O'Neal's face these days, except for this meme. Kobe Bryant and Shaq have a pretty extensive and complicated history. Although the two have shared many disagreements on and off the court, it seems that they ...
(May 1, 2016, Yahoo News)
Drake Meme Makes Shaquille O'Neal Walk Off Inside The NBA Set
The meme showed Shaq in his Miami Heat uniform on the shoulders of his former teammate Kobe Bryant sitting atop of the Staples Center that read, "Views from Kobe's shoulders." The 7-foot center's co-hosts Ernie Johnson, Kenny Anderson and Charles ...
(May 2, 2016, HipHopDX)
Shaq Gets Hit With A Ruthless "VIEWS" Meme On Inside The NBA
After the first two VIEWS memes clown Ernie and Kenny Smith, respectively, it's Shaq's turn, and he gets dealt a crushing blow. Shaq's personal VIEWS cover shows him perched atop the Staples Center with his arm around an old teammate. It reads, "Views ...
(May 2, 2016, HotNewHipHop)
Justin Timberlake References 'It's Gonna Be May' Meme With A Perfect Punchline
The meme usually sprouts online every now and then throughout the year. However, it seems to hit a major wave of exposure around the middle of April. As the month of April comes to an end, most people realize that “it's gonna be May” – which causes the ...
(May 2, 2016, The Inquisitr)
If you'll excuse my French, less même chose
The oddity about my French, and the French I daresay of most people I know, is that it has a handful of two-syllable phrases - bon jour, bon soir - accompanied by a single entire idiom - plus ca change plus c'est la même chose, meaning “the more things ...
(May 2, 2016, Independent Online)
White Vans Are Flying Off Shelves Thanks to 'Damn Daniel' Meme
The Damn Daniel meme was so influential that Steven Rendle, president and COO of VF Corp (VFC), which owns Vans, confirmed it caused sales to jump in the company's Q1 earnings report. It took advantage of the meme and further pushed advertising for ...
(May 2, 2016, Investorplace.com)
Heidi Cruz Tackles The 'Ted Cruz Is The Zodiac Killer' Meme
Her comments marked the Cruz campaign's first response to the "Ted Cruz Is The Zodiac Killer" meme, which has floated around on the Internet for years and circulated widely during the 2016 race. It's exceedingly unlikely that Cruz, who was born in 1970 ...
(May 2, 2016, TPM)
Remember How ESPN Fired Curt Schilling Over An Anti-Trans Meme? Even Fox Sports Won't Touch Him Now.
Former MLB great turned sports analyst Curt Schilling got the boot two weeks ago for sharing on Facebook a disgusting anti-trans meme, then making ugly comments on it. He even claimed he hadn't posted it to Facebook, although sharing it seems equally ...
(May 2, 2016, The New Civil Rights Movement)
Brandon Police use Star Trek meme to draw attention to distracted driving
It was the Manitoba police force that described suspects in an April fraud investigation as good-looking and now they are turning heads again online - this time for a meme drawing attention to distracted driving. The Brandon Police Force tweeted a meme ...
(May 2, 2016, CBC.ca)
'American Trucker' host says Facebook meme goes too far
Robb Mariani said he was alerted by friends that his photo was being used in a controversial Facebook meme that says: “You're not a real trucker until you have hit a hitchhiker with your (expletive) bottle." “Facebook apparently allowed this," Mariani ...
(May 2, 2016, WKMG Orlando)
When Dutton's face became an ever-evolving meme
You'd think the staffers working for one of Australia's most prominent politicians would have known by now, that asking a journalist to censor content - and then allowing them to report this - will almost certainly trigger immediate intrigue. But it ...
(May 3, 2016, The Age)
Beyonce, Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift are mocked in Met Gala 2016 memes
This prompted mass speculation over the identity of Becky, and of course meant that all eyes were on Beyonce, 34, as she walked the red carpet at the Met Gala. Another meme shared on Instagram and twitter pointed out how much the Formation hitmaker's ...
(May 3, 2016, Daily Mail)
Watch 'Make America Mexico Again' Meme
“Make America Mexico Again” is the left's latest rallying cry, so, of course, they have memes to spread the message. This GIF claims to show Mexico's history. As one user said on social media: And that's how my Mexico has been loosing territory, mostly ...
(May 3, 2016, Breitbart News)
When Peter Dutton's face became an ever-evolving meme
You'd think the staffers working for one of Australia's most prominent politicians would have known by now, that asking a journalist to censor content - and then allowing them to report this - will almost certainly trigger immediate intrigue. But it ...
(May 3, 2016, Sydney Morning Herald)
Emma Fall: There's more to memes than it seems
Overall, a meme is a phrase or image widespread across the Internet, and sometimes brought up in conversation, that is slightly altered pertaining to the current situation. However, don't expect a meme to stay for very long. Once a meme is popular ...
(May 4, 2016, Post-Bulletin)