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Meme Archive 06/2016
Mammootty's 'Kasaba' poster turned into a meme
Instead of getting annoyed about being turned into a meme, Mammootty found it funny and posted a number of pictures on his official Facebook page. “Here are few trolls for the Kasaba first look poster... I was blown away. I guess this is the modern ...
(Jun 1, 2016, gulfnews.com)
'What is your motive to share on Facebook' a new meme in Vietnam
A meme is a humorous image, video or piece of text that is copied, often with slight variations, and spread rapidly by Internet users. Phan Anh, a popular TV host himself, was invited to join the '60 Phut Mo' (60 Open Minutes) with host Ta Bich Loan ...
(Jun 1, 2016, Tuoitrenews (press release))
Meme Generator Suite app upgraded for Windows 10 Mobile
The popular Meme Generator Suite app has been updated today to version 3.0, and according to the release notes the app has just received the UWP app treatment (via Windows Central). The app now sports a cool new icon and the Windows 10 Mobile ...
(Jun 1, 2016, WinBeta)
Why the star is suddenly being called an 'Aryan goddess'
This strange status for Swift started in 2013 when Emily Pattinson, a young Pinterest user, posted the Hitler/Swift memes under the heading “Real Taylor Swift Quotes.” Swift's lawyers were quick to respond, stating in a letter to Pinterest, “The ...
(Jun 1, 2016, LifeZette)
This Body Positive Amy Schumer Meme Deserves A Standing Ovation
What does Amy Schumer have in common with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty? According to Instagram user @whitneyzombie, a body that proves beauty comes in all sizes. The 22-year-old student at the University of West Georgia took to ...
(Jun 1, 2016, SELF)
Linda Sorenson: Colorado Republicans blame hackers for meme comparing Obama to chimp
The Delta County Republican Central Committee in Colorado has blamed hackers for a racist meme posted on an official's Facebook page, even though the official previously said it was intended to be a joke. The meme, allegedly shared last week by ...
(Jun 1, 2016, Washington Times)
Jay Z, Damn Daniel and hip-hop's love affair with memes
Its ubiquity as a meme has now been cemented by its appearance in rapper Pusha T's new single Drug Dealers Anonymous, which features Jay Z repurposing the Vans line to fit with his own dealer-turned-legit-businessman narrative (“damn Daniel, FBI keep ...
(Jun 1, 2016, The Guardian)
Meme of the Day: A Target-Rich Environment
When you send your children off to school or drop them off at college, do you feel like you're sending a sheep to slaughter? Our children, precious and irreplaceable, deserve better than to cower with their defenseless teachers behind a metal sign that ...
(Jun 1, 2016, Bearing Arms)
Meme King Ryan Gosling Straight Up Says He Believes 'Women Are Better Than Men'
In a new interview with ES magazine, Ryan Gosling got real about the role strong women have played in his life. Acknowledging the near god-like position in which he's found himself amongst women and gay men, he said he was willing to accept it because, ...
(Jun 1, 2016, Zimbio)
Behind the Absurd Popularity of Trolley Problem Memes
As of May 31st, Trolley Problem Memes has 44,020 followers (less than 2 months after its creation). The great utilitarian John Stuart Mill has a mere 25,000 followers, while Peter Singer, arguably the single most famous ethicist today, has just 31,000 ...
(Jun 1, 2016, Huffington Post)
A meme for every aspect of campus life
They have instituted an enquiry for this!),” exclaims the meme with the dialogue written over a popular film sequence. Given that this is admission season, students of engineering colleges also put out memes highlighting the “donation” menace prevalent ...
(Jun 2, 2016, The Hindu)
Adam Goodes meme sparks fury after post on AFL Memes Facebook page
He reported her to security, which saw her removed from the ground. Goodes was repeatedly booed by opposition fans in the later part of his career, particularly last season. The Herald Sun has contacted AFL Memes page, where the image was posted last ...
(Jun 2, 2016, Herald Sun)
Facebook removes 'appalling' racist meme about Adam Goodes after receiving complaint from AFL
AN “appalling” meme comparing a high-profile Australian indigenous sportsman to a gorilla killed in a US zoo was removed by Facebook on Thursday after a complaint by the Australian Football League. The meme, recently posted on the “AFL Memes” page ...
(Jun 2, 2016, Fox Sports)
Did a Hacker Really Post a Facebook Meme Comparing Obama to a Chimp?
Delta County (Colorado) GOP chair Linda Sorenson, who's been the focus of national media attention after sharing a racist Facebook meme comparing Obama to a Chimpanzee, has apparently shared or “liked” material in the same vein in the past, including ...
(Jun 2, 2016, Huffington Post)
4chan-Assisted Porn Is Unsurprisingly Filled With Memes By Tracy Clark-Flory
That's right, users of the infamous anonymous message board were tapped by adult film company Brazzers to submit ideas for an X-rated film. The result is a film premiering June 4 that, as a press release puts it, has more “internet memes than one can ...
(Jun 2, 2016, Vocativ)
Introducing le monke, a meme so pointless you can't help but love it
We have a lot of fun killing memes around here—to the point where the meme community is now circulating a petition begging us to stop. But when it comes to this new meme, even a heartless meme assassin like myself must pause and reflect: Le monke ...
(Jun 2, 2016, The Daily Dot)
Swedish Girl Refugee Assault Meme
There was, however, a story that came out in late 2015 that's very similar to the one in the meme: a thirteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home in Berlin for a day and a half, then reappeared saying she had been held captive and repeatedly raped ...
(Jun 3, 2016, snopes.com)
A meme for every aspect of campus life
The humour that they showcase aside, meme pages of colleges have become the main medium of criticism on the institution. From a bar on intermingling of students to restrictions on attending inter-collegiate culturals, there is no topic that these memes ...
(Jun 3, 2016, The Hindu)
Explaining The 'Sam Hyde As Mass Shooter' Meme
If Twitter is to be believed, second-rate Internet comedian Sam Hyde is behind every nationally publicized shooting of the past year — that's more than a dozen since last October. On Wednesday, he was named by online trolls as the UCLA shooter, yet ...
(Jun 3, 2016, Forbes)
Becoming a Meme: What It's Like to go Viral
The social media of today is dominated almost exclusively by memes. Be they comedic, political, or just the light hearted 'slice of life' type, they have a ubiquitous presence on the internet. With our current phone obsessed culture, any moment of our ...
(Jun 3, 2016, The People’s Vanguard of Davis (subscription))