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Hillary Clinton Is Absolutely Right, 'Pepe' Meme Is Antisemitic – An Apology
While Pepe, once a harmless frog meme, may have started out as a widely used meme, the frog is now a symbol of the Nazi Jew-baiting of the alt-right. We do not do trigger warnings here at Heat Street, nor did it seem right to shove a good-faith mistake ...
(Sep 19, 2016, Heat Street)
What the Hell Happened: Memes on Facebook
Over the course of the year, many Facebook users have found their newsfeeds transformed from colorful ecosystems of photo albums, news articles, and videos into what resembles iceberg-ridden seascapes of white-framed memes. A meme is, according to ...
(Sep 19, 2016, Harvard Crimson)
The science of going viral: Expert explains how memes compete, reproduce and evolve just like genes
The researchers selected 268 memes from knowyourmeme.com and fed them through linguistic analysis tools to learn more about the number of linguistic features, as Scott Shank summarizes in his article 'What Makes Memes Popular? The Science of ...
(Sep 19, 2016, Daily Mail)
Congressman Unwittingly Launches "You Are Welcome Colin Kaepernick" Meme
In a tweet that elicited a lot of public head-scratching, Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., on Monday tried to draw some sort of connection between San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the suspect behind this weekend's bombings in New York City ...
(Sep 19, 2016, The Intercept)
The Tiziana Cantone Meme Should Never Have Been Shared, But Especially Not Now
BuzzFeed reported last week that the meme became something of a joke to average Internet users and even Italian corporations who shared stills and quotes from the video that was first sent using WhatsApp — because apparently profiting off of female ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Bustle)
Marc Gasol uses Jack Nicholson meme to announce his return to the court
Last week, reports surfaced that Marc Gasol has been cleared to return to action ahead of training camp. That news was confirmed on Monday, and Gasol himself had a pretty awesome way of announcing it on Twitter: ...
(Sep 20, 2016, ProBasketballTalk (blog))
Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles meme about refugees is wrong
While Mashable can't confirm whether or not Walsh was the originator of this particular meme, it's very similar to another meme that's been making the rounds going back to at least 2014 that uses another candy — M&Ms — to put a spin on the refugee ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Mashable)
Skittles Shuts Down Donald Trump Jr.'s Meme Attempt
Donald Trump Jr. probably won't be getting promoted to Chief Meme Creator for his father's campaign anytime soon: After tweeting a graphic that compared Syrian refugees to Skittles, the Son of Donald had his metaphor swiftly shut down, with even the ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Eater)
AIB's meme on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil's 'Bulleya' was deleted from the Internet and THIS is the reason
AIB's meme on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil's 'Bulleya' was deleted from the Internet and THIS is the reason. The meme was about the latest revelation on the Internet that starting riff of Pritam's 'Bulleya' from Karan Johar's film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is a rip off ...
(Sep 20, 2016, The Indian Express)
Mob Psycho 100 Finally Gets Its Own Dank Meme - Kotaku
Mob Psycho 100 is definitively the shit. It's true. One tablespoon psychic kid, a quarter cup charlatan exorcist, strained, pressurized and mixed by One-Punch ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Kotaku)
Jennifer Aniston Karma: Brad Pitt's Divorce Brings Aniston 'Hot' Memes
A whole lot of memes and GIFs like the one below are flowing into Twitter, borrowed from Jennifer's days on Friends. In one popular meme, it shows Aniston bumping her own fists together with a tagline that claims that's what Jennifer is doing now that ...
(Sep 20, 2016, The Inquisitr)
FLASHBACK: Liberals Loved That Skittles Meme When It Was Used To Shame Men
Yesterday, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted an image comparing the refugee crisis to a bowl of Skittles containing some that were poisoned. This image says it all. Let's end the politically correct agenda that doesn't put America first. #trump2016 pic.twitter ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Townhall)
Donald Trump Jr. stole a refugee's photo for his anti-refugee meme
Nothing else about the meme is original, either. The meme itself is similar to one using M&M's that's been used as an anti-refugee meme; that meme can even be traced back further to a 2014 feminist meme. (The Intercept says the roots of the meme's ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Mashable)
Meme makers threaten blackout in the Facebook equivalent of a carriage dispute
The anonymous group, which launched a website called Meme Alliance, say they represent 100-plus page owners, reaching a collective 20 million-plus followers. The group is threatening a "Zuxit" (give it a minute to sink in) on Sept. 28 and are ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Fast Company)
What Does The Tiziana Cantone Meme Mean? It Doesn't Matter Because The Real Issue Is Online Harassment
For women across the globe, sexual activity can be a dangerous thing. You run the risk that your partner could decide to go further than you consent, that you could get pregnant and not have access to proper prenatal or abortion care, and if you choose ...
(Sep 20, 2016, Bustle)
Twitter Reacts to Brangelina Divorce With Lots of Jennifer Aniston Memes
Divorce is generally a sad ending to a marriage, but when it involves two of the most recognized people on the planet, and the husband left a wife for the woman who is now divorcing him, the Internet is going to make some jokes. People are busy ...
(Sep 21, 2016, TheWrap)
Stephen Colbert explains everything that's wrong with Trump Jr.'s Skittles meme
On Monday night, Donald Trump Jr. — adviser to and eldest son of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump — tweeted an image comparing refugees to poison Skittles, drawing protests from the company that makes Skittles and the refugee who snapped the ...
(Sep 21, 2016, The Week Magazine)
Jennifer Aniston memes explode in response to Brad Pitt divorce
LOS ANGELES (AP) — #Brangelina may be the top trending hashtag Tuesday, but Jennifer Aniston's face is the one saturating social media. Aniston memes of all kinds were the Internet's response to the Tuesday morning announcement that Angelina Jolie ...
(Sep 21, 2016, The Boston Globe)
New Meme Declares Everything About Your Man is 'Whack'
It's a perfect meme, instantly relatable and endlessly shareable. It even fits perfectly into Kendrick Lamar's “Swimming Pools.” But it's also taken completely out of context. You were probably laughing too hard to notice the exact disses this dude is ...
(Sep 21, 2016, The Daily Dot)
Rick Wilson: Donald Trump's Base Are Neo-Nazis And "Frog Meme Idiots"
... so determined to open up a racial chasm in this country, in part because he's a guy backed in large measure by a group of white supremacists and neo-nazis and frog meme idiots. And he is proud of that. He loves those people. They're what Donald ...
(Sep 21, 2016, RealClearPolitics)
