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Morning briefing: How have Pepe-posting meme warriors responded to real violence of alt-right?
The videogamers, 'men's rights' activists, hackers, trolls, and shitposters who populate sites like 4chan started embracing the Pepe the Frog meme to symbolize, as Dale Beran wrote in a post that went viral last February, 'embracing your loserdom ...
(Sep 26, 2017, Madison.com)
This monkey getting a haircut can be Photoshopped into any situation — and people are obsessed with it
It's at the center of a new meme where people Photoshop it into every situation imaginable. Some images are just begging to be Photoshopped. Take the image above, for example, of a monkey getting a haircut. It's a still image that's made the viral ...
(Sep 26, 2017, INSIDER)
Where the Hell is Kekistan?: How Pepe-posting meme warriors responded to real violence of the alt-right
The videogamers, "men's rights" activists, hackers, trolls, and shitposters who populate sites like 4chan started embracing the Pepe the Frog meme to symbolize, as Dale Beran wrote in a post that went viral last February, "embracing your loserdom ...
(Sep 26, 2017, Baltimore City Paper)
Winston Peters - Reviewing the memes
It feels like Winston Peters is occupying the emotional and mental energies of approximately 200 percent of New Zealand's populace. For some that has been channelled into fierce and potentially futile discussion over what drives Winston Peters ...
(Sep 27, 2017, Newshub)
Michigan State Police director shares meme calling protesting NFL players 'degenerates'
Etue, who heads the statewide police department, shared the meme entitled "Dear NFL" on her Facebook page Sunday. It was a post widely shared on social media by those critical of hundreds of NFL players this past weekend who locked arms and/or ...
(Sep 27, 2017, MLive.com)
How have Pepe-posting meme warriors responded to real violence of the alt-right?
The fictional nation of Kekistan grew out of the Pepe the Frog meme. Pepe became popular after a "Boys Club" comic strip by his creator Matt Furie depicted him peeing with his pants all the way down because "feels good man." The videogamers, "men's ...
(Sep 27, 2017, Charleston City Paper)
This new Bear Grylls meme proves he can adapt to anything
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that there are no second acts in American lives. Memes are apparently a different story, though. TV outdoorsman Bear Grylls became one of the earliest examples of a big internet meme in 2010, when jokesters stuck him ...
(Sep 27, 2017, The Daily Dot)
Red Pilled: My Bizarre Week Using the Alt-Right's Vision of the Internet
Sometimes he's advocating for a balanced diet; other times he's part of a goose-stepping army headed off to fight in what the alt-right has dubbed the “meme war.” Are memes weapons? In Alt-Tech, very much so. “Memes,” writes self-described white ...
(Sep 27, 2017, WIRED)
Ultimate Meme: This Monkey Getting a Haircut Can Be Photoshopped Into Anything
Sometimes, huge memes blast out of nowhere. A cute video of a young monkey getting a fresh haircut was uploaded on Facebook back in February, but has only recently inspired a storm of hilarious collages. After a still image from this footage suddenly ...
(Sep 27, 2017, Sputnik International)
Primatologist Reveals Sad Truth About Viral Haircut Monkey Meme
You've probably seen the viral video of a monkey getting a haircut or the incredible Photoshop memes that it has spawned. And you probably thought: Wow, what a chill-ass monkey. I wish I could be as chill as that monkey who's getting what looks like a ...
(Sep 27, 2017, Inverse)
Tom Cruise denies 'prosthetic butt' rumour in Valkyrie after Twitter meme went viral
After producer Christopher McQuarrie and other members of the Valkyrie team declined comment, Cruise himself addressed the meme in a recent video interview that is tipped for release later this week. Speaking to Screen Rant about his latest film ...
(Sep 27, 2017, Metro)
Steven Seagal goes on 'Good Morning Britain,' instantly becomes a meme
Actor Steven Seagal, a vocal fan of Vladimir Putin and a Russian citizen, was asked Wednesday to offer his views on Donald Trump's presidency on Good Morning Britain. Because, obviously, when you need an expert to discuss the small matter of what the ...
(Sep 27, 2017, The Daily Dot)
Facebook users' anger at 'sick' meme featuring Hull's Bee Lady
Facebook users' anger at 'sick' meme featuring Hull's Bee Lady. The post has been described as "going too far". Share; Comments. ByAlex Grove. 14:09, 28 SEP 2017. News. Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, ...
(Sep 28, 2017, Hull Daily Mail)
Moping Diego Costa Is The Meme Every Chelsea Fan Was Waiting For
As both Shakespeare and the writers of Hollyoaks have taught us, there is no more satisfying fall from grace than a man high off his own pride. So it was with glee that Chelsea fans witnessed their former star man Diego Costa's reaction to Chelsea's ...
(Sep 28, 2017, Esquire.co.uk)
Lions' Stafford amused by comeback meme
On the internet, especially news aggregation site Reddit, Stafford's reputation for snatching victory from the jaws of defeat has taken on a life of its own, spurring the creation of several internet memes. If you don't know what those are, the easiest ...
(Sep 28, 2017, The Detroit News)
SEC Power Rankings Week Five: Internet Meme Edition
In the third quarter of Alabama's rout of the Commodores this weekend, cameras caught Vanderbilt student Jesse Pullen basking in defeat–there may have been plenty of time left in the game, but after the Crimson Tide took a commanding 52-0 lead, ...
(Sep 28, 2017, The Vanderbilt Hustler)
Memes at JJ Pearce include KKK burning rival Richardson High on a cross
One meme depicts a burning cross with Richardson High's emblem in the flames and members of the Ku Klux Klan bearing the J.J. Pearce logo in the background. Another picture depicts a slave being whipped by a slave driver, their faces covered by each ...
(Sep 28, 2017, Dallas News (blog))
Texas GOP's Favorite Meme-Maker is Now Helping the Far-Right in Germany
... which filled the stands at that year's state Republican convention, in the shape of a padlocked white picket fence, with the words “secure our border” emblazoned in red, white and blue. That's Harris' thing: Simple images, clear language, memes. He ...
(Sep 28, 2017, The Texas Observer)
Pushing Back on the EdTech Investment Bubble Meme Via Slack's $5 Billion Valuation
I'd like to use the use this $5 billion Slack valuation to push back on the meme that we are in the midst of an edtech bubble. It has been about a year that I asked you to convince me to Slack. My colleagues convinced me, and I've been using the ...
(Sep 28, 2017, Inside Higher Ed (blog))
Cowboys Ryan Switzer uses 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme to to describe the Bears' QB situation
Mike Glennon didn't get off to a hot start against the Packers on Thursday, and a lot of folks were calling for rookie Mitchell Trubisky to enter the game. That included his former college teammate and current Dallas Cowboy Ryan Switzer, who made his ...
(Sep 29, 2017, SB Nation)