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Missed The Point refers to a series of exploitable 4-panel comics featuring a character preaching positivity and tolerance before becoming enraged by another character’s opinion.

Origin

On May 11th, 2016, artist Shenanigansen published a new webcomic in his Owl Turd series, which featured a character wearing a heart sweater attempting to convince a protester to identify himself by the stuff he likes, rather than what he hates. After the protester reveals that he likes 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the man in the sweater is shown being restrained to prevent him from attacking the protester (shown below). Within 48 hours, the Tumblr post gained over 78,000 notes.

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The same day, Shenanigansen reposted the comic in Imgur, where it gathered upwards over 29,000 points and 315,000 views in the following two days.^[2] Several hours later, Imgur^[3][4] user EternalSession posted a template of the comic (shown below).

That day, several edited versions of the comic were submitted to Imgur. On May 12th, user Shining1 posted a version mocking the idea of safe space in colleges, garnering more than 120,000 views and 870 points in 24 hours.^[5] Meanwhile, Redditor boldfilter reposted the original comic to the /r/The_Donald^[7] subreddit, where it received upwards of 1,300 votes (86% upvoted) in over the next day. On May 13th, user Odinn uploaded a version featuring a grandma asking her grandson if he wanted more food, gaining over 1,400 points and 140,000 views over the next few hours.

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Prom Night Dumpster Baby is a nickname given to the newborn who was found dead in a garbage can in the bathroom of a high school in New Jersey after being discarded by its teenage mother on the night of the senior prom in June 1997. Upon the discovery of the baby, the case of infanticide became a subject of intense scrutiny in the news media and it remains a recurring topic of discussions in popular culture and online to this day, due to the heinous nature of the crime.

Origin

On June 6th, 1997, New Jersey teenager Melissa Drexler gave birth to a child in a bathroom stall at Lacey Township High School, then strangled the newborn and disposed of the corpse in a plastic bag before returning to her senior prom to dance with her boyfriend. Following the discovery of the incident, Drexler pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. On November 26th, 2001, she was released on parole after serving 37 months.^[4]

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In 2000, the horror film Dumpster Baby was released, in which a drug addict gives birth to a pre-mature infant and abandons it in a nearby dumpster, who subsequently embarks on an adventure (shown below).

On March 4th, 2007, Season 5 Episode 12 of Family Guy was broadcast, which featured a song performed by several abandoned newborn babies titled “Prom Night Dumpster Baby” (shown below).

On September 2nd, Urban Dictionary^[3] user UpperGreens submitted an entry for “Prom Night Dumpster Baby,” defining the term as “a baby which is disposed of quickly on prom night.” In November 2010, the question “What is a prom night dumpster baby?” was submitted to Yahoo! Answers.^[5] On May 12th, 2016, Redditor jasonianfootsoldier submitted a post titled “What the hell is a ‘Prom Dumpster Baby’ and where did it originate?” to the /r/OutOfTheLoop^[2] subreddit, where many cited the 1997 Melissa Drexler incident as the origin. Within 24 hours, the post gained over 2,200 votes (86% upvoted) and 370 comments.

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John Romero is a Video Game Designer, Programmer, and Developer renowned for being the co-founder of id Software and designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Hexen, Commander Keen, Doom and Quake.

History

Career

John Romero has been developing games since 1982, his first game being “Scout Search”, developed on Apple II. Romero is well known for being the co-founder of id Software, and also for his work on the video game franchise Doom.

id Software

Romero worked at id Software from its incorporation in 1991 until 1996. During his incorporation he worked on several milestone games, like Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II: Hell on Earth, and Quake.

During the development of Quake, Romero clashed with John Carmack, co-founder and lead programmer of id Software, over the future direction of id. Romero wanted the game to follow his demanding vision without compromise, but Carmack insisted that the project had to make steady progress toward completion and accused Romero of not working as much as the other developers. Although Romero relented on his vision and joined a months-long death march effort to finish the game, this did not resolve the tensions within the company, and Romero was forced to resign.

His work on id Software established his place in the Video Game Industry and made him as one of the most inspirational game devs in the industry.

Ion Storm

On November 15th, 1996, John Romero co-founded Ion Storm in Dallas, Texas with id co-worker Tom Hall, Todd Porter, and Jerry O’Flaherty with the slogan: “Design is Law”.

During his incorporation on Ion Storm, Romero designed and produced his most infamous game: Daikatana.

The Daikatana Controversy

In the year of 1997, John Romero announced his shooter game Daikatana with a advertisement boasting: “John Romero’s About To Make You His Bitch…..Suck it down”, which caused controversy amongst gamers and gaming press. The massive pre-hype and subsequent delays were compounded by poor reviews when it was finally released in 2000. Daikatana was critically panned with negative reviews and appeared on numerous “top 10 worst games” listings.

According to many reviews the game had bad controls, unsatisfying gameplay, bad AI, and bad looking graphics from its time.

Recognition

John Romero is considered to be one of the most influential game designers and programmers in the video game industry. His work on FPS games like Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake have redefined the FPS genre, giving a massive popularization to the genre in the 90’s. He was also credited for coining the famous multiplayer term “Deathmatch”.

Personal Life

John Romero was born in October 28th, 1967, on Colorado Springs, Colorado, he is of Yaqui and cherokee heritage.

In January 2004, John Romero married with Raluca Alexandra Pleșca, from Bucharest, Romania. They divorced in 2011.

John Romero and game dev. Brenda Brathwaite founded social game development company Loot Drop in November 2010, and worked on Cloudforest Expedition and Ghost Recon Commander together.

Romero and Brenda became engaged on March 24th, 2012, and married on October 27th, 2012. The couple worked together on Ravenwood Fair, a Facebook game, with Romero as Lead Designer and Brathwaite as Creative Director and Game Designer.

Romero has three children from two previous marriages: Michael, born in 1988, Steven born in 1989, and Lillia Antoinette, born in 1998.

Online Presence

John Romero has announced his new video game he’s been working on with Adrian Carmack on Kickstarter in April 25th of this year, Blackroom.

Blackroom has its official website and is predicted to be released on December 2018.

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Facebook – Main Page

Twitter – Main Page

Youtube – John Romero

Wikipedia – John Romero

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“Guitar Face”, also known as guitargasm, refers to involuntary facial expressions often made by guitarists while playing the instrument. Due to the unusual and comically expressive nature in their appearance, various photographs of celebrity musicians sporting the look have been a popular subject of online parodies and mockeries.

Origin

In 1997, a webpage was launched on Angelfire^[3] titled “Guitar Face: A Horrible, Disfiguring Condition,” which humorously described guitarist facial expressions as a medical condition afflicting blues players around the world.

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On January 11th, 2001, The Straight Dope Forums^[6] member PeterN submitted a thread titled “Why do guitarists make those odd faces?”, in which user cornflakes replied with a link to the Angelfire website. In October 2004, a guitar face contest was held by the guitar magazine Guitar Xpress, which awarded the winner with an Epiphone guitar.^[5] On November 22nd, 2005, Urban Dictionary^[2] user kingnuthin posted an entry for “guitar face,” which defined the term as “making an unusual face while playing the guitar.”

On February 19th, 2012, YouTuber Jesse Phillips uploaded a video titled “That Guitar Face Video,” in which he demonstrates how to properly perform a guitar face (shown below). On March 5th, he posted a follow-up video providing specific examples of various guitar faces (shown below, right).

On November 12th, YouTuber WreckroomRecords uploaded a video titled “Faces of Rock,” demonstrating various guitarists facial expressions associated with certain rock and roll genres (shown below). In July 2013, the Tumblr blog Bass Dogs was launched, featuring images of bass players with dogs superimposed over their instruments.

On July 16th, 2014, the Tumblr blog Slug Solos^[7] was launched, featuring photoshopped pictures of guitarists holding large gastropod molluscs to fit their facial expression (shown below). On February 5th, 2015, Phillips’ second guitar face video reached the front page of the /r/videos^[4] subreddit, accumulating upwards of 6,000 votes (93% upvoted) and 800 comments prior to being archived. On March 6th, Imgur^[8] user TheCrispyDuck reposted the Slug Solos photoshops in a gallery titled “Guitar Solo Faces Make A Lot More Sense When Guitars Are Replaced With Giant Slugs.”

On July 21st, Billboard^[1] published a listicle titled “The 22 Funniest Guitar Faces.” On May 12th, 2016, the Consequence of Sound Facebook page posted a montage of guitarist John Mayer making various pained facial expressions while playing the guitar (shown below).

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Wolfenstein is a video game franchise originally created by Muse Software. In the game the player assumes the role of B.J. Blazkowicz, a WWII Green Beret Infiltrator who fights against Nazi Powers.

History

The first two titles of the franchise, Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein, were released on 1981 and 1984 respectively by Muse Software. The titles are a stealth-based action-adventure shooter set in WWII.

The third title, Wolfenstein 3D, was developed by id Software and was released in 1992. It became known as the Godfather of FPS gaming for being the very first First Person Shooter title.

The series was rebooted with the release of the title Return to Castle Wolfenstein, released on November 19, 2001. It was praised by critics for bringing first class Multiplayer content.

The most recent title, Wolfenstein: The New Order is a sequel and a soft reboot of the franchise. It was developed by MachineGames and released on 20th May, 2014. It assumes a Alternative History theme, taking place on 1960 in a dystopian Berlin where the Nazis won WWII and dominated the world.

A standalone expansion pack has been released on 5th May 2015, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. It’s a remake of the title Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and a prequel to The New Order.

Reception

The Wolfenstein franchise always received a mixed ammount of positive and negative criticism for bringing Nazi reference.

Although the franchise isn’t as inspirational as Doom, Wolfenstein is considered to be the “Godfather of FPS”, for estabilishing the genre and popularizing it in the 90s.

Controversy

Critics panned the franchise for using Nazi reference, such as the Nazi Party symbol, Hitler portraits and Swastikas as the main artistical theme.

Censorship

Wolfenstein 3D received backlash for having the Nazi Party’s anthem “Horst-Wessel-Lied” and Nazi symbols over the levels. It received a censored version for Germany after initial release but the sales was later withdrawn due to national stigma.

Wolfenstein: The New Order received a censored version in Germany on initial release as the public display of Nazi symbols is illegal and is a national stigma in Germany.

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Urban Dictionary – Wolfenstein

Wikipedia – Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein: The New Order – Official Website

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood – Official Website

Wolfenstein 3D – 20 Years Celebration

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The 11 Foot 8 Bridge, also known as the Canopener Bridge, is an overpass in Durham, North Carolina known for its numerous collisions with trucks passing underneath. The bridge gained much notoriety online after a local resident began posting video footage of the accidents in mid 2008.

Origin

According to the single topic blog 11Foot8,^[1] photographs of trucks damaged by the bridge were published in The Herald-Sun newspaper throughout the 1950s and 1960s (shown below).

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On April 14th, 2008, the North Carolina resident Jürgen Henn launched the yovo68 YouTube channel, which features short clips of trucks having their roofs torn off while attempting to pass underneath the bridge. Over the next several years, Henn posted over 100 crash videos to the channel.

On March 18th, 2009, the local news station WRAL^[2] reported on Henn’s YouTube channel. On May 29th, 2013, YouTuber Peter Hemmings uploaded a montage of trucks colliding with the bridge (shown below, left). Within three years, the video gained over 4.4 million views and 2,300 comments. On October 26th, 2012, the StupidityAndMore YouTube channel posted another montage titled “The Toughest Bridge in the World” (shown below, right).

On May 12th, 2016, YouTuber yovo68 uploaded video footage of a new warning sign placed over the bridge (shown below).

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Havel the Rock (or just Havel) is an NPC from the dark fantasy action RPGDark Souls who is known for being an extremely tough enemy very early on. His armor^[1] has gained popularity in the Dark Souls community for providing a large amount of protection and his ring^[2] providing utility for heavy armor builds such as GiantDad. Havel is associated with Dwayne Johnson for sharing the title “The Rock” and also the phrase “Can’t stop the Rock” from Apollo 440’s song Can’t Stop The rock^[3].

Origin

Dark Souls was released on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in September-October 2011 and later ported to PC in August 2012^[4]. As the player progresses through the first area, they can find Havel at the bottom of a tower with a spiral staircase standing by himself. If not careful enough, Havel will potentially one-shot any under prepared/equipped players. On October 10th, 2011, Youtube channel WikiGamesGuide uploaded a video on killing Havel and acquiring his ring gaining 140,000 views (shown below, left). On August 6th, 2012, Youtuber OnlyAfro uploaded a video with clips of him fighting other players while cosplaying as Havel with Apollo 440’s song playing occasionally. the video gaining over 190,000 views (shown below, right).

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On October 5th, 2011, a wikidot page^[5] was created for Havel detailing who he is as well as 17 different ways to defeat him. On April 19th, 2013, OnlyAfro re-uploaded his sequel video of him playing Havel, gaining over 710,000 views (shown below).

On DeviantArt user DoddleyMan uploaded^[6] a comic joking about Havel’s job (shown below, left) on February 22nd, 2013, and was uploaded^[7] to Dark Souls subreddit on October 17th, 2013, where it gained 1,541 upvotes and 97 comments (shown below, left). On March 28th, 2014, Redditor CleanChemist posted^[8] an edit of the Evolution of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with Havel at the end, gaining 1,241 upvotes and 38 comments (shown below, right).

On June 1st, 2014, Youtuber Oroboro uploaded a video titled “Havelyn” showing off a build that revolved around full Havel’s armor and dual wielding Avelyns^[9], a special crossbow that fires three bolts, and gained over 490,000 views (shown below, left). On December 27th, 2014, Youtuber Silver Mont uploaded a video discussing the lore of Havel the Rock with over 230,000 views since it’s post (shown below, right).

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On DeviantArt^[10], 190 images of Havel cosplay and fanart have been submitted as of May 2016 as well as more on Tumblr^[11].

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“WHY. DO THESEOBJECTS. KEEPMOVING?” is a line said by Fallout 4’s Diamond City radio host, Travis. He says it after not being able to find a tape to play on the radio, then afterwards says “because I move them… And I forget,”.

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“Justice Rains From Above” is a voice line uttered by the character Pharah, from the first-person shooter video game Overwatch, when using her ultimate ability Barrage. Due the repetition frequency of the line it has often been mocked and parodied, often associated with pictures of explosions.

Origin

Pharah is one of the 21 playable Heroes in Blizzard’s game Overwatch where her ultimate or special ability called Barrage causes her to release a rain of missiles over the area she’s facing, doing high ammounts of damage. Before executing the attack, Pharah says “Justice Rains From Above!” loudly, and unlike other heroes she keeps being vulnerable to attacks.

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“Family Guy Funny Moments” refers to a series of movie and video game titles edits replacing the actual title by the words “family guy funny moments”, in reference to the popular cartoon series Family Guy.

Origin

On May 9th, Tumblr user divaofdespair posted an edited version of Metal Gear Rising title replaced with the words “family guy funny moments”.^[3] In the following week, the post got over 2,000 notes.

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On May 11th, 2016, Tumblr user divaofdespair posted an edited version of an image (below, right) for the video game Guilty Gear Xrd – Sign – , with the phrase where the game title would be.^[1] It obtained over 1,000 notes in 5 days. The same day, Tumblr user momfricker posted the aforementioned image with a drawing of Peter Griffin dressed up like Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear Xrd – Sign – .^[2]

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John Miller Tape refers to an audio recording of a man named John Miller, who identifies himself as a publicist speaking on behalf of Donald Trump, in a telephone interview conducted by a reporter for People magazine in 1990. Following the release of the recording by The Washington Post in May 2016, many speculated that Miller was actually a fictional persona invented and assumed by Trump himself to prop up his own importance to the press.

Background

On May 13th, 2016, The Washington Post^[1] published an article titled “Donald Trump Masqueraded as Publicist to Brag About Himself,” which reported that the New York City real estate mogul had routinely pretended to be a publicist for himself under the names “John Miller” and “John Barron” when speaking to the press, citing the accounts of journalists, his former aides and a 1990 audio recording of a phone conversation between People magazine reporter Sue Carswell and John Miller, a man identifying himself as Trump’s publicist (shown below) that the newspaper had obtained.

Notable Developments

That day, Trump denied he was the man heard in the recording during an interview on the morning talk show Today (shown below, left). Also on May 13th, Fox News host Megyn Kelly discussed the tape with Carswell, who denied giving the recording to The Washington Post and suggested Trump leaked the tape himself to generate publicity (shown below, right).

Meanwhile, the Fox News segment was submitted in a thread on /pol/, which subsequently reached the front page of the /r/The_Donald^[3] subreddit (shown below). Within 72 hours, the post gained over 4,400 votes (80% upvoted) and 400 comments.

On May 14th, former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone appeared on Breitbart radio, where he defended Trump for possibly posing as his own publicist:

“Trump wanted to get his spin and his side of the story, so he handled the press call himself, probably because he didn’t want to pay a public relations expert. What difference does it make?”

The same day, Redditor MAGA_Navigator submitted a photoshopped picture of Trump standing next to himself titled “Trump announces his VP pick: John Miller” (shown below). In 48 hours, the post garnered more than 5,000 votes (76% upvoted) and 120 comments.

On May 15th, the show Last Week Tonight host John Oliver mocked Trump for his response to the Miller tapes (shown below).

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Rowlet is a Grass-Flying type Pokémon character that will be featured as one of the three starters in Nintendo’s upcoming pair of the video games Pokémon Sun and Moon. Shortly after its unveiling on May 10th, 2016, the character quickly gained a fan following due to its cute, perfectly round-shaped appearance.

Origin

On May 10th, 2016, Nintendo released a reveal trailer introducing three new Pokémon, Rowlet, Litten and Popplio, as the starters for its upcoming pair of Generation VII video games, Pokémon Sun and Moon (shown below). Along with the trailer, Nintendo also confirmed the scheduled release date of the titles as November 18th, 2016.

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Within hours of Nintendo’s release of the official reveal trailer, virtually all major video game news outlets reported on the unveiling of the Generation VII starters, including Kotaku^[12], Polygon^[15], The Verge^[11], Wired^[13], The Mary Sue^[14] and IGN^[25], among many others.

Meanwhile on Tumblr, Twitter and other social media platforms, Pokémon fans quickly began sharing their initial impressions of the three starters, including Tumblr user Klinklang^[8] who started an impromptu survey by sharing the images of Rowlet, Litten and Popplio with the prompt for each post reading “Reblog if you’re choosing…” and Canada‘s official Twitter account^[17] asking its followers “which Pokemon do you think is the most Canadian?” Later that same day, The Verge^[18] and Kotaku^[16] highlighted the Internet’s reaction to the announcement of the new starters.

On May 11th, the official Pokemon Twitter account^[4] launched a poll asking which of the three starters “has the most potential.”

In the following days, hundreds of fan art illustrations were uploaded to various image-sharing sites, notably on DeviantART^[22], Tumblr^[24], Twitter^[23] and Imgur.^[21] On May 15th, the final results of the poll revealed Rowlet as the most-liked character out of the three starters for Pokémon Sun and Moon, with 41% of 52,630 total votes that were casted.

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Petty Kobe is a reaction image of famed Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, Kobe Bryant, sitting in a chair with a smug smile, and the Larry O’Brien trophy, which is given to the NBA Finals winning team. The photo gained popularity on Black People Twitter, along with other reaction images, similar to Petty Skai Jackson, and ‘New York’ in a bed.

when you brought your A game to the argument and now your girl over there crying

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Total Cereal is a wheat flake breakfast cereal released in 1961 by Food Processing company General Mills available in the US market.
The product varied in over nine different flavours such as Raisin Bran, Cranberry Crunch and Wholegrain.^[1]

Total Cereal is known for comparing itself with other breakfast products to show it has many vitamins and minerals and is considered 100% recommended daily allowance according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)^[2] for each of the following different vitamins and dietary minerals: vitamin C, calcium, iron, vitamin E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid and zinc.

The product’s current slogans are:

“Are you getting 100%?”^[3] and “DON’T TALKSHITABOUTTOTAL”^[4]

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“Yare Yare Daze” is a popular Japanese catchphrase made popular in Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure by protagonist Jotaro Kujo. It roughly translates to ‘gimme a break’.

Origin

The picture titled “FedORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!” was uploaded on KYM’s own site about a year ago by user Valentin Syarov Said image racked up 716K Facebook likes and 3,240 views. Edited images can be seen with varying differences.

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After being posted on KYM, the picture reappeared on the web, having multiple recreations scattered across the web appearing on sites like FunnyJunk and Deviantart. Other examples of the meme include Charlie Brown drawn somewhat hyper-realistically, saying the magic words. This is likely due to the fact that “Yare Yare Daze” also translates to ‘good grief’.

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Houston Road Rage Brawl refers to a video of several drivers physically assaulting each other during a hit-and-run road rage incident in Houston, Texas. Upon being uploaded to YouTube in May 2016, the video went viral on the social media and prompted the launch of a police investigation in search of the parties involved in the fight.

Origin

On May 14th, 2016, YouTuber Ravion Moyers uploaded a video titled “Houston – RoadRage 5/14/16,” in which a group of men and a woman engage in a fist fight after a fender-bender accident in the middle of Highway 6 near US 290 in Houston, Texas. During the altercation, the woman attempts to break up the fight and gets struck by one of the men, leading her to yell loudly in defense. Within 72 hours, the video gathered upwards of 525,000 views and 590 comments.

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That day, Twitter users @Jabalibarrett^[2] and @MrPoonSoaker^[3] posted short clips of the incident. Within 72 hours, the videos gained over 7,500 and 11,500 retweets respectively. The same day, Twitter user @IStayNguyening^[4]posted a photoshopped still image of the woman in the video edited to look like the character Raiden from the Mortal Kombat video game series (shown below).

Meanwhile, the video was subsequently posted on the /r/houston,^[5] /r/Roadcam^[7] and /r/pussypassdenied^[8] subreddits. On May 15th, the Houston, Texas local news station ABC 13^[6] published an interview with the man driving the white car in the video, who claimed the incident escalated after the driver in the blue truck nearly collided with his car and proceeded to curse at him. The same day, Twitter user @xasanchez94 posted a photoshopped picture of Birdman from his viral “Put Some Respeck on My Name” interview with the woman from the road rage video superimposed over his face (shown below, left). On May 16th, Redditor MW2Man00 posted a still image of the woman yelling in the video with the caption “When you watching porn and you feel yourself about to nut to the wrong part of the video” to /r/blackpeopletwitter,^[10] where it garnered more than 6,000 votes (89% upvoted) and 200 comments in 24 hours (shown below, right).

That same day, Redditor Captain_Hampockets submitted a post to /r/OutOfTheLoop asking about the origin of the still image used in the /r/blackpeopletwitter image macro.^[1] Meanwhile, The Daily Dot^[9] published an article about the incident titled “This Vicious Road Rage Brawl is Houston at Its Finest.”

Police Investigation

On May 16th, after the video went viral online, Harris County Sheriff’s Office launched a police investigation into the incident, using the footage to try to identify all four individuals that were involved in the daylight brawl. While no one was seriously injured, the driver and passenger of the black truck that drove away from the scene of the accident could face a charge of failure to stop and give information, according to the Sheriff’s Office.^[11]

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Windows 10 Automatic Update refers to Microsoft’s forceful implementation of its Windows operating system upgrade for personal computer users running on Windows 8 or older versions without their consent. Following reports about the intrusive software in late 2015 and early 2016, many criticized the company online with photoshops and image macros about the forced updates.

Origin

In September 2015, Microsoft began automatically downloading Windows 10 installation files on computers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, regardless of whether the user requested an upgrade. After many criticized Microsoft for the forced downloads, the company defended themselves by arguing that pre-loading upgrades was “an industry practice that reduces time for installation and ensures device readiness.”^[2] In December, a new prompt began appearing on Windows systems giving the option to “Upgrade now” or “Upgrade tonight,” with no clear opt-out button (shown below).^[7]

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On February 6th, 2016, Redditor EvilStiq posted an image to /r/pcmasterrace,^[4] which warned Windows 7 users to disable “automatic recommended updates” to avoid having their PCs updated to Windows 10 automatically (shown below). Over the next three months, the post garnered upwards of 5,700 votes (93% upvoted) and 2,400 comments.

That month, the software company Gibson Research Corporation released the Never 10^[5] utility to prevent Windows from automatically upgrading from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10. On March 11th, Redditor LHoT10820 submitted a post titled “Warning: Windows 7 computers are being reported as automatically starting the Windows 10 upgrade without permission” to the /r/technology^[3] subreddit. Within two months, the post gained over 6,500 votes (90% upvoted) and 3,000 comments. On March 22nd, Redditor ecto88mph submitted a post titled “What is with all the hate for Windows 10?” to /r/OutOfTheLoop,^[1] to which Redditor NowDealWithIt replied that many users were upset because they “were automatically upgraded from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 because of an automatic updater.” On April 27th, YouTuber FunnyAvenue uploaded a clip of a Windows 10 update notification interrupting a live weather broadcast (shown below). Within three weeks, the video accumulated upwards of 1.5 million views and 1,600 comments.

On May 2nd, Redditor darkrebel64 submitted a video titled “fl0m loses 1v1 against Windows 10,” featuring a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive streamer who has a competitive match interrupted by a forced Windows 10 update (shown below). Within two weeks, the video received more than 1,000 votes and 400 comments on the /r/GlobalOffensive^[6] subreddit.

On May 5th, MemeCenter^[8] user king10190 uploaded a photoshopped picture depicting a Windows 10 swat team invading a Windows 7 home (shown below, left). The following day, MemeCenter^[9] user caesarsalad uploaded a photoshopped image depicting Windows 10 as a door-to-door preacher attempting to convert Windows 7 (shown below, right).

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On 17th May 2016, Harvey price said “Hello, you cunt” on live national TV.

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“OO YEE”, sometimes written as “ooh yee” or “ohye”, is a catchphrase that is often used in discussion threads to imply that someone is seeing a booty oo yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
The phrase “oo yeeeeeeeeeee” is a dissing technique found in the context of dank memes, with its roots in bootys. The phrase can be often heard on very memey sfm undertale videos or songs primarily intended to mix the OO YEE sound with the melody.
Origin

The first oo yee video ever was submitted by user Fanic on Nov 30, 2015, named as ’ooh ye – the movie ’

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On Feb 10, 2016 youtuber Fanic uploaded Every UNDERTALE Parody Ever video, featuring OO YEE from 0:33 to 0:50, this video has reached over 620K views as of 18th of May.

Shortly after, there were a lot more videos featuring oo yee and remixed in famous songs from UNDERTALE or TF2 like Megalovania and Intruder Alert.

OO YEE TF2 Mod
On April 20, 2016, youtuber Fanic uploaded a Team Fortress 2 Mod named ‘OO YEE Mod’ this mod replaces a lot of existing voice lines from the guy with OO YEE and also changes the hitsound and some music.

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The AVGN’s “No Reviews, I refuse” Controversy refers to a video of James Rolfe, best known for his online character and internet show The Angry Video Game Nerd, stating that he won’t go to see the 2016 reboot film of popular franchise Ghostbusters and thus won’t be expected to offer a review of it as a critic.
The video, while met positively by fans of the internet celebrity, was also mocked by various internet outlets as well as comedian Patton Oswalt on Twitter for its use or preemptive assumptions and thoughts about the movie before it was even released.

Origin

On May 16th, 2016, video games and movies critic site Cinemassacre released a six-and-a-half-minute-long video entitled “Ghostbusters 2016. No Review. I refuse.” and featuring James Rolfe, known on the internet as the Angry Video Game Nerd, discussing the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot movie and giving his preemptive thoughts on why, as a critic and fan of the franchise, he won’t go see it (shown below). The video accumulated to about 700 000 views in the next 48 hours of its upload.

The news of the video was also shared on Twitter^[1], reaching over 800 retweets and 2 000 likes.

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On May 17th, Internet comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted about the video^[2] (shown below), mocking the nature of basing one’s opinions about a movie that is not even released on preemptives thoughts. The tweet accumulated to over 300 retweets and 2 200 likes.

As arguments erupted on the social media site discussing the pros and cons of Rolfe’s reasoning behind his video, various entertainment websites and blogs reported on the phenomenon, including The Daily Dot^[3], Pedestrian.tv^[4] and DeathAndTaxesMag^[5] that took a stance in criticizing the video and showing examples of the twitter’s backlash it triggered while others, such as GeekTyrant^[6] and Fansided^[7], had a more nuanced approach on Rolfe’s opinions. The video was also mentioned in an article in The Atlantic.^[8]

Brad Jones’ Parody

On May 17th as well, Stoned Gremlin Production creator and Channel Awesome affiliate Brad Jones, known as the Cinema Snob, released a video (shown below) parodying the initial Rolfe’s video in which he details why he won’t go to see an upcoming reboot film named “Dog Fucker”.

External References

^[1]Twitter – Ghostbusters 2016. My thoughts.

^[2]Twitter – Oswalt’s Tweet

^[3]The Daily Dot – Brave, not-sexist movie critic refuses to watch the new ‘Ghostbusters’

^[4]Pedestrian.tv – TWITTERSHITSITSELFAFTERWHINYMAN-BABYREFUSES TO REVIEW‘GHOSTBUSTERS’

^[5]DeathAndTaxesMag – Heroic angry nerd refuses to review new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie

^[6]GeekTyrant – Video: Cinemassacre details why he will not watch the new Ghostbusters

^[7]Fansided – The Angry Video Game Nerd refuses to review the new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie

^[8]The Atlantic – The Ongoing Outcry Against the Ghostbusters Remake