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“Chadtronic Scan” is a YTPMV made by a YouTuber known Future!Tom back in 2016 which is often used to try and annoy him for the sake of it.
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Back in 2016 Future!Tom created Chadtronic Scan as his first ever Chadtronic video. The contained a YTPMV of the song Shuric Scan by t-PORT where the source was the YouTube Chadtronic, who is known for his reaction videos. The YTPMV itself was off-pitch and had some pretty bad samples. The video was later removed but a YouTuber named “Flutter” reuploaded it.

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Stagnant Forever is a phrase often used jokingly in BEEmod issue discussion whenever an export or compile freezes, thus becoming “stagnant forever”.

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On August 7th, 2015, editor LautaroL20 posted an issue on GitHub’s issue forum remarking that BEE’s export was broken. Specifically, the application would freeze. Being a native Spanish speaker, Lautaro used Google Translate to comment and post issues on the forum. These translations weren’t perfect, leading to the memorable phrase “stagnant forever”.

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“I Bought a Bus and I’m Turning It Into a Camper. I’ll Post Updates If Anyone is Interested” is in reference to a post on imgur where a user wanted to convert a bus into a camper. It was quickly parodied to include things that would be seen as extremely unlikely to be converted into a camper.

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On May 28th, Imgur user TINYshark posted an image of a Bus with the title “I bought a bus and I’m turning it into a camper. I’ll post updates if anyone is interested” ^[1] Within 48 hours this post gained over 500,000 views and 14,000 points.

The following Day, Imgur user KiwiForScale posted a picture of a run down Boeing 747 with the title “I bought a Boeing 747 and I’m turning it into a camper. I’ll post updates if anyone is interested” parodying the phrase in the original post. Within 10 hours this post gained over 344,000 views and 14,400 points.^[2]

Soon afterwards on the same day Imgur user lurkch posted a picture of a Submarine at Dry dock with the titled “I bought a nuclear submarine and I’m turning it into a camper. I’ll post updates if anyone’s interested” ^[3]. Within 10 hours this post gained over 280,000 views and 12,300 points.

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Nice Girl Bike refers to an exploitable comic strip about a trans woman being bullied all her life for being into “girly” things, only to become attractive in her bully’s eyes in the last panel. The comic became a popular exploitable on iFunny in May of 2017.

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The original comic was drawn by Ryan Kramer and uploaded to Toonhole^[1] on November 14th, 2014 (shown below).

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Early edits of the comic were infrequent and tended to be transphobic in nature, treating the girl in the comic as either mentally unwell or being a Trap. On May 6th, 2015, Funnyjunk user sinconn^[2] uploaded an edit in the former category (shown below). On November 20th, 2016, user Vladomin^[3] uploaded a version where the bully was portrayed as a Nazi and the woman portrayed as a trap.

The comic began to gain traction as an exploitable on iFunny on May 24th, 2017. On that day, iFunny user Viscuous^[4] uploaded an edit where the boy in the comic played a more perverted role, flirting with the trans girl all through her life (shown below, left). He then uploaded a more absurd edit in which the girl is completely removed (shown below, right).

These were the first of dozens of edits that appeared on iFunny, as #nicegirlbike^[5] became a trending tag on the site in less than a week. Following users took the template and created more absurd edits (examples shown below).

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ABC’s Dirty Dancing Remake is a 2017 made-for-TV movie based on the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. Following a string of well-received and highly-viewed musical remakes, ABC’s Dirty Dancing became the subject of online mockery and critical derision.

History

On August 21st, 1987, Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was released. The film grossed over $214 million and became the first film to sell over a million copies on home video. The soundtrack sold more than 32 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time. The single “(I’ve Had The Time of My Life) won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[10][11]

Following the release of Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, the 2004 Dirty Dancing, there was no talk of new Dirty Dancing films until 2011, when Lionsgate announced a remake.^[9] One year later, Lionsgate shelved the remake.

On December 8th 2015, The Hollywood Reporter announced that the ABC television network would be producing a Dirty Dancing remake starring Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Scream Queens) as Baby, written by Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story) and directed by Wayne Blair (The Sapphires). The decision to remake the film followed a steady string of made-for-TV musical hits, including Grease Live! and Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again. Three months later, on February 23rd, 2016, producers cast dancer Colt Prattes to play the Patrick Swayze role of Johnny.^[12]

The remake aired on May 24th, 2017.

Reception

Dirty Dancing received generally poor reviews from critics, scoring just 20% rotten on the website Rotten Tomatoes.^[13] Rolling Stone magazine released a list of the “10 Most WTF Moments from ABC’s TV Remake” and Business Insider called it a “disaster.”^[2][3]

However, the remake became ABC’s most watched Wednesday programming in months, drawing in 6.6 millions viewers.^[1]

Online Reception

Even though Dirty Dancing boasted huge viewership, online, people expressed disappointment in the musical. On Twitter, people voiced disappointment about the remake, criticizing the dancing and performances. On May 24th, Twitter user @camacho_gen tweeted a picture of an empty auditorium (shown below, left) and wrote, “#DirtyDancing nice they included the shot of the people who appreciate this remake.” The tweet received more than 960 retweets and 3,600 likes.^[14] That day, Twitter user @MichaelAusiello tweeted a gif of a woman saying “Bullshit” with the caption #DirtyDancing review in one word (shown below, right).^[15] The tweet received more than 350 retweets and 1,300 likes.

Several people pointed out the difference between the films’ famous lift scenes, comparing the two moments in both versions. Twitter user @bibble8gubbles tweeted a side-by-side comparison of the two scenes with the caption “When you order it online Vs when it arrives….#DirtyDancing.” The tweet (shown below, left) received more than 2,300 retweets and 4,900 likes.^[16] Another Twitter user @StaceofBase20 posted the same image (shown below, right) and the caption “It’s like the epitome of a Pinterest fail. #DirtyDancing #nailedit.” The tweet received more than 2,500 retweets and 6,500 likes.^[17]

Throughout the broadcast, more users joined in at expressing their disappointment in the film.

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The remake the reaction to the film has been covered by a variety of news sites, including Refinery29,^[4] People,^[5] Vox,^[6] Billboard,^[7] BuzzFeed^[8] and more.

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Tiger Woods’ Mugshot is a police booking photograph of American professional golfer Tiger Woods following his arrest for suspicion of DUI, which was widely mocked online after it began circulating in late May 2017.

Origin

On May 29th, 2017, police found Woods asleep at the wheel of his 2015 black Mercedes-Benz on the side of the road in Jupiter, Florida. After failing several sobriety tests, Woods was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

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That day, Redditor GDML submitted a GIF of a golf cart speeding over a sand trap titled “Tiger Woods spotted driving to the next hole” to /r/funny,^[2] where it gained over 23,400 points (87% upvoted) and 230 comments within 18 hours.

Shortly after, Redditor FruiSlamCanJam posted a photoshop of Woods’ mugshot as a Kendrick Lamar’s “Damn” album cover to /r/KendrickLamar^[3] (shown below). Meanwhile, Redditor the_trashman_devito posted the mugshot with the caption “when you’ve seen all the meme and nothing is funny anymore” to /r/dankmemes^[4] (shown below, right).

Also on May 29th, Instagram user insta_comedy^[6] posted the mugshot as a reaction image to someone repeatedly asking questions while watching a movie, garnering upwards of 115,000 likes over the next day (shown below, left). Meanwhile, the shitheadsteve^[7] Instagram feed posted the mugshot with the caption “When you’ve been day drinking for 3 days and suddenly remember you gotta go back to work tomorrow” (shown below, right).

Woods’ Statement

That evening, Woods’ released a statement saying that he experienced an “unexpected reaction prescribed medications” following a recent back surgery.^[1]

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Online Millennial refers to a dialogue snowclone popular on Tumblr that satirizes web-based marketing to millennial in which a brand attempts to present itself as hip on social media in attempt to relate to the demographic.

Origin

On March 13th, 2016, Tumblr user gotitiforcheap, since deactivated, posted a dialogue meme imagining millennials talking about eating at McDonald’s after seeing McDonald’s have a witty interaction online.^[1] The post has gained over 101,000 notes (shown below).

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The post was popular but did not become a popular snowclone until McDonald’s Anti-Trump Tweet on March 16th, 2017. After the McDonald’s Twitter account sent Donald Trump a mean tweet, some people responded with support for the company, pledging that they would eat McDonald’s that day (shown below).

Buzzfeed included the above tweet in a photoset post for their Tumblr^[2] account. User Papatalus responded with a screenshot of gotitforcheap’s post, making it appear as though gotitforcheap predicted the event. Following that, the “online millennial” post developed into a snowclone on Tumblr where “McDonald’s” was replaced (examples shown below). On May 27th, 2017, memedocumentation^[3] covered the spread of the meme on Tumblr.

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Bryce Harper Hunter Strickland Brawl refers to a fight between baseball players Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals and Hunter Strickland of the San Francisco Giants that occurred when Harper attacked the Strickland after being hit by a pitch.

Background

On May 29th, 2017, with his team down 2-0 in the eighth inning, Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland hit Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper in the hip with a fastball. Harper then charged at Strickland, tossing his helmet before the two exchanged blows, leading both teams to charge the field in an attempt to separate the players (shown below).

Developments

Immediately, people speculated if Strickland hit Harper intentionally. Strickland had given up home runs to Harper in the 2014 National League Division Series,^[1] leading to speculation that the pitch was intentional. Strickland denied such claims, stating that he was only trying to pitch inside and missed. No players were injured in the brawl. As of May 30th, Major League Baseball is in the process of reviewing the incident and are yet to dole out punishments for both players.

Online Reaction

Online, several moments of the fight were joked about by Twitter users. Some of the most prevalent jokes centered around Harper’s helmet toss, which badly missed Strickland despite Harper being at point-blank range.

Others joked about photographs of Harper being restrained by his teammates, which out of context seem like his teammates are hugging him from behind. The jokes were covered by Twitter Moments^[2] and Washington Post.^[3]

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Mr. Worldwide refers to the self-ascribed nickname of music producer Pitbull. The name has been used in a variety of memes, which mock the moniker as well as Pitbull’s jet-setting playboy persona.

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“Mr. Worldwide” comes from one of the nicknames that Pitbull has for himself. Originally calling himself “Mr. 305,” a reference to his area code in his hometown of Miami, Fl, Pitbull has been using the moniker since at least 2010, when he released the mixtape Mr. Worldwide on April 20th.^[1][2][3] On June 17th, 2011 Pitbull released the album Planet Pit, which included the song “Mr. Worldwide” (shown below).

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On September 9th, 2013, Urban Dictionary user izcool^[4] posted a definition of “Mr. Worldwide” to the database (shown below). They wrote, "A signature lyric in any of Pitbull’s songs. If it’s a Pitbull song, it most likely has it in the beginning. It’s like a verbal tick he can’t get rid of. Just like how any politician always says “God Bless America” at the end of every speech." The post received more than 70 upvotes.

On December 2nd, 2016, the Instagram account @thefunnyintrovert^[5] posted a photoshop of Pitbull working at checkout asile in a store with the caption “Your total comes to $3.05.” They also added an additional caption: “Lady: That’s ridiculous. Can I speak to your manager? Pitbull: (leans into mic) will the manager please come see…. MR WORLDWIDE.” The post recieved more than 20,000 likes in 25 weeks.

10 days later, on Decmber 12th, Twitter user @beaauyonce^[6] posted a photoshopped image of Pitbull with three women under the caption “Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, & Mr Worldwide 🇵🇭🇨🇺✨.” The tweet (shown below) received more than 31,000 retweets and 52,000 likes in six months. On Facebook,^[7] a repost of the tweet received more than 7,000 reactions and 1,400 shares.

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Animanics is an American animated series produced by Steven Spillburg and by Amblin TV and Warner Bros. The show focuses on a trio of cartoon characters from the 1930’s Yakko,Wakko, and Dot. The show also contains segments between episodes such as Rita and Runt,Slappy The Squirrel, and Pinky and the Brain. The latter resulted in Pinky and the Brain gaining their own spin-off series.

On May, 30th 2017 an announcement has been made that a reboot of the series is coming in the future. It has also been reported that Steven Spillburg will also come back to work on the reboot.

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Emmanuel Macron Justin Trudeau Bromance refers to jokes made about the relationship between French president Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who were photographed at the 2017 G7 Summit. Social media users joked about the photographs in a manner similar to how people joked about the relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

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A week ahead of the Summit, the Toronto Sun^[1] reported that Twitter users were already clamoring for a Macron-Trudeau bromance to joke about.

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You Cannot Fast Travel When Enemies Are Nearby is a notification message displayed in the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim whenever a player attempts to use the fast travel ability when hostile non-player characters are in the immediate vicinity. Online, the message is often used to caption various photographs

Origin

On November 11th, 2011, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released, which would prevent players from fast travelling whenever enemies were near. On November 15th, 2015 Redditor Nilsss reposted the Travolta GIF to /r/gaming,^[2] where it gained over 49,000 points and 870 comments prior to being archived.

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On December 15th, 2015, Twitter user @VGFGamers^[7] posted an “I Will Find You and I Will Kill You” image macro accompanied by the “you cannot fast travel” caption (shown below, left). On June 22nd, 2016, Redditor Death_Machine_ posted a photoshopped picture of Spongegar in a Skyrim scene with the caption “You cannot fast travel when enemies are nearby” (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 5,400 points (93% upvoted) on /r/BikiniBottomTwitter.^[6]

On June 30th, the Confused TravoltaGIF was reposted to /r/confusedtravolta^[1] and /r/skyrim.^[4] On February 21st, 2017, Redditor Leffigi submitted a post asking if the “you cannot fast travel” image macros were a “good investment” to /r/MemeEconomy,^[8] along with a captioned image of Abraham Lincoln being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth (shown below, left). On March 18th, Redditor JourneyIntoMystery83 uploaded a screenshot of Anakin Skywalker confronting a group of “younglings” followed by the “You cannot fast travel” caption (shown below, right). Within two months, the post gained over 2,300 points (98% upvoted) on /r/PrequelMemes.^[5]

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Andy30 is a Belgian user on Pokémon Showdown commonly found in the Dutch room. Andy likes to talk about his experiences with several women and the crazy antics that appear while doing so.

Andy started out as killer30 in 2014, when he joined the newly created Dutch room on Showdown’s main server. Upon being active for a few months Andy reached the status of moderator, though due to a room restructuring lost his authority. Quickly after this Andy changed his name from killer30 to Andy30.

The next two years we’d see Andy hopping through several third party servers, while still remaining active on the main Showdown server, where his experiences at home and with women became more clear to the public. Starting from 2016, Andy was seen less on these third party servers and became solely active in the Dutch room. This is where Andy as a meme blossomed and came to be the person we all know and love.

work in progress lol

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“Covfefe” was a misspelling of the word “coverage” posted by the official Twitter account of United States President Donald Trump on May 30th 2017. The tweet was left up for more than six hours before being deleted, with the resulting confusion causing #covfefe to become the #1 trending hashtag in the world and prompting coverage from multiple news outlets.

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CNN Chyron Parodies refer to a series of altered CNN screenshots for satirical purposes. Typically, the chyron or on screen caption displays something obvious or surreal, while the image on the right alludes to the text. The image on the right of CNN anchor Lynda Kinkade, however, generally remains to the same.

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On January 9th, 2016, YouTuber LK TJ^[1] uploaded a video of a CNN News Now report featuring anchor Lynda Kinkade, regarding the capture of drug lord El Chapo. The thumbnail of the video (shown below), which shows Kinkade on the left and police escorting El Chapo on the right, is the template for the meme.

On May 29th, 2017, Redditor King_of_Connaught^[2] posted a photoshop parody of the thumbnail on the /r/dankmemes subreddit. Their image featured Lynda Kinkade on the left and Wario superimposed over Russia’s Saint Basil’s Cathedral with a chyron that reads “ANONYMOUSSOURCESSAYGREEDYLIBERTARIANWARIOHASTIES TO RUSSIA.” The post recieved more than 930 points (97% upvoted).

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The following day, on May 30th, Redditor martyalls^[3] posted another parody. This time placing Russian President Vladimir Putin next to Lynda Kinkade and a chyron that reads “ANONYMOUSSOURCESSAYTHATVLADIMIRPUTINMAYHAVETIESWITHRUSSIA.” The post (shown below received more than 10,000 points (92% upvoted) and 100 comments.

That day, more on Reddit posted variations of the meme in /r/DankMemes. King_of_Connaught posted one (shown below) of a map of Russia with the Chyron “RUSSIAMAYHAVETIES TO RUSSIA,” receiving more than 3,000 points (95% upvoted) and 65 comments. Redditor Why_not_now--^[6] posted an image of Donald Trump next to a “Donald J. Trump Signature Collection” dress shirt display with the chyron “Anonymous source says Donald Trump may have ties.” The post garnered more than 1,000 points (98% upvoted).

On the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit that day, Redditor Vyersadonis posted the original Wario variation in the thread “Do CNN news memes have any value?” The post received more than 11,000 points (83% upvoted) and 170 comments within 24 hours.^[7]

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^[1]YouTube – CNN News Now January 9, 2016 with Lynda Kinkade

^[2]Reddit – Very fake news.

^[3]Reddit – Can’t trust anyone these days…

^[4]Reddit – Very Very Fake News

^[5]Reddit – DATASHOWSLOCATION IS KEY TO AMOUNT OF RESPECTDISTRIBUTED BY MEN!

^[6]Reddit – This is not fake news

^[7]Reddit – Do CNN news memes have any value?

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#Orcposting is a Twitter hashtag accompanying screenshots from The Lord of the Rings films with satirical captions mocking multiculturalism and globalism.

Origin

On May 23rd, Twitter user @Amish_Drive_By posted a screenshot of elven archers from Lord of the Rings with a joke caption describing them as Hungarians awaiting a “migrant legion bearing the white hand of Merkel” (shown below).

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On May 27th, 2017, Twitter user @Turdykins tweeted a screenshot of an orc in Lord of the Rings holding the head of a dwarf with the caption “After Azog beheaded the Dwarf King, Middle Earth was quick to remind everyone he was just a ‘misunderstood’ lone wolf. #Orcposting” (shown below).

On May 30th, an #OrcPosting thread was launched on 4chan’s /pol/ board, which gathered upwards of 260 replies within 24 hours.^[3]

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Kathy Griffin’s Beheaded Trump Picture refers to a photograph of comedian Kathy Griffin holding a bloody dummy head of President Donald Trump. The picture caused controversy for the goriness of the image and the implied violence against the president.

Background

On May 30th, TMZ^[1] released the photograph (shown below), which came from a photoshoot Griffin did with photographer Tyler Shields.

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What about the Droid attack on the Wookies is a line of dialogue spoken by the character Ki Adi Mundi in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith. Online, the line, as well as a picture from the scene in which it is uttered, has become popular among Prequel Meme communities.

Origin

Ki Adi Mundi said the line “what about the Droid attack on the Wookies” in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith (shown below)

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Among the earliest iterations of the line being used occured on the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit. On January 28th, 2017, Redditor Ungeheuer00^[1] posted a screen cap of the scene above a photoshopped image of Ki Adi Mundi in a strip club. The user posted the picture in the thread “What about the droid attack on the wookies.” The post received more than 200 points (90% upvoted).

Five months later, on May 24th, Redditor Hyperguy20^[2] posted the picture of Ki Adi Mundi with the subtitle “What about the droid attack on the Wookies?” in /r/PrequelMemes. The post (shown below), entited “When my friends are discussing poltiics and I try to get involved” received more than 20,000 likes (94% upvoted) and 200 comments.

Through out the week, several threads in /r/PrequelMemes were made, showcasing the image of Ki Adi Mundi. Redditors jdcooper97^[3] and YachtySama^[4] posted the image in threads that received mor than 1,000 points each.

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Jesy Nelson’s Jamaican Accent refers to the attempted impression of a Jamaican accent by Little Mix member Jesy Nelson. Due to the questionable accent attempt and humorous facial expressions, the accent was viral through Tumblr, Youtube and Vine; often spoofed through remixes and image macros.

Origin

In March of 2014, a video of UK based girl group Little Mix was uploaded to YouTube of the group attempting various accents as part of a “You Generation” promo. At around 1:40 in a re-upload of the video below, group member Jesy Nelson was given Jamaica as the next accent and uttered “BALEGDAH” as a response, followed by the actual attempt of portraying the accent.

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Since the videos upload to YouTube, the clip quickly went viral, crossing over to both Vine and Tumblr; with various remixes and lampooning of both the “BALEGDAH” word as well as Jesy Nelson’s facial expressions. The viral nature of the meme was also covered by various online news sources, notably Huffington Post^[1], Digital Spy^[2] and Daily Star^[3].

Jesy Nelson’s Response

On October 15th, 2015, Buzzfeed published an article where they asked Little Mix to Explain Jesy’s accent; she explained “All of us do the same thing, when we’re like stuck on how to do something we go (Jesy makes indecipherable noises). So I was stuck on how to do it and then I was like, did my jamaican accent, but someone cut off my Jamaican accent!”^[4]

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^[1]Huffington Post – Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson Has Something To Say About That Jamaican Accent Video

^[2]Digital Spy – Jesy from Little Mix’s Jamaican accent – what makes it so addictive?

^[3]Daily Star – VIDEO: Little Mix star Jesy Nelson’s Jamaican accent is the STRANGEST thing ever

^[4]Buzzfeed – We Asked Jesy From Little Mix To Explain Her Jamaican Accent

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“First They Came…” is a poem by Martin Niemoller written as a critique of German intellectuals during the Nazi occupation of Germany in the 1930s that remained silent during the Nazi purging of groups they found undesirable. The poem has grown into a snowclone online and has been used more frequently during the rise of President Donald Trump.

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While the exact date the poem was first published is unclear, the earliest times Niemoller used variations of the text are traced back to 1946.^[1] The version of the text that appears in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum reads:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

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