An autistic guy commented on an Antifa flyer, saying “fags”, in turn this guy threatened to put the Autistic guy in a coma, ultimately hinting at killing him because he can’t afford “breathing machines”. What a guy, he sure looks tough!

7K is a Manchester Rapper named Adam Weinstein. After rapping for 6 years and getting nowhere, the 20-year-old Weinstein, fed up with the Mumble Trap Rappers which he saw as not deserving the fame they received, decided to troll the internet by becoming the mumbliest rapper ever. On August the 3rd, 2016, Adam uploaded his first banger to YouTube as 7K, “Y’all Ain’t Trappin’”. And thus, the world’s definition of “Money” was changed forever. 7K says the word “Money” exactly 248 times in the song.

Some time during the next week, he decided to spread his brand of cancer by emailing it to a more popular youtuber. That youtuber was Memeulous, a Leafy-style Video Game Commentator and fellow Brit with over 150,000 subs who was known for reacting to bad rap songs. Memeulous did not know it was 7K emailing his own video. He did make a video on it which introduced Y’all Ain’t Trappin to the Youtube Underground. It’s viewed as one of the worst songs on Youtube, “So bad” as Memeulous said "that it’s good.”

After putting out a few more bangers, Weinstein decided enough was enough, and on October 15th, he revealed his actual talent in a send for BG Media.

From then on VII (as he is now known as) began to be respected more and more. He now sits at over 11 thousand subs, but he is still unable to break out of the shadow of “MONEY MONEYMONEYMONEY MONEY”

But HEY…that’s the internet for you, and on the internet…**I KNOW YOU’RE READINGTHISKYLESTOPRUININGSPICY MEMES**

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Don Draper Life Cereal Pitch Parodies refers to a series of "exploitable":memes/exploitables image parodies based on a scene from the American dramatic television series Mad Men. In the scene, the lead character Don Draper attempts to sell an advertising campaign for Life cereal while drunk. Online, people replace the image for Life cereal with references to other public relations and advertising blunders as well as ridiculous or absurd ideas.

Origin

On August 29th, 2010, AMC^[1] aired the episode of the television series Mad Men entitled “Waldorf Stories.” During the episode, the main character Don Draper wins a prestigious advertising award, and while riding on the high of winning, he decides to pitch a campaign to Life cereal while drunk. Draper then pitches while visibly intoxicated. This moment of him attempting to maintain composure in front of a white board is the inspiration for the meme. On May 24th, 2011, YouTuber^[2] ryleeryno posted the scene to YouTube, receiving more than 279,000 views in six years.

Two years later, on March 21st, 2012, Uproxx^[3] published a list entitled “If Don Draper Handled Modern Marketing.” Within the list of parody pitches by Don Draper, the author included an image from “Waldorf Stories,” with the logo for Netflix and the word Qwikster, Netflix’s botched DVD mailer rebranding (shown below). This post is the earliest example of the meme available.

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On August 11th, 2015, a Redditor, ^[4] whose account has been deleted, posted a version (shown below) of the meme with the words “My X is a mess” around the word “Life.”

The following year, on June 28th, 2016, Twitter^[6] user @ollymoss tweeted the image of Draper with an ad for the audiobook subscription service Audible. They captioned the post “The image in my head every time I see a real stinker of an ad.” The post (shown below, left) received more than 30 retweets and 260 likes.

On January 5th, 2017, Twitter^[5] user @stodgeoff posted a variation with the words “The pope but he’s young” on the board. The post (shown below, center) received more than 1,300 retweets and 3,400 likes.

Seven months later, on July 23rd, Instagram^[7] user @thedanknetwork posted a version with the words “air bud except he’s gay this time” on the board. Several days later, Redditor PapaSodeyPops posted the meme on /r/MemeEconomy, where it received more than 950 points (97% upvoted).

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51 48 05 35 is a big swedish meme

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Fargus is a russian company that is know for making pirated and unauthorized copies for pc and also know for translating logos from other video game covers

History

in 1996 akella established a company called fargus after the fall of aivengo and co. other russians decied to make fake fargus copies
in 2002 the head of fargus decied to officialy register the trademark of fargus, and get alot of money, in order to lawsuit the people who make fake pirated translated games
in 2003 fargus has been officialy registerd owners of ooo fargus m, and the have a license to sold these pirated translated games to the black market
on 17th november 2004, a hired by fargus detective bought a copy of a game sacred by fake fargus and they pay them a lawsuit of 100000 rubels for making fake trademarks
on 1st febuary 2005, the sue decided to take the fargus away and one of the russian Market declined due to counterfeit copies and soon after fargus decied to close the company and the official site

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in russian social media posted images of pirated games

Examples

the famous example is a translation of the called Kingpin: Life of Crime which is translated with profanity (show below)

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Alex Jones, Death Metal Vocalist, is any remix of audio or video clips from one of Alex Jones’ talk shows set to death metal. His rough, growling delivery lends itself naturally to mixing it with various types of heavy metal. This meme is currently in a nascent stage.

Alex Jones is himself a metal fan^[1]. He’s played metal as incidental music on his shows and interviewed Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine in 2011.

Origin

The earliest video on YouTube was posted on May 12, 2012, by user XeonProductions.

Spread

Activity was slow, with roughly one video posted by various users each year, until winter 2016, which saw postings jump to roughly monthly.

In February 2017, Reddit user Euphonius posted links to Alex Jones Prison Planet, a music project to produce an EP of Alex Jones death metal songs^[2].

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^[1]Rolling Stone – Meet Alex Jones / 3-2-2011

^[2]Reddit – Alex Jones Death Metal Project / 2-16-2017

Scorpion cebando mate (Scorpion serving mate) is a very popular meme in the South Cone, that relies on the absurdity of an undead Ninja performing a very traditional and trivial custom in the Americas, (reloaded by the fact that he uses a mask, so he can’t really drink the infusion). In its origins, it was a cheap cosplay, and appeared in the Taringa! comunity (one of the greatest pirate sites in the Spanish world). It was part of a series of pictures depicting ninjas performing daily trivial activities, such as reading a paper in the toilet, serving mate, and playing on a band.

It is usually accompanied by some remark, such as “Mirá vos, che”, which is an idiom that doesn’t really have a translation, but it is something like “Oh, ok, great”, a thing that could be ironically understanded as a polite way to say “I don’t give a fuck about what you’re saying”, or “Meh”.

History

This picture isn’t new, and originally was found on Taringa, although its exact origin is difficult to trace, but it was “in ice” for a few years. Probably someone find the image from a time before memes were popular, and post it on Facebook recently, where it became popular. It is very popular on the largest TTRPG community in the hispanic world, the Frente Rolero Argentino. The meme was recently “rediscovered” by Taringa! and other social media in South America.

Generators

There is no known generator of this meme, and it’s usually “glued” to another pictures on cheap programs like MS Paint, which adds to the low-cost looks of this meme.

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Aaron Rodgers’ Mustache refers to a series of photoshop memes and reactions to football player Aaron Rodger’s mustache, which he had during a pre-season practice in August 2017.

Origin

On August 29th, 2017, the official Twitter^[1] account of the Green Bay Packers NFL team posted a picture of player Aaron Rodgers with a mustache. They captioned the tweet “The stache 👨🏻 #PackersCamp.” The post (shown below) received more than 2,300 retweets and 7,000 likes.

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Shortly after the Packers posted the picture, Twitter users began posting the picture of Rodgers juxtaposed against other famous mustachioed cultural figures, such as Flanders, Ron Swanson, Wilfred Brimley and more.

That day, sports website SB Nation^[2] posted a series of photoshops, which placed Rodgers in different situations. In most of the pictures, Rodgers is replacing another mustachioed person in the picture.

Several media outlets covered the reaction to the mustache, including The Chicago Tribune,^[3]MSN,^[4] The New York Daily News^[5] and more.

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The Ting Goes refers to a viral video by English comedian Michael Dapaah from his web series #SWIL. In the video, Dapaah plays a rapper named Roadman Shaq, who during his most infamous verse, says “The ting goes…” followed by him making a series of absurd sound effects with his mouth. Online, people have captioned the “ting goes” moment, using the sounds Dapaah makes as the punchline to a joke.

Origin

On August 29th, 2017, YouTuber^[1] CharlieSloth released the video “MC Quakez – Fire in the Booth.” The post featured a scene in which the character Roadman Shaq performs on the BBC Radio show 1Xtra for a “Fire In The Booth” session. During the session, the character says the line “The ting goes,” and then performs a series of sound effects with his mouth. Within a week, the video (shown below) has received more than 500,000 views.

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That day, Michael Dapaah posted a the clip of “The ting goes” on his person Twitter^[2] account. The post received more than 2,300 retweets and 5,000 likes within a week.

Later that day, Twitter^[3] user @faceinthenews posted an isolated version of “the ting goes” moment with the caption “Where the hell does this guy get his ting from please.” The post (shown below) received more than 23,700 retweets and 36,620 likes in less than a week.

Over the next week, people began tweeting jokes about the “mans not hot” line of the song. On August 30th, Twitter^[4] user @Krieg_La_Flare posted the lyrics to a picture of Jon and Dany from Game of Thrones. They captioned the post (shown below, left) “Danny: Jon its 97 degrees in the middle of June. Take off the jacket Jon: Babes……… MANSNOTHOT,” received more than 12,900 retweets and 20,600 likes within six days.

Two days later, Twitter^[5] user @KubrickJr’s tweeted a picture of a man wearing a snow suit with the caption “The Girl: Take off your jacket Skepta: Babes… Mans not hot.” The post (shown below, center) received more than 11,600 retweets and 25,600 likes within three days.

The next day, Twitter^[6] user SantanJ_ posted a parody of the I’m a Man / Woman Looking For meme with the “mans not hot” line. The post (shown below, right) received more than 2,600 retweets and 5,700 likes in less than three days.

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1 Like and I’ll Do Whatever the First Comment Says refers to a series of images parodying social media stunts in which a person asks for a certain amount of likes or retweets, depending on the platform, with the promise they’ll perform an action if they receive the specified amount. The parodies began appearing in a high volume on /r/dankmemes in early September of 2017 with various different characters.

Origin

On September 4th, 2017, Redditor CautionVeryDank^[1] uploaded an image to /r/dankmemes parodying the /r/madlads subreddit, gaining over 750 points (shown below).

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Macka B is the stage name of British reggae artist Christopher MacFarlane, best known

Online History

Cucumber Song

On March 6th, 2017, Macka B uploaded a video to Facebook in which he raps about cucumbers (shown below). Within six months, the video gained over 2.8 million views 35,000 shares and 14,000 comments.

Two days later, the Life-Long Happiness YouTube channel reuploaded the “Cucumber” song.

On March 13th, Macka B uploaded an “official remix” of the song (shown below).

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Diss Tracks are songs directly intended to insult another musician or person. After examples were seen in rock and pop in the mid-late 20th century, they grew popular in hip-hop in the 90s and 2000s, to the point where the “diss track” is commonly associated with the genre.

Origin

Wikipedia^[1] cites “You Keep Her” by Joe Tex as an early example of a diss track. The song is dedicated to soul singer James Brown, who dated Tex’s ex then wrote Tex to say he could have her back.

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Other famous early examples of diss tracks include John Lennon’s “How Do You Sleep?”, a thinly veiled diss against Paul McCartney (shown below, left) and Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” which has been interpreted as singer Lindsey Buckingham writing to girlfriend fellow Fleetwood Mac member Stevie Nicks^[2] (shown below, right).

In the 90s, diss tracks and the concept of “rap beefs” became prominent in hip-hop. One of the most famous of these beefs, that between the crews of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., spawned Tupac’s “Hit Em Up,” one of the most famous diss tracks and one of Tupac’s most famous tracks. Other rappers with notable diss tracks include 50 Cent, The Game, T.I., Drake and Eminem, whose Mariah Carey/Nick Cannon-diss track “The Warning” has over 17 million views on YouTube (shown below, right).

Online and Meme Culture

Online, less serious and successful diss tracks have become a point of mockery. For example, rapper B.o.B., a noted flat earth conspiracy truther, released a diss track against scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson for claiming the earth was round called “Flatline” (shown below, top). Vulture^[3] wrote the title “is both a reference to the horizon of the Earth and also a fitting description of B.o.B’s career.” Tyson’s nephew, a rapper under the name “THEINTELLECT,” released a response called “Flat to Fact” (shown below, bottom).

Look What You Made Me Do

“Look What You Made Me Do” is a song by Taylor Swift and has been considered a diss track against Kanye West, Katy Perry, and Swift’s critics. The reference to a “tilted stage” has been interpreted as a direct reference to West, who performed on a suspended, tilted stage during his tour for The Life of Pablo. On August 27th, 2017, Swift premiered the music video at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. In less than 24 hours, the video accumulated over 21 million views (shown below).

The video is very self-referential. It features Swift emerging from a grave, signifying the death of “Taylor Swift’s Reputation.” Swift also acknowledges the meme that she is a snake and parodies popular music videos by Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Beyoncé. She also references characters she’s played in previous music videos in a final scene where all the characters talk to each other and echo criticisms lobbed at Swift at various points in her career. Jokes about the video spread online following its premiere.

Jake Paul

Several viral diss tracks in 2017 have come as a result of Jake Paul.
On May 30th, 2017, Paul uploaded a music video for a song called “It’s Everyday Bro” to YouTube, where it gained over 26 million views (shown below). In the video, he brags about his followers and stated that he would soon pass Pewdiepie. Furthermore he made reference to his ex-girlfriend Alissa Violet, another YouTube star, who had undergone a very public breakup a few months prior amid rumors of mutual cheating and that Violet had begun to date Jake’s brother, Logan.

The video soon generated drama between all the involved parties. Following the release of the video, Logan responded by essentially laughing it off in a video (shown below, left). Then Jake uploaded a diss track directed to his brother (shown below, right).

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Verrit is a political website created by former digital adviser for Hillary Clinton Peter Daou in which people can upload verified quotes on politics, which will then be turned into easily-shareable cards which one can use in political debate online. The cards come with an “authentication code” that links back to the source of the quote. The site, whose mantra “Media for the 65.8 Million” is a reference to the amount of votes Clinton won in the 2016 United States Presidential Election, is intended to be a site that reflects the worldview of Clinton voters. However, shortly after its creation and subsequent endorsement from Clinton herself, the site was victim of a cyber-attack and became a target of mockery.

History

Though Verrit does not have its launch date listed, its Twitter account^[1] launched on June 5th, 2017 (first tweet shown below). The site was launched by Peter and Leela Daou, the former of which has been an outspoken supporter of Clinton on Twitter, particularly since the election.

In the site’s mission statement,^[3] it clearly states it is intended to appeal to Clinton voters, saying:

“With the essence of American democracy at stake, 65.8 million people saw through the lies and smears and made a wise, patriotic choice. But they continue to be marginalized and harassed. Verrit’s purpose is to become their trusted source of political information and analysis; to provide them (and anyone like-minded) sanctuary in a chaotic media environment; to center their shared principles; and to do so with an unwavering commitment to truth and facts.”

The site came into the public eye on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017, when Hillary Clinton tweeted^[2] an endorsement of Verrit, writing “I’m excited to sign up for @Verrit, a media platform for the 65.8 million! Will you join me and sign up too?” (shown below).

Nearly immediately after Clinton endorsed the site, it was hit with a cyber-attack that kept it down for several hours.^[4]

Criticism and Parodies

After Clinton tweeted her support of the site, many criticized the site for its views as well as its efficacy. Many pointed out that one of the first articles the site had published^[5] argued that Bernie Sanders and the mainstream media helped Donald Trump win the election, a claim that continues to bristle Sanders supporters. New York Magazine^[6] writer Brian Feldman pointed out that the site clearly demonstrated its center-left bias by pointing out “Verrit is a site where ‘12% of Sanders supporters cast their vote for Trump over Clinton’ is a fact with an authentication code, but ‘the majority of white women voted for Trump’ isn’t.” He also wrote:

“(Verrit) is for people who believe that Hillary Clinton lost not through a complex mélange of misogyny, bad campaign strategy, a decades-long political track record full of stumbles, and countless other aspects, but because Bernie Sanders was employed by Putin to disrupt the election by saying health care shouldn’t bankrupt anyone.”

Other’s trolled the site by uploading fake Verrit quotes, noting that the site’s inherent problem is that by providing quotes with context provided in an “authentication code,” it would be easy to take a quote out of context. Twitter user @JoshuaMound^[7] demonstrated this by taking a tweet by Daou that said ""Bernie would have won" is an instant block.
Useless and baseless conjecture. Betrays someone unfocused on the challenge ahead"^[8] and using it to create a Verrit card that displays Daou once said “Bernie Would Have Won” (shown below).

Others mocked the site by creating various fake cards and making fun of Daou himself. Jokes like these were covered by Mediaite.^[9]

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The Gumball SJW Controversy is an event that occurred on Tumblr about a scene from The Amazing World of Gumball where Gumball takes the role of an SJW.

Origin

The scene itself is from the episode “The Best”, from the show’s fifth season. The scene starts off with Gumball (after gaining knowledge of an SJW from Ramblr) in the cafeteria preparing to take on fellow student Carmen. He beats down Carmen starting when she criticizes his choice of bread, and goes on to tremble her for “allowing fat people to be fat” and “gender assuming”. He goes on to try and fight her, but Carmen puts an end to it by forgiving Gumball and saying that fighting will only hurt the cause.

The entire scene (with the knowledge gaining included) was uploaded to YouTube by user Raxinox on August 27, 2017.

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Not long after the episode was leaked, many Tumblr users criticized the scene for not just the “take that” against the site, but Gumball’s role as an SJW. Common criticisms include blurting out that Gumball’s role was “inaccurate”, that Gumball is just “a kids show” and shouldn’t be handling these topics or that the scene in general was handled poorly.

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Angry Hurricane Harvey Cat refers to a series of image macros and reactions using a photograph of a snarling, orange cat swimming through the flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey. Online, people have used the image to express frustration and anger, hence the name.

Origin

On September 2nd, 2017, the official Twitter account of the LA Times posted a photo of an orange cat with an angry look on its face swimming through the flood waters left by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. They captioned the post “A cat swims for dry ground after an apartment was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey.” The post (shown below) received more than 5,000 retweets and 16,000 likes in three days.

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This meme originates from iFunny, originally being used by one of the larger users as a reaction image to another image of a teenager deepthroating a bottle.

The image has since been mysteriously deleted from the user’s profile, but remains mildly known on the website. Outside of iFunny, the meme is almost completely unknown.

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Evil Buildings are photographs of ominous and creepy architecture thought to be inhabited by supervillains, serial killers or ghosts. Additionally, examples of Brutalist architecture are commonly described as “evil buildings” in various communities online.

Origin

On October 12th, 2013, Imgur user 50YrDoctorWhoFanboy uploaded a photograph of an office building titled “This has to be one of the most evil buildings in the world,” marking the earliest known use of the term in reference to ominous architecture (shown below).

Spread

On March 8th, 2015, the @evilbuildings^[6] Instagram feed was created, which highlights photographs of creepy-looking buildings. On February 15th, 2016, the /r/EvilBuildings^[1] subreddit was launched for photographs of ominous-looking buildings. Over the next two years, the community gathered more than 205,000 subscribers. On July 4th, The Daily Dot^[3] published an article titled “Exploring the world’s most evil buildings.” In December, BoredPanda^[2] published a listicle containing 13 examples of “evil-looking buildings.” In August 2017, the EvilBuildings^[5] blog was launched, which highlights notable photographs of ominous structures.

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NoPUNintendo is a web series and webcomic by TerminalMontage and Jeffrey Micah Giaimo that focuses on making Nintendo-related puns. After starting as a webcomic in the early 2010s, two animated shorts featuring the puns were posted to Machinima. TerminalMontage began posting animated shorts again in 2017 after a several year hiatus.

History

On May 22nd, 2011, TerminalMontage and Giaimo posted their first comic to smackjeeves.com.^[1] It features Luigi hitting Mario, to which Mario responds “I bruise like a Peach!” (shown below). They posted 44 comics between then and July 12th, 2012.

After a year of posting comics, NoPUNintendo was picked up by Machinima, and on July 15th, 2012, the channel posted a short animation featuring animated versions of jokes from the webcomic (shown below, left). The video has gained over 1.2 million views. Machinima posted the second episode of the series on December 6th, gaining over 334,000 views (shown below, right).

Revival

On July 17th, 2017, after a five-year hiatus, TerminalMontage’s YouTube account posted another episode of NoPUNintendo, gaining over 109,000 views (shown below, left). A fourth installment was posted a week later and gained over 106,000 views (shown below, right).

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Behind every Successful Guy

Editor’s note: This entry contains spoilers for season seven of the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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“Tell Cersei. I Want Her to Know It Was Me” refers to a photo fad in which pictures of animals and people with objects on their heads that make them resemble the Game of Thrones character Olenna Tyrell are captioned with Tyrell’s memorable quote from the series, “Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.”

Origin

During the July 30th, 2017 episode of Game of Thrones, the character Jamie Lannister serves the character Olenna Tyrell a glass of poison for her to drink. Before taking a sip, Tyrell says to Lannister, “Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me,” referring to the murder of Jamie and Cersei Lannister’s child, King Joffrey Lannister. The episode (clip below) was watched by 9.25 million people upon its first airing.^[2]

On August 15th, 2017, Twitter^[1] @DanuelFetizanan posted a picture of a white cat with a curtain draped over its head. Because the curtain resembles the headress of the Game of Thrones character Olenna Tyrell, they captioned the post with Tyrell’s quote: “Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.” The post (shown below) received more than 135,000 retweets and 317,000 likes within one month.

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The following day, Redditor^[6] Ayy_2_Brute posted the image on the /r/freefolks subreddit, where it received more than 15,700 points (95% upvoted) and 100 comments in 20 days.

Over the next few weeks, others started taking pictures of cats with humorous headgear that resembled Tyrell’s. One of the most popular came from Twitter^[3] user @itsjustolmos, who posted a picture of a cat in a flip-top garbage can with the quote. The post (shown below, left) received more than 79,000 retweets and 189,000 likes. On September 5th, Redditor^[5] GallowBoob posted the picture on the /r/pics subreddit, where it received more than 18,000 points (82% upvoted) and 100 comments in less than 24 hours.

Others around this time, posted similar version (examples below, center and right, respectively).

In addition to cats, other Twitter users dressed up different animals for the picture. On August 21st, Twitter^[4] user @ijortegar tweeted a picture of a frog with the headdress. The post (shown below) received more than 50 retweets and 50 likes in three weeks.

On September 6th, Uproxx^[7] covered the popularity of the fad.

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