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But you know what isn’t sweet? refers to an exploitable YouTube video in which a girl is parodying anti-drug PSAs. In the video, the girl rides into frame on her bike and addresses the camera, saying, “Hey, kids! That was a sweet turn. But you know what isn’t sweet? Heroin.” The exploitable part of this meme is replacing the word “heroin” with something else.

Origin

On 2 June 2017, Grace Motley uploaded the video, titled, “A PSA,” to her YouTube channel. It was later posted to r/youtubehaiku by fellow YouTuber Gus’s YouTube Channel on 13 August 2017, where it remained #1 trending on the subreddit for 24 hours and gaining over 5,000 upvotes.

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The video gained its popularity over two months after it was originally posted to YouTube. The video gained over 40,000 views on YouTube within 24 hours. As of now, (12 September 2017) the video has > 97,000 views and Grace has gained more than 550 followers across multiple platforms.

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The earliest known variation of this meme was posted to an Instagram page that has since been deleted/banned, in which the word “heroin” is replaced with the “"Deez Nuts Bio":knowyourmeme.com/memes/deez-nuts” meme.

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Hurricane Shark refers to an illegitimate photograph of a shark swimming on a city highway. The photograph has been used during multiple natural disasters and floods, warning people that sharks are swimming through the flood waters.

Origin

During Hurricane Irene in August 2011, a viral photograph of shark swimming through flood waters in Puerto Rico began circulating. On August 25th, the website Ego TV^[1] posted the photo (shown below) with the caption:

“This picture was taken in Puerto Rico shortly after Hurricane Irene ravaged the island. Yes, that’s a shark swimming down the street next to a car, and this is exactly why authorities in NYC are warning people not to go swimming in flood waters after a hurricane. Sharks go where fish go, and fish go where water goes, and if that water (and those subsequent fish) happen to be right outside your front door, then guess where that freakin’ shark’s going to be?!”

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On August 29th, 2011, the fact checking site Snopes^[2] confirmed the picture as a hoax. Snopes outlines the many times the picture has circulated during natural disasters. They write:

“Since then the same image has been recirculated several times over, typically localized to some big city in the United States that has just experienced a hurricane or other weather event producing heavy rains and floods. Its most recent iterations assigned it to Houston after heavy rains pounded portions of Texas over Memorial Day weekend in 2015, Daytona Beach after Hurricane Matthew approached Florida in October 2016, and Houston again in August 2017 after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey caused massive flooding throughout the city.”

The photograph is a heavily photoshopped version of a famous photograph (shown below) entitled “The Follower.”^[3] Originally appearing in a September 2005 issues of African Geographic,^[4] the picture features a shark pursuing a person in a kayak.

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The Empanada Dog is an animal celebrity who become famous thanks his ninja moves.

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“Two women hawking street food in Andacallo, Chile were doing an interview with a local KuartaTV reporter when a dog stole an empanada right off the griddle.” – Time

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Pipis Room refers to two Vine videos by Griffin McElroy of The McElroy Brothers joking about a sign that reads “Pipis Room.” Though the sign is likely meant to read “Pipi’s Room,” Griffin pronounces it “Peepis.”

Origin

Though the original Vines are lost, on July 2nd, 2016 Griffin tweeted links to the two Vines,^[1][2] likely making July 2nd, 2016 the date they were posted on Vine (YouTube embed of the vines shown below).

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After the Vines were posted, the word “Pipis” became a popular joke in the McElroy Brothers’ fandom. For example, a Tumblr post by sharkbait-tumbles^[3] posted January 27th, 2017, photoshopped Griffin’s face onto the Pepsi logo, gaining over 9,100 notes (shown below, left). Another post by sadw3enie from April 4th, 2017, mashed up Griffin saying “Pipis” with Gordon Ramsay’s Lamb Sauce, gaining over 9,500 notes (shown below, right).

On February 23rd, 2017, Tumblr user mumfordy^[6] advertised a Redbubble^[7] design he made inspired by Pipis Room, and there is currently merchandise available with the Pipis Room sign on it.

On June 30th, 2017, Griffin posted a photo of himself back in the “Pipis Room” to Twitter,^[5] gaining over 5,600 retweets and 18,000 likes (shown below).

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Monkey Selfie refers to a viral selfie photograph taken by a Celebes crested macaques with British nature photographer David Slater’s camera. The photograph’s copyright has been disputed Slater, Wikimedia Commons and the People for the Ethical Treatment over whether the macaque should be assigned owner of the copyright.

Origin

In 2008, Slater took photographs of endangered Celebes crested macaques in Indonesia.^[1] After leaving the camera on a tripod along with a remote trigger accessible to the macaques, leading to several of the monkeys taking photographs of themselves by interacting with the device. A female macaque later named Naruto took several clear photographs of herself, which Slater described as a “monkey’s selfie” (shown below).

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In September 2017, the lawsuit between PETA and Slater ended in a settlement

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*So… Chunks, Huh?" refers to a line from Nintendo’s_Super Mario Galaxy in which a penguin approaches Mario and says “So… chunks, huh?”, referring to the in-game collectibles. In the summer of 2017, the phrase became a minor meme on Tumblr.

Origin

In 2007’s Super Mario Galaxy, a penguin approaches Mario and asks “So… chunks, huh?” (GIF shown below).

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Fellow White People, also known as (((dear white people))) or “Fellow Whites”, is a meme used to mock Jews who participated in this strange phenomenon where Jews pretend to be white to serve their political purposes. In contrast to Jewish Hoaxes where Jews hide their identities to blame a faceless entity, Fellow Whites are Jews who proudly pass off their identity as white.

In the current political climate(2014-2017) it is very disadvantageous to be white as all whites are seen as racists, nazis, and KKK due to the overwhelming liberal dominance in media. Pop star celebrities such as Lorde have shown their white guilt and disdain for fellow whites.

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This meme has been referenced very often in history. The earliest recorded encounters were almost everywhere in western civilization from Nazi Germany to Ancient Rome.

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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As politics continues to polarize, people have been noticing certain patterns in mainstream liberal agendas. The dominant voices seem to be Jewish.

One of the best ways to call them out was to use the Jewish spinoff of How do you do fellow kids.

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My Heart is a meme used to compare the rate that the heart beats at during different activities, such as resting and exercising.
Origin
The meme is believed to have been created on the r/dankmemes with a post by u/queenrhaenys on September 13, 2017.

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The same day u/film4 posted an image of Steve Jobs in place of the heart with him going his fastest on “no home button” in reference to the IPhone X’s lack of a physical button. Also on the same day, u/theboss12312 uploaded an image of the heart at max acceleration when saying “saying ‘frick’ on a Christian server”, a reference to the “Sorry Sir, This Is a Christian Server” meme.

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Mario’s Nipples refers to a series of photoshops and jokes based on a promotional image from the video game Super Mario Odyssey in which the title character’s nipples can be seen.

Origin

On September 13th, 2017, the official Twitter account for the Nintendo video game company tweeted a promotional image of their upcoming title Super Mario Odyssey. In the picture, the character Mario can be seen shirtless, exposing his nipples. The post (shown below) received more than 2,300 retweets and 7,400 likes in 24 hours.

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Shortly after the picture was released, people on Twitter began reposting the picture. The tweets (shown below) joke about numerous changes to Mario’s character as well as Nintendo’s direction with the new game.

That night, others began photoshopping the image into other scenarios. Twitter^[2] user @ben_rosen added the picture of Mario to an infamous pornographic Tweet liked by Senator Ted Cruz. The post (shown below) received more than 800 retweets and 2,400 likes in 24 hours.

Throughout the evening, more people on Twitter photoshopped the picture of Mario into other settings (shown below).

The photo also became appeared on Tumblr. That night, Tumblr^[3] user naols-x3 photoshopped picture of the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants licking the shirtless Mario’s stomach. The image (shown below) received more than 360 notes in under 24 hours.

Several media outlets reported on the reaction to Mario’s nipples, including Kotaku] Uproxx,^[5] Entertainment Weekly^[6] and more. Additionally, Twitter^[7] published a Moments page regarding the response to Mario’s nipples.

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Fancy Font refers to the typeface Fairwater, which resembles cursive and was made available to Tumblr users in an August 2017 update. It has been used in various shitposts on the site since its release.

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Inhaling Seagull is an exploitable two-panel image macro series featuring a photograph of a seagull leaning backwards followed by a picture of the seagull squawking forwards. The first image is captioned with the word “inhales” while the second image is typically captioned with verbose copypastas and song lyrics.

Origin

On September 5th, 2017, Redditor MasterMooper posted the two-panel seagull image with the caption “inhales / BOI,” referencing the *breath in* / Boi meme (shown below). Within ten days, the post gathered upwards of 3,700 points (98% upvoted) on /r/me_irl.^[1]

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On September 10th, 2017, Redditor FallingTower uploaded the image captioned with a “Game of Thrones”: reference to /r/freefolk^[5] (shown below, left). The following day, Redditor Fedock submitted a variation of the image referencing the “omae ma wou shindeiru” meme to /r/dankmemes^[4] (shown below, right).

On September 13th, the Woken Memes Facebook^[3] page posted the image captioned with lyrics from the song “Somebody Told Me” by The Killers (shown below, left). The same day, Imgur^[2] user mentaljake uploaded a similar variation featuring lyrics from the song “All Star” by Smash Mouth (shown below, right).

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Jemele Hill Trump Comments Controversy refers to the discussion surrounding ESPN reporter Jemele Hill, who tweeted that President Donald Trump was “a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.” The comment angered conservatives, including the White House, who called for Hill’s firing. The left, meanwhile, rallied around her.

Background

On September 11th, 2017, Hill, in a thread with three others, tweeted “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.”^[1] The comment came after Hill criticized Kid Rock for “pandering to racists” by using the Confederate Flag.^[2]

Developments

Immediately, Hill caught flack for her comments from conservatives. Breitbart^[3] argued that this was a statement that would lead to the firing of known conservative ESPN personalities like Mike Ditka, Curt Schilling, Craig James had they said something similar about Barack Obama. On September 12th, ESPN PR^[6] tweeted a statement on Hill that stated Hill “knew her actions were inappropriate” and “did not represent the views of ESPN.”

However, many in the sports world, including several ESPN colleagues, rallied around Hill. ESPN analyst Heath Evans, though conservative, tweeted a video offering his support of Hill, claiming those criticizing her were judging her by a double standard (shown below). Several other colleagues stood with Hill,^[4] including controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

.@jemelehill we may not see eye 2 eye but I support your freedom of speech. My apologies for conservatives playing dbl standard #Jemelehillpic.twitter.com/YafvuXw86d

— Heath Evans (@HeathEvans44) September 13, 2017

On September 13th, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to a question about the comments by saying she believed it was a “fireable offense.” Sports Illustrated writer Charles Pierce called Sanders’ comments “A Trip to Edges of Crazytown.”^[5]“This is the official spokesperson of the President of the United States calling upon a television network to fire one of its highest profile employees because she was mean to the president online,” Pierce wrote.

On the evening of September 13th, Hill tweeted saying that while she stands by her personal beliefs, she regretted painting ESPN in a negative light.^[7]

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Apple Face ID refers to a series of jokes and memes made in response to Apple’s facial recognition technology integrated into the iPhone X. The joke’s refer to the company’s marketing and announcements about the security applications and development of the function.

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On September 12th, 2017, the Apple consumer technology company announced the iPhone X, touting the smart phone’s state-of-the-art facial recognition software.“Face ID” allows users to unlock their phones and use other faces by looking at their phones, the phone then verifies the user’s identity by analyzing their face.

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Shortly after the event, people on Twitter began posting jokes about the announcements. Twitter^[1] user @LetMicahDown posted a gif of actor Jack Nicholson devilishly nodding in approval with the caption “The CIA during this Face ID announcement.” The post (shown below, left) received more than 1,400 retweets and 1,600 likes in two days.

Others made jokes about the Game of Thrones character Arya Stark, who frequently wears other people’s faces on the series. Twitter^[2] user @SuperSaf posted a gif of Arya and the caption “Apple, ‘Face ID can’t be fooled easily.’ Arya Stark, ’We’ll see about that.’” The post (shown below, right) received more than 6,300 retweets and 10,400 likes in 48 hours.

That day, professional wrestler John Cena, who is known for waving his hands in front of his face and saying, “You can’t see me,” tweeted^[4] about the face ID. He captioned the post “Sooo #iPhoneX about #FaceID …ummmmm …. what do I do?” The post (shown below) received more than 330,000 retweets and 560,000 likes.

On September 14th, Redditor^[3] FuzzyDickle posted an image of basketball player Michael Jordan with a black eye on the /r/DankMemes subreddit. The picture is captioned “When u get jumped but can’t call the cops because iPhone X won’t recognize ur face.” The post (shown below) received more than 29,000 points (90% upvoted) and 480 comments in less than 24 hours.

Several media outlets covered the emergence of memes about face ID, including TIME,^[5] The Daily Dot,^[6] Harper’s Bazaar^[7] and more. On September 12th, Twitter^[8] published a Moments page on the Arya Stark memes.

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Buff Dedede is a nickname given to a muscular version of the enemy character King Dedede shown in a preview of the game Kirby Star Allies in a Nintendo Direct video released in mid-September 2017.

Origin

On September 13th, 2017, Nintendo released a “Nintendo Direct” promotional video, which featured previews of various upcoming games. During the Kirby Star Allies segment of the video, the character King Dedede is briefly shown on the screen flexing his large muscles (shown below).

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That day, “Buff Dedede” became a trending topic on Twitter,^[1] where many users joked about the muscular depiction of the character (shown below).

Meanwhile, a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure-themed photoshop of Buff Dedede was submitted to /r/Kirby^[2] (shown below). That evening, the pop culture blog Heavy^[3] published an article titled “Kirby Star Allies Features Buff Dedede, Twitter Goes Nuts.”

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Bodega Startup Controversy refers to the discussion surrounding a startup vending machine company called Bodega that will stock items popularly found in corner stores, known as “bodegas” in Los Angeles and New York City. This was perceived negatively online, as people saw the startup as a threat to bodegas and corner stores which are considered urban cultural institutions.

Background

On September 13th, 2017, Bodega was profiled by Fast Company in an article titled “Two Ex-Googlers Want To Make Bodegas And Mom-And-Pop Corner Stores Obsolete.”^[1] The profile highlights the potential convenience of the product. For example, the machine will use AI to decide which items to stock based on the community of people who use it. Fast Company also addresses concerns that it will put immigrants out of business.

The major downside to this concept–should it take off–is that it would put a lot of mom-and-pop stores out of business. In fact, replacing that beloved institution seems explicit in the very name of McDonald’s venture, a Spanish term synonymous with the tiny stores that dot urban landscapes and are commonly run by people originally from Latin America or Asia. Some might bristle at the idea of a Silicon Valley executive appropriating the term “bodega” for a project that could well put lots of immigrants out of work. (One of my coworkers even referred to it as “Bro-dega” to illustrate the disconnect.)

Developments

The idea that Bodega would kill “mom-and-pop stores” was immediately met with backlash on Twitter. Twitter user @CushKobain^[2] tweeted an image from the film Get Out illustrating how the startup was a tool of gentrification, gaining over 2,100 retweets (shown below, left).

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h is nothing but a simple letter of humor.
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Grindscape is a collection of different comics describing the many flaws of Runescape..
The collection of comics are usually simplistic, MSpaint quality comics, and usually criticize Jagex staff and players. It was created by runescape players, and at various times reference popular memes at the time. The comic has had over 1 million views^[5] and was very popular with runescape players at the time.

History

The website was first launched on 27 May 2011,^[4] Tachyon Gun, (Sierra), a runescape player, runs most of the website, with the help of friends and contributors sylverthiral(Matt), ^[7] , /u/jesseeme, and /u/Fatomsk. The First 100 Comics were made around 2010-2012^[3].

Status of webcomic

Around October of 2012, comic updates and posts began to stagnate, and Grindscape twitch streaming was introduced for more variety in content.^[5][8] Three weeks later, one of the authors announced they were looking for new new writers/comic makers^[6] Grindscape was last updated on 23 March 2013^[1]. Currently the website is inaccessible, however archives of the comic are still available^[2]. Due to the amount of time it would take to catch up with current update, the main creator of the webcomic does not play Runescape anymore or make comics about it. ^[9][10]

External References

^[1]http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/p/20336/Grindscape

^[2]https://imgur.com/a/NSNuJ

^[3]https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/38orsp/if_any_of_yall_bored_while_slaying_or_whatever/crwsrkc/

^[4]https://twitter.com/grindscapecomic?lang=en

^[5]https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/11jpnh/the_future_of_grindscape_comic/

^[6]https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/12tg9k/grindscape_comics_looking_for_new_writerscomic/

^[7]https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/t42yx/the_nomad_experience/c4jd4vl/

^[8]https://www.twitch.tv/grindscape_comic

^[9]Yhttps://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/37p5r0/dont_forget_youre_here_forever/croz76f/

^[10]https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/4zc2fj/an_archive_of_grindscape_comics_rip/d6ujkqx/

Well this is a Character made by Richard Evans in 2016 officially in September of 2016 but he decided to upload it online on the November of 2016
The Character started to become a Meme in Richards School. It became especially popular with Richards friends. In the future Richard Evans is Planning to create a book using the face and possibly his brothers, the face ’s brothers are differant effects to the face himself, an example of this would be Inverted , Png ETC.
https://twitter.com/i/moments/800123347178848264 This is a Link to the original Moment on Twitter
Richard also made a tumblr with only the face and his brothers on it. https://richardisveryintrested.tumblr.com/ this is it

As this could go on all day I will probably update this
Be Warned

Our beloved memes for our lord and saviour, kieran fuckner.

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Hurricane Shark refers to an illegitimate photograph of a shark swimming on a city highway. The photograph has been used during multiple natural disasters and floods, warning people that sharks are swimming through the flood waters.

Origin

During Hurricane Irene in August 2011, a viral photograph of shark swimming through flood waters in Puerto Rico began circulating. On August 25th, the website Ego TV^[1] posted the photo (shown below) with the caption:

“This picture was taken in Puerto Rico shortly after Hurricane Irene ravaged the island. Yes, that’s a shark swimming down the street next to a car, and this is exactly why authorities in NYC are warning people not to go swimming in flood waters after a hurricane. Sharks go where fish go, and fish go where water goes, and if that water (and those subsequent fish) happen to be right outside your front door, then guess where that freakin’ shark’s going to be?!”

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On August 29th, 2011, the fact checking site Snopes^[2] confirmed the picture as a hoax. Snopes outlines the many times the picture has circulated during natural disasters. They write:

“Since then the same image has been recirculated several times over, typically localized to some big city in the United States that has just experienced a hurricane or other weather event producing heavy rains and floods. Its most recent iterations assigned it to Houston after heavy rains pounded portions of Texas over Memorial Day weekend in 2015, Daytona Beach after Hurricane Matthew approached Florida in October 2016, and Houston again in August 2017 after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey caused massive flooding throughout the city.”

The photograph is a heavily photoshopped version of a famous photograph (shown below) entitled “The Follower.”^[3] Originally appearing in a September 2005 issues of African Geographic,^[4] the picture features a shark pursuing a person in a kayak.

On August 28th, Fox News correspondent Jesse Watters referred to the photograph of the hurricane shark. He compared it to the film Sharknado.

On August 28th, Twitter^[5] user @Jeggit posted the picture with the caption “Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. #HurricaneHarvy.” The post (shown below, left) received more than 88,000 retweets and 149,000 like.

Two weeks later, on September 10th, during Hurricane Irma, Twitter^[6] user @mopage19 reposted the photo. The post (shown below, right) received more than 5,200 retweets and 11,700 likes.

Several news outlets covered the hoax, including the New York Times,^[7]TIME,^[8]USA Today,^[9] and more. Twitter^[10] published a Moments page about the hoax on September 11th.

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