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Animal Crossing Pocket Camp

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a social simulation mobile video game published by Nintendo as part of the Animal Crossing series of games. In the game, users interact with other players by building living spaces and buying and selling goods.

History

In April 2016, Nintendo[1] announced via a press release that they would be releasing a mobile version of their Animal Crossing series. Announced with a mobile Fire Emblem, the company said, “Nintendo will design Animal Crossing mobile] so that it will be connected with the world of Animal Crossing for dedicated gaming systems. By playing both Animal Crossing games, users will find increased enjoyment. Both of these are pure game applications.”

The game was released on October 25th, 2017 in Australia and November 21st in the United States and more than 40 other countries.[3]

Following the release of the game, on November 27th, 2017, Sensor Tower[2] reported that the game had been downloaded more than 15 million times, making it the second largest download in Nintendo history, behind Super Mario Run



Reception

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp received generally positive reviews. The review aggregator Metacritic[4] scored the game a 76% postive based on 19 reviews. IGN gave the game an 8 out of 10. In their review, they wrote:

“Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp delivers on the brief, daily getaway I hoped it would, while also making some welcome changes to the franchise’s formula. Limitations like an always-online connection and frequent loads can make the on-the-go experience occasionally frustrating, but I continually found reward -- both literally in-game and metaphorically -- in working toward building a better campsite. And just making sure my animal friends really, really like me. With the potential to continue introducing new items, seasonal events, and other camp upgrades, I expect to be taking this vacation for weeks, if not months to come.”

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Yellow Shirt Guy

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Yellow Shirt Guy is the nickname given to speedrunner Blueglass, who during “Awesome Games Done Quick” during 2013, caught attention of twitch viewers who singled him out based on his eccentric appearance and mannerisms.

Slutty, Slutty Years

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Slutty, Slutty Years is a snowclone popular on Tumblr formatted as “X has been dead for Y slutty, slutty years.” After starting as a reference to Alexander Hamilton, the snowclone was used for other celebrities without context, confusing Tumblr users.

Origin

On February 4th, 2016, Tumblr user divinedorothy[1] corrected a post by another Tumblr user saying one should not slut-shame Alexander Hamilton with facts about Hamilton’s sexual proclivities. divinedorothy wrote in her rebuttal of the post, “Alexander Hamilton has been dead for 210. 210 slutty, slutty years.” The post has gained over 255,000 notes.



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The popularity of the post led to it be referenced in Tumblr posts in the following months. On May 9th, Tumblr user @lornacrowley[2] referenced the post and gained 114 notes (shown below, left). On February 17th, 2017,[3] she posted a text post that read “wolfgang amadeus mozart has been dead for 226 slutty, slutty years” (shown below, right). This post gained over 160,000 notes.



On June 25th, Tumblr user vorrible[4] reblogged the Mozart post with the phrase “hi yeah what the actual, literal, GENUINE fuck does this mean.” The spread of that post led to the phrase becoming a snowclone which involved others being dead for X amount of slutty, slutty years. On October 31st, 2017, Tumblr user agamemnope[5] posted a text post that read “as of today, the Protestant Reformation has been poppin for 500 slutty, slutty years,” gaining over 2,400 notes (shown below, left). On November 7th, Tumblr user leander-ligo[6] uploaded a text post that read “F. Skank Fitzgerald has been dead for 77 slutty, slutty years,” gaining over 2,000 notes (shown below, right).



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[1]Tumblr – divinedorothy

[2]Tumblr – lornacrowley

[3]Tumblr – lornacrowley 2

[4]Tumblr – vorrible

[5]Tumblr – agamemnope

[6]Tumblr – leander-ligo

Gay Nativity Scene

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Gay Nativity Scene refers to a series of jokes, references and reactions to picture of a Christmas Nativity Scene featuring two Josephs, the father of Jesus Christ.

Origin

On November 23rd, 2017, comedian Cameron Espoisto tweeted[1] a picture of her neighbor’s nativity scene, which featured two Josephs wearing pink outfits. She captioned the post (shown below), “Our neighbors’ two Joseph nativity is up & I’m beaming 🎄👬.” Within five days, the post received more than 3,200 retweets and 22,000 likes.



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The Daily Mail newspaper has reported on several gay nativity scenes. In December 2012, the outlet[5] published an article on a homosexual nativity scene that was called “sacralidge” in Columbia (shown below, left).

On December 19th, 2016, the Daily Mail[6] reported that tree ornaments featuring “gay nativity” scenes were being denounced by Christian groups (shown below, right).



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Most people responded to Esposito’s tweet positively. Twitter[2] user @Rogue_Mrs. Lady tweeted a picture of a nativity featuring two Marys. She captioned the post (shown below, left) “Here’s my gaytivity scene with 2 Marys. ❤️.” Twitter[3] user @tindillpickle tweeted a picture (shown below, right) of Jesus with the caption “Jesus Had Two Dads and He Turned Out Alright.”



On November 28th, Facebook[4] user Bishop Thomas J. Tobin posted a picture of the nativity with a captioning denouncing the scene. He wrote, “A Gay Nativity? Just came across this photo of a “gay nativity” scene -- two Josephs dressed in pink watching over the Christ Child. How sad that someone believes it’s okay (or funny or cool) to impose their own agenda on the holy Birth of Jesus. Pray for those who did so, for their change of heart, and that Jesus will forgive this sacrilege, this attack on the Christian Faith.” The post (shown below) received more than 170 reactions, 50 comments and 50 shares in



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Toby J Rathjen

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Toby J Rathjen is a manchild & a Cringy Youtuber who steals videos and ditty, he is a fatass monkey that faps to splatoon porn and cums on his amiibos
toby was born on January 16 2001
a hideous mistake came out of his mom’s vagaina
toby has autisum and he was sent to the zoo with his mom because they were annoying monkeys
toby’s mom got a job at a restaurant call sloppy hogs and toby ate there for free
on 2014 toby j rathjen got a new home (that was still located inside the zoo) and he brought his very first computer and Nintendo consoles and video games.

TSUKI Project

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TSUKI Project is an anime-themed creepypasta story and accompanying website which urges readers to register themselves prior to all life being “purged,” allowing them to live on in a different cyberspace realm after death.

Origin

On January 26th, 2017, an anonymous 4chan user submitted a thread to /r9k/ claiming to have “a second world” in their head, and that the “system” humans reside in the “omniverse” known as “systemspace” would be run out of “Aurora” energy in the imminent future, leading to the need to create a “Systemspace 2: Rewrite” (shown below).



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On March 6th, 2017, YouTuber Mirlo2hu uploaded a video about the TSUKI Project website (shown below).



On April 22nd, the ScareTheater YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “Strange Websites- Episode 2,” which described the systemspace.link website.[3] The video has since been removed, but remains archived on the Wayback Machine. That same day, a thread about the TSUKI Project was submitted to the /x/ (paranoia) board on the imageboard site Arisuchan.[2]

On April 24th, Redditor SystemspaceThrowaway submitted a post referring to it as a “strange animeish cult” to the /r/cults[5] subreddit.

On November 27th, the technology news site Motherboard[4] published an article about the TSUKI Project titled “The Obscure 4chan Religion That Promises a Cyberpunk Afterlife.”

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Armie Hammer Buzzfeed Article Drama

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Armie Hammer Buzzfeed Article Drama refers to the fallout from a Buzzfeed harshly criticizing actor Armie Hammond, leading him to delete his Twitter account. The event led to discussions on Twitter about whether the piece was fair or necessary as well as judging the merits of Hammer’s response.

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Tomi Lahren's "Food for Thought"

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Tomi Lahren’s “Food For Thought” refers to a series of photoshopped images based on a tweet by FOX News contributor Tomi Lahren featuring Colin Kaepernick photoshopped into the storming of Normandy in World War II.

Origin

On November 23rd, 2017, FOX News contributor Tomi Lahren tweeted a photoshopped picture of Colin Kaepernick kneeling on a boat at the storming of Normandy during World War II with the caption “Citizen of the Year.” She captioned the post, “Food for thought,” implying that his kneeling during the National Anthem is an affront to the veterans of World War II. The post (shown below) received more than 14,000 retweets and 38,000 likes in less than four days.



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Some reacted negatively to Lahren’s tweet. Twitter[2] user @fivefifths said, “This is literally the worst tweet I have ever seen.” The tweet (shown below, left) received more than 7,500 retweets and 39,000 likes in four days. Twitter user @andiemain tweeted, “This does not qualify as an actual thought.” The post (shown below, center) received more than 200 retweets and 11,000 likes in three days. Twitter[4] user @ColMorrisDavis tweeted, “And your service to America has been exactly what? Whining?” The post (shown below, right) received more than 270 retweets and 2,100 likes in three days.



On November 26th, 2017, Twitter[5] user @socialisttaco tweeted a photo of the D-Day landing with a video of a man dancing superimposed into the picture. They captioned the post “makes you think.” The post (shown below) received more than 800 retweets and 3,100 likes within three days.

Several news outlets covered the response to the tweet, including Newsweek,[6]AOL,[7] HuffPost,[8] Complex[9] and more.




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Sense of Right Alliance

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Sense of Right Alliance is a bootleg toy collection. This includes Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, a random colored Power Ranger, Shrek, and Lightning McQueen from the 2006 Disney•Pixar Movie “Cars”. On the box cover, this includes the toys and new characters such as Donkey from the 2001 DreamWorks Movie “Shrek”, Mr. Incredible from the 2005 Disney•Pixar Movie “The Incredibles”, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Plug and Play consoles – JonTron
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Trump's Britain First Retweets

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Trump’s Britain First Retweets refer to three retweets made by Donald Trump of tweets showing videos of Muslims allegedly participating in violent acts made by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right British activist group. The retweets were condemned by both the left and right as well as British politicians, and some wondered if the retweets would actively lead to violence against Muslims in America.

Background

On November 29th, 2017, Donald Trump retweeted three videos tweeted by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First.[1] The videos were captioned “VIDEO: Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”[2]VIDEO: Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!”[3] and “VIDEO: Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!”[4]



Developments

Fransen celebrated the retweets in a tweet[5] that read:

THEPRESIDENT OF THEUNITEDSTATES, DONALDTRUMP, HASRETWEETEDTHREE OF DEPUTYLEADERJAYDA FRANSEN’S TWITTERVIDEOS! DONALDTRUMPHIMSELFHASRETWEETEDTHESEVIDEOSANDHASAROUND 44 MILLIONFOLLOWERS! GODBLESSYOUTRUMP! GODBLESSAMERICA! OCS” (_EN: “OCS” stands for “Onward Christian Soldiers”)

English politicians swiftly denounced the retweets.[6]Jeremy Corbyn stated, “I hope our Government will condemn far-right retweets by Donald Trump. They are abhorrent, dangerous and a threat to our society.” Others noted that Fransen had been arrested for hate speech in Northern Ireland days prior.[7]

Meanwhile, immediately after the retweets were posted, they received intense backlash from Twitter and media sources. Twitter user @AGlasgowGirl[8] stated the actions of “the leader of the free world” using his power to “demonise (Muslims) to his rabid audience” felt “eerily familiar” (shown below, left). Paul Joseph Watson of Infowars, a vocal Trump supporter on Twitter, admitted that the retweets were “not great optics.”[9]



Meanwhile, conservative Dutch website Dumpert,[10] which initially shared the video of what is alleged to be a Muslim beating up a Dutch boy on crutches, had since removed the video at the request of the police. GeenStijl, the right-leaning blog which owns Dumpert, claimed the perpetrator was not a Muslim nor a migrant, but simply a “Dutch guy.”[11] Paste Magazine[12] wrote that it was likely that Trump’s retweets would open the door to more anti-Muslim violence in America.

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World's Biggest Nut

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World’s Biggest Nut is an image macros series featuring a screenshot of Disney character Donald Duck gazing upon a large acorn that has been awarded with the title of “World’s Biggest Nut.” Online, people have used this for a series of jokes about ejaculation.

Origin

The screenshot of Donald Duck and the “World’s Biggest Nut” comes from the Donald Duck cartoon short, which aired on October 2nd, 1999. In the cartoon, Donald wins a contest for the world’s largest nut (shown below).



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The earliest known iteration of the screenshot used as a meme was posted as a comment to Twitter[2] user @VsauceThree by @zeldaplier on May 26th, 2017 (shown below, left).

Three weeks later, on June 12th, 2017, Redditor[3] explodzibo posted the image with the caption “when you hitting it from behind and she moans ‘please sir I’m only 13.’” The post (shown below, center) received more than 600 points (91%) in the /r/dankmemes subreddit within five months.

Several days later, on June 18th, Redditor[4] Typo_Ned used the image with the caption “When you do NoFap for 90 days and you finally let it all out.” The post (shown below, right) received more than 5,000 points (97% upvoted) in five months on /r/dankmemes and 19,000 points (90% upvoted) on the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit.[5]



During November 2017, the meme was frequently used in reference to “No Nut November,”[6] a social challenge in which participants abstain from ejaculation for the month of November. On November 19th, Instagram[7] user @startinsavage posted the image with the caption “December 1st 2017 12:00 AM.” The post (shown below) received more than 1,300 likes in one week.



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[1]Intanibase – Donald and the Big Nut

[2]Twitter – @zeldaplier’s Tweet

[3]Reddit – Fresh OC

[4]Reddit – No🅱ap

[5]Reddit – New stock on the rise?

[6]Urban Dictionary – No Nut November

[7]Instagram – @startingsavage’s Post

Marvel Editor-In-Chief Japanese Pseudonym Controversy

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Marvel Editor-In-Chief Japanese Pseudonym Controversy refers to the discussion around the news that Marvel’s recently-hired editor-in-chief, C.B. Celuski, had written for a year under the Japanese pseudonym Akira Yoshida in an effort to move from editing to writing at Marvel.

Background

Rumors of Yoshida being a pen name had swirled in the comic world since as early as 2005, when his work began appearing with Marvel, as it seemed strange that an artist nobody had heard of had been given high-profile comics,[3] including twelve issues of Thor: Son of Asgard and many X-Men series.[2] Celuski even gave interviews as Yoshida around that time.[6] Bleeding Cool writer Rich Johnston[1] writes that he had been tracking the story since 2006, and had asked Celuski then if rumors that he was writing as Yoshida were true. Celuski denied the claims. Marvel executives also corroborated Celuski’s story. Marvel editor Mike Martz told Brian Cronin that he had dined with Yoshida, who showed off his “immense Godzilla memorabilia collection.”[3] According to Johnston, Celuski adopted the pseudonym this because as an editor, it would be seen as corrupt if he were allowed to write for other editors. The story laid dormant for several years until, on July 4th, 2017, ex-Marvel editor Gregg Sheigel released a short-story on a podcast[4] in which he related the tale with different names, with C.B. Celuski becoming “C.J. Cregg.” On November 26th, 2017, Twitter user @hermanos[5] posted a tweet asking why no one had looked into why the new Marvel editor-in-chief “chose to use the pen name Akira Yoshida in the early 2000s to write a bunch of ‘Japanese-y’ books for them.”



Developments

Celuski’s Response On November 28th, 2017, the first day of Celuski’s tenure as Marvel’s editor in chief, Johnston[1] published a statement from Celuski in which he admitted that he had written as Akira Yoshida in the mid-2000s.

“I stopped writing under the pseudonym Akira Yoshida after about a year. It wasn’t transparent, but it taught me a lot about writing, communication and pressure. I was young and naïve and had a lot to learn back then. But this is all old news that has been dealt with, and now as Marvel’s new Editor-in-Chief, I’m turning a new page and am excited to start sharing all my Marvel experiences with up and coming talent around the globe.”

According to Johnston’s understanding of the events, Celuski claims he was planning to quit Marvel in the mid-2000s, and invented the pseudonym so he could write on Dreamwave and Darksiders comics. However, his work as Yoshida on those comics caught the attention of Marvel, who then hired Yoshida for some of their stories. Eventually, Celuski “killed off” Yoshida, resigned from Marvel, and was rehired as a Talent Manager with a clause in his contract that allowed him to write freelance under his own name. Johnston writes that when the Sheigel podcast was released, Celuski had owned up to his past to Marvel executives, who agreed to hire him anyway.

Online Reaction

Once the Bleeding Cool story broke, it was picked up by several other publications, including io9[7] and The Guardian.[8] Online, the news was met with jokes and disappointment. Internet comedy personality Seanbaby tweeted a joke about the simplicity of Celuski’s pseudonym, gaining over 1,400 retweets and 3,800 likes[9] (shown below, left). io9 writer Charles Pulliam[10] tweeted amazement as a person of color that a white person would pretend to be another race for months at their job (shown below, right). A thread on /r/comicbooks[11] about the news gained over 230 upvotes.



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Donald Trump's Empty Chairs

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Donald Trump’s Empty Chairs is a series of image macros featuring United States President Donald Trump seated between two empty chairs. Online, people joked about how lonely the president appeared.

Origin

On November 28th, 2017, following a tweet[1] from President Trump taunting them, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Miniority Leader Nancy Pelosi canceled a meeting with the president. Trump continued with the meeting, seating himself between the two empty chairs reserved for Pelosi and Schumer. CSPAN tweeted a video of the president between the chairs later that day. The tweet (shown below) received more than 400 retweets and 900 likes in less than 24 hours.



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Shortly after the meeting aired, Twitter users began captioning the photograph. Late nite host Desus Nice captioned the photo “Twitter help! My son threw a party and no one in his class showed up. Can we send him cards or something?” The post (shown below, left) received more than 1,700 retweets and 6,300 likes in 24 hours. HuffPost reporter Eliot Nelson tweeted[4] (shown below, center) “Oh God, Trump is going to ask the empty chairs their favorite thing about his presidency, isn’t he.” New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff tweeted[5] (shown below, right), “ME: I have two friends TWOFRIENDS: the new season of Stranger Things wasn’t as good as the original ME:”



Other users photoshopped the image. Twitter[6] user @rd522 photoshopped the Christ Christie Beach Picture into the photograph. The post (shown below) received more than 150 retweets and 340 likes in 24 hours.

Several media outlets covered the picture, including HuffPost,[7] The Indepenent,[8] Mediaite and more.



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On an Open Field, Ned

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On an Open Field, Ned refers to a line from Game of Thrones in which the character Robert Baratheon states it would be foolish to fight the Dothraki on an open field. Several years later, the line became the subject of humorous photoshops and image macros within the Game of Thrones fandom.

Origin

The line comes from Season 1, episode 5 of Game of Thrones, “The Wolf and the Lion,” which aired May 15th, 2011.[1] In the scene, Baratheon tells Cersei that only a fool would fight the Dothraki on an open field (shown below).



On August 6th, 2017, the Season 7, episode 4 episode of Game of Thrones episode “The Spoils of War” aired in which Jaime Lannister attempts to fight the Dothraki in an open field.[2] On August 7th, Redditor Execute-Order-66[3] uploaded an image macro of Baratheon’s quote over the scene, gaining over 5,500 upvotes (shown below).



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Grandayy

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Grandayy is a YouTuber known for creating various meme-themed remix videos, many of which include references to ""We Are Number One"":, “Man’s Not Hot” or “All Star”.

Online History

On July 2nd, 2014, the Grandayy YouTube channel was launched.[1] On July 6th, the first video was uploaded to channel, featuringfootage from the 2013 sports association football simulation video game FIFA 14 (shown below). Over the next two months,over 60 additional FIFA 14 videos were uploaded to the channel. On March 18th, 2015, Grandayy uploaded a parody scene from the 2014 science fiction film Interstellar titled “Half-Life 3 Confirmed?” (shown below, right).



On April 1st, Grandayy released a Minecraft video in which the song “Sandstorm” by Darude plays on noteblocks in the game (shown below, left). On November 1st, 2016, a mashup of the songs ""We Are Number One"": and “Bring Me to Life” was uploaded to the channel (shown below, right).



On November 21st, a Gabe the Dog-themed remix of “We Are Number One” was released, garnering more than 7.2 million views and 17,000 comments over the next year (shown below, left). On July 30th, 2017, Grandayy released a Crashed Bandicoot Woah remix of "We Are Number One/ Within four months, the video gained over 6.3 million views and 11,800 comments.



Grande1899

Grandayy maintains the Grande1899 YouTube account as a second channel, which often features covers of various songs played on noteblocks in Minecraft (shown below).[2]



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[1]YouTube – grandayy

[2]YouTube – grande1899

[3]Reddit – /r/grandayy


Making Memes

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Making Memes is an image macro series featuring Expanding Brain template edited or extended using a variety of different software, tools and crafting supplies.

Origin

On November 15th, 2017, the Civil Engineering Memes for Statically Indeterminate Teens Facebook[1] page posted an Expanding Brain image macro created in the computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application AutoCAD (shown below). Within two weeks, the post gained over 3,300 reactions and 850 comments.



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On November 27th, 2017, Redditor Thatyahoo reposted the AutoCAD image macro to /r/dankmemes,[2] where it received upwards of 15,100 points (95% upvoted) and 160 comments within 48 hours. The following day, Redditor GOPokemonMaster posted a Snapchat of the Expanding Brain image with the caption “Making Memes in Snapchat” added to the bottom (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gathered over 24,100 points (90% upvoted) and 220 comments.



Also on November 28th, Redditor zanyy posted a photograph of a final Expanding Brain panel made of rice grains (shown below, left) and Redditor DankBagels3 posted a photograph of a student standing in front of a panel reading “making a meme with a class presentation and getting an F” (shown below, right).[4][5] That day, many additional variations of the meme reached the front page of /r/dankmemes and /r/memeeconomy.



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Esketit

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“Esketit” is a slang term meaning “let’s get it” popularized by rapper Lil’ Pump. Audio of the rapper saying the phrase have also been used in YouTube Remix videos.

Origin

On March 3rd, 2016, Lil Pump released a video[1] for the song “Finesse the Pack” on YouTube. The song features the lyrics “Bitch you already know that I finessed the pack (eskeetit).” It is earliest known use of the word. As of November 2017, the video (shown below) has received more than 1.5 million views.



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On April 8th, 2017, the YouTube account No Jumper posted a video of host Adam and Lil Pump at the mall. Upon seeing a sign for “Escada,” Adam asks Lil’ Pump what the sign says. Lil’ Pump responds, “Esketit!” The video (shown below) received more than 6.3 million views in seven months.



Later that month, the first definition of the word appeared on Urban Dictionary. On May 8th, Urban Dictionary[5] user Issa.Jony definied it as “Rapper Lil Pump’s favorite word . A word that defines getting money.” The post (shown below) received more than 1,370 upvotes in six months.



On May 28th, 2017, Instagram[2] user KollegeKid posted a video of a side-by-side comparison of Lil’ Pump saying “esketit” and another rapper Lil’ Jay saying the phrase. Though the video does not post the dates of the videos, they allege that Lil’ Pump may have stolen the expression from Lil’ Jay. The post (shown below) has received more than 9,000 likes and 249,000 views in less than seven months.


A post shared by Kollege Kidd (@kollegekidd) on

On June 26th, YouTuber[6]ECM Bishes uploaded a video of the word being overdubbed into a video of Bart Simpson speaking testing megaphones. The post (shown below) received more than 33,000 views in less than six months.

On August 27th, Redditor[3] joetheschmoe4000 posted “What does ‘esketit’ mean and where did it come from?” in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.



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Lowered 3 Octaves

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Lowered 3 Octaves is a video remix series in which audio clips are reduced several octaves and sarcastically compared to the sounds dinosaurs might have sounded like.

Origin

On August 19th, 2010, YouTuber Ben Gerstein uploaded a video of a sparrow in which the bird’s chirps are lowered several octaves (shown below). On November 27th, 2017, Redditor Skyzii submitted the clip to /r/videos,[1] along with the title “Bird calls lowered 3 octaves might be what dinosaurs actually sounded like. Haunting yet beautiful!” Within 48 hours, the post gathered upwards of 4,600 points (88% upvoted) and 320 comments.



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On November 28th, Redditor Hexteque submitted a video titled “Beaglesaurus” with the description “Dog calls lowered 3 octaves might be what dinosaurs actually sounded like. Haunting yet beautiful!” to /r/videos.[2] Within 24 hours, the post gained over 23,400 points (71% upvoted) and 1,200 comments. Meanwhile, YouTuber chumacprachu uploaded a slowed clip from the music video “Big Enough” titled “Human calls lowered 3 octaves might be what dinosaurs actually sounded like. Haunting yet beautiful!” (shown below). The video subsequently reached the front page of /r/youtubehaiku.[3]



That day, Redditor DietSeth posted a slowed video clip of singer Yoko Ono screaming during a performance at an art show with the title “Yoko Ono calls lowered 3 octaves might be what Yoko Ono dinosaurs actually sounded like. Haunting yet beautiful!” on /r/videos[4] (shown below, left). That evening, Redditor Johnnyman2001 submitted a post to /r/OutOfTheLoop[7] asking about the trending videos. On November 29th, Redditor jordijojo posted a slowed anime video titled “Loli calls lowered 3 octaves might be what jail time for dinosaurs actually sounded like. Haunting yet beautiful!”[5]



That same day, The Daily Dot[6] published an article titled “Reddit’s ‘3 octave’ meme is here to tell you what dinosaurs sounded like.”

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There are only 2 genders

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There are only 2 genders is a phrasal template used by internet users to joke about and dismiss the idea of nonbinary genders. It is particularly popular in webcomic exploitables.

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