On November 12, 2002 on VHS, Disney release a home video called “A Very Merry Pooh Year.” When Eeyore thinks about being positive, he tries way too hard.
Smiling Eeyore
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Miss Me with That Gay Shit
About
Miss Me with That Gay Shit refers to a popular catchphrase and series of image macros to express feelings of disgust or distain on a sexually gay subject.
The images have a similar characteristic to “Respect Women” in which the objects are labeled “me” and “that gay shit” to show that the person wants to steer clear or welcomes the “gay shit” depending on the image.
Origin
While the origin of the phrase itself is unknown, it has been popularized by Vine user “Dope Island”. On May 13, 2015, Dope Island posted a vine titled “Homophobic Kindergarten Teacher”.In the vine, the teacher asks students what sound a rooster makes and exclaims “miss me with that gay shit” after hearing “cock-a-doodle-doo”.
The Vine currents has 9.2 million loops and 235.7 thousand likes.
Spread
On August 30, 2016, twitter user @snoop uploaded a photo of themselves keep away from the handle at Doughnut chain “Dunkin Donuts”, claiming they were “tryna make him grab the D…” The tweet has reached 9000+ Retweets 13,400+ Likes.
On Apr 14, 2016, a sound effect has been uploaded on video platform YouTube by Sath Buttons. It currently has 132,500+ views.
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Will You Fight? Or Will You Perish Like A Dog?
About
Will You Fight? Or Will You Perish Like a Dog? refers to an exploitable image of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse having a conversation about philosophy. The dramatic conversation ends with Mickey saying “Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?” The characters are changed in the exploitable versions.
Origin
The image originally featured a joke of Mickey saying to Donald “Holy shit a talking duck!” One of the earliest examples was posted to the blogspot soberinanightclub[1] on April 28th, 2010 (shown below).
The “Perish like a dog” variation appeared on Tumblr on March 23rd, 2015. It was posted by rulesofthirds[2] and gained over 101,000 notes (shown below).
Spread
On April 4th, 2015, an image of Pepe The Frog with the quote to Meme Generator (shown below, left).[3] On January 3rd, 2016, a variation of If a Dog Wore Pants was posted to Funnyjunk (shown below, right).[4]
On June 12th, 2016, ProZD uploaded a video of himself reading the comic, gaining over 263,000 views (shown below).
In the following year, more exploitable versions began appearing online. For example, on March 11th, 2017, Tumblr user manachi34[5] uploaded a version featuring Bendy and Cuphead to Tumblr, gaining over 877 notes (shown below, left). A similar image was posted by Tumblr user protectkirby on May 31st in a post that gained over 300 notes (shown below, right).[6]
Various Examples
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External References
[1]Soberinanightclub – A talking duck.
[2]Tumblr – Ruleofthirds
[3]Meme Generator – Hypocrite That You Are
[4]Funnyjunk – If A Dog Wore Pants
[6]Tumblr – protectkirby
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Earth-chan
About
Earth-chan is an anime-style anthropomorphic representation of the planet Earth. She is depicted as a young girl with hair dyed in the colors blue and green, resembling a photograph of the planet taken from space. Online, image macros featuring the character often contain jokes using the popular anime trope of characters being insecure about their flat chest by referincing the flat earth theory.
Origin
On November 30th, 2017, Twitter user @Trinimmortal tweeted a joke about creating an anime featuring the planets of our solar system as anime girls, which would contain a running gag about Earth-chan saying “I’m not flat!” On December 4th, Twitter user @felipecunhaeloi[2] responded to the tweet with an illustration of the anime idea (shown below).
Spread
On December 7th, DeviantArtist DatWeirdoWhoLuvsMilk posted several illustration of Earth-chan wearing a surgical mask (shown below).[4]
On December 10th, 2017, Redditor M4DHouse submitted an image macro with the caption “When someone says Earth-Chan is flat,” followed by a screenshot of Mafuyu Hoshikawa from Blend S saying “It seems you require a hard education” (shown below).
On December 12th, 2017, Redditor WatBoi19 submitted an illustration in which the Earth-chan character complains to a man wearing a NASA shirt that “everybody call me flat,” leading the man to say “Don’t believe what they said, senpai. You are not flat!” (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 5,900 points (93% upvoted) and 280 comments on /r/animemes.[1]
Search Interest
External References
[1]Reddit – /r/animemes
[2]Twitter – @felipecunhaeloi
[3]Archive.is – Why do people keep saying earth chan is flat
[4]DeviantArt – [Solar Sys-Gals] Earth-Chan
[5]Fireden – Who is best girl
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Meizu Pro 7
About
The Meizu Pro 7 is a bizzare phone made popular by many YouTuber channel’s [3][4][5][6] and News outlet’s [1][2] coverage of the device. It is the first phone to have a secondary AMOLED screen, and is a widely popular phone in second-world countries. It’s uniqueness to other competitor’s smartphones comes from it’s Secondary AMOLED Display, custom UI, and easiness and support for Rooting (You can root a Meizu just by toggling a button in the settings). [4] Many popular YouTubers, including Unbox Therapy and MrWhoseTheBoss, endorsed the phone massively, also helping. [4][3] The phone comes in three versions, Meizu Pro 7, (Average line-up) a rarer Meizu Pro 7-sized lineup with Meizu Pro 7 Fenetre Specs, and Meizu Pro 7 Fenetre. (Also known as Plus) The Meizu Pro 7 runs on Flyme 6, a heavily modified version of Android Nougat.
Origin
The phone came to fame after many popular mainstream media outlets decided to report on it after it’s announcement, including TheVerge [1] , and CNet [1]. YouTubers started to pick up on the phone a month later, leading to a few popular tech review YouTubers reviewing it. These include MrWhoseTheBoss’s video earning around 800,000 views, and Unbox Therapy’s Video , earning over a Million views [4]
Spread
After journalists stopped reporting on the phone in July, the Meizu Pro 7’s popularity declined later in the next month. It’s search rate was almost at a all-time low after Russian YouTuber EverythingApplePro’s criticism of the phone[5], earning around 600,000 views. However, a month later, many Non-American YouTubers started reporting on it , leading to another increase. [7][8] Most notably is Rozetked’s video , earning over 500,000 views.
Impact
The impact is unnoticable at the moment. However, with products to come, competition may try to mimic the secondary screen, as companies have done before with other new innovations.
Search Interest
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External References
[1]TheVerge – Meizu Pro 7 Article
[2]CNet – Meizu Pro 7 Article #2
[3]MrWhoseTheBoss – Meizu Pro 7 Plus Review
[4]Unbox Therapy – Meizu Pro 7 Plus Review #2
[5]EverythingApplePro – Meizu Pro 7 Plus Criticism by EverythingApplePro
[6]Android Authority – Meizu Pro 7 Review #3
[7]YouTube Search Results – Search Queue showing many Non-English YouTuber’s popular reviews on the phone
[8]YouTube Search Results – Russian Search Results
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Bills Mafia
About
#BillsMafia is a hashtag used to encapsulate the fandom of the National Football League’s Buffalo Bills. The hashtag gained infamy when it came to stand for Bills fans who performed amateur stunts, such as crashing through tables, during tailgate parties for Bills games.
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External References
http://billsmafia.com/what-is-billsmafia/
http://billsmafia.com/2012/09/10/what-does-billsmafia-stand-for/
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Which Object Fits to This Hole
About
Which Object Fits to This Hole is a series series of webcomic exploitables, which shows a cockatoo practicing shape recognition. In the final panel, the person holding up the shapes raises a heart and users photoshop things they admire to say that object fills the hole in their heart.
Origin
On November 10th, 2017, the webcomic Einstein’s Mama posted on Facebook[1] a six-panel installment of a person testing shape recognition with a cockatoo. Throughout the comic, the cockatoo puts the correct shape in the corresponding hole, until the last two panels, in which the person holds up a heart and the cockatoo puts itself in the hole. The post (shown below) received more than 3,600 reactions and 330 shares in one month.
Spread
The following day, League of Legends[2] message board user Laughing Fish posted a League of Legends-inspired variation in the thread “Kleptomancy has brought back my true love.” The post (shown below, left) received more than 100 upvotes in one month.
That day, an anonmyous 9GAG user [3] posted a variation with the Steam logo over the cockatoo. The post (shown below, center) received more than 10,900 upvotes in one month.
On November 30th, the Facebook[4] account memesagainstfascism3 posted a variation in which the cockatoo places a hammer and sickle on the heart. The post (shown below, right) received more than 80 reactions in two weeks.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Facebook – Einstein’s mama’s Post
[2]League of Legends – Kleptomancy has brought back my true love
[3]9GAG – Make This A New Meme
[4]Facebook – memesagainstfascism3’s Post
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Wait, This Isn't Google
About
Wait This Isn’t Google refers to an exploitable image of two tweets. One tweet asks a question that the poster of the tweet should know, and the response tweet reads “wait, this isn’t Google”, implying that the poster mistakenly used Twitter when they meant to use Google search.
Origin
The first meme of this kind featured Donald Trump asking “What does a President do?” While the first post of this meme is unknown, it was scraped from by meme aggregation site Sizzle[1] on February 16th, 2017.
Spread
It wasn’t until several months later that the image began becoming a meme with different tweets. On July 17th, 2017, the image appeared on fake-tweet generator site Tweeterino[2] (shown below, left). On July 19th, Facebook page Young Thugga La Meme Season 2[3] uploaded a joke in the format about rapper xxxtentacion that gained over 2,900 likes and reactions.
On August 10th, Reddit user Ava Tyler[4] uploaded a Prequel Meme to /r/prequelmemes, gaining over 840 upvotes (shown below, left). On August 15th, 2017, an edit featuring Trump failing at Googling Kim Jong Un was posted to Dopl3r.[5]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Sizzle – Trump Original
[2]Tweeterino – tweeterino
[3]Facebook – Young Thugga
[5]Dopl3r – Kim Jong Un
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YouTube Rewind
About
YouTube Rewind is an annual video series released by YouTube to showcase the top viral videos, events, memes and music of each year. Since 2012, the series featured performances by notable YouTubers and artists.
History
On December 12th, 2010, the first YouTube Rewind video was released on the YouTube Trends channel, which highlighted clips from the Bed Intruder, the 3-year-old Crying Over Justin Bieber, The Many Your Man Could Smell Like and Double Rainbow viral videos (shown below, left). Over the next seven years, the video accumuated upwards of 1.71 million views and 730 comments. The following day, the video was uploaded to the YouTube Spoitlight channel. On December 20th, 2011, “YouTube Rewind 2011” was released, which starred Rebecca Black as the host (shown below, right).
On December 17th, 2012, “YouTube Rewind Style 2012” was uploaded to the YouTube Spotlight channel, featuring various YouTubers lip dubbing the year’s hit dance pop song “Gangnam Style” (shown below, left). On December 11th, 2013, “YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?” was released, featuring a mashup by DJ Earworm (shown below, right).
On December 9th, 2014, “YouTube Rewind: Turn Down for 2014” was released, featuring various YouTuber’s acting out skits with a mashup of the song ""Turn Down for What"": playing in the background (shown below, left). On December 9th, 2015, “YouTube Rewind: Now Watch Me 2015” was uploaded to YouTube Spotlight, featuring the song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” by Silentó (shown below, right).
On December 7th, 2016, “YouTube Rewind: The Ultimate 2016 Challenge” was released, which referenced many of the viral internet challenges from the year (shown below, left). The video featuring a musical track produced by Hood Internet and Major Lazer. On December 6th, 2017, “YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017” was uploaded to the YouTube Spotlight channel, which showcased the songs “Shape of You” and “Despacito” (shown below, right).
Philip DeFranco’s 2016 Exclusion
On November 4th, 2016, YouTuber Philip DeFranco uploaded a video in which addressed a fan-submitted question regarding his exclusion from the year’s YouTube Rewind video. In response, Franco hinted that he was not invited to appear in the video because he refused to honor YouTube’s request to post a video in support of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election (shown below).
Reactions
On December 7th, 2017, YouTuber ComradeWarbear uploaded a “more accurate remake” of the 2017 YouTube Rewind (shown below).
Meanwhile, YouTuber Reactor’s Second Channel uploaded a parody titled “YouTube Rewind Deleted Scence,” in which the YouTube demonetization logo eclipses the sun (shown below, left). That day, YouTuber PewDiePie uploaded a video titled “Why I’m not in YouTube Rewind 2017,” in which he discussed his appearance in previous year’s videos and reacts to the year’s video (shown below, right).
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Sarah Sander's #PieGate
About
Sarah Huckabee Sanders #PieGate refers to a series of jokes regarding a social media post by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. After posting a bird’s eye-view photograph of a pie with a white background, many online believed that she had posted a stock photo and claimed it as her own.
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[1]Twitter – @PressSec’s Tweet
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Pannenkoek2012
About
Scott Buchanan, also known as pannenkoek2012, is a Youtube personality who makes videos about Super Mario 64, as well as the challenges created by the game’s community. Due to the highly technical nature of his videos, he has gained a sizeable following on both his commentated and uncommentated channels, with the latter typically receiving 10k views per video.
Online Presence
The Youtube channel Pannenkoek2012 was launched in June 2008, and his second channel Pannenkeok2012 (later renamed to “UncommentatedPannen”), was launched in April 2009. His first video on the main channel were uploaded in 2010, showing the courses that allow the player to collect coins indefinitely (Shown Below). As of December 2017, the video has received over 80,000 views.
At first, Pannenkoek2012 only made videos on either the coin-collecting challenge, or videos showcasing glitches[1]. He started to shift his focus to the A Button challenge in 2013 (shown below, left), eventually covering all 120 stars from August to October. Afterward, he branched off to do other challenges, including the No Button Challenge (shown below, right).
To celebrate reaching 300 uploads, Pannenkoek2012 released his first video with verbal commentary on June 6, 2014 (shown below). Due to the high amount of effort put into the video, it received over 11k likes along with over 800k views as of December 2017, the most out of his videos at the time. He began uploading to his second channel a month later [2].
Reputation
On June 12, 2014, Pannenkoek uploaded a video about the
Related Memes
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Paul Ryan
About
Paul Ryan is an American Republican congressman from Wisconsin and the current Speaker of the House. His high visibility as speaker and as former presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate have made him a controversial figure in politics and has led to the creation of memes.
History
Ryan was born on January 29th, 1970, in Janesville, Wisconsin.[1] He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated with a degree in economics and political science. He joined congress in 1999 at the age of 29, making him the second-youngest member of congress at the time. He has been reelected eight times. He became the ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee in 2007 and took over as chairman in 2011. In 2011, Ryan gave the Republican response to the State of the Union Address. In 2012, he ran as presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate in the 2012 United States Presidential Election. His debate with Joe Biden spawned the Laughing Joe Biden meme (examples shown below).
In October of 2015, Ryan replaced John Boehner as Speaker of the House. Ryan was originally hesitant to endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election, but ultimately endorsed him. After Trump’s Access Hollywood ’Grab Em By the Pussy, Ryan said he would no longer campaign for Trump and told down-ballot Republicans to regard Trump as they saw best for their district. This caused Trump to attack Ryan, calling him “disloyal.” Ryan is an opponent of the Affordable Care Act and a supporter of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Retirement Rumors
On December 14th, 2017, Politico[2] reported that on the precipice of passing a sweeping tax overhaul, Ryan was thinking about retiring after the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. According to Politico, “three dozen people who know the speaker--fellow lawmakers, congressional and administration aides, conservative intellectuals and Republican lobbyists--not a single person believed Ryan will stay in Congress past 2018.” This led to an outpouring of glee from Twitter users who are staunch opponents to Ryan. These celebrations were covered by Daily Dot.[3]
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Hey Girl, It’s Paul Ryan
Hey Girl, It’s Paul Ryan is a single topic blog featuring photographs of Republican house representative, and Mitt Romney’s 2012 vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan with “Hey girl” captions in the style of Ryan Gosling image macros. The captions often draw references to various pick-up line cliches and political rhetoric, similar to those found on Feminist Ryan Gosling and Poli Sci Ryan Gosling.
Time Magazine Photos
On October 11th, 2012, Time Magazine published a series of photos for his runner-up position as Time Magazine Person of the Year, which featured Ryan sitting on a workout bench while performing bicep curl exercises. The same day, the viral content site BuzzFeed published several of the Time photos in a post titled “Paul Ryan Did a Beefcake Photo Shoot and It’s the Best Thing Ever” (shown below).
Also on October 11th, the Hey Girl, It’s Paul Ryan Tumblr published several image macros using photographs from the Time magazine shoot (shown below). ABC News published an article titled “Paul Ryan Pumps Iron in Time Mag Photo Shoot,” reporting that the photo series had inspired several image macros, a fake Twitter account and a fake OKCupid dating profile.
Powerpoint Presentation
Paul Ryan’s PowerPoint Presentation is a photoshop meme mocking a PowerPoint presented by Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan to explain the GOP’s proposed Obamacare replacement in early March 2017. On March 9th, 2017, Ryan delivered a 20-minute presentation containing charts and graphics, which described the Affordable Care Act as a “death spiral” (shown below). Additionally, the presentation contained a single slide about the GOPs plans for reform that said “There will be a stable transition to conservative health care reform.”
That day, Twitter user @bakedinapie posted a photoshopped screenshot in which Ryan presents a slide showing various Better Names for Things animal examples (shown below, left).[2] Meanwhile,, Twitter user @byrdinator posted a photoshop in which Ryan presents a portion of the Bee Movie script (shown below, right).
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I can't print out .gif
Someone is very stupid and can’t figure out why you can’t print out a .gif picture. I thought it was really funny so I am posting it, not because I wanna be famous
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#BloodOnTheirHandsFCC
A webcam flickers on, a few LEDs insufficiently lightly a large, and very dark room. In the center of the footage is a dark figure.
“Hello, Internet”
It is a clear voice. Slightly shaking, yet resolute.
“I…”
The speaker hesitates with heavy emotion in her voice. She clears her throats and begins.
“It seems, some people have forgotten about respect and decency, for others. This is what I see going on with this entire net neutrality issue. I’m not upset about the entire ‘death of the internet’ thing, per se, but what hurts the most is to watch the complete and utter lack of compassion or regard for others. To see someone care so little, is painful.”
A pause. The stream becomes particularly bad, details becoming even more unclear. At this point, a noise of static or sobbing could be heard.
“The people working against Net Neutrality must understand that they are sewing the misery of thousands of other, living, feeling, humans. People who have hopes, family, and dreams. I may be getting a bit too dramatic, but the Internet’s fucking pretty important to survive. Without Net Neutrality, searching for jobs, starting businesses, and other economic activities will become unnecessarily hard for the poor, those unable to pay for decent, uncensored internet. This only forces the poor further into poverty. Seriously, Net Neutrality improves lives.”
She collects her thoughts while fidgeting with something in her hands. Something glints in her hands.
“But you didn’t come here to see me rabble on about baseless arguments. Anyone could argue endlessly over ill sourced evidence using ill thought out arguments on whether or not Net Neutrality is good or bad. That’s what the internet and the FCC are for. We all want something definitive, something undisputable, something… …tangible, real, of the flesh.”
Old curtains are drawn open, momentarily blinding the camera. The lense focuses onto the speaker. A young girl, looking to be around 17 years of age, is standing in an orderly, but dusty bedroom in front of a webcam, clasping a long knife.
“The issue with something like Net Neutrality is that the people that make the decision don’t see the suffering they indirectly cause. I don’t think they could if they tried. I don’t even the victims could see it. But I’d like to change that.”
The girl smiles morbidly.
“I am gruesomely committing suicide, because Net Neutrality is being repealed.” She chuckles, pauses, then continues. “Perfect isn’t it? It really is perfect. My death will be absolute and indisputable evidence proving that repealing Net Neutrality caused suffering; mi. Better yet, I am dying for a glamorous cause, after the short and sweet life of a modern teenager. This is infinitely better than living an entire lifetime of mediocrity. Dying after a lifetime of failure, filled with regret, and with no meaning or legacy. I am simply too spoiled and too horrible to be able to lead a life as a decent human being.” Tears well up in her eyes, against her will. Try as she might to wipe them away, she only brings herself to cry more. But she continues, resolute. Her hands shake, clutching the grip of the knife. She slowly brings it up to her stomach. She flinches, then hesitates, out of a visceral fear for her own life. Stalling, she attempts to begin speaking again, failing, stumbling on her own quivering lip. She attempts again; “Really this should have been easier. I mean, it was so easy and beautiful when I rehearsed it, and when I fantasized but…” A pause, she begins stalling. “Wouldn’t it be glorious, to join me? To die, to save the rights of others? This is just like the military, but, easier, more pretentious, and certainly more melodramatic.” She seems uncertain. As if she is no longer attempting to convince the viewer, but rather, herself. “Sacrificing your life to condemn your enemies. Sacrificing yourself to save a freedom of your country. When you put it that way, it seems wrong not too.” Then, against every impulse and good intention, cold steel embraced warm flesh. Her organs were completely unprepared for the edge of a device designed over hundreds of years specifically to flat meat. After years of misuse, her organs simply gave up any struggle for survival once the blade entered her stomach. The incision was reckless, and thoughtless. It was much too large. Soon, blood and bile burst forth and danced in the sunlight harmoniously, as a 17 year old girl fell to the ground, writhing in agony. Whatever she expected, death was greater than it. Pain became less of a feeling and more of a new reality. She immediately regretted her decisions, every one leading up to this point in her life. Nothing was greater than or justified this. She cried to no one for help. At this time, her assorted eviscera had aquatinted themselves with the soft carpet quite well. As was torment aquatinted with anguish. Hope and life bled from her wound, being replaced readily with humility and regret. In her last thoughts, she wondered if death defeated the purpose of making such a bold point, as once you’re dead, being right no longer matters to you anymore. Nothing does. But the camera didn’t capture her pain or regret. All it saw was a smiling corpse, proving a point in macabre manner. And then, there was blood on someone’s hands.Transcribed by Lena Lochran
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Cute Ash
About
Cute Ash refers to fan interpretations of Pokémon character Ash Ketchum as he appears in a trailer for an upcoming Pokémon motion picture to be released July 13th, 2018. Because Ash’s design features larger eyes, Japanese Twitter users made photoshops of the character to make him appear more feminine.
Origin
On December 10th, 2017, the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel uploaded a trailer for an upcoming Pokémon film to be released July 13th, 2017. In the trailer, there is a glimpse of the latest Ash Ketchum redesign (shown below).
Following the release of the trailer, on December 11th, 2017, Twitter user @MAJIbeef[1] tweeted an image of Ash with long, feminine hair that gained over 62,000 retweets and 114,000 likes (shown below).
Spread
After @MAJIbeef’s tweet, many twitter users responded with photoshops of their own, slightly editing MAJIbeef’s image to make Ash appear even more feminine. Twitter user @keneko09191010[2] uploaded an image which gave Ash eyelashes, gaining over 4,200 retweets and 5,700 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @gurizaialoveeee[3] uploaded an edit of that image which made Ash’s skin whiter, gaining over 4,900 retweets and 6,900 likes (shown below, right).
Some Twitter users created fan art in tribute of the “Cute” Ash. Notably, Twitter user @yamigyouza[4] tweeted a version in which Ash had breasts, gaining over 11,000 retweets and 22,000 likes (shown below). The photoshops where covered by Kotaku.[5]
On YouTube, account Tokyosaurus uploaded a video talking about Ash’s new look which gained over 212,000 views (shown below).
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Cute Ash
About
Cute Ash refers to fan interpretations of Pokémon character Ash Ketchum as he appears in a trailer for an upcoming Pokémon motion picture to be released July 13th, 2018. Because Ash’s design features larger eyes, Japanese Twitter users made photoshops of the character to make him appear more feminine.
Origin
On December 10th, 2017, the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel uploaded a trailer for an upcoming Pokémon film to be released July 13th, 2017. In the trailer, there is a glimpse of the latest Ash Ketchum redesign (shown below).
Following the release of the trailer, on December 11th, 2017, Twitter user @MAJIbeef[1] tweeted an image of Ash with long, feminine hair that gained over 62,000 retweets and 114,000 likes (shown below).
Spread
After @MAJIbeef’s tweet, many twitter users responded with photoshops of their own, slightly editing MAJIbeef’s image to make Ash appear even more feminine. Twitter user @keneko09191010[2] uploaded an image which gave Ash eyelashes, gaining over 4,200 retweets and 5,700 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @gurizaialoveeee[3] uploaded an edit of that image which made Ash’s skin whiter, gaining over 4,900 retweets and 6,900 likes (shown below, right).
Some Twitter users created fan art in tribute of the “Cute” Ash. Notably, Twitter user @yamigyouza[4] tweeted a version in which Ash had breasts, gaining over 11,000 retweets and 22,000 likes (shown below). The photoshops where covered by Kotaku.[5]
On YouTube, account Tokyosaurus uploaded a video talking about Ash’s new look which gained over 212,000 views (shown below).
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Se Viene el Kino
Se viene el kino hace referencia a un evento en el futuro cercano, conmemorando el 15o. aniversario del club Alianza Lima sin haber campeonado un torneo nacional.
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Ajit Pai
About
Ajit Pai is the current Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) who has been widely criticized online for supporting the repeal of Obama-era regulations ensuring the protection of net neutrality.
Career
In February 2001, Pai became the Associate General Counsel at Verizon Communications Inc. In April 2003, Pai left his position at Verizon was hired as Deputy Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. After the next eight years, Pai served in various positions at the Department of Justice and the FCC’s Office of General Counsel. In May 2012, Pai was appointed to the FCC by President Barack Obama at the recommendation of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell. In January 2017, Pai was appointed as chairman of the commission by President Donald Trump. In April, Pai proposed a repeal net neutrality rules enacted under the Obama administration. In July, protests were held against Pai’s proposal. In mid-November, the FCC revealed plans to hold a vote in December to end the Obama-era net neutrality rules.
Online History
On May 13th, 2017, the Independent Journal Review YouTube channel uploaded a video of Pai reading various insulting tweets directed toward him, mimicking a recurring comedy segment on the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live (shown below). Over the next six months, the video accumulated upwards of 400,900 views, 85,000 downvotes and 1,000 upvotes.
In November, numerous image macros condemning FCC chairman Ajit Pai as greedy and beholden to corporate interests were submitted in the coming days, many of which reached the front page of the /r/dankmemes and /r/memeeconomy subreddits (shown below).
On November 30th, PewDiePie uploaded a video about Pai titled “The Most Hated Person on the Internet” (shown below). Within two weeks, the video gained over 3.03 million views and 15,400 comments.
Federal Communications Bar Association Dinner
On December 8th, 2017, a video was leaked online showing Pai’s speech held at the annual Federal Communications Bar Association dinner, in which he made several jokes about the net neutrality controversy and jokingly referred to himself as a “Verizon puppet” (shown below).
The Daily Caller PSA
On December 13th, the conservative news site The Daily Caller[3] published a video in which Pai performs the “Harlem Shake” after presenting a list titled “7 Things You Can Still Do on the Internet After Net Neutrality” (shown below).
That day, various image macros mocking Pai’s apperance in the video reached the front page of /r/dankmemes (shown below).
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