Overview

Craigslist Murder Confession refers to American teenager Miranda Barbour’s admission to killing at least 23 strangers over the course of six years. Barbour’s self-incriminating allegations first came to public attention during her jailhouse interview in February 2014, two months after she surrendered herself to the authorities and confessed to killing Troy LaFerrara, a 42-year-old Pennsylvania man whom she had met through the classified ad website Craigslist, in November 2013.

Background

On November 11th, 2013, Troy LaFerrara of Port Trevorton, Pennsylvania was stabbed a total of 20 times in the front seat of Selinsgrove teenager Miranda Barbour’s vehicle. On December 3rd, Barbour surrendered herself to the police and was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, possession of instruments of crime and simple assault. In her statement to the authorities, Barbour claimed to have met LaFerrara through the classifieds on the site Craigslist, where she had previously set up meetings with other men for “companionship.”^[2]

On December 6th, her husband Elytte Barbour was arrested after telling investigators he had planned to kill LaFerrara with his wife and had wrapped a cord around Barbour’s neck during the stabbing. During a prison interview on February 14th, Barbour confessted to killing many others over the past six years, claiming “when I hit 22, I stopped counting.”^[11] In addition, she claimed to have joined a satanic cult while living in Alaska, where she purportedly killed people with other cult members.

Notable Developments

Police Investigation

On February 16th, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) released a statement confirming that its Philadelphia division was in contact with the the Sunbury Police Department regarding Miranda Barbour and it “will offer any assistance requested in the case.”

Online Reactions

That same day, Redditor Orchard_Park submitted an article about the confession to the /r/news^[3] subreddit, where it gained over 10,100 up votes and 1,800 comments in the first 24 hours. In the comments section of the post, many Redditors expressed skepticism for Barbour’s claims of killing 22 people, with some suspecting that her confession could be driven by her troubled mental state or an ulterior motive to seek fame.

News Media Coverage

On February 17th, many news sites reported on the murder confession, including CNN,^[4]NPR,^[5]ABC News,^[6] Fox News,^[7]TMZ,^[8]USA Today^[9] and The Daily Dot.^[10] Several articles labelled Barbour a “real life Dexter,” in reference to the American television drama series Dexter which centers around a vigilante serial killer who hunts down criminals that have managed to evade imprisonment.

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About

MDickie is an Indie Self-Developing Game Maker, he is widely know for his extremely frustrating games such as Wrestling Revolution, and Wrestling MPire.

History

MDickie first started making games in 2000, in which his games were only but simplistic 2D games, they weren’t all that good, they were made by Mat Dickie, which in this case he was also making them by himself, but most of his games were hated for its terrible controls, his only games that were worked on hard and went to receive reboots and praises was Popscene and Sure Shot .

After awhile, he started to make 3D Games, likewise, its actually worse, again hated for its awful controls, but one of his notable and also terrible, and controversial was The MDickie Show but after that, various remakes, and even an boxing game came that out of no where, after awhile, he make Wrestling Games, these were well known and had negativity/postivity for a reason, they were creative, as in creative, I mean things such as changing how you stand to modifying your own character with no restrictions, but then AWFUL controls came in..

Hard Time was also notable, but truly his most popular game, as having certain videos from popular youtubers such as, MessYourself and Nerd3, but in this case, the terrible controls still apply.

Even more reboots, pro mods from his fans, and silly games, after that he started to retire, at 2008, MDickie [Mat Dickie] started to retire, he said that after Wrestling MPire Remix 2008 had terrible reception, he stopped making games, it turned out to NOT be his last game, but he continued, his real last game was The You Testament, which probably is the most controversial game released by Mat Dickie yet…. But that was his last game.

Controversy

When The You Testament came out, some time later it was disliked, and negatively responed towards because of the awful controls. Most youtubes also noted out that it was violent, and this was a Bible Game.

Wrestling MPire Remix 2008 was also hated for the same reason, terrible controls, but some people enjoy this game, but as it is, it really gaining negative responses.

Reception

Most kids like this guy, ONLY for his rustling games, Mat Dickie has helped various people, been involved in various little things, and has been doing interviews ever since.

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The China Smog Baby meme / troll was invented by Oblivion_Butt_Banger on Twitch.TV.

The troll is designed to lure unsuspecting twitch streamers into reading a NSFW message on stream. The format is as follows.

“Hi from china! Love stream – question, china smog kill all china babies. How much for you to sperm in cup and mail to china wife so we have white baby with strong lung? Please thank you”

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The Lion King is a Disney animated musical film loosely based on Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and released in 1994.

History

The Lion King was released on June 24, 1994.^[1] The film stars Jonathan Taylor Thomas as young Simba, Matthew Broderick as adult Simba, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, and Jeremy Irons as Scar.

Premise

Simba is a young lion cub, and prince, eager to grow up. He spends his days playing with his best friend Nala, and is close with his father, King Mufasa. His father’s brother, Scar, wants to be King, so he hatches a plan to kill Mufusa-by luring him to the site of a stampede by putting Simba in danger. Mufasa is killed, and Scar convinces Simba he is responsible so he will flee. Scar becomes King, and Simba grows up away from the pride in the company of warthog Pumbaa and meerkat Timon. As an adult, he runs into Nala, who believed he was dead. She insists he come back to claim the throne from Scar, who has run the kingdom into the ground. At first he is too afraid, but eventially he works up the courage and returns home, where he learns he was not responsible for his father’s death. He defeats Scar and reclaims the throne.

Reception

Upon its release, The Lion King was a critical and commercial success. The film earned a rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes^[2] and a score of 83 on MetaCritic. ^[3] During its original theatrical run between 1994 and 1995, the film grossed more than $987 million dollars worldwide, and when combined with the ticket sales from the 2002 IMAX and 2011 3D re-releases, The Lion King has grossed over $1.18 billion dollars worldwide, making it the highest-grossing hand-drawn film in history.

Accolades

It won two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight”) and three Golden Globes for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Motion Picture for Comedy or Musical. The Lion King.

Stage Adaptation

On November 13th, 1997, a musical adaptation of The Lion King opened on Broadway.^[4] The musical was a large success and became known for its eleborate costumes. Directed by Julie Taymor the musical won the Tony Award for best musical in 1998.

Fandom

Though The Lion King was released nearly two decades ago it remains popular online due to the wave of online ‘90s nostalgia that began in the mid-2000s. It has also enjoyed more attention online in 2014 due to lists collecting pop culture that will be turning twenty this year.^[10] As of February 2014, The Lion King’s official Facebook page has over 19.5 million likes.^[5] Fanfiction.net^[6] has over 2,900 submissions under The Lion King, while Deviant Art^[7] has over 18,000 submissions for the film. Popular Tumblr blogs dedicated to the film include fuckyeahthelionking^[8] and lionkingfreak.^[9]

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Everything the Light Touches

Everything the Light Touches is a photo meme that features screen shots of a scene between Simba and Mufasa with the words the spoke in the scene slightly altered. The scene involves Mufasa and Simba looking out at their kingdom. Mufasa tells his son “Everything the light touches is our kingdom.” When Simba asks, “But what about the shadowy place?” Mufasa replies, “That’s beyond our boarders. You must never go there, Simba.” The dialogue is altered to indicate other areas of dominance and areas that are forbidden for specific groups. For example substituting “fandom” for “kingdom” and indicating the non-fandom side of Tumblr is somewhere you should never go.

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#Quinning is a Twitter hashtag used to highlight photographs and stories in which various problems have been resolved through one’s sheer physical strength. The slang term is named after the U.S. Olympic bobsledder Johnny Quinn who became internet famous for busting through a door to free himself after getting locked in a bathroom at the Sochi Olympic Village in February 2014.

Origin

On February 8th, 2014, U.S. Olympic bobsledder and former NFL player Johnny Quinn tweeted a photograph of a heavily damaged bathroom door, which he had destroyed in order to free himself from being locked inside.

…With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #SochiJailBreakpic.twitter.com/apZRefgvCO

— Johnny Quinn (@JohnnyQuinnUSA) February 8, 2014

Quinn’s “bathroom door” photo, which arrived at the height of #SochiProblems, instantly went viral on Twitter and elsewhere, garnering more than 25,000 retweets within the first few hours.

Spread

That same day, Quinn’s tweet was promptly picked up by the AFP^[6], NBC News^[2], USA Today^[3], The Huffington Post^[4] and Mashable^[5] as part of their round-up coverage of #SochiProblems. Then on February 10th, Quinn found himself locked behind doors once again, this time, along with his teammate Nick Cunningham and bobsled director David Cripps, in an elevator in their hotel building. Quinn’s streak of bad luck was subsequently tweeted by both Cunningham^[7] and Cripps, which drew even more attention to the athlete’s bathroom door incident from the night before. According to KHOU-TV, the three men were rescued shortly after tweeting the photos.

Of course I'm with JohnnyQuinnUSA</a> when the elevator door breaks and we get stuck! Good thing I&#39;m with him! <a href="http://t.co/cnVQlDgQV4">pic.twitter.com/cnVQlDgQV4</a></p>&mdash; Nick Cunningham (BOBSLEDR) February 10, 2014

Shortly after the elevator photo began circulating online, Twitter user @GeorgeMag^[9] declared #Quinning a new trend.

JohnnyQuinnUSA</a> New trend <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Quinning&amp;src=hash">#Quinning</a> Break the Doors down.</p>&mdash; George (georgemag) February 10, 2014

Notable Examples

In the following days, a handful of photos illustrating overly physical approaches to everyday problem-solving surfaced on the site with the hashtag #Quinning,^[10] such as opening plastic blister packs or clamshell packaging by puncturing a hole through the surface (shown below). While the build-up of its momentum on Twitter has been gradual at best, by February 16th, the hashtag had been declared “a new thing” by a number of news outlets, including BBC^[11], ABC News^[12] and The Economic Times,^[13] providing further boost to its social media profile.

EricKingNBC5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCDFW">NBCDFW No scissors handy, only nail clippers. Won't stop me from opening package! #Quinningpic.twitter.com/rpDWYZogDE

— Claudia (@oucrimsongirl) February 17, 2014

So the husby decided to go all JohnnyQuinnUSA</a> on this bottle of Moscato... <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23quinning&amp;src=hash">#quinning</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23datenight&amp;src=hash">#datenight</a> <a href="http://t.co/UIPohrmPxu">pic.twitter.com/UIPohrmPxu</a></p>&mdash; irma (whatsanirma) February 16, 2014

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About

Octodad is a freeware independent video game developed by a group of students at DePaul University, many of whom would go on to form Young Horses, Inc., the developers of its sequel Octodad: Dadliest Catch. The game was developed for the Student Showcase of the 2011 Independent Games Festival

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Hey, can somebody help me out with this entry please? I need a lot of help with the editing and whatnot – Marty McFly

About

#feedthepatrick is a hashtag that became very popular around januar, 2013.

Origin

To celebrate his 100K subscribers, a french minecraft youtuber named Aypierre made with his friend azenet a special computer on their minecraft server, that was able to display all tweets with the #feedthepatrick on a screen. Then Aypierre did a live showing this and asked the viewers to tweet #feedthepatrick to check if it was working.

Spread

That’s when the hashtag started growing out of control, a lot of people tweeting it, at first in the minecraft community, french and english, and then people that weren’t even playing the game. Lot of people were tweeting it without understanding, but it became one of the most popular hashtags in the world in one night.
Some of the people tweeting it

The original youtuber, aypierre, made a video to explain what happend (french)

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Overview

The hashtag #12FVenezuelaPaLaCalle (or only #12F) refers to the recent manifestations against the socialist government of Venezuela led by president Nicolás Maduro. They began on February 12, 2014 and were organized by María Corina Machado and Leopoldo López, leaders of the Venezuelan opposition, along with students movements. Reasons for the protests are: alleged violation of civil rights, chronic scarcity of basic goods, and high levels of criminal violence. The inflation rate for 2013 was 56.2, the scarcity index had been near 20% throughout 2013.%

Background
On April 14, 2013, Nicholas Maduro won the presidential election by a margin of 1.5% of the vote separating him from the second candidate, Capriles Radonski. This election was seeded with accusations of fraud and intimidation of voters. Opposition leader Capriles refused to accept the results of the election, claiming election irregularities, despite the electoral council’s post-election audit of a random selection of 54% of votes, comparing the electronic records with the paper ballots, which showed no problems. Capriles initially called for an audit of the remaining 46% of votes, asserting that this would show that he had won the election, but later he changes his mind, adding demands for a full audit of the electoral registry. The National Electoral Council (CNE) had found no discrepancy with the initial results and confirmed Maduro’s electoral victory.

On February 2, 2014, opposition leaders, Leopoldo López, María Corina Machado, and Antonio Ledezma called out students to a march for February 12, the National Youth Day of Venezuela.

Bassil Da Costa´s assassination

During the protests, an students identified as Bassil Da Costa, was shot in the head, allegedly by a policeman. Roberto Redman, the man who helps Dacosta, died three hours later, in the Chacao’s municipality.
Someone uploaded a video showing the moment of his death:

Media
The media in Venezuela had a hard time covering the protests since many news reporters have had their equipment stolen, or destroyed by government forces and feel threatened. The Colombian channel NTN24 was taken off air at the public cable service, according to the Venezuelan government this was because they want to repeat the coup of 2002.

Many social networks expressed their anger against the regime and support for students.

Leopoldo Lopez´s arrest
The opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, submitted a video where he says he is going to deliver him to the authorities during a protest, on Tuesday 18th.

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About

Manosphere is a neologism used to describe a loose network of blogs, forums and online communities on the English-speaking web that are devoted to a wide range of mens’ interests, from life philosophies and gender relations to self-improvement tips and strategies for success in life, relationships and sex. Due to its affiliation with the Men’s Rights Movement, some factions within the Manosphere have come under criticism for their antagonistic stance against feminism and perceived promotion of misogyny.

History

On January 1st, 2001, the MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) blog No Ma’am^[18] was created, which initially featured links to various essays and articles addressing gender differences, dating life and masculinity. On April 9th, 2007, the men’s interest blog Chateau Heartiste^[11] was launched on Word Press, offering dating and relationship advice for men, as well as arguments against feminist ideals. On November 10th, 2009, the Blogspot blog The Manosphere^[9] was created, marking the earliest-known use of the term “Manosphere” to describe an online network of men’s interest communities.

On December 20th, 2010, the subreddit /r/mansformation^[14] was launched for discussions related to becoming a high-status or “alpha” male. On March 10th, 2011, the men’s interest blog Private Man^[10]published an article titled “Manosphere – The New Men’s Club,” which highlights the growing number of blogs and discussion forums centered around men’s issues. On August 19th, another manospheric blog The Rational Male^[15] was launched. On October 16th, 2012, the men’s interest blog Return of Kings^[16] was created by writer Daryush Valizadeh, featuring articles written by male bloggers about pickup artistry and the culture of masculinity.

Related Subgroups

Men Going Their Own Way

Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW)^[17] is a men’s separatist movement centered around the belief that society is biased against men in favor of women. Many MGTOW proponents argue that the risks for a man to get married and have children are too high in comparison to the reward due to an alleged female-biased legal system.

PickUp Artists

*Pickup Artists":http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pickup-artist are men who utilizes a variety of techniques to attract and seduce women. As part of the manosphere, there are many advice blogs and discussion forums that cater to the PUA community, equipped with their own set of jargon and slang terms.

Men’s Rights Activists

The Men’s Rights Movement is a social and political movement which aims to combat perceived disadvantages toward men, which can be seen as a reactionary phenomenon to advancements of feminism in modern society.

The Red Pill

The Red Pill (TRP) is a movement within the manosphere that uses the red and blue pill^[20] symbols from the 1999 science fiction film The Matrix in which the protagonist Neo leaves a simulated reality for the real world after choosing to swallow a red pill. The movement promotes an evolutionary biology and economic-inspired view of human sexual relationships, encouraging traditional forms of masculinity in which men are the dominate gender. Many TRP enthusiasts insist that women are hypergamous^[5] and prefer to sleep with high-ranking (alpha) males while having relationships with low-rank (beta) males if provided with sufficient resources. On October 25th, 2012, the movement began with the creation of the /r/theredpill^[2] subreddit, which features discussions related to relationships, self improvement, feminism and sexuality. On January 9th, 2013, the satirical subreddit /r/thebluepill^[3] was created, which mocks posts featured on TRP and criticizes the group’s ideology. On August 18th, the /r/purplepill^[4] subreddit was launched as an alternative to TRP which aims to have a more balanced view of human sexual relationships.

Notable Figures

Roosh V

Roosh V is the nickname of writer Daryush Valizadeh, known for writing several ebooks on seduction founding the blog Return of Kings. On March 2nd, 2006, Roosh created the YouTube channel Roosh4, featuring vlogs containing dating and seduction techniques. On November 1st, Valizadeh launched his personal blog RooshV,^[13] which features links to his ebooks, pickup artist tips and a discussion forum. On February 13th, 2014, The Daily Dot^[12] published an interview with Valizadeh in which he denounced feminism’s influence on American women and claimed that eating disorders should be encouraged.

Karen Straughan

Karen Straughn^[7] is a Canadian vlogger who posts videos criticizing feminism and promoting men’s rights. On April 29th, 2011, she launched the blog Owning Your Shit^[8] with a post criticizing modern feminism. On October 21st, she created the “Girl Writes What” YouTube channel, which gathered upwards of 4.5 million video views and 53,000 subscribers in the next three years. As of February 2014, her most popular video is titled “Feminism and the Disposable Male,” which has accumulated over 830,000 views and 32,500 comments (shown below).

Criticism

On July 10th, 2011, YouTuber somegreybloke uploaded an animation titled “The Manosphere,” which features a man sitting in front of a computer who sarcastically mocks segments of the manosphere who assert that men are suffering from discrimination (shown below).

On October 16th, 2013, ABC News published an article titled “Women Battle Online Anti-Women Hate From the ‘Manosphere’,” which criticized the manosphere blog for attacks on women like feminist Anita Sarkeesian. On October 19th, manosphere vlogger RamzPaul uploaded a video mocking the ABC News piece for being biased and reactionary (shown below).

Hate Group Categorization

In Spring 2012, the Southern Poverty Law Center^[19] released an intelligence report titled “Misogyny: The Sites,” which listed several notable manosphere websites.

The so-called “manosphere” is peopled with hundreds of websites, blogs and forums dedicated to savaging feminists in particular and women, very typically American women, in general. Although some of the sites make an attempt at civility and try to back their arguments with facts, they are almost all thick with misogynistic attacks that can be astounding for the guttural hatred they express.

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Misandry

Misandry is a term referring to hatred and prejudice against men. On the web, the word has been adopted by men’s rights activists (MRAs) and is often mocked by feminists on Reddit and Tumblr.

Rationalization Hamster

“Rationalization hamster” is an Internet slang term used within the manosphere as an analogy for the thought processes used by women to excuse poor decisions and bad behavior. On June 5th, 2012, Urban Dictionary^[6] user rampaging teddybear of wub submitted an entry for “rationalization hamster,” which described it as “a legendary creature dwelling deep in the minds of the self-delusional, and is particularly common among young liberal women.”

It Was My Privilege

“It Was My Privilege” is a sarcastic expression used as the punchline in greentext stories wherein gentlemanly courtesy is misunderstood as male patronage, thus mocking the feminist concept of the male-dominated social system known as the “patriarchy."

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[Editor’s Note: This entry contains spoiler information related to Disney’s Frozen.]

About

“If Only Someone Loved You” is a catchphrase that refers to the massive plot twist in Disney’s Frozen. The quote has been said by one of the main character’s love interests, which revealed him to be the film’s main antagonist who was only using the love of the main character to further his own agenda. Because of the impact of the revelation, the quote has evolved into a multi-pane meme, in which lovers from different medias betray their partner with the quote.

Origin

In the movie Frozen, protagonist Princess Anna must stop an eternal winter that was accidentally brought down on her kingdom by an icy spell from her magical and aloof older sister Elsa the Snow Queen. One of the supporting characters of the movie was Prince Hans who played the love interest of Anna. Throughout the film, Anna (and the audience) only saw Hans as the classic “Prince Charming” archetype usually found in fairy tales and Disney films.

Hans (left) and Anna (right) meeting each other for the first time ^[1].

Later in the film, Anna was unfortunately hit by another accidental spell by Elsa when her attempt to persuade Elsa to come back to her kingdom and stop the winter went awry. The lethal spell would turn Anna into a frozen statue if she does not receive a true love’s kiss in time. Desperate, Anna turns to Hans in hope that his love could cure her of the spell. Unfortunately, her prince could not be further from her ideal vision of her true love.

“Oh Anna, if only there was someone out there who loved you.”

Reception

The Frozen fandom were not happy.

 

Judging by the two pics, everyone who saw the movie were left with a massive impact due to the revelation that defied one of the classic Disney fairy tale tropes. The impact was so powerful that mainstream media began to discuss the revelation and how it affected its audience ^[2][3]. However, some fans from Tumblr decided to make light of the revelation.

What started as a mere joke soon became something of meme status when it became spreading like wildfire all over Tumblr after some users posted a multi-pane meme that have fictional couples filling in the roles of Hans and Anna. ^[4]
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^[1]Disney Wiki- Hans / Posted on 2-2-2014

^[2]The Atlantic- Frozen’s Cynical Twist on Prince Charming / Posted on 12-10-13

^[3]Jezebel- Frozen: Finally, a Disney Prince Who’s a Disingenuous Dickweed" / Posted on 12-26-13

^[4]Tumblr- if only someone loved you | Tumblr

About

Space Jam is a children’s comedy movie released in 1996. The film features a mix of live action and animation, and stars basketball star Michael Jordan.

Origin

Space Jam was released on November 15th, 1996. The film stars Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Bill Murray and features famous Looney Toon characters such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Premise

In the real world, basketball star Michael Jordan has given up basketball for baseball, but finds he isn’t a talented baseball player. In the world of Looney Toons, the Toons are in danger of being taken over by a group of criminal aliens. Because the aliens seems small and unathletic, the Toons challenge them to a game of basketball for their freedom, but the aliens steal the talent of famous basketball players to become large and athletic. The Toons then kidnap Jordan and convince him to play on their team. Basketball season in the real world comes to a halt because players fear their talent will disappear as well. The game begins, and after an initial slump the Toons hold their own. Jordan strikes a deal that if the Toons win, the aliens will give back their stolen talent, and even if they loose they will kidnap him instead of the toons. The Toons begin to loose badly, and loose players to injuries, so that an alternate must be called in (Bill Murray). The Toons win, Jordan returns home and decides to return to baseball.

Reception

The film was not well received, earning a 35% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.`1 on IMDB. It won a Grammy award and was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly,” which he created for the movie.

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Space Jam Theme Song

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Twitch.tv is a live-streaming online video platform for e-sports and video game-related feeds.

History

On June 6th, 2011, the online video broadcasting website Justin.tv launched a public beta for the website Twitch.tv for video game-related feeds.

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Twitch Plays Pokemon

Twitch Plays Pokemon is an ongoing live-stream event hosted by the video-streaming platform Twitch.tv in which any member of the site can participate in a massively multiplayer online co-op version of Nintendo’s 1996 role-playing video game Pokémon Red by inputting various commands in chat.

Reception

On June 5th, 2013, Tech Crunch^[1] reported that Twitch.tv was receiving more than 35 million unique visitors per month.

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Raise Your Dongers

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Bravely Default, known as Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (ブレイブリーデフォルト フライングフェアリー Bureiburī Deforuto: Furaingu Fearī?) in Japan, is a role-playing video game by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS, a spiritual successor to the 2010 video game Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.^[3] Originally released in Japan in 2012, the game was developed by Silicon Studio, best known for the adventure game 3D Dot Game Heroes.^[4] The game’s job and battle system are similar to Final Fantasy V.^[5] It features augmented reality in the gameplay.^[6] On April 17, 2013, the game was announced to be released in Europe and Australia in 2013 and North America in 2014, published by Nintendo.^[7] An updated version, titled Bravely Default: For the Sequel (ブレイブリーデフォルト フォーザ・シークウェル Bureiburī Deforuto: Fōza Shīkuweru?), was released in Japan on December 5, 2013. The Western versions of the game are based on the updated version.^[8] A full sequel, Bravely Second, was announced in December 2013.

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House of Cards is an American political drama web series developed and produced by Beau Willimon and exclusively distributed via Netflix in February 2013. The series follows the story of Frank Underwood, a Democrat congressional leader who decides to carry out a grand scheme of political vendetta after getting ruled out from being appointed as Secretary of State, and his rise to power within the United States government.

History

Starring Kevin Spacey as the fictional South Carolina congressman Frank Underwood, the U.S. series is an adaptation of the 1990 British miniseries with the same name, which in turn is based on the 1989 novel House of Cards written by former chief of staff of the U.K. Conservative Party. The original plot follows the antiheroic Francisc Urquhart, a fictional Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, as he fulfills his political ambitions through a series of ruthless and manipulative ploys against his rivals.

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Business Baby is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a toddler talking on a toy phone with captions depicting the child as an enterprising business executive.

Origin

On February 17th, 2014, Redditor C0LDBLUERIBB0N submitted a photo of his friend’s toddler seated at a table eating a bowl of cereal with a toy phone held to his ear to the /r/funny^[1] subreddit (shown below, left). Meanwhile, Redditor bruxc submitted an image macro depicting the baby as an angry business executive titled “No Bullshit Business Baby” to /r/funny^[2] (shown below, right). In the first 48 hours, the posts received over 36,200 and 12,100 up votes respectively.

Spread

On February 18th, Redditor TheDebtThatAllMenPay submitted a Business Baby image macro joking about toddler fecal incontinence to the /r/AdviceAnimals^[8] subreddit (shown below, left). The same day, Redditor Crs3050 posted an example mocking the child’s limited math knowledge to /r/AdviceAnimals.^[9] In the first 24 hours, the posts garnered more than 9,000 up votes and 21,800 up votes respectively.

Also on February 18th, several Internet humor sites highlighted notable examples from the series, including BuzzFeed,^[4] UpRoxx,^[5] The Roosevelts^[6] and Mashable.^[7] Within 48 hours of its inception, upwards of 260 Business Baby image macros were submitted to the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit.^[3]

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Just a photo manipulation of Nemo wanting to couch your butt, it’s going to happen

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*Her * is futuristic drama film written and directed by Spike Jonze released in 2014.

History

Her was released on January 10th, 2014. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore, Amy Adams as Amy, and Scarlett Johansson as the voice of Samantha.

Premise

Set in the not so distant future, Theodore, who writes for a company that produces personal, hand written letters for customer’s love ones, isn’t quite ready to sign his divorce papers. He decides to buy a artificially intelligent operating system which has just been released. The OS names herself Samantha, and the two strike up a friendship that quickly shifts to a romantic relationship. They go through periods of happiness and though problems, including Theodore’s jealousy over her friendship with others operating systems and an awkward attempt to have sex through a surrogate. Eventually Samantha tells Theodore that though she loves him, she and all the other operating systems are leaving. The film ends with Theodore hanging out with another recently divorced friend.

Reception

The film was very well received, earning a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes^[1] and a rating of 90% on Metacritic.^[2] The film has been nominated for five Oscars including Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Original Screenplay. It won one Golden Globe for Best Original Screenplay. The film has grossed over 23.4 million dollars as of February 2014.^[3]

Online History

As of February 2014, Her’s official Facebook page^[4] has over 167,000 likes.

Siri Reacts to Her

On January 6th, 2014, not long after the release of Her, Jezebel^[5] published an article about a discovery of Siri’s easter egg feature that provides passive-aggressive responses when asked about the OS in Her.

Parodies

On January 22nd, 2014, CineFix uploaded a video to YouTube titled ""Her" Existential Tech Support" that imagined what tech support for the movie’s OS would sound like (below, left). As of February the video has over 36,000 views. On an episode of Saturday Night Live that aired on January 25th, Jonah Hill starred in a sketch called “Me” which featured a man falling in love with an OS that sounded just like him (below, right). On January 26th, NBC uploaded the video to its YouTube channel. As of February the video has over 260,000 views. On January 26th, DormtainmentTV uploaded a Her parody that recasts the film with african americans (below, middle). As of February the video has over 200,000 views.

Him Trailers

Multiple parodies of Her titled themselves Him and featured a female protagonist falling in love with her operating system instead of a male protagonist. On December 26th, 2013, Thats Whats Up Comedy uploaded a video to their YouTube channel titled “Him – Official Trailer (Parody of Her by Spike Jonze)” which featured a woman falling in love with an uninterested OS (below, left). As of February 2014, the video has over 165,000 views. On January 14th, 2014, HitFix uploaded a video titled “‘Him’ – (‘Her’ Official Parody Trailer)” featuring an OS that doesn’t call after sex (below, right). As of February, the video has over 43,000 views. On January 23rd, Paul Gale Comedy uploaded a “Him” parody that featured an OS with the voice and stoner persona of Seth Rogen (below, middle). As of February, the video has over 400,000 views.

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Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor best known for portraying Iron Man in the Marvel Iron Man triology and The Avengers. His fandom also stems for his persona.

Acting Career

Downey appeared in many films in the mid and late ’80s including roles in the John Hughes classic Weird Science and crime drama Less than Zero. He was also part of the cast of SNL from 1985-1986. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading role in 1993 for playing the title role in Chaplin and another in 2009 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Tropic Thunder.^[1] After a slump in the late ’90s and early 2000s he had a career comeback beginning with his starring role in Iron Man (2008). He went on to star in several popular action and comedy films including Sherlock Holmes (2009),Due Date (2010), and The Avengers</> (2012).

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Robert Downey Jr. Is Iron Man

Personal Life

Downey was born on April 4th, 1965, in New York City, New York. He attended Santa Monica High School in California, but never graduated. He is married to producer Susan Downey and has two sons.

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WordBank (Walrus) is an in-joke on Reddit inspired by a photograph of a preschooler’s incorrect response to an English vocabulary quiz misidentifying a drawing of Walrus as a “word bank,” a term used to indicate the portion of the prompt listing all answer choices in a test. After a photograph of the quiz reached the front page of Reddit in February 2014, users on the site began referring to walruses as “wordbanks.”

Origin

On February 19th, 2014, Redditor gynoceros submitted a photograph of his five year old’s arctic animals quiz to the /r/funny^[1] subreddit, in which his son mistakenly labelled an illustration of a walrus with the term “word bank” (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the post gained over 42,900 up votes and 1,200 comments.

Spread

After the photograph was posted to Reddit on February 19th, 2014, Redditor TheDerpDragon submitted a picture of a walrus titled “Just a Wordbank relaxing on a beach” to /r/funny,^[2] where it gathered more than 40,400 up votes and 1,000 comments in the next 18 hours, followed by Redditor soupsoundsgood’s /r/funny^[4] submission of a baby walrus photo titled “A newborn baby Wordbank,” as well as an illustration of a seal walking a walrus in an Imgur^[7] post titled “Just a walrus taking a wordbank for a walk" (shown below).

That same day, Redditor pimple_poppins submitted a screenshot of the Wikipedia page on walrus to /r/funny,^[6] which had been edited with the title “Word Bank” (shown below). Within the next hour, Redditor ooyat submitted a post asking why Redditors were referring to walruses as “wordbanks” to the /r/OutOfTheLoop^[5] subreddit, to which several Redditors replied with the arctic animals quiz photo.

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Tom Hanks is an American actor best known for his Academy Award winning roles in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia. He is also known as the voice of Woody from Pixar’s Toy Story trilogy.

Acting Career

From 1980-1982 Hanks starred in Bosom Buddies, a sitcom about two men that dress as women to qualify for their apartment.^[1] He acted in several films in the mid-80s, but his break-out role was in the film Big (1988), a comedy about a pre-teen boy who wishes to be big and wakes up in the body of a grown man. The film earned Hanks his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He went on to win two Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role; one in 1994 for Philadelphia and one in 1995 for Forrest Gump. He voiced the role of Woody in the animated film Toy Story in 1995, going on to reprise the role in the trilogy’s second and third film.

Online History

On February 27th, 2011, Jimmy Kimmel Live uploaded a segment from their show to their YouTube channel featuring Hanks and an actress playing his young daughter competing in a beauty pageant. The video is parody of the TLC reality show Toddlers and Tiaras. As of February 2014, the video has more than 7.9 million views.

On October 7th, 2013, Official Comedy uploaded a video to their YouTube channel titled, “Tom Hanks: The Movie.” The video is a mash-up of many of Hank’s most famous roles, such as Forrest Gump and Jim Lovell (Apollo 13) stitched together to form a single narrative. As of February 2014, the video has over 480,000 views.

On October 12th, 2013, The Jonathan Ross Show, a British talk show, uploaded a segment from their show featuring Hanks dancing on giant floor keyboard like he did in the film Big. As of February 2014, the video has over 4.8 million views.

As of February 2014, Hank’s Facebook page^[2] has over 4.1 million likes and Twitter acount^[3] has over 7.8 million followers. Popular Tumblr blogs dedicated to the actor include hellyeahtomhanks^[4] and fuckyeahtomjhanks.^[5]

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Tom Hanks Is a Bunch a Animals

On January 27th, 2011, the Tumblr blog Tom Hanks Is a Bunch of Animals^[6] was created. The blog features pictures or GIFs of animals with Hanks’ face superimposed on the animal’s face. The blog was reported on by several websites including Buzzfeed,^[7] The Laughing Squid,^[8] and The Chive.^[9]

On February 1st, Hanks tweeted a link to the blog from his own Twitter account.

I am flattered. I think. Hanx “Tom Hanks is a lot of Animals” – http://say.ly/MmS7GG

— Tom Hanks (@tom hanks) February 1, 2011

Personal Life

Tom Hanks was born on July 9th, 1956, in Concord, California. He attended Chabot College and California State University, but never graduated. Hanks is married to actress Rita Wilson. They have two children and Hanks has two more children with ex-wife Samantha Lewes.

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