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Oprah’s 9000 Penises

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

It’s not that Oprah doesn’t care… she just doesn’t get it. [1] [2] [3] Maybe she sound watch more FOX… you don’t mess with hackers on steroids!!!!11 via Andrew on the BLING list

Tay Zonday: don’t run away from the heat

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Our favorite reigning chocolate just released an intimate Q&A in which he responds to fans’ burning questions. Some gems: “what’s it like to be an Internet celebrity?” no vacation time YouTube competition is getting fierce lots of pressure because “the heat is something you don’t want to run away from” “why do you think people [...]

Advice Dog dispensing more advice than ever

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

This cute little guy first emerged from the ‘chan cesspool and blipped on our image macro radar way the heck back in June 2008. Been downright invading my dashboard lately… seems to be spreading! More images on Macrochan or Dramatica. ED article was created June 24.

Weezer’s Memetastic Video Director Spills the ‘Pork and Beans’

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Wired interview with Matthew Cullen, director of Weezer’s internets-drenched Pork & Beans video: link. Wired: Anything happen off-screen that is viral-video worthy? Like a Chris Crocker, the Numa Numa kid and Miss South Carolina showdown? Cullen: The shoot was a total whirlwind. But the memes were all at the same hotel. They did hang out [...]

A Brief History of Star Wars Kid

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Andy Baio from Waxy.org published a thorough analysis of his traffic and referral stats from 2003, when he broke Star Wars Kid Ghyslain Raza and the Internet went apeshit. I’ve been digging into my original server logs from the Star Wars Kid debacle, five years after I played a major role in what some say [...]

“Meme theft”, commercial co-option, and the one true raid

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Anonymous/’channers/btards are infamous for getting incredibly butthurt over “meme theft”. E.g. leaving nasty comments on anything about LOLcats, spouting things to the effect of “we invented cat macros, you cannot have them.” Sticklers like Richard Dawkins might argue this is the very function of memes but I digress. Butthurt provides the fuel for raids, where [...]

South Park buttrolls the world in quest for Internet fame

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Last week’s episode of South Park: Butters covers Samwell’s Feb. 2007 smash-hit “What What (In The Butt)” (aka the buttroll) The boys then head to the Department of Internet Money attempting to collect their cash, and meet some of our old friends in the process… via borna and epic-fu

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