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How Donald Trump Getting 'Arrested' Became A Prevalent Meme Thanks To AI-Generated Images
Donald Trump Getting Arrested AI Art refers to multiple AI-generated images of former President Donald Trump getting arrested and running away from police in New York City. The images were inspired by Donald Trump's rumored March 2023 arrest and were used by meme creators on Twitter on the day of his supposed arrest (March 21st, 2023). News outlets started debunking the AI art and memes as many internet users satirically spread misinformation by claiming that they were real photographs.
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"To Be Fair, You Have to Have a Very High IQ to Understand Rick and Morty"
Drop your Szechuan sauce and get ready for some mindbending science and existential dread! In this special (and yes, overdue) episode of Know Your Meme 101, we take a closer look into the world of Rick and Morty fandom through the "high IQ" copypasta meme.
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Foodom (Part II)
In this second half of our two-part special episode on Foodom (short for “food fandom”), we take a look at some of the most notable examples of anthropomorphic shipping featuring America’s favorite fast food and casual dining restaurants.
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Foodom (Part I)
In this first half of our two-part special episode on Foodom (short for “food fandom”), we delve into the oh-so-fascinating consumer subculture that has sprung up around America’s favorite fast food and casual dining restaurants.
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Pepsi United Spicer
In this episode of Know Your Meme 101, we take a look back at the series of increasingly stupid PR failures from last month that snowballed into one epic Frankenscandal meme now known as the "Pepsi United Spicer."
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Who Would Win?
Internet experts Eric and Jon try to answer some of the most difficult hypothetical questions that got a lot of folks on the Internet stuck in the thinking hole since 2010.
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Shooting Stars
In this episode of Know Your Meme 101, internet experts Eric and Jon dive head-first into one of the biggest music video parody memes that swept across YouTube in March 2017.
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Cash Me Ousside
In this episode of Know Your Meme 101, Internet commentators Jon and Eric throw in their two cents on the viral stardom of Danielle Bregoli and her sensational catchphrase "cash me ousside, how bow dah?"
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Rule 34
Rule 34 of the Internet: If it exists, there is porn of it. Here’s a reminder why.
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The Mandela Effect
Was it the Berenstein Bears or the Berenstain Bears? Was it Oscar Meyer or Oscar Mayer? Did you remember it wrong, or have you been living in a parallel universe this whole time? Know Your Meme 101 explains the Mandela Effect.
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Increasingly Verbose Memes
In this pilot episode of our new meme explainer web series, we take a look back at the increasingly verbose meme that became a sensation in January and talk about why everything gets longer and shittier as time goes on.
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Intro to Pokémon Memes (Part II)
Know Your Meme's Internet scientists explore some of the most notable character memes that emerged from the children's anime TV series in this second part of our intro to Pokémon memes!
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Intro to Pokémon Memes (Part I)
Your very own Know Your Meme legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon Memes awaits!
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Troll Science
Troll Science (also known as “Troll Physics”) is a rage comic series illustrating various experiments that are based on faulty understanding of scientific concepts. The pseudo-scientific drawings are usually accompanied by Trollface and used to mislead the viewers or frustrate science educators and students for their obvious errors.
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Fanfiction
Fanfiction is literature written solely by fans of a particular work, and is thus both non-canonical to the original work yet also based off the characters and settings of such a work. Though fanfiction is not a product of the Internet, the Internet has proliferated such literature to proportions greater than those it could have achieved in print.
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That Really Rustled My Jimmies
“That Really Rustled My Jimmies” is an expression that is used to convey feelings of discontent or discomfort in response to someone else’s post in imageboards and discussion forums, most notably on 4chan.
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Homestuck
Homestuck is an interactive fiction-like webcomic created by artist Andrew Hussie and is the 4th comic series to be published on the website MS Paint Adventures. It has gained a significant fanbase on the Internet, and many fans have directly collaborated with Hussie on the comic.
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Futurama
Futurama is an animated TV series based around the main protagonist Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from the 20th century who was cryogenically frozen for 1000 years, and his adventures in the future. The show was created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
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Girl's Guide to the Internet (Part I)
“There are No Girls on the Internet” is a tongue-in-cheek adage which implies that there are no female entities actually participating in online activities, especially when it comes to anonymous exchanges in chatrooms and discussion forums. The outdated myth also jests that the Internet is essentially a “sausage fest” dominated and defined by male internet users and a smaller population of male trolls or griefers who pose as women in pursuit of lulz.
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Ermahgerd
Ermahgerd (also known as “Gersberms” and “Berks”), a lisped pronunciation of “oh my god,” is an image macro series featuring a photo of a young woman holding several books from the children’s horror fiction series Goosebumps. The phonetically written captions are meant to sound like a speech impediment caused by the use of an orthodontic retainer, often using the snowclone template “Ermahgerd X.”
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Dolan
Dolan is an MS Paint web comic meme featuring a perverted version of Donald Duck and a variety of other poorly drawn Disney cartoon characters.
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Scumbag Steve
Scumbag Steve is an image macro series featuring a kid with a sideways fitted cap standing in a hallway. The overlaid text generally centers around unethical behavior regarding drugs, partying, and other hedonistic behaviors.
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Ridiculously Photogenic Guy
Ridiculously Photogenic Guy is a meme featuring a photo of an exceptionally handsome smiling man that gained notoriety after being posted to the social news website Reddit.
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Socially Awkward Penguin
Socially Awkward Penguin is an image macro series featuring a penguin with zero self-esteem and zero social skills. The image macros typically narrate some of the most uncomfortable situations we've all encountered in real life.