Buzzkilling

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/883/thumb/1227073749984.jpg?1252472594

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Buzzkilling

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/883/square/1227073749984.jpg?1252472594

2009-09-09T05:03:15Z

4Chan

2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active 4chan, somethingawful

Buzzkilling <h2>About</h2> Although the term Buzzkill predates popular usage of the internet, the present tense verb Buzzkilling today is largely associated with a 4chan meme that places more value on the comedic subtletly of straight-forward explanations of what is out of place in an image. In short, it is a form of anti-joke. <h2>Origin</h2> Although <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/put-yourself-in-my-shoes>Put Yourself in My Shoes</a> never caught on with 4chan, the “Those are my shoes. You are a dog” inspired the creation of other, simpler image macros utilizing the same anti-joke format. ED offers some commentary on the subject: <blockquote> The fact that one iteration of a five year old meme has become a meme in itself says something about the need for Original Content. </blockquote>

2009-11-21T01:12:41Z

883

882

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/883/original/1227073749984.jpg?1252472594

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1232/thumb/picsor.jpg?1258495896

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1232/square/picsor.jpg?1258495896

2009-11-03T06:12:53Z

Unknown (possibly MetaFilter)

2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active pics, POIDH, sauce

Pics or It Didn't Happen <h2>About</h2> “Pics or it didn’t happen” is a popular phrase used in response to a person who has made an unbelievable or outlandish claim, common on many forums around the Internet, including Digg, Reddit, MetaFilter, Fark, 4chan, SomethingAwful, and more. A Google search for the phrase returns over 8,000,000 results, although it has been used in only a few image macros, usually pertaining to the Bible. <h2>Orgin</h2> It’s difficult to say exactly where “Pics or it didn’t happen” first originated, but one of the earliest instances is from MetaFilter. On April 23rd, 2004, <a href=http://www.metafilter.com/user/1848>ptrin</a> used POIDH in a thread on MetaFilter in a thread entitled <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/32666/Just-say-no-to-Crack">Just Say No to Crack</a> <blockquote> Was she cute? Pics or it didn’t happen. </blockquote> On September 10th, 2004, legacy-Code-Killer used POIDH in the <a href=http://forums.epicgames.com/archive/index.php/t-417072.html>EpicGames forums</a> <blockquote> UT2004 does. UT2004 = winnar pics or it didn’t happen ;) </blockquote> <h2>Urban Dictionary</h2> On March 28th, 2006, <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=The+Patriarch>The Patriarch</a> created the first Urban Dictionary entry for “Pics or it didn’t happen.” <blockquote> A phrase used on Internet forums to counter the vast range of unverifiable claims made by users. Often these claims involve personal brag-worthy accomplishments, extraordinary or rare sights/occurrences, and tales relating to alcohol or drug use. Guy 1: Dude, I drank four bottles of bourbon last night, then hooked up with 4 chicks at the same time, then Donald Trump came to my house and gave me a million dollars! Guy 2: Pics or it didn’t happen. </blockquote> <ul> <li>See <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pics%20or%20it%20didn%27t%20happen>the entry on Urbandictionary.com</a> for more defintions from other users.</li> </ul> <h2>Google Insights for Search <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=pics+or+it+didn%27t+happen%7Cor+it+didn%27t+happen%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script></h2>

2009-11-17T22:15:20Z

1232

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1232/original/picsor.jpg?1258495896

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1075/thumb/AUCrI.png?1255529734

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1075/square/AUCrI.png?1255529734

2009-10-14T14:15:36Z

2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= researching bear, shark, narwhal, reddit, GQ, photoshop

Bearsharktopus <h2>Origin</h2> On September 17th, 2009, Reddit user <a href=http://www.reddit.com/user/CtrlAltDelYourFace>CtrlAltDelYourFace</a> created a thread entitled <a href=http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9ljz8/hey_reddit_i_heard_you_like_bears_and_sharks_so_i/?sort=top>“Hey Reddit, I heard you like bears and sharks, so I made you a Bear Shark. Enjoy.”</a> User <a href=http://www.reddit.com/user/mintyice>mintyice</a> created Bear Shark Moon</a> CtrlAltDelYourFace returned with BEARSHARKTOPUS And other users created instances such s Sharkwhaltopusbear, Gentlesharkwhaltopusbear, and more. <h2>Spread</h2> Within mere hours, Bearsharktopus made it to the popular Tumblog <a href=http://thedw.us/post/190580539/bearsharktopus-of-the-day-welp-were-screwed>The Daily What</a>. Days after the Reddit thread, Buzzfeed contributer Mark Mann <a href=http://www.buzzfeed.com/markwmann/bearsharktopus-e5y>posted Bearsharktopus to Buzzfeed</a> where it earned the “most shared”, “LOL”, and “omg” badges. On September 20th, the Bearshark instance sans tenticles was <a href=http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1920315>featured on CollegeHumor.com</a>. The same day, <a href=http://christwire.org/author/abe/>Abe</a> of the hilarious Christian conservative blog Christwire.org featured the Sharkbeartopus with the headline Crazed Evolutionists Create Bearsharktopus. Excerpt: <blockquote> This is more proof why genetics is evil! Somehow scientists are planning to,.. splice the genomes of a the bear, a shark and an immoral Asian octopus to evolve these sea monsters against holiness! {snip} Stop genetics! It is an abomination to science and nature, and only serves the aggrandizing, selfish agenda of dog evolutionists like Richard Dawson. These men have no morals or scruples, and don’t know what they are dealing with in their effort to play master and creator! Burn the lab experiments and gene manipulation! </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href=http://christwire.org/2009/09/crazed-evolutionists-create-bearsharktopus/>Check out the sensational lack of Photoshop knowledge here!</a></li> </ul> On September 22nd, 2009, Boingboing’s Cory Doctorow posted Bearsharktopus under the title <a href=http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/21/beware-the-bearshark.html>Beware the Bearsharktopus</a>. On October 5th, 2009, the breeding of a Bearsharktopus was depicted by jmay #559 on the site <a href=http://www.scribbls.com/outcomes/Bearshark>scribbls.com</a>. Then, on October 13th, something funny happened. GQ’s Dan Fierman posted Bearsharktopus on GQ’s “The Verge” pop culture blog in a post entitled <a href=http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2009/10/know-your-meme.html>Know Your Meme.</a> Ironically, we hadn’t created an entry on this meme yet. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=bearsharktopus&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=3-m&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><h2>Other Bearsharks</h2> Within the Reddit thread, many users cited references to earlier bear-shark hybrids, such as <a href=http://nedroid.com/2009/07/doorway-to-your-inner-self/>this bearshark comic from Nerdoid.com</a> published in July of 2009. <h2>Merchandise</h2> The original author of the Bearsharktopus image has created T-shirts available for purchase on <a href=http://www.bearsharktopus.com/>Bearsharktopus.com</a>.

2009-11-14T04:40:32Z

1075

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1075/original/AUCrI.png?1255529734

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/882/thumb/381px-Thosearemyshoes.jpg?1252469326

http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Postal+worker+and+dog

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/882/square/381px-Thosearemyshoes.jpg?1252469326

2009-09-09T04:08:47Z

SomethingAwful contest based upon a USPS poster

2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active exploitable, photoshop, contest, funny, postal, service, USPS

Put Yourself in My Shoes <h2>About</h2> “Put Yourself in My Shoes” is a meme consisting of parodies of a safety notice from the United States Postal Service. Most of the derivatives were created within a few days in 2004 on <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com>SomethingAwful.com</a> but the images went viral all over the web. <h2>Origin</h2> On May 20th, 2004, a Something Awful goon named Djarum <a href=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1055923&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1>posted the following message</a>: <blockquote> So yesterday I walk downstairs to get my mail, along with the tons of free magazines and bills I get this. Since when has the Postal Serivce been sending out such great little safety notices? Well of course the first thing that I thought of was to post it on here for everyone to partake in the fun. I start it when my first horrible attempt. <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/17388/original/kill.png?1252470704" alt="" /> Hopefully someone can do justice to it. UPDATE eaglebtc was kind enough to help everyone out with the whole process. Here’s what he told me: <blockquote> quote: I’ve got a multi-layer PSD and a RAR with all the fonts for the HelveticaNeue family. They are in OpenType format, which means anyone using Windows 2000 or XP can read them. Or they can download a free font reader. Contributors should grab the following archive: http://www.promotionsfd.com/test/usps-goldmine.rar It contains the layer-separated PSD template, plus the USPS logo (EPS, with emblem reversed) and the font pack necessary for the text. The PSD template has all layers separated by component: gray box, outline, dog & man, text, top box, etc. Its current size is 1600×1000, approximately. Becuase I made it larger, I redrew the “vector” objects so they would look better at this higher output resolution (150dpi). The text layers are in place, with the correct font selected. The user must have the fonts installed before they open the PSD or they will receive a warning. </blockquote> Hope it helps! </blockquote> In the next ten pages, hundreds of derivatives were created. It soon became a contest. Results were archived on <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/safety-message-from.php?page=1>May 24th</a> and <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/safety-message-from.php?page=1>May 31st, 2004.</a> <h2>Those Are My Shoes</h2> Of all of the diverse instances of this meme, the “Those are my shoes Give them back You are a dog” instance became the most popular of all. <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/17371/original/381px-Thosearemyshoes.jpg?1252469627" alt="" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22those+are+my+shoes%22%7C%22put+yourself+in+my+shoes%22%7C%22you+are+a+dog%22&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><h2>YTMND</h2> <ul> <li><a href=http://postal.ytmnd.com/>Postal</a></li> <li><a href=http://thosearemyshoesgivethemback.ytmnd.com/>THOSE ARE MY SHOES</a></li> <li><a href=http://dontevenfit.ytmnd.com/>They don’t even fit</a></li> </ul> <h2>On 4Chan</h2> The “Put Yourself in My Shoes” meme never really caught on with 4chan, but “Those are my shoes. Give Them Back. You are a dog” spawned an anti-joke meme that is referred to on ED simply as <a href=http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Buzzkilling>Buzzkilling</a>.

2009-10-28T05:15:42Z

882

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/882/original/381px-Thosearemyshoes.jpg?1252469326

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/888/thumb/VanillaHappyCat.jpg?1252525000

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Happycat http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Happycat http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Happy_cat

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/888/square/VanillaHappyCat.jpg?1252525000

2009-09-09T19:36:41Z

Russian catfood company via Something Awful

2003

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active lolcat, image macro, cheezburger, funny, something awful, 4chan, YTMND

Happy Cat <h2>About</h2> Happy Cat is agruably one of the most recognized faces among lolcats. He is the face that kickstarted the website <a href="http://www.icanhascheezburger.com">I Can Has Cheezburger</a> and the <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nedm>NEDM</a> meme. Happy Cat is of the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_shorthair>British Shorthair</a> variety. <h2>Origin: Conflicting Information</h2> According to <a href=http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Happycat>ED</a>, the Happy Cat meme started when it was posted to the Something Awful forums in 2003, by user FancyCat. There is no record of a goon named FancyCat on SomethingAwful. However there is a “<a href=http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=32295>Fancy Cat</a>” (two words) who has been a registered user since 2002, but his post history is incomplete. (viewing is limited to SA Premium Membership. Cost: $30.00 ($10.00 membership, $10.00 archive access, $10.00 access to Premium features.) According to the <a href=http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Happy_cat>YTMND Wiki</a>, Happy Cat was found by a Something Awful goon, also named Happy Cat. [this will be investigated] One of the earliest verifiable appearances of Happy Cat on Something Awful occured on May 12th, 2004 in an article entitled <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/the-grocery-gauntlet.php>The Grocery Gauntlet</a> written by Reid “Frolixo” Paskiewicz. But, the earliest known sighting of Happy Cat on the web, actually comes from a a Russian catfood company, also called Happy Cat. Although the cat was not the primary mascot for the company, it did appear on the website as early as 2003. <ul> <li><a href=http://web.archive.org/web/20030807105512/http://happycat.ru/>Happycat.ru archived in 2003</a></li> </ul>

2009-11-18T02:41:12Z

888

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/888/original/VanillaHappyCat.jpg?1252525000

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/899/thumb/shemoves.png?1252593188

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/899/square/shemoves.png?1252593188

2009-09-10T14:33:09Z

Homemade video on a personal website

2002

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active viral video, dancing, singing

Gellieman - Aicha <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TlurgF8KhsU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TlurgF8KhsU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>Pfffffffffffff…</h2> In 2002, Belgian teen Jelle Buelens, AKA Gellieman, recorded a video of himself singing a cover of the song Aïcha, originally written by French singer-songwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Goldman">Jean-Jacques Goldman</a>, popularized by Algerian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%AF">Raï</a> artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_(musician)">Khaled</a> and first translated into English by the Danish group <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlandish">Outlandish</a>. <ul> <li>View the <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2DPa1eGMpo>Khaled</a> version</li> <li>View the <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu077-j95k8>Outlandish</a> version</li> </ul> Gellieman uploaded his video to his personal (now defunct) website jellebuelens.nl.nu, as a downloadable WMV file. It went largely un-noticed until December of 2003. <h2>She Moves How???</h2> Early on, Gellieman’s video was re-posted to various European websites. On December 9th, 2003, the video was renamed <a href="http://www.surfnet.fi/zargon/swchan/stats/urllog.html">OMFG.WMV</a> on the Finnish surfnet.fi site. By December 11th, 2003, Gellieman’s video was posted to <a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/archive/december2003">AlbinoBlacksheep</a>. Only five days later, Aicha was entered into <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Aicha>Urbandictionary.com</a>. The video grew in popularity across many countries. In Italy, Gellieman was heralded as the next big Internet Star after The Star Wars Kid and Little Fatty. Excerpt from Italian site <a href=http://www.mabega.net/archives/2003/12/>Mabega.net</a>, Google Translated: <blockquote> after the unforgettable Star Wars Kid, after the missed Fat Kid, now all the spotlight will be on the young Gellieman, author of a sensational cover of Aisha (Khaled old hits). Potete vederla qui (in formato Windows Media). You can see it here (Windows Media). Il video, manco a dirlo, è stato già rimontato con un più degno finale, che potete scaricare da qui . The video, needless to say, has already been replaced with a more worthy end, which you can download from here. </blockquote> Although the link for the “more worthy end” has died long ago, it is evidence that the video was already being remixed. Excerpt from Italian site <a href=http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=y&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.macchianera.net%2F2003%2F12%2F23%2Fspondored-by-clerasil%2F&sl=auto&tl=en&history_state0>Macchianera.net</a> <blockquote> This is GellieMan, live from his bedroom, popstar who has succeeded in stealing the stage of the Web to the likes of “Star Wars Kid” and “Famous Fat Boy”. </blockquote> By 2004, a <a href=http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/kezuki/faq.html>Gellieman FAQ was created on an Angelfire account.</a> On July 7th, 2004, a re-post of Gellieman’s video (again named OMFG.WMV) was posted to the <a href=http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=368786>Epicgames.com forums</a>, along with a link of a remake by another user. Unfortunately, the link is dead. In early 2005, Gellieman shut down his website. A rumor that Gellieman had killed himself just following the filming of the video circulated through Ebaumsworld, although this was false since Gellieman maintained his website for three years following the creation of the video. <ul> <li><a href=http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/archive/index.php/t-64225.html>A typical Ebaums Gellieman suicide rumormill thread.</a></li> </ul> Later that year, Youtube took off as the premeiere video-sharing platform, and many previously-filmed Gellieman remakes were uploaded to Youtube. In addition, the meme found a new audience, and new Gellieman remakes were made. <h2>Here. Tears.</h2> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVLkOoqMbDY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVLkOoqMbDY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9IuzO5T_dVM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9IuzO5T_dVM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQc5rIHBlpU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQc5rIHBlpU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJ97VfP7ojQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJ97VfP7ojQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=gellieman%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>

2009-10-13T00:47:50Z

899

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/899/original/shemoves.png?1252593188

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/858/thumb/RTFM.jpg?1252341177

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Rtfm

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/858/square/RTFM.jpg?1252341177

2009-09-07T16:32:58Z

Various apocraphal sources

1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= true active

RTFM <h1>About RTFM</h1> RTFM is an initialism for “Read The Fucking Manual.” One of the earlies known instances of RTFM in print was in the Table of Contents of the 1979 LINPACK Users’ Guide; the manual for using the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINPACK>LINPACK</a> linear algebra software library written for <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran>Fortran</a> programming language. The text appears as a quote, attributed to Anonymous. <blockquote> Table of Contents “R.T.F.M.” —Anonymous PREFACE ……………………………………………………..v INTRODUCTION 1.Overview……………………………………1.1 2.Usage…………………………………………1.2 … </blockquote> <ul> <li>RFTM on <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RTFA>UrbanDictionary</a></li> </ul> <h1>Related Terms:</h1> <h2>R.T.F.A.</h2> RTFA is an initialism for “Read The Fucking Article,” popular on Fark, Digg, and other social news aggregates. One of the eariest known instances of RTFA that appears on the web is in the comments section from <a href=http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/08/1622204.shtml>a Slashdot post on September 8th, 2000</a>, from user <a href=http://slashdot.org/~PurpleBob>PurpleBlob</a>: <blockquote> Okay. There’s a really cool thing you can do to help clear up this “vague assertion”. It’s called… RTFA [lycos.com]. People shouldn’t have to repeat information from the article for your convenience. </blockquote> <a href=http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=623970&hl=FDA-drops-warnings-from-products-containing-olestra-saying-they-dont-give-a-crap>One of the first known instances of RTFA on Fark</a> occurred on August 20th, 2003, in a post by user Obi-Juan <blockquote> Damn that’s a good headline! /hasn’t RTFA </blockquote> <ul> <li>RTFA on <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RTFA>UrbanDictionary</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>L.M.G.T.F.Y.</h2> “Let Me Google That For You” LMGTFY.com was <a href=http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=lmgtfy.com&prog_id=godaddy>registered in November of 2008</a>, and allows users to provide an idiot-proof method for training people to look things up for themselves. Usage: Person 1 asks a question that could easily be answered by simply Googling for it. <blockquote> How do we know that Fox News isn’t fair and balanced? </blockquote> Person 2 replies by pasting a link created with lmgtfy.com. <blockquote> <a href=http://lmgtfy.com/?q=McClellan+confirms+white+house+Fox+News+propaganda>Let me google that for you.</a> </blockquote> <ul> <li><a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tl-dr>TL;DR</a> is the antithesis of RTFM and RTFA.</li> <li>In the absense of a Manual, one may be advised to <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lurk-moar>Lurk Moar</a>.</li> </ul>

2009-11-12T21:29:47Z

858

627

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/858/original/RTFM.jpg?1252341177

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/305/thumb/Duckroll.jpg?1243959326

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Duckroll http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Duckroll

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/305/square/Duckroll.jpg?1243959326

2009-06-02T16:13:32Z

moot on 4Chan

2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active duck, roll, image macro, 4Chan, moot

Duckroll <h2>About</h2> Duckroll is the father of all Rolls, and the predecessor to the <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rickroll>Rick Roll</a>. According to <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan#Rickrolling>Wikipedia</a> the Duckroll originated in 2005 when moot created a word filter that changed the word “egg” to “duck.” Fox News supports this theory in an article about the origin of the Rickroll published on April 22nd, 2008 entitled <a href=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html>The Biggest Little Internet Hoax on Wheels Hits the Mainstream</a>. <blockquote> In keeping with silly Internet humor, the director of the image-sharing Web site 4chan, who goes by the handle “moot,” decided he’d play a joke and change the word “egg” to “duck” every time a user posted a message. In time the phenomenon spread, and the word “eggroll” was replaced by “duckroll.” When someone came up with the idea to redirect Internet links to an image of a duck on wheels, rickrolling’s forebear, “duckrolling,” was born. </blockquote> On January 4th, 2007, Sweetpipe added the first definition for Duckroll to <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=duckroll>UrbanDictionary.com</a> <blockquote> When you get a picture of a duck on wheels, instead of what you expected to get. Often used on image boards such as 4chan. By following a link that promises an upskirt picture of Britney Spears, you get a picture of a duck on wheels, with the text “DUCKROLL” written on it. </blockquote> EncyclopediaDramatica defines Duckroll like this: <blockquote> Unlike Rickroll, duckroll is original and funny. It is made of pwn and win. To “duckroll” is to intentionally misdirect people on a chan imageboard to a different thread containing a picture of a duck with wheels, or of an animated gif of a toy duck rolling across the screen. The overall intent is to piss everyone off via deception. </blockquote> <a href=http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Duckroll>The Lurkmore Wiki</a> claims that Duckroll originated in mid-November 2006. <blockquote> Duckroll first appeared in /b/ in mid-November 2006, where to many people’s surprise, Duckroll took off and became very successful because /b/ took much glee in duckrolling each other. </blockquote> Only a handful of YTMND’s exist. The first was created by Gregunit on January 25, 2007. <ul> <li><a href=http://morelikefive.ytmnd.com/>More Like Five</a></li> </ul> More: <ul> <li><a href=http://duckrolledd.ytmnd.com/>Duckrolled</a></li> <li><a href=http://rollinagain.ytmnd.com/>Duckrolling Returns!</a></li> <li><a href=http://duckbounce.ytmnd.com/>Duckroll and Bounce</a></li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=duckroll%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><h2>Youtube Duckrolls</h2> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YbaTur4A1OU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YbaTur4A1OU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YbaTur4A1OU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YbaTur4A1OU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8AsCOAaPhdg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8AsCOAaPhdg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6cypRZA-meA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6cypRZA-meA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6gn6iw7nZWM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6gn6iw7nZWM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-09-23T21:49:19Z

305

618

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/305/original/Duckroll.jpg?1243959326

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/68/thumb/davidafterdentist.png?1234083412

AmV5-VIH0Kg

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/68/square/davidafterdentist.png?1234083412

2009-02-08T08:56:53Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmV5-VIH0Kg active david, dentist, kid, under the influence, drugs, cute, freakout

David After Dentist <h2>About</h2> On January 30th, 2009, Youtube user booba1234 posted the video David After Dentist. The video stars the user’s son David, just after having oral surgery to remove an extra tooth during the summer of 2008. According to Booba1234, David was very nervous about the surgery and so his father decided to videotape a before-and-after to make him feel better. Following the surgery, young David was high as a kite, and the rest… is history. Within just a week of its posting, David After Dentist racked up over five million views, numerous remixes, and many, many reposts of the original. At the time it was one of the fastest-growing viral videos to date (not adjusted for internet inflation) <h2>Memorable Quotes</h2> <ul> <li>“Is this real life?”</li> <li>“I feel funny.”</li> <li>“Why is this happening to me?”</li> <li>“Is this going to be forever?”</li> <li>“AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!”</li> </ul> <h2>Media</h2> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/txqiwrbYGrs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/txqiwrbYGrs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> David After Dentist <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hVDnFYsEPQE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hVDnFYsEPQE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Eclectic Remix <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N618fLxQP6w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N618fLxQP6w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Main Remix <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sGTAnXqn9Jc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sGTAnXqn9Jc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Vader After Dentist

2009-10-14T21:08:23Z

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/68/original/davidafterdentist.png?1234083412

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/185/thumb/nickcage.jpeg?1240917662

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/185/square/nickcage.jpeg?1240917662

2009-04-28T11:21:03Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active Macro, catchphrase

Your Argument is Invalid <h2>About</h2> The phrase “your argument is invalid” is often employed in debates of logic, and altough it predates the internet, many an internet know-it-all has used the phrase in chat, email, and on message boards. <a href=http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.3/0038.html>Here</a> is a rather passionate exchange between a Windows user and a Linux user in 2001: <blockquote> > Nice ad hominem attack, David. Attack the messenger. Good boy. That’s not what I understood ‘ad hominem’ to mean. My understanding was that ad hominem involved an attack on the person making the argument, followed by an obviously false assertion that such attack renders the person’s arguments invalid, even though the details of the attack made are completely unrelated to the matter being discussed. Thus observing that you sent your mail using a Windows MUA, then declaring that your argument is invalid because you’re a Windows user and therefore obviously mentally deficient, would be an ad hominem attack. </blockquote> <h2>Nicolas Cage’s Hair is a Bird</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22Your+argument+is+invalid%22%7C%22my+hair+is+a+bird%22&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>The now famous picture of Nicolas Cage’s hair photoshopped into a bird is rumored to have originated on 4Chan, although no archived thread exists to confirm this. This image macro places the clear insistance of logic on top of an image with a rather high WTF quotient. On May 19th, <a href=http://digg.com/celebrity/My_hair_is_a_bird_Your_argument_is_invalid>My Hair is a Bird</a> made the front page of Digg.com <a href=http://www.yourargumentisinvalid.com>Yourargumentisinvalid.com</a> was registered to Jeffrey Spies on May 22nd, 2008 The meme draws certain parallels to <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pancake-bunny>Pancake Bunny</a>.

2009-11-13T01:48:53Z

185

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/638/thumb/Ceilingcat.jpg?1250012197

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Ceiling_cat http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=CeilingCat http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Ceiling_cat

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/638/square/Ceilingcat.jpg?1250012197

2009-08-11T17:36:38Z

4Chan

2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= true active single character image macros, haceiling, cat, lolcat, 4chan, Caturday, animals, photoshop

Ceiling Cat <h2>About</h2> Ceiling Cat is part of the larger <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/caturday>Caturday</a> history, Catnarok mythology, nemesis of <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/basement-cat>Basement Cat</a>, and progenitor of <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sewer-horsebasement-horse>Basement Horse</a>. <div align="center"> <IMG SRC="http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/638/original/Ceilingcat.jpg"></div> <h2>Origin</h2> The Ceiling Cat meme is believed to have originated in 2006 with the now famous picture of an orange cat, peering through a hole in the ceiling, with the caption “Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate.” Many variants of this image appeared on /b/, using the “cat in a hole” exploitable in a number of ways. One notable variant is the “Where Is Your God Now” image macro, in which Ceiling Cat is shopped in a manner making it appear as though Ceiling Cat is peering through a hole in the sky. <h2>On Y.T.M.N.D.</h2> On February 8th, 2006, user track11 posted the first instance of Ceiling Cat to appear on YTMND. <ul> <li><a href=http://ceilingwatcher.ytmnd.com/>Ceiling Cat…</a></li> </ul> Most instances of Ceiling Cat on YTMND were produced during 2006, but there have been a few instances of Ceiling Cat appearing on YTMND for each subsequent year. More YTMNDs <ul> <li><a href=http://ceilingcatiswatching.ytmnd.com/>Celing Cat is Watching…</a></li> <li><a href=http://stareoff.ytmnd.com/>Kitten vs. Ceiling Cat: Stare off</a></li> <li><a href=http://brianceiling.ytmnd.com/>Brian Peppers watches Ceiling Cat…</a></li> </ul> <h1>Exploring the Myths</h1> Building upon this theme of Ceiling Cat as God, the Ceiling Cat meme spawned a few different religiously-themed mythologies: <ul> <li><a href=http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Catnarok&oldid=1998085799>Catnarok on Encylopedia Dramatica</a> These have a very distinct canon.</li> <li><a href=http://www.lolcatbible.com/>The Lolcat Bible</a> Also has a distinct canon.</li> <li>Various apocryphal narratives that borrow from both of the previous, and from<a href=http://icanhascheezburger.com/>IcanHasCheezburger</a></li> </ul> <h2>Catnarok</h2> The current telling of the Catnarok prophecy as of August 14th, 2009, according to <a href=http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Catnarok>Encyclopedia Dramatica</a> <blockquote> Ceiling cat will warn Anonymous that Catnarok is nigh. It will be the meow of doom. The Internet Hate Machine will begin to operate at maximum force. Limecat will not be amused. Happy Snake will be happy. The pool will be closed. Raptor Jesus will go extinct. Auschwitz will be fired up again. Gay porn will be posted on every MySpace page. All iPods will be stolen. Curtains will be drawn. LOL will be corrupted. No dogs will be left to buy. All furfags will be yiffing in hell. Lazers will be charged to previously unknown levels. It will be the Day of Reckoning. </blockquote> <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/2120/original/Epic-LongBattle.jpg?1241728876" alt="" /> While it is never spelled out exactly, the images depict the war between Longcat and Tacgnol clearly represent light and dark. Furthermore, the rest of the text on ED eludes to a timeless nature of the fight, being the ever present balance, as a representaton of the yin and yang of Chinese philosophy. <a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22ceiling%20cat%22%2Clongcat%2C%22basement%20cat%22%2Ctacgnol%2CCatnarok&cmpt=q>An Epic Google Insights Graph</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22ceiling+cat%22%7Clongcat%7C%22basement+cat%22%7Ctacgnol%7CCatnarok&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=350&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script> There are some truly remarkable things happening in this graph. Queries for Longcat preceed queries for Ceiling Cat; beginning in August of 2005. Another six months passes before Ceiling Cat queries begin. We can interpret this to mean that people began to hear of Longcat well before knowing of Ceiling Cat. Over one year passed with both of these memes queries being mostly unrelated. Tacgnol queries first appear in March of 2007. During this month Google search traffic for Longcat and Ceiling Cat were about equal. By June of 2007, the trends for Ceiling Cat and Longcat begin to exhibit clear correlations in activity. August 2007: Catnarok is documented on ED. By November of 2007, we begin to see search queries for Catnarok. February 2008: Ceiling Cat and Longcat show an increase in activity. Change of Power April 2008: Ceiling Cat reaches its pinnacle popularity, just as search queries for Basement Cat appear. Simultaneously, Catnarok has peaked. Ceilingcat, Longcat, and Tacgnol all begin to decrease in traffic by May. These relationships can be interpeted as this: Longcat is the avatar for Ceiling Cat, acting in his service. Tacgnol, may have been an avatar of Basement Cat, but Basement Cat was the only one to benefit from the April 2008 Catnarok peak. By June of 2008, all five trends exhibit a very strong correlation. <h2>The Lolcat Bible</h2> </a>Written about in the <a href=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/16/entertainment/ca-lolcat16>LA Times</a>, The Lolcat Bible is a Wiki translation of the Christian Bible directly adapted to be relevent to cats, verse for verse. <blockquote> “Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem. Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.” </blockquote> The beliefs represented by the Lolcat Bible clearly conflict with Catnarok. The name Longcat does not appear anywhere in The Lolcat Bible, nor does Armageddon. Matthew 1:18 <blockquote> 18 Now, teh burth of teh Christ was liek dis: After Marry and Joseph waz all “We’s gonna get marrieded, kthnx”, but befoor dey cood hav hankiez pankiez Mary was all preggarz from Teh Ceiling Cat.19 Joseph was liek “I has virjn – NOOOO dey be stealin my virjn! Must hied hur”.20 But when he was tihnkin, zomg, a BirdCat frm Ceiling Cat was liek, “Oh hai! Iz in ur dreemz, givin u messij. Don be scairdy cat. Taek Mary as ur wife – is virjn. But teh Forse is strong in tihs wun, lol! HovrCat is on hur, givn hur babby, srsly.” So Joseph was liek " Oh yey. Iz gonna luv him and squeez him and call him George."21 But BirdCat was liek “No, you gonna call him bahbeh Jeebus. cuz he save kittehs frum bein bad kittehs. Kthxbai.”22 So all dis was all did cuz Ceiling Cat had sed it wud be. Him proffit was all liek:23 “Hay guise, luk! teh virjn is all preggers, and dey gonna call him A-manual”, dat be joospeek for “Ceiling Cat wit us”24 Then Joseph walked up, dun wat teh BirdCat frm Ceiling Cat tolded him too, and was all liek “U wit me now lol” at Mary.25 And dey didnt has Hankiez Pankiez til affer dey gets a son and calleded him Jeebus. Kthnx. </blockquote> Names mentioned pertaining to the Christ Kitten in this passage are Jeebus, and A-manual. Jeebus is written about in many various ways, and is written about on <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jeebus>Urban Dictionary.com</a> It’s not entirely clear if Ceiling Cat’s son was the human known as Jebus or perhaps a cat known as Jebus. By Mark 1:9 the Christ Kitteh is referred to as Happy Cat. <blockquote> 9 So Happy Cat, he come to John like John sez. John dunkxz Happy Cat with waterz.10 Ceiling Cat sends Hovr Cat.11 Ceiling Cat sez “This mai Kitteh. He roxxors an I’ze happy.”12 Thn teh Hovr Cat sends him 2 wild.13 An he was in wilderness long tyme (srsly, 40 dais!). An Basement Cat wuz showin’ lotza evilz cheezburgrz an catnipz to him. An he wuz wit teh sqirrelz, an anjelz wer giving him srsly betur cheezburgrz an brayded hiz fur. </blockquote> <a href=http://theinternetisterrible.com/274/happy-cat-is-my-favorite-internet-meme/>Happy Cat</a>, is of course, the famous face of <a href=http://icanhascheezburger.com/>IcanHasCheezburger.com.</a> <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/78/original/lol_cat_icanhascheezburger.jpg" alt="" /> <h2>Image Macro Narratives</h2> <ul> <li><a href=http://speaklolspeak.com/page/Ceiling+cat>Supreme Deity of Lolspeak</a></li> </ul> Most of these Image Macro Narratives consist primarily of images from IcanHazCheezburger, with a few 4Chan shown in succession to create their own interpretations. Many often cite the Lolcat Bible, and some even make attempts to deify Longcat above Ceiling Cat. As such, these are all considered apocraphal, or non-canonical. <ul> <li><a href=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/19/707675/-Thursday-Ceiling-Cat-Edition-of-the-Post-Revolutionary-Pootie-Diary>Ceiling Cat narrative on Daily Kos</a></li> </ul> This narrative contains a certain image that has raised a number of eyebrows on all sides. In this image, Longcat and Tacgnol are labeld Basement Cat and Ceiling Cat. This has upset Catnarok enthusiasts, and is seen as a blashemous idolitry from the aspect of The Lolcat Bible. <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/8338/original/basement-vs-ceiling.jpg?1250197091" alt="" /> According to Ben Huh, CEO of Icanhazcheezburger: <blockquote> <a href=http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/04/07/funny-pictures-the-final-battle-for-our-souls-begins/ > This was the subject of much rage</a> because of the clear mislabeling of Longcat and Tacgnol There were much calls for An Hero-ing. There is much danger in the assumption that there is concrete singular linear line of story arc from Ceiling Cat to other named cats. There are some people who are trying to organize LC and CC as the same entity, but my recollection and popular assumption is not so. Ben Huh CEO I Can Has Cheezburger? </blockquote> Another item worth noting is how most visual representations of Ceiling Cat as a deity that were created after Basement Cat, depict Ceiling Cat as white instead of orange, which is often a contributing factor toward some equating Longcat with Ceiling Cat himself. <h2>More references:</h2> <a href=http://www.ceilingcat.com/>ceilingcat.com</a> <a href=http://www.kongregate.com/games/DazB/ceiling-cat-invaders>Ceiling Cat Invaders game</a> uploaded to Kongregate.com on July 13th, 2007.

2009-11-05T05:56:57Z

638

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/638/original/Ceilingcat.jpg?1250012197

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/639/thumb/Rickholed.gif?1250015490

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Sewer_Horse

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/639/square/Rickholed.gif?1250015490

2009-08-11T18:31:34Z

4Chan, new name coined later on Digg

2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active image macro, horse, basement, floor, WTF, single character image macro

Sewer Horse/Basement Horse <h2>About Sewer Horse</h2> Originally known as Sewer Horse, this image started as a varant on the <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ceiling-cat>Ceiling Cat</a> meme. Although <a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22ceiling%20cat%22%2C%22sewer%20horse%22&cmpt=q>Ceiling Cat search traffic</a> was well into it’s second year, activity didn’t peak until April of 2008. During interest peaks such as these, memetic instances tend to proliferate in high numbers, and as a result, we can see interest in Sewer Horse peak two months after Ceiling Cat began to wane. By comparing “ceiling cat”, “sewer horse”, “basement cat”, and Catnarok, we begin to develop <a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22ceiling%20cat%22%2C%22sewer%20horse%22%2C%22basement%20cat%22%2Ccatnarok&cmpt=q>a clear picture of the sequence of events.</a> Sept of 2007: queries for Catnarok first appear. October of 2007: queries for Ceiling Cat spike, apparently due to Catnarok. Interest in Ceiling Cat rises steeply beginning in February 2008, reaching it’s pinnacle by April 2008. This same month, queries for Basement Cat appear. June 2008: Sewer horse appears inexpicably, and in a manner seemingly unrelated to Catnarok, harkening back to the “exploitable” roots of the Ceiling Cat Meme. Sewer Horse appears to be a “throwback” of sorts. <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/8049/original/sewer-horse.jpg" alt="" /> <ul> <li>The first mention of Sewer Horse in <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sewer%20Horse>Urbandictionary.com</a> was on May 15th, 2007, although the definition refers to a person, rather than the Sewer Horse that watches one masturbate; a definition which was posted on June 13th of 2008.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Also on June 13th of 2008, <a href=http://www.sewerhorse.com>Sewerhorse.com</a> was privately registered.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href=http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Sewer_Horse&action=history>ED first wrote about Sewer Horse on January 14th, 2008.</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Sewer Horse appears on <a href=http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/5288/>MuseumOfHoaxes.com</a> on June 17th of 2008.</li> </ul> <h2>Amber Amputee and Basement Horse <img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/8051/original/basement-horse-19549-1233352086-3.jpg?1250015567" alt="" /></h2> On January 31st, 2009<a href=http://digg.com/odd_stuff/WTF_193>This picture</a> of <a href=http://www.myspace.com/amberamputee> Myspace personality Amber Amputee</a> with a photoshopped Sewer Horse, and titled simply WTF, made it to the Digg front page with over 27,000 Diggs. The name “Basement Horse” was coined in the comments section of the page by user seforbes. Later that day, the short-lived <a href=http://basementhorse.blogspot.com/>basementhorse.blogspot.com</a> was created. On the same day, January 31st, 2009, <a href=http://www.basementhorse.com/>basementhorse.com</a> was registered by Australian, Wayne Whatford. By early February, 2009, Buzzfeed user Sarah Hebard <a href=http://www.buzzfeed.com/shebs/basement-horse-131>posted the same photo to Buzzfeed.com</a>, with the title of Basement Horse. <h2>Google Insights <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22basement+horse%22%7C%22sewer+horse%22%7C%22floor+horse%22%7C%22wtf+horse%22&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=350&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script></h2> The term “Sewer Horse” was first to peak in June of 2008, with searches for “Floor Horse” catching up by November of 2008. But “basement horse” peaked high above all the others in February of 2009; most likely due to Digger activity.

2009-11-13T02:49:12Z

639

638

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/654/thumb/basement_cat.jpg?1250196961

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Basement_Cat

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/654/square/basement_cat.jpg?1250196961

2009-08-13T20:56:02Z

2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= researching ceiling cat, lolcat, image macro, 4chan

Basement Cat <h2>About</h2> Basement Cat is the nemesis of <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ceiling-cat>Ceiling Cat</a> in the <a href=http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page>Lolcat Bible</a> and the apocryphal lolcat narratives. (see <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ceiling-cat>Ceiling Cat</a>) <h2>Videos <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GSMCRD35ch4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GSMCRD35ch4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></h2>

2009-09-20T02:31:47Z

654

638

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http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/653/thumb/633670027035129421-caturday.jpg?1250196647

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Caturday http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Caturday

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/653/square/633670027035129421-caturday.jpg?1250196647

2009-08-13T20:50:48Z

4chan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active lolcat, caturday, 4chan, image macros

Caturday <h2>About</h2> Starting on 4Chan’s /b/ in 2005, Caturday at one time was a tradition on 4Chan in which Anonymous would primarily focus on posting lolcat threads on Saturdays. In fact, locats as we know them today grew out of Caturday, before spilling over into other sites, such as <a href=http://icanhascheezburger.com/>Icanhascheezburger</a>. Excerpt from <a href=http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2007/11/14/News/Iz.Not.Cats.Everywhere.Online.Trend.Spreads.Across.Campus-3099929.shtml>The Daily Pennsylvanian</a>: <blockquote> The most primal versions of LOLcats appeared years ago on an Internet image board called 4chan, when Saturdays were designated as “Caturdays” – a special day to post photos of cats. </blockquote> Excerpt from <a href=http://thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=55486>The Boston Phoenix</a>: <blockquote> Though the original lolcat meme, called “Caturday,” first started in the 4chan message boards years ago, I Can Has Cheezburger was instrumental in breaking the animal-based image macros and the phonetic “lolspeak” vernacular into the mainstream. </blockquote> This practice has been expanded, and the idea that “every day is Caturday” has caught on as well. The observence of Caturday can also be found on Icanhazcheezburger.com. [this article is a stub and can be improved by finding the first instance of Caturday] Google Trend for Caturday <img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=caturday&graph=weekly_img&sa=N" alt="" /> <h2>Spread</h2> Need to find first appearance November 16th, 2005: <a href=http://caturdayblog.blogspot.com/>Caturdayblog.blogspot.com</a> appears. Sept 3rd, 2006: <a href=http://community.livejournal.com/caturday/>Caturday LiveJournal Account</a> is created. 2009 Caturday on Tumblr http://caturday.tumblr.com/ <h2>Youtube <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQL1h3no-sc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LQL1h3no-sc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></h2>

2009-10-25T18:55:29Z

653

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facepalm#Facepalm http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Facepalm http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Facepalm

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/554/square/facepalm.jpg?1248715065

2009-07-27T17:11:58Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active gesture, catch-phrase, image macro

Facepalm <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qzjbV-yTomY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qzjbV-yTomY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>About</h2> The act of placing one’s face in one’s hands, or “facepalming” is a gesture of nonverbal-communication common among many cultures. The action conveys a message of dismay and is often a reaction toward someone’s momentary lapse of logic, judgement, or memory. This reaction may be directed toward another person or be self-deprecating. <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/554/original/facepalm.jpg?1248715065>One of the most popular facepalm images around</a> is one of <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jean-luc-picard>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</a> from Star Trek the Next Generation, clutching his face in disbelief. Notable YTMND’s include <ul> <li><a href=http://palmface.ytmnd.com/>Epic Picard Facepalm Maneuvers</a></li> <li><a href=http://facepalm.ytmnd.com/>Facepalm with Price is Right Loser Sound</a></li> </ul> <h2>Google Insights</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=facepalm%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=350&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=facepalm%2C&cmpt=q>Google Insights</a> shows a continued growth trend stemming from about 2005, with no signs of slowing. “Facepalm” has yet to peak, so there’s really no telling just how wide-spread this meme will become. <h2>Tracing the Origin</h2> The earliest known appearance of the term “facepalm” on urbandictionary.com appeared on February 10th, 2004 <blockquote> Similar to headdesk Today I locked my keys in my car. Again. facepalm get this def on a mug Mug by Moondog Feb 10, 2004 </blockquote> Facepalm first appeared in <a href=http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=facepalm&oldid=579350>Wiktionary.com</a> in 2005. <h2>More resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/facepalm>Facepalm on Wiktionary</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=facepalm>Facepalm on Urban Dictionary</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.facepalm.org/>Facepalm.org</a> (Created October 2007)</li> <li><a href=http://www.facepalm.com/>Facepalm.com</a> (Created May 2007)</li> </ul>

2009-11-20T23:55:35Z

554

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune

fYzv-AVi78E

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2009-06-07T14:17:32Z

Antares Audio Technologies

1997

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzv-AVi78E active auto-tune, autotune, vocal, effect, youtube, pop culture, music, t-pain, jay-z, cher, celebrity, hiphop, newscast

Auto-Tune <h2>About the Software</h2> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ETUJ4S?ie=UTF8&tag=rocketboom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001ETUJ4S">Auto-Tune</a> is an automated pitch-correction and audio-processing software created by Antares Audio Technologies, introduced in 1997. At first, Auto-Tune was primarily used as a subtle way to cover the mistakes of a vocalist off their game; smoothly sliding the pitch to the correct note. Then, in 1998, <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5xsiKBJGW4>Cher’s single Believe</a> came out. People had heard vocoders in the past, but this was different. Cher’s voice snapped from one pitch to the next, as if her vocal chords had been quantized, causing people to ask, “What’s that effect?” It was Auto-Tune, used excessively, to distort the tonal features of the voice. <h2>Auto-Tune Spreads Online</h2> With <a href=https://transactions.antarestech.com/secure/WebStore.aspx>the expense of the Antares Auto-Tune plugin</a> and the relative lack of social networking sites at the time, Auto-Tune remained something of a trade secret among many record producers who simply wanted to save time in the studio. But as social communities, user-generated content, video tutorials, and open-source software development proliferated online in recent years, so did the availabilty, usage, and experimentation of Auto-Tune. In 2005, rapper T-Pain made his debut with the album Rappa Ternt Sanga. The album used Auto-Tune heavily, on every song; giving T-Pain his signature sound. <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ichSb-1HSiY>His first single Sprung can be viewed here</a>, although embedding has been disabled. 2007, Auto-Tune Gains Momentum <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=auto-tune%7Cautotune&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=350&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>According to <a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=auto-tune%2Cautotune&cmpt=q>Google Insights for Search</a> 2007 marked the beginning of the public’s curiosity about Auto-Tune. Many would call it a gimmick, and many would be right. But regardless, T-Pain’s followup 2007 album Epiphany debuted at #1, bringing the “always on Auto-Tune” artist to the masses. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y6ljFaKRTrI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y6ljFaKRTrI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> 2007 was also the year Portal was released, featuring the song “Still Alive” written by Jonathan Coulton and sung by Ellen McLain as GLaDOS. The popularity of T-Pain, Portal and similar use of the effect by other popular artists such as Rhianna and Kanye West would cause many more to again ask “What’s that effect?” <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BWEpEvixME&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BWEpEvixME&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>Videos</h2> On Youtube, many a “How to get the T-Pain effect” video was made. The conversation started between aspiring audio techs, but because of the versatility of the “just add Auto-Tune” formula, the conversation spread from serious projects, to silly ones. Crying T-Pain Baby <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z_4AxzvhCPY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z_4AxzvhCPY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Auto-Tune the News <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBb4cjjj1gI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBb4cjjj1gI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> On February 9th, 2009 The Lonely Island and T-Pain’s video I’m on a Boat was released. The video would attract over 21 million views. <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7yfISlGLNU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R7yfISlGLNU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> <object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3718294&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3718294&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><a href="http://vimeo.com/3718294">Auto Tuning</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/caseydonahue">Casey Donahue</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. Rap Chop <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UWRyj5cHIQA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UWRyj5cHIQA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Winston Churchill Backed By Band from the Future <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lW6jW9y59JY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lW6jW9y59JY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> With both the mainstream media and a large chunk of user generated content now saturated in Auto-Tune, it seems that we’ve reached critical mass. Controversy soon arose surrounding Auto-Tune, involving vocalists who use auto-tune, and those who feel that Auto-Tune is a ripoff. On June 5th, 2009, Jay-Z’s D.O.A. (Death of Autotune) was released online. Auto-Tune had obviously become saturated in both mainstream media and user generated content, and the anti-Auto-Tune movement now has a spokeman. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BhludN8yU0s&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BhludN8yU0s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> On July 8th, 2009, legendary rapper KRS-ONE made his own Anti Auto-Tune video featuring underground rapper Buckshot. <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i8RqgDsO3c4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i8RqgDsO3c4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

2009-11-16T17:17:01Z

333

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Sax

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2009-06-02T23:57:29Z

Single 45 RPM record by Boots Randolph and James Q. "Spider" Rich

1963

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active benny, hill, theme, youtube, music

Yakety Sax (The Benny Hill Theme) <h2>About the Song</h2> The song Yakety Sax was written by Boots Randolph and James Q. “Spider” Rich in 1963. Randolph recorded the song and released it as a single 45 that same year. The Benny Hill Show ran first ran from 1955-1968, with Yakety Sax becoming the show’s theme song somewhere in between. The song typically was set to “chase” themed sketches heavy with slaptick sight-gags. <h2>Usage online.</h2> In 2002, Something Awful user CheechLizard created a thread entitled <a href=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=279782>“Anything+Benny Hill Theme=Funny.”</a> CheechLizard remarked that he came to this realization while listening to the radio, and the thread tended to focus on the layering of audio onto the theme. It should be noted that video remixes were uncommon in 2002. By 2005, YouTube had become the primary video-sharing site where the lion’s share of video-remixing took place. And so, Yakkety Sax can be found there as well. <embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AafTeoWlIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="270" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> <h2>Anything Better w/ Benny Hill Hypothesis</h2> The titles of many videos suggest that nearly anything is better when paired with “The Benny Hill Theme.” <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8-jcDRFId68&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8-jcDRFId68&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ysJH-MNWDME&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ysJH-MNWDME&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mI22t02Ei_Y&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mI22t02Ei_Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2nLCuS2q5Fo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2nLCuS2q5Fo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cMO8Pyi3UpY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cMO8Pyi3UpY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

2009-10-14T07:19:09Z

307

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2009-06-01T17:49:11Z

circmstances of the perception of sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= true active flash, video, youtube, fark, benny lava, subtitles, bollywood, music

Phonetic Translations <h2>About</h2> Misheard lyrics have been around forever. This phenomena predates the internet; but the internet gave the public a forum in which to share them. The meme surfaced in many disconnected places on the internet because the compulsion to share misheard lyrics is a common human experience. For example, if you’ve ever heard Manfred Mann’s Blinded by the Light then you’ve probably misheard some lyrics that sound like “wrapped up like a douche." <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bMiV5Ls_LVU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bMiV5Ls_LVU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>Early Flash Examples</h2> <a href=http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pika>Hyakugojyuuichi! </a>is a flash animation created by Neil Cicierega in February of 2001. The animation visually consists of various pop culture references, and the audio is a track from the Japanese version of Pokemon. At 1:48, the Japanese lyrics are given subtitles. But these subitles aren’t a translation, they are simply,what the Japanese words sound like to an English-speaker; or a Phonetic Translation. This type of flash animation was a staple of sites like Fark and New Grounds early on. A slightly older example of this is Hatten är din. <a href=http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/hatten/>Hatten är din</a> This flash depicts a group in some sort of traditional costume, skewing while a hat magically floats from one head to another. To an English speaker this is simply nonsensical; but to Swedish speaking audiences, it was a hilarious parody. <img src=http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/383885.jpg></img> The song in “Hatten är din” is actually Habbeetik an Arabic wedding song recorded in 1984 by Azar Habib. Then in the year 2000, Patrik Nyberg and Johan Gröndahl had created a complete set of Swedish lyrics for the Arabic song which they then circulated with an MP3 via email! Soon, a flash animation was created by someone or some thing called Veckans Hatt (according to <a href=http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/hatten/>http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/hatten/</a>), and it was hosted it on http://come.to/hatten. A proper English translation of the Swedish parody lyrics of the Arabic song are available on the site <a href="http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/hatten">http://www.mlcsmith.com/strange/hatten</a> <h2>Phonetic Translations on Youtube</h2> Today there are many examples of Phonetic Translations on Youtube. A fine specimen of this meme is Fart in the Duck. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iRUGGy9RVrM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iRUGGy9RVrM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Fart in the Duck is a phonetic translation of a song by the Dutch children’s show De Kabouterdans, or roughly “The Gnomes.” <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R-kM6rpyB84&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R-kM6rpyB84&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> And then there’s the song Renai Sentai Shitsu Ranger by Japanese pop group Nochiura Natsumi with phonetic subtitles. Benny Lava <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1NoOOoaNw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> One of the most popular phonetic translation videos on Youtube today is Crazy Indian Video created by Youtube user Buffalax on August 18th, 2007. The original song is “Kalluri Vaanil” by Tamil artists Prabhu Deva and Jaya Sheel, but is known around the interwebs as “Benny Lava.” <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8vA0eYo5RE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8vA0eYo5RE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> When any viral video garners millions of views, parodies are likely to follow. In this case, the Benny Lava English phonetic subtitles are actually being sung. <a href=http://www.google.com/trends?q=benny+lava%2C+Kalluri+Vaanil&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0>Google Trend </a> An interesting sidenote: A Google Trends analysis shows that Kalluri Vaanil peaked briefly in the second half of 2006 before eventually flat-lining. However, with the arrival of the Benny Lava parody in the last quarter of 2007, there was a significant resurgence in interest for Kalluri Vaanil. Although Benny Lava had helped to revive Kalluri Vaanil, it has become more popular than the original, even in India. This lends statistical credence to the adage, “Parody is the sincerest form of flattery.” Buffalax has created quite a name for himself within the meme of phonetic translations. In fact, nearly every video he makes is a phonetic translation; and of those, the view counts vary from the tens of thousands to the millions. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_fSpI4oZoDc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_fSpI4oZoDc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Tunak Tunak Tun by Indian singer Daler Mehndi, Buffalaxed <h2>Misheard Lyrics</h2> Songs sung in foreign languages can indeed sound like funny English phrases. One might assume that creating a phonetic translation of a song already in the English language might be more difficult, but there are many who have done this with success through a very simple technique. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nfXke_z6t3I&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nfXke_z6t3I&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Misheard Lyrics – Sean Paul <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xLd22ha_-VU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xLd22ha_-VU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Even Flow – Pearl Jam <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ePjESN9pRdg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ePjESN9pRdg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/literal-music-videos>Literal Music Videos</a> are similar in form, but instead use newly recorded audio to interpret the visuals of the video.

2009-10-05T19:59:53Z

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http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Icy_Hot_Stuntaz

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2009-05-17T18:18:06Z

Geocities

2001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active Icy, hot, stuntaz, geocities, d-bags, this is like really bad, photoshop, hiphop

The Icy Hot Stuntaz A threesome of “rappers” from Toccoa, Georgia, (pop. >9000) posted their pics on the legendary Geocities site <a href="http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstuntazz/">http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstuntazz/</a> in 2001 in a attempt to gain world-renowned fame. “The Icy Hot Stuntaz” were Ricky Hedd AKA “Blade”, Brian Edmonds AKA “Da Flame” and Eric Dean AKA “Freeze.” The site mostly consisted of pictures of the three, posing with fake glimmers on fake bling, throwing up fake gang signs. The site was ripe for parody, and mirrors of the site soon appeared all over the internet, sometimes including parodies of their songs, making it difficult to discern which songs were created by the Stuntaz and which were created by those parodying them. <a href="http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstunnaz/">Parody mirror</a> Although Blade and Freeze left the trio around 2001, Brian Edmonds is still pursuing his music career under then name <a href="http://www.b-shoc.com/">B-Shoc</a>. Today, interest in “The Icy Hot Stuntaz” has all but disappered, as can be seen from Google Trends. <img src="http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=Icy+Hot+Stuntaz&graph=weekly_img&sa=N"></img>

2009-08-19T17:30:04Z

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http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Guido

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2009-05-17T04:44:34Z

The now defunct Leehotti.com

2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= true active lee, hotti, new jersey, d-bags, gotti

Lee Hotti and Friends <h2>About</h2> This meme article covers the nebulous Wannabe-Gotti/Jersey Shore Douchebag internet meme that goes by many names. In chronological order of appearance, the most notable of these instances are as follows: <ul> <li>Lee Hotti (2006)</li> <li>My New Haircut (2007)</li> <li>Shit Was So Cash (2007)</li> </ul> But first, some background <h2>Growing Up Gotti</h2> In 2004, A&E began airing the series Growing Up Gotti, starring the daughter of the late mafia boss John Gotti, Victoria Gotti, and her three douchebag sons. The show was canceled by 2005 due to low ratings. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9pH6wnsEjiE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9pH6wnsEjiE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <h2>Lee Hotti</h2> On January 9th, 2006 a user named <a href=http://www.sherdog.net/forums/members/marlboroman/>MarlboroMan created a thread on the Sherdog forums entitled <a href=http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f40/pic-me-mah-boys-up-jersey-323157/>Pic of me and mah boys up in Jersey</a> using a picture taken from the myspace of a New Jersey resident who called himself Lee Hotti. Over the course of four days, the thread spanned <a href=http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f40/pic-me-mah-boys-up-jersey-323157/index94.html>51 pages</a>, garnering 935 replies; most of which ridiculed the people in the photo. Many thought they embodied everything that was wrong with Myspace. <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=9905464">John and lee hotti PSA</a> <object width="425px" height="360px" ><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=9905464,t=1,mt=video"/><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=9905464,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></object> By January 16th, 2006 a mock tribute site was constructed at <a href=http://web.archive.org/web/20060116062232/http://www.leehotti.com/>Leehotti.com</a>. Today LeeHotti.com has been sold to a porn site, and two of the three brothers have taken down their Myspaces, with the exception of <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=34797668">Jonathan</a> who now features far less glitter and animated bitchs on his site, and has disabled comments. My New Haircut “My New Haircut” by mca1018 was uploaded to Youtube on June 27th, 2008. The viral video today has over 22 million views. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4JMOh-cul6M&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4JMOh-cul6M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> While there were hilarious parodies to be had, most of them seemed to neglect the Jersey Shore Douchebag wannabe Mafioso Italian-stereotyping that is key, and therefore fall outisde of the meme as seen here in “My New Haircut: Asian Addition.” <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UNfyBqrAaPk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UNfyBqrAaPk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> Following up on the success of the initial video, mca1018 created a number of “My New Haircut” and the series L2X News on his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mca1018">Youtube page</a>. The “Shit was SO CASH” Copypasta Acccording to Dramatica folklore, a young Paulie Carbone, calling himself “John,” posted what would become the “So Cash” copypasta on /b/ in 2007. <blockquote> <img src="http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1460/socash.jpg"> My name is John, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are fat, retarded, no-lifes who spend every second of their day looking at stupid ass pictures. You are everything bad in the world. Honestly, have any of you ever gotten any pussy? I mean, I guess it’s fun making fun of people because of your own insecurities, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than jerking off to pictures on facebook. Don’t be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I’m pretty much perfect. I was captain of the football team, and starter on my basketball team. What sports do you play, other than “jack off to naked drawn Japanese people”? I also get straight A’s, and have a banging hot girlfriend (She just blew me; Shit was SO cash). You are all faggots who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening. Pic Related: It’s me and my bitch. </blockquote> The “Shit was SO cash” Copypasta exploded in a burst-infusion of popularity before dying out some months later. While Paulie Carbone was a real person, who died in a car accident that year, there are discrepencies that make it appear that “John” probably wasn’t Paulie Carbone <a href="http://blog.nj.com/ledgerarchives/2007/07/mountainside_crash_kills_two_y.html">car accident</a>. A <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTKrjqPxb4E&NR=1">tribute video</a> for Carbone was made by his friends. Althought the man in the video has the same signature haircut and look, he does not appear to be the same person in the pics from the 4Chan posts. It is likely that the guy in the picture is one of many random Jersey Shore Douchebags depicted in many threads all around the internet. The Common Thread <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=lee+hotti%7Cshit+was+so+cash%7Cmy+new+haircut&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>By comparing the <a href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=lee%20hotti%2Cshit%20was%20so%20cash%2Cmy%20new%20haircut&date=11%2F2005%2043m&cmpt=q">Google Insights for Search data between “Lee Hotti,” “My New Haircut,” and “Shit was so cash,”</a> we can notice the connections between these different instances and draw conclusions. <ul> <li>Although “Lee Hotti” peaked in January of 2006, there was a brief revival in interest in June, 2007.</li> <li>“My New Haircut” was created in June of 2007, coinciding with the “Hotti” revival.</li> <li>“My New Haircut” peaked in popularity in December, 2007.</li> <li>One month later, in January 2008 there was a revived interest in Lee Hotti.</li> <li>The “Shit was SO cash” copypasta first appeared the very next month, February 2008.</li> </ul> Notable YTMNDs <ul> <li><a href="http://guidos.ytmnd.com/">http://guidos.ytmnd.com"</a></li> <li><a href="http://hottitoomuchtanfordabody9.ytmnd.com/">http://hottitoomuchtanfordabody9.ytmnd.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://guidorly.ytmnd.com/">http://guidorly.ytmnd.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://peanutbutterguido.ytmnd.com/">http://peanutbutterguido.ytmnd.com/"</a></li> </ul> Conclusion Growing Up Gotti with the help of the Internet helped to put a new face on an old stereotype.

2009-11-17T23:49:45Z

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