Sitting in front of a monitor screen like the rest of us, "computer reaction faces" have grown into a distinct subgenre of its own in the thriving world of reaction faces.

TIME Magazine has chosen "The Protester" as the person of the year in 2011. From Egypt's Bread Hat Man and Bahrain's Houz Man to Lulzsec hacks and Occupy Wall Street, we've covered well over a dozen of online and IRL protests that took place across the world this year. Click through for the rest of this collection