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Justine Sacco: Four Years Later
December 20th, 2017 9:20 AM
Four years ago today, former PR professional Justine Sacco posted a tweet to her 170 Twitter followers that would have a disastrous effect on her career, which has frequently been cited as an important case study in the power of online shaming ever since.
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The Sixth Anniversary of Hungry Kim Jong-un
December 19th, 2017 9:14 AM
Six ago today, Redditor GunnieGraves posted an image macro featuring the supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un captioned with the mock quote "Ok so… can I eat this?"
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The 30th Anniversary of Final Fantasy
December 18th, 2017 9:53 AM
30 years ago today, the first title in Square Enix's long-running role-playing game series Final Fantasy was released in Japan, which later gave rise to one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
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The Ninth Anniversary of "Can This Get More Fans?"
December 15th, 2017 9:20 AM
Nine years ago today, a Facebook group asking "Can this donkey from Shrek get more fans than Sarkozy?" kicked off a series of anti-fan Facebook pages comparing celebrities to a variety of arbitrary items.
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The Second Anniversary of The Force Awakens
December 14th, 2017 9:15 AM
Two years ago today, this seventh installment in the space opera film series Star Wars was released in theaters as the first film in the franchise produced by Disney, introducing audiences to the new characters Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren.
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Justine Sacco: Four Years Later
Four years ago today, former PR professional Justine Sacco posted a tweet to her 170 Twitter followers that would have a disastrous effect on her career, which has frequently been cited as an important case study in the power of online shaming ever since.
The Sixth Anniversary of Hungry Kim Jong-un
Six ago today, Redditor GunnieGraves posted an image macro featuring the supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un captioned with the mock quote "Ok so… can I eat this?"
The 30th Anniversary of Final Fantasy
30 years ago today, the first title in Square Enix's long-running role-playing game series Final Fantasy was released in Japan, which later gave rise to one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
The Ninth Anniversary of "Can This Get More Fans?"
Nine years ago today, a Facebook group asking "Can this donkey from Shrek get more fans than Sarkozy?" kicked off a series of anti-fan Facebook pages comparing celebrities to a variety of arbitrary items.
The Second Anniversary of The Force Awakens
Two years ago today, this seventh installment in the space opera film series Star Wars was released in theaters as the first film in the franchise produced by Disney, introducing audiences to the new characters Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren.
