Shortly after an online comic generator inspired by the educational children’s television cartoon Arthur launched in October 2010, 4chan users began creating humorous parodies with inappropriate messages.

This phrase, often found in response to a photo of a handsome man, was used as early as 2010 on the LiveJournal gossip blog Oh No They Didn't.

This free streaming video site that paired users up with another random chatter was launched in November 2009 by a 17-year-old Russian high school student. At its peak, the site saw 1.5 million visitors per month.

These complex contraptions, inspired by the cartoons of the late Rube Goldberg, have been prominently featured in a slew of videos on YouTube.

Sitcom Memes: This image macro is inspired by Dwight Schrute from the American version of The Office and his realist buzzkill humor