Meme Elitism is an online ideology rooted in the opposition to the popularization of memes among non-underground communities and the mainstream media. While elitism has been a staple element of online communities since the days of Usenet newsgroups, such disdain for the promulgation of meme culture can be seen as a countermovement to the growing influence of social media in the Internet culture which began in the late 2000s. Those who pertain to this belief tend to have ties with online communities that thrived before the arrival of Web 2.0 and view themselves as arbitrators of what a meme can be and cannot be.

The Power Rangers have arrived to ruin your childhood.

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John Campbell, creator of the webcomic Sad Pictures For Children, has been drawing hourly comics every January since 2006. On February 1st, he invites all artists to partake in the art.

Four members of the UK game studio Bossa Studios put together this QWOP-style surgery game in 48 hours. YouTubers have been playing through it with hilarious results. Help us figure out how it blew up!