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20 Things That Happened on the Internet in 2011 from Syzygy (2010 version).
posted by mrgrimm on Jan 25, 2012 - 34 comments

Callin' Oates: 1-719-26-OATES [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Dec 20, 2011 - 53 comments

#1 - Get an avocado, #2 - Sneak it into your peep's hood, #3 - Take a picture, #4 - 'CADOED!!
posted by yellowbinder on Dec 19, 2011 - 70 comments

Here are the best memes of 2011, according to Know Your Meme.  According to Time Magazine.
posted by JHarris on Dec 12, 2011 - 98 comments

An artist named Zac Gorman asked "What if Sonic Ran like an idiot?" The answer spawned this little gif. This inspired Nedroid to urge others to make Sonic look doofy. [more inside]
posted by hot_monster on Dec 11, 2011 - 30 comments

Lt John Pike, mustached UC Davis campus police officer, now finds himself the subject of the "Casually Pepper Spraying Cop" meme, where the nonchalant Pike is inserted into famous works of art such as the "The Creation of Adam," "The Scream," and yes, the cover of "Sgt Pepper." [more inside]
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing on Nov 21, 2011 - 210 comments

Nononono cat is displeased. Nononono cat is autotuned. Nononono cat is in Destiny's Child. Nononono cat brings bass. Nononono cat is stuck in a time warp. Nononono cat goes to rehab. Nononono cat plays Tetris, and Mario Brothers. Is this the Nononono cat? No. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Nov 18, 2011 - 40 comments

Le Internet Medley, a shockingly well-produced (audio AND video) LinkBait YouTube featuring The GAG Quartet (yes, there are only 3 of them, THAT'S THE GAG).
posted by oneswellfoop on Nov 9, 2011 - 17 comments

There was Planking, and before that there was something else (you fill in the blank), well now let me introduce you to the latest internet meme, Tebowing
posted by Eekacat on Oct 30, 2011 - 83 comments

"We're a culture, not a costume." Noted... however, you are also now a meme.
posted by hermitosis on Oct 26, 2011 - 514 comments

Thunderlolcats (slty)
posted by Ad hominem on Sep 27, 2011 - 38 comments

How is kitteh video formed? (SLYT) Did you ever wonder the origin of all the wonderful cat videos on the Internet? You're welcome.
posted by k8t on Aug 13, 2011 - 26 comments

Bookfessions: [tumblr] "These are confessions and/or thoughts of a book lover, bibliophile, book addict, reader, lover of literature, nerd..."
posted by Fizz on Aug 6, 2011 - 20 comments

First we started with planking, then owling, and then it go so hot we just dove in. We're all familiar with planking. (Some tragically so.) An obvious exponent would be owling (even by celebrities! and more celebrities!) Now we're leisure diving.
posted by kinsey on Jul 25, 2011 - 103 comments

Presenting Nyanicorn, the love child of Robot Unicorn Attack and Nyan Cat. That is all.
posted by lauratheexplorer on Jun 8, 2011 - 23 comments

Last week during the Senate budget negotiations, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), gave a speech that included the following statement: "If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." That statement is drastically different from the statistics reported by Planned Parenthood, which list 90 percent of its services as preventive in nature, compared with 3 percent that are abortion-related. When asked about this apparent discrepancy, Jon Kyl's office replied that "his remark was not intended to be a factual statement." And that is when things got noisy. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 15, 2011 - 136 comments

This is just to say/Mefi's Cortex/has created/ a william carlos williams/ poem generator Forgive me/ it came from Think Stank/ Previously
posted by The Whelk on Apr 7, 2011 - 79 comments

Rebecca Black's Friday is a video single from an artist you may have never heard of, yet it's spawned animated gifs and in-depth lyrical analysis, raised speculation over possible album tracklists, garnered numerous covers, it's received the super-slow treatment (similar to Justin Bieber), and a short movie mash-up. Where did this all start? A magical place called Ark Music Factory.
posted by filthy light thief on Mar 13, 2011 - 284 comments

Some new advice dog style memes: Ordinary Muslim guy, business cat. [more inside]
posted by NoraReed on Mar 7, 2011 - 69 comments

Social news site Reddit recently held their "Best of Reddit 2010" awards honoring key players in the site over the last year, including the progenitor of the Rally to Restore Sanity, the clever drive-by cartoonist Sure_Ill_Draw_That, unofficial image host Imgur, and feel-good story of the year "Today you, tomorrow me." But perhaps most interesting was the winner for Best Big Community: FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU! Originally inspired by 4chan's popular Rage Guy meme, F7U12 (for short) is a clearinghouse for user-made web comics, slice-of-life affairs that tell a story or share a common frustration using a small collection of crudely drawn yet highly evocative facial expressions. Several have become small memes in their own right -- the wily Trolldad, the doormat Okay, the prideful Fuck Yea, the melodramatic Gasp. And one comic, inspired by the warped text randomly generated by reCAPTCHAs (previously), has given us Lord Inglip -- god of a dark religion now rivaling FSM whose cryptic commands marshal loyal armies of gropagas, falcows, Sellicks, and... canary into exploits both monstrous and inconvenient (timeline, wiki). Obey him -- or else! More fun with F7U12: rage face origins, rage faces in real life, Twitter feed, search comics, create your own (alternate).
posted by Rhaomi on Feb 8, 2011 - 168 comments

The concept of "Nom Nom Nom" is central to EcoNomNomNomics.
posted by Phire on Jan 9, 2011 - 26 comments

Jimmy Wales Meme [more inside]
posted by memebake on Dec 2, 2010 - 56 comments

A videotaped performance art piece called "Interior Semiotics" (NWS) has become a meme due to its explicit content. Rhizome explains, and speaks with the artist about her intent with the work, the hipster audience getting so much derision, and what it's like to have her work scrutinized by 4chan. NWS for pretty much all links. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Nov 28, 2010 - 133 comments

Privilege Denying Dude is an Advice Dog/Courage Wolf/Pokeparents style meme that has enraptured Sady Doyle. Make your own on memegenerator.
posted by NoraReed on Nov 15, 2010 - 138 comments

How do you say these geeky terms?
posted by morganannie on Oct 29, 2010 - 80 comments

Allie Brosh (previously 1 2 3), drunk liveblogs (live drunkblogs?), on internet expectations, being a role model, and burritos as compared to fighter jets.
posted by yellowbinder on Oct 28, 2010 - 24 comments

OBJECTION! This is a silly meme [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Oct 17, 2010 - 54 comments

Yesterday, reports leaked out that KFC was releasing a new sandwich, consisting of 5 layers of fried chicken skin between two (bread) buns. Sadly, it was later revealed to be a hoax. Undaunted, some people at the Chicago Tribune went ahead and made the sandwich anyway.
posted by reenum on Aug 19, 2010 - 99 comments

WAFF-TV reported the story of how Antoine Dodson saved his sister Kelly from a rapist intruder in her bed. Antoine's passionate sound-bite becomes an internet sensation as the "Bed Intruder" meme. Things go to the next level when the Gregory Brothers auto-tune it and turn it into a surprisingly good hit song. [more inside]
posted by w0mbat on Aug 15, 2010 - 63 comments

Beat It, as performed by the (Chinese) Red Army Orchestra . Or maybe you would prefer 4 Minutes, or a little bit of context.
posted by haltingproblemsolved on Aug 15, 2010 - 11 comments

Know Your Meme (feat. Weird Al) reviews the history of Auto Tune. (SLYT; via 3qd)
posted by jjray on Jul 11, 2010 - 24 comments

The Hitler Downfall Parody Thing has, of course, been done on Metafilter, and done, and done. But it's still happening (with interesting permutations), and it's still funny. So much so that the BBC's Finlo Rohrer has been compelled to investigate. [more inside]
posted by philip-random on Apr 13, 2010 - 67 comments

Unrelated Captions. (via the A.V. Club Blog)
posted by Johnny Assay on Feb 24, 2010 - 28 comments

Been on the internet a while? Think you've seen it all? Time to make sure:

You Should Have Seen This.com and You Should Have Also Seen This.com
posted by flatluigi on Feb 21, 2010 - 61 comments

No Kicking Penguins - How a 7-year-old autistic boy created an internet meme that found its way to Antarctica.
posted by Brodiggitty on Jan 25, 2010 - 49 comments

That's Why I chose Appalachian State Yale! Only 5 years after the original, an Ivy League school discovers the "brilliant" internet meme and decides to go for it no holds barred!
posted by zany pita on Jan 19, 2010 - 57 comments

Friday Fun, this time it's.. err... REPLAYING: The Game. Including such classics as Sarah Palin: The Game, Cultural Imperialism: The Game, AIG Bailouts: The Game and Many Many More. [more inside]
posted by Lord_Pall on Jan 15, 2010 - 21 comments

Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party (Previously)
posted by Artw on Oct 22, 2009 - 110 comments

The internet has declared Rot, a 36 year old British Man, to be the winner of a long and torturous decade long search for the ultimate meme. [NSFW] [more inside]
posted by sleslie on Oct 11, 2009 - 65 comments

A red-billed blue magpie doesn't have anything on Predator. The 2005-2006 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, on the other hand, would blow that intergalactic hunter out of the water (literally).
posted by alzi on Aug 26, 2009 - 24 comments

51 Things is a YouTube vlogging meme. Here are a few of the more interesting videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
posted by rageagainsttherobots on Aug 12, 2009 - 36 comments

Vampires are over, argues Neil Gaiman. (Via the Guardian, who rather oddly suggest the similarly over-exposed zombies as a replacement)
posted by Artw on Aug 5, 2009 - 275 comments

Like Keyboard Cat? Like Three Wolf Moon? Now they are TOGETHER AT LAST. [more inside]
posted by mippy on Jul 24, 2009 - 51 comments

The Twitter Fail Whale, designed by Yiying Lu, became an internet phenomenon a year ago when Twitter became so unstable that the image popped up to hundreds of thousands of users on an almost daily basis. As a result of this exposure, games were created and many a mashup was made up. Lu has created a site with all of the Fail Whale related images she could find (Google cache). It’s an amazing (and huge) collection containing tributes, to statues, to cakes and beer labels.
posted by Effigy2000 on Jul 8, 2009 - 20 comments

LOL together, right now, OMG.
posted by divabat on Jun 10, 2009 - 53 comments

Meme Scenery - Only someone familiar with the original memes would sense something's amiss, like the set of a play waiting for the actors to stumble into history.
posted by sambosambo on May 27, 2009 - 120 comments

Rap Chop. Some impressive sound editing from DJ Steve Porter. [more inside]
posted by fucker on May 2, 2009 - 32 comments

What's your NPR name? [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Apr 15, 2009 - 279 comments

Know Your Meme (mlyt) [more inside]
posted by hypersloth on Apr 14, 2009 - 30 comments

GODZILLA BUKKAKE (prolly SFW) I blame Warren Ellis although he claims he tried to stop it.
posted by Parannoyed on Mar 10, 2009 - 33 comments