Quantcast
Channel: Know Your Meme Entries - Submissions
Viewing all 4028 articles
Browse latest View live

Dankey Kang

0
0

About

Dankey Kang refers to a two-pane image that consists of a Jeopardy! question describing Sonic the Hedgehog and a screenshot of a contestant erroneously answering “Dankey Kang,” a misspelling of Nintendo’s iconic gorilla character Donkey Kong. Though it was subsequently debunked as a photoshopped hoax, the image went viral on Twitter anyway, wrongly labeled as an example of FAIL humor.

Origin

On May 31st, 2010, YouTuber geminitech uploaded a video clip of the Final Jeopardy round on the television game show Jeopardy!, in which the contestant Jen McFann answers “Who is Berkeley?” in response to a clue about the only United States city to share a name with an element from the periodic table (shown below).



On January 8th, 2014, cartoonist Mike Rosenthal tweeted a photoshopped screenshot of the Jeopardy! clip with the answer “Who is Dankey Kang?” written as a response to a clue about the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. Within the first week, the tweet gained over 1,300 retweets and 1,000 favorites. According to the Jeopardy! Archive,[4] the Sonic the Hedgehog clue has never been used on the game show.




Immediately after, Rosenthal tweeted another screenshot of a Jeopardy! contestant whose answer had been photoshopped to read “Who is Princess Zorldo,” a misspelling of Princess Zelda from the Nintendo action-adventure game series Legend of Zelda.

Spread

Also on January 8th, 2014, Redditor lividd3ad submitted a link to Rosenthal’s tweet to the /r/gamegrumps[1] subreddit, where it garnered more than 150 up votes and 20 comments in the following week. On January 9th, Rosenthal tweeted a screenshot of his Twitter interface displaying the hashtag “#DankeyKang” as a trending topic in the United States.




On January 11th, the image was reposted to the /r/funny[8] subreddit, gathering upwards of 26,000 views and 900 comments. On the same day, DeviantArtist[2] Kevin Bolk uploaded several illustrations of a blue gorilla named “Dankey Kang,” who bears many similarities to the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog (shown below, left).



Also on January 11th, the Jeopardy! image was reposted by blogger Tyler Oakley on his Tumblr blog.[7] On January 12th, NeoGAF Forums[5] member Vanillalite posted the Dankey Kang screen capture in a thread titled “Who is Dankey Kang?" On January 14th, an eBay[3] listing was created for a shirt with the phrase “Who is Dankey Kang?” screen printed on the front (shown below).



Search Interest

External References


Booben

0
0

Booben is a misspelling of Vauban, a warframe. Warframes are characters usable in the game Warframe by Digital Extremes. The official site for the game contains forums under the “community” section, where the name Booben was formed.

Winamp

0
0

About

Winamp is a media player application compatible with Microsoft Windows, OS X and Google Android operating systems which is known as one of the earliest widely-adopted mp3 players.

History

On April 21st, 1997, developers Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev released the first version of Winamp, a portmanteau of “windows” and “amp,” as freeware Windows media player for MP3 music files.



AOL Purchase and Closure

In June 1999, AOL purchased Nullsoft for $80 million in stock.

Radionomy Acquisition

On January 14th, 2014, Winamp was sold to the Belgian online radio company Radionomy.[3]

Reception

Search Interest

External References

William Hung

0
0

About

William Hung was a civil engineering major from the University of California, Berkeley, who auditioned on the third season of American Idol. His atrocious singing, contrasting his gung-ho attitude, caused his performance to go viral, eventually landing him a record deal and various commercial appearances.

Origin

Hung’s audition was the last aired of the San Francisco auditions on the January 15, 2004 episode of American Idol. After telling the judges, “I want to make music my living,” Hung started a poor rendition of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs.” Judge Simon Cowell soon stopped Hung. With his trademark condescension, Cowell asked Hung, “You can’t sing, you can’t dance, so what do you want me to say?” Hung’s response, “I already gave my best, and I have no regrets at all,” impressed the other two judges, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul. Nevertheless, Hung was eliminated from the competition.

The Protomen

0
0


About

The Protomen are an American Hard Rock/Nintendocore band that make Rock Operas based on the Mega Man franchise. The band is known for its live shows that involve the band members dressing up in costumes, utilizing numerous props, and integrating the story with audience participation, and has attained a cult following.

Origin

The band was originally formed in 2003 and initially was largely composed of Middle Tennessee State University students who wanted to major in music-based career fields.[1] While the band was nascently forming, a former band member called Heath Who Hath No Name wrote a song called Due Vendetta that featured the names of Robot Masters from the first three Mega Man games, as well as supporting characters. From this song, the idea of a Mega Man rock opera began to develop.[2]

In spite of their enthusiasm as to creating a Mega Man project, the band members were considerably worried that their work would not be well-recieved. However, they would find success within their community at a local bar called “The Boro”, where they would deliver their first four performances (one of which is shown below).[3]



The Protomenby turbojump

The first album (a self-titled debut, sometimes referred to as Act I: Hope Rides Alone or Act I: The Sons Of Fate) revolves around a dystopian society following Protoman’s failure to save the city, and concerns his Mega Man’s attempt to finish what his fallen brother started. The second album, Act II: The Father Of Death, is a prequel that shows how Doctor Light and Doctor Wily created the city, and how it fell apart. The as-of-yet unreleased and untitled Act III serves as the last chronological album in the story.

Spread

The band became increasingly popular after gaining exposure from gaming-related news sources, including 1 UP, Nintendo Power, and Escapist Magazine.[4][5][6] The coverage gave the band greater publicity, allowing for the fanbase to grow significantly. As of January 2014, the band has gained over 26,000 “Likes” on Facebook[7] and 10,000 Followers on Twitter[8]. In addition, the band has a Subreddit dedicated to it[9], a TV Tropes article[10], a fan-run Tumblr blog[11], and a DeviantArt group[12].

Eventually, the band began to play out-of-state and at conventions such as PAX and DragonCon. The band also launched a Kickstarter page for a documentary[13], which was funded within five hours[14]. The band is involved with a number of upcoming projects in addition to the final installment of the story, including a cover album, a music video for Light Up The Night, and vinyl releases of previous albums.[15]

Search Interest


External References

Arby 'n' The Chief

0
0

About

Arby ‘n’ The Chief is a Live-Action Machinima Hybrid series created by Jon Graham, credited as Jon CJG or formerly Digitalph33r. About the lives of figurine versions of the Master Chief and the Arbiter. It is mainly based around the two playing Halo: Reach and Halo 3, and doing things related to Halo, but also will occasionally focus on the duo spending the remainder of their time pulling off various shenanigans.

History

Arbiter and Chief are two Halo 2-era Action Figures who talk using Microsoft voices. They both live in their owner’s(Jon) house. The figures stay put and do not move. As one would expect of a typical figurine, but whenever Jon leaves, they start moving around, playing games, and doing whatever they please, similar to the Disney/Pixar movie Toy Story. The only four people who have seen them physically is the delivery man from “Pilot”, Scott and Agent Smirnoff in “Endgame”, and Claire in “Arby ‘n’ the Chief in L.A.”. Though, Arbiter has convinced Scott that they are hallucinations from his massive substance abuse, and the “In L.A.” series is counted as non-canon.

Reception

It’s notable that this series was in the heyday of Machinima. So many of the viewers were young and grew up on the haphazard group. The show did take a dark turn later on and fans were mixed with the sudden change. From a carefree comedy to an adventure style sitcom(much like Family Guy). The finale was a big shock to many. It was discussed countless times and some even said “it didn’t end the series right.” Jon gave a rebuttal saying.

“After season six, ending it on a very high note, I felt like I had another story to tell. One that actually had something to say about confrontation with death and anonymity’s effect on the human condition, and its heavy integration with society by the digital age -- but I told myself that if I was going to do one more season, I wanted it to be different in order to explore additional terrain in terms of my writing ability, and I wanted it to hit hard enough that it would be remembered. So instead of building to another happy-go-lucky ending, I decided to go the other way.”

Thous making the story end with a bang

Spin offs

Arby ‘n’ The Chief in LA

Hypermail

Search Interest

Not available at this time

Grace Helbig

0
0

About

Grace Helbig is a YouTube vlogger and actress best known as the former host of the daily video blog Daily Grace and current host of her independently-run channel It’s Grace.

Online History

Helbig began creating online videos for the My Damn Channel Network in 2008.[1] She uploaded her first video to her YouTube Channel Daily Grace [2] on October 10th, 2010. She continued to post a video on her channel every week day until December 31st, 2013.

Each day of the week had a dedicated theme--Miscellaneous Monday, Comment Tuesday, Review Wednesdays, How-To Thursdays and Sexy Friday. Grace’s most viewed video on Daily Grace was uploaded on January 10th, 2013. Titled “The Cup Song,” it features Helbig demonstrating how to perform “The Cup Song” featured in the 2012 American musical comedy Pitch Perfect. As of January 2014 the video has over 3,200,000 views.



Departure From My Damn Channel

In January 2014, Helbig left the My Damn Channel network, and as a result of her departure, lost access to her primary YouTube channel Daily Grace. Though Helbig herself kept quiet on the matter, a number of popular vloggers spoke up in her defense upon learning that she would not be able to keep her YouTube channel or rights to the content she has been creating for the channel for the past five years.[3] On January 6th, 2014, Helbig reintroduced her secondary channel, It’s Grace,[4] as her primary channel. Originally created as her personal outlet on October 6th, 2006, the channel has garnered more than 750,000 subscribers as of January 2014.



Reception

As of January 2014 Helbig’s Twitter[5] account has over 44,000 followers and her Facebook page[6] has over 17,000 likes. She won two Streamy Awards, which celebrate achievement in online video creation, in 2013, for Audience Choice Personality of the Year and Best First-Person Series.[10]

Popular Videos



Personal Life

Grace Helbig was born in New Jersey on September 27th, 1985.[7] She graduated from Ramapo College with a BA in contemporary Arts. Outside her Youtube channel she has worked as an actress in web series such as Ladies of Rap[9] and My Music.{8] She also stars in the upcoming film Camp Takota, staring fellow Youtubers Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart.



External References

Riccing

0
0

About

Riccing is a photo fad in which the subject is photographed while squeezed into a confined space, such as inside of a cupboard, oven or refrigerator. The pose is named after American actress Christina Ricci who began sharing pictures of herself fitted inside of home appliances for her photo series “I Can Fit in That.”

Origin

On November 24th, 2013, actress Christina Ricci tweeted a photograph of herself squeezing into a dryer, proclaiming the image as part of her new photo series “I Can Fit in That!”




On November 26th, Ricci tweeted a photograph of herself inside of a refrigerator, gaining over 275 retweets and 680 favorites in the first two months.




Spread

The photographs did not become widely imitated until January 13th, 2014, when morning talk show host Kelly Ripa uploaded a photograph of herself crawled underneath a desk with the hashtag #Riccing via Live! with Kelly and Michael’s Instagram[2] account (shown below). Within the first 72 hours, the post garnered upwards of 6,300 likes.



On the following day, E! Online[1] reported that Riccing was a “new trend” and compared the photo fad to the Lawrencing trend involving makeshift imitations of actress Jennifer Lawrence’s dress from the 2014 Golden Globe Awards. According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[10] mentions of the keyword “riccing” peaked on January 14th with just over 320 mentions.



In the coming days, several other news sites and celebrity gossip blogs reported on the photo fad, including The Daily Dot,[3] The Daily Mail,[4] US Weekly,[5]USA Today,[6] NY Daily News,[7] Perez Hilton[8] and Business Insider.[9]

Notable Examples



Search Interest

Not available.

External References


OCT's: Original Character Tournaments

0
0

Work in Progress

About

An Original Character Tournament is an online artistic competition where an artist portrays their original characters fighting against an original character created another artist, with a group of judges ultimately deciding the superior submission. Submissions can be anything from narrative writing, to animation, the most common format being digital comics.

History

On June 7th, 2007 Deviant Art user and webcomic artist Endling[x] created a journal entry[x] outlining an early form of the Original Character Tournament format. The proposal for the first OCT: Endzone was met with a very positive response, with 610 Artists submitted Original character audition pieces for the tournament. Out of the pool of entrants, 32 artists were chosen to compete.


Reception

After the success of Endlings Original Character Tournament, a slew of other OCTs began accepting entrants to compete in their own creative universes. The online OCT registry OCT Followers [x] has registered over 200 Original character tournaments, and Websites such as Entervoid [x] were for artists to pit their original characters against other those of other artists. Although the format differs for each individual tournament, most require a unique Character Reference sheet in order to introduce their character.
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs31/f/2008/212/8/7/Karl_reference_sheet_by_Unknown_person.jpg

Notable Examples

Several popular characters have emerged from the OCT format, including Unknown Person’s[x] character: Climber[x], and Zeurel [x]’s character: Spoiler [x]



External References

GIFs With Sound

0
0

About

A GIF with sound occurs when a user pairs a GIF that seems to move in perfect time with an audio clip uploaded above or beneath the GIF.

Origin

Spread

Buzzfeed first compiled a list of GIFs with sound on January 18th, 2013[1], then another on March 5th, and a 3rd on April 25th.[3]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sludgepunkslimeharpy/23-perfectly-paired-songs-and-gifs-82dk

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/15-mesmerizing-gif-and-song-pairings

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevintang/10-perfectly-paired-songs-gifs

Miss Officer and Mr Truffles

0
0

About

Miss Officer and Mr Truffles is a fan created cartoon duo consisting of a female police officer and her bear cub sidekick created by Tumblr artist Lemonteaflower. The comic is based on a photo featuring a police officer and a bear cub that circulated widely on Tumblr.

Origin

The original photograph of the bear standing upright next to a police officer was featured in the print edition of St. John’s daily newspaper The Telegram[7] on June 9th, 2011. According to the report, the photograph was taken at the Terra Nova National Park earlier that month when a bear cub suddenly appeared before the police officer, Const. Suzanne Bourque of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), as she was interviewing witnesses regarding the bear’s reported encounters with the public. After being captured by the wildlife enforcement officers, the bear was subsequently euthanized.



In November 2012, Tumblr user teamcocket[1] posted the photograph (shown above, right) with the caption reading “officer, come quick, there’s been a robbery.” On January 6th, 2014, Tumblr user Typette[2] reblogged the photo saying it would be a great concept for a cartoon about a police officer and a bear cub going around solving crimes. On January 11th, Tumblr user Lemonteaflower[3] responded to Typette’s idea by reblogging the original post along with a concept image for the proposed cartoon (shown below, right), naming the duo “Miss Officer and Mr Truffles.” As of January 17th, the total post has gained over 170,000 notes.

Spread

On January 13th, 2014, Lemonteaflower expanded on her initial concept of Miss Officer and Mr Truffles,[5] posting 3 more images (shown below) of the pair. As of January 17th the post has gained nearly 200,000 notes.



On January 14th, 2014, YouTuber Flikkof[8] uploaded a animated short based on one of Lemonteaflower’s illustrations depicting Miss Officer and Mr. Bear listening to Spice Girl’s “Wannabe.” The video has received over 32,000 views as of January 17th.



On January 16th Suzanne Bourque, the officer in the original photo, created a Tumblr blog on which she reblogged several of Lemonteaflower’s posts on the same day, alongside a post[4] in which she thanked Lemonteaflower and showed her gratitude for the sudden attention her picture had received,


“So I must say I’m really honoured that my photo got out and fell into the hands of someone as talented as lemonteaflower. I was told about this from our RCMP media relations and had no idea that this photo would still be as popular today as it was two and a half years ago. It was a wicked experience to be around the little cub and no less get this awesome picture taken of me with him by my partner at the time.
These comics really made my day! I hope you continue your awesome art! I know we’re enjoying it up here in Canada… ;)”

Notable Examples

More examples can be found under the Tumblr tag “miss officer and mister truffles.”[6]



External References

[1]Tumblr – Teamrocket (deactivated)

[2]Tumblr – Typette

[3]Tumblr – Lemonteaflower

[4]Tumblr – Hannahrae2

[5]Tumblr – Lemonteaflower

[6]Tumblr – Tagged: ‘Miss officer and mister truffles’

[7]The Telegram – Bear cub meets sad end

[8]Youtube – Flikkof’

Music Videos Without Music

0
0

About

Music Videos Without Music, also known as Musicless Music Videos, are edited versions of music videos with the background musical tracks removed, leaving only the audio from the video itself.

Origin

On September 29th, 2010, the Internet humor site Cracked[1] highlighted a video by the comedy duo Fatawesome, in which the music and vocals had been removed from the music video “Beat It” by Michael Jackson (shown below). The video featured added commentary by Fatawesome, which mocked the odd fight scenes in the film.



Spread

On November 3rd, 2010, the “Beat It” video was reposted on CollegeHumor.[2] On September 27th, 2012, YouTuber Moto2h uploaded the “Gangnam Style” music video without music, garnering more than 21.4 million views and 11,000 comments in the following two years (shown below, left). On April 15th, 2013, CollegeHumor uploaded the music video for “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with the musical track removed (shown below, right). In the first 9 months, the video gained over 1.6 million views and 3,500 comments.



On September 20th, CollegeHumor uploaded another music video without music, this time using the video for “We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus (shown below, left). Within four months, the video accumulated upwards of 1.18 million views and 4,400 comments. On January 6th, 2014, YouTuber Mario Wienerroither submitted the music video for the 1996 hit single “Firestarter” by The Prodigy with the music removed (shown below, right).



Notable Examples



Search Interest

Not available

External References

Russell Brand

0
0

About

Russell Brand is an English stand-up comedian and actor known for hosting various British radio and TV programs and his roles in major films, most notably as the character of a reckless rockstar named Aldous Snow in the 2008 romantic comedy film Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the 2010 comedy film Get Him to the Greek.

History

Career

Brand made his stand-up comedy debut at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 2000. The same year, Brand began working as a video journalist covering the nightlife beat in Britain and Ibiza for the MTV show Dancefloor Chart and hosted the video request show Select. In 2002, Brand hosted the British documentary and comedy program RE:Brand, which challenged various cultural taboos (shown below, left). Starting in 2004, Brand hosted the the Big Brother fan discussion show Big Brother’s Big Mouth (shown below, right).



Also in 2004, Brand performed a one-man confessional show titled Better Now at the Edinburg Festival, during which he openly discussed his history of heroin and alcohol addictions. In 2008, Brand achieved international notoriety with the release of the romantic comedy film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which he portrayed a reckless rockstar named Aldous Snow. In 2010, Brand portrayed the Snow character again in the 2010 comedy film Get Him to the Greek.



Interviews

On December 1st, 2012, YouTuber Righteous Hammer uploaded a clip of Brand speaking on the Australian talk show program Today, in which the comedian urges viewers to align themselves with the “micro quantum world” rather than determining self worth from other people’s point of view (shown below). On December 26th, Reddiot mscarce submitted the video to the /r/videos[1] subreddit, where it gained over 4,600 up votes and 580 comments prior to being archived.

On December 1st, 2012, YouTuber Righteous Hammer uploaded a clip of Brand on the Australian talk show program Today, in which he urges viewers to align themselves with the “micro quantum world” (shown below). On December 26th, Reddiot mscarce submitted the video to the /r/videos[1] subreddit, where it gained over 4,600 up votes and 580 comments prior to being archived.



On June 17th, 2013, the OvergrowDaGovernment YouTube channel uploaded a video clip of Brand being interviewed on MSNBC, in which he criticizes and mocks the mainstream media for manipulating viewers (shown below). On the same day, Redditor depros submitted the video to the /r/videos[3] subreddit, where it garnered upwards of 24,800 up votes and 3,200 comments prior to being archived.



BBC Newsnight Interview

On October 23rd, 2013, the television program BBC Newsnight broadcast an interview with Brand, who urged viewers to abstain from voting and discussed his ideas for a socialist revolution (shown below). On the following day, Redditor ecoshia submitted the video to the /r/videos[5] subreddit, where it accumulated over 920 up votes and 230 comments in the next two months.



On October 24th, Redditor GeneticorpIndustries posted an “ask me anything” request for Russell Brand to the /r/IAmA[4] subreddit, asking Brand to explain more specifics about his call for revolution. In the following two months, the request received more than 8,800 up votes and 970 comments. On October 30th, comedian Robert Webb published an open letter to Brand on the New Statesman,[2] which challenged Brand’s position on voting as a means of political participation. On January 16th, 2014, The Cambridge Union Society YouTube channel uploaded a video in which Brand reiterated many of the points discussed in the BBC Newsnight interview (shown below).



Reputation

Brand has won several awards for stand-up comedy, including the “Best Stand-Up” award from Time Out, Loaded Laftas and the British Comedy Awards in 2006, the British Comedy Awards “Best Live Stand-Up” award in 2008 and the British Comedy Awards “Outstanding Contribution to Comedy” award in 2011. As of January 2014, Brand has more than 7.4 million Twitter[7] followers and 2.1 million Facebook[6] likes.

Personal Life

Brand was born on June 4th, 1975 in Grays, Essex, England. At the age of 16, Brand began experimenting with illegal drugs and later checked into a drug rehabilitation program as an adult. Since 2003, Brand has purportedly abstained from all drug use. According to The Observer,[8] Brand has been arrested a total of 11 times. In the September 2009, Brand began dating pop star Katy Perry and the two married on October 23rd, 2010. The pair were divorced 14 months later on December 30th, 2011. Brand has described his personal fashion aesthetic as an “S&M Willy Wonka.”

Search Interest

External References

Squid Girl/Shinryaku! Ika Musume

0
0

About

Squid Girl (Known in Japan as Shinryaku! Ika Musume) is a Manga series by Author Masahiro Anbe, and later adapted into an anime on October 4, 2010. Since it’s original creation, the series has garnered a significant online fanbase, spawning a number of memes and fanart.

History

The original manga, written by Masahiro Anbe, first began serialization in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion in July 2007, and is still ongoing. The manga follows the story of Squid Girl, a girl from the ocean who possesses squid-like tentacles, who comes to the surface in order to take revenge on mankind for polluting the ocean. However, after accidentally breaking a wall in a local beach house while trying to take it over, she is forced to work there in order to pay off her debt. Due to the success of the manga, a 12-episode anime adaptation was produced, and aired between October 4, 2010 and December 20, 2010, followed later by a second season which aired between September 26, 2011 and December 26, 2011.

Online Relevance.

Since the series’ original creation, Squid Girl has garnered a significant online following, on sites such as Tumblr[1], Reddit[2], 4chan’s /a/ Anime and Manga board[3] and /c/ Anime/cute board[4], DeviantART[5][6], Fanpop[7] and My Anime List[8]. In addition, there are a number of sites holding information about the series, such as the Squid Girl wiki[9], TV Tropes[10] and Anime News Network.[11]

Notable Sub-Memes

Shinryaku no Susume☆/Squid Girl Opening Parodies

Squid Girl Opening Parodies Refers to a series of Opening Parody MADs based around the opening song to the first season of the Squid Girl anime, titled Shinryaku no Susume☆. The videos garnered popularity on among fans on sites such as Nico Nico Douga and Youtube, spawning a number of derivatives.

De Geso

De Geso is a phrase spoken by Squid Girl throughout the series, almost always using the phrase to end her sentences. The phrase grew popularity online, and became the weapon of a number of 4chan spam attacks, in a similar style to Desu. Due to the similarities between the two phrases, a number of arguments have been sparked about which of the two is better.

Chibi Squid Girl/Mini Ika

Chibi Squid Girl/Mini Ika is a meme revolving around a chibi version of Squid Girl, first featured in episode 5 of the original anime series. The character spawned a large online following, spawning a number of fanart.

Search Interest

External References

Beauty Retouching

0
0

About

Beauty retouching, or the use of Photoshop in advertisements and magazine covers has been widely criticized on the web in the form of anit-Photoshop campaigns and viral videos.

Viral Videos

Global Democracy

On May 22nd, 2012, GlobalDemocracy[9], a nonprofit committed to finding solutions to social issues through social media, uploaded a video to YouTube depicting the extreme changes a model’s face and body can undergo during Photoshop. The video ended with a statement about their call to action requiring all advertisers to indicate when they had used Photoshop to Manipulate and image. As of January 2014 the video has over 9,200,000.



Dove Photoshop Hack



Photoshopped GIFs

Websites and blogs have found creating an animated GIF out of a Photoshopped photo and the original can simply and powerfully illustrate the dramatic changes Photoshop can make and the unrealistic expectations men and women can put on their bodies based on the retouched images they are often exposed to.



Several websites have collected and curated these GIFs in lists including Smosh[1], Buzzfeed[2], and Heavy.[3]

Photoshop Controversy and Backlash

Lena Dunham’s 2014 Vogue Cover

On January 16th, 2014, after Vogue released photos of actress and comedian Lena Dunham appearing in their February issue, Jezebel published an article titled, “We’re Offering $10,000 for Unretouched Images of Lena Dunham in Vogue.”[5] The feminist website explained in the article,


"Lena Dunham is a woman who trumpets body positivity, who’s unabashedly feminist, who has said that her naked body is “a realistic expression of what it’s like to be alive” and “if you are not into me, that’s your problem.” Her body is real. She is real. And for as lovely as the Vogue pictures are, they’re probably not terribly real. So Jezebel is offering $10,000 for pre-Photoshop images from Lena’s Vogue shoot."

This call for the originals drew criticism, with TV critic Emily Nussbaum tweeting,


“If Dunham wanted to release her own retouched photos, that might be interesting. Asking for a bounty on them? GROSS.”

[6]

and screenwriter Diablo Cody adding,


“This is total mean-girl shit masquerading as feminism. I’m disgusted.”

[7]

Jezebel reported receiving the alleged untouched images two hours after their call, and published them in the form of before and after GIFs in an article posted on January 17th.[8]



Aerie’s Unretouched Ads

In January 2014 Aerie, a lingerie company aimed a teenage girls, released images from a Spring 2014 ad campaign that promised their models’ photos had not been retouched.[4] The photos featured in the campaign include the hashtag “#aerieREAL” and the tagline, “The real you is sexy.”



External References


Curtis Lepore

0
0

About

Curtis Lepore is a video blogger known for his active presence and large following on the video-sharing mobile app Vine. In January 2014, Lepore’s name made the headlines after TMZ reported that he was facing rape charges for allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend and fellow Vine blogger Jessi Smiles.

Online History

In March of 2013, Lepore launched his Vine[1] video channel, with the first uploaded video featuring his Boston terrier dog Buster Beans (shown below).



On July 8th, Lepore created his official Facebook[2] page. On July 20th, a compilation of “smack cam” videos was uploaded to Lepore’s YouTube channel, in which he fails to slap several victims with a handful of shaving cream (shown below, left). On September 30th, Lepore submitted a compilation of notable videos from his Vine account (shown below, right).



Popular Videos



Personal Life

During the summer of 2013, Lepore became friends with fellow Viner Jessi Smiles. The two met in person in New York City in August and subsequently began dating (shown below).



Rape Accusation

On January 16th, 2014, the celebrity news blog TMZ reported that Lepore was facing rape charges for allegedly sexually assaulting his former girlfriend Jessi Smiles. According to the article, the pair broke up in August of 2013 after Smiles flew out to visit Lepore in L.A. When Smiles suffered a concussion during a Vine video shoot the following month, Lepore came over to help her and allegedly sexually assualted her while she slept. On October 24th, Smiles posted two cryptic tweets indicating that she was distraught.




Lepore was subsequently arrested on rape charges and was released on $100,000 bail. After the TMZ article was published on January 16th, 2014, Lepore posted a video on Vine informing viewers that he will speak out about the incident when “the time is right”:



In the coming days, several news sites published article about the rape accusation, including Heavy,[6] Hollywood Life,[7] The Daily Dot,[10] LAist[8] and Gawker.[9]

Reputation

As of January 2014, Lepore has received upwards of 3.4 million Vine[1] followers, 521,000 Instagram[5] followers, 166,000 Twitter[3] followers and 9,800 Facebook[2] likes.

Search Interest

External References

You Ain't Got The Answers Sway!

0
0

About

You ain’t got the answers Sway! or You ain’t got the answers! was a popular phrase that people would blurt out when somebody made an assumption to something. It was short lived but was thought to be 2013’s year for the Kanye Interrupts/Imma Let You Finish.

Origin

Kanye was subsequent in coming up with another crazy meme this year. It was only a matter of time before he lost it and on Sway in the Morning he did just that.
Due to his clothing line dropping him. He was enraged and ready to burst. Making the recognizable quote come about.
It was later that fans and anti-fans alike ridiculed his behavior calling him “immature” or that “he’s overreacting.”
Along with the meme he was viewed as presumptuous and misguided. Saying every time-line and famous company that came to mind.

Spread

As expected. The internet created captioned pics and remix to go with it. Trying to keep the meme as alive as they could.

Kanye’s Response

At 20:11 Kanye touches on many subjects. Thanking fans, saying he’s been too crazy, his responsibilities he has, and..of course…Sway not having the answers.

My Job Is So Fucking Unbelievable.

0
0

About

“My job is so fucking unbelievable”/“I hate my job” is a copypasta in which a famous fictional character ‘talks’ about his life in a depressed manner, starting off with the above phrase. The lines that follow slowly reveal that we’re not listening to someone rant, but are just looking at the fictional character’s daily life in a radically different perspective, i.e. we have been duped by the text, and this frustrated perspective is a source of humor. The copypasta is often seen submitted in a number of Confessions pages.

Origin and spread

The first of these posts was made on August 4, 2009 on Reddit. The post received 16,003 upvotes and 3,052 downvotes.
http://www.reddit.com/comments/97jht/i_hate_my_job/

My job is so fucking unbelievable.
I’ll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:
First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breathe.
The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I’m not sure she even showers, much less shaves her “womanly” parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.
But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the fucking stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I’m sure after work. He probably hasn’t been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he’s only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960’s, and to make things worse, he brings his big fucking dog to work. Every fucking day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it’s trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple stops to McDonalds and Burger King, every single fucking day.
Anyway, I drive these fucktards around in my van and we solve mysteries and shit.

Notable Examples

My job is so fucking unbelievable.
I’ll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:
First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breathe.
The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet. Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10. I’m not sure she even showers, much less shaves her “womanly” parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store, she moans like a cat in heat.
But the jewel of the crowd has got to be the fucking stoner. And this guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I’m sure after work. He probably hasn’t been sober anytime in the last ten years, and he’s only 22. He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960’s, and to make things worse, he brings his big fucking dog to work. Every fucking day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke. Hell, sometimes I even think it’s trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple stops to McDonalds and Burger King, every single fucking day.
Anyway, I drive these fucktards around in my van and we solve mysteries and shit.

I’m fucking sick of this. I’m almost 20 and haven’t been able to score a better job than a fucking cook at a local fast food joint. What makes it worse is that I live in a small town so business is pretty limited, and where I work is the only place that’ll hire high school graduates. I’d get the hell out of this town if I could actually drive too, but I’ve failed every damn test I’ve ever taken. I’m socially awkward, even my only other co-worker fucking hates my guts. I have repressed lust for one of my best friends too; she’s athletic, smart and a gorgeous southern belle. I love her. You know what it’s like; I’ve been friendzoned real hard. She’s my only real friend, besides this one kid, who I’m pretty sure is only hanging around me because he is mentally challenged. I guess he’s the only one that can tolerate me. And what makes this all fucking worse is that I live in a fucking pineapple under the sea.

Okay I HATE MY LIFE.
I mean I have been crushing on this cute girl in my class from fuck knows when, but all she’s done is friendzone me and plus she keeps hanging out with this guy in the library all the time and God knows what they do in there. My mom keeps giving me shit about my grades and I keep getting bullied all the time at class and basically anywhere outdoors.
And I have like one friend, literally only ONE friend and even he keeps showing off with all the cool stuff he has and if I try to flick them I always fuck up.
Worst part? He’s a robot cat from the 22nd century.

Search Interest

External References

[1]Reddit – “I hate my job” http://www.reddit.com/comments/97jht/i_hate_my_job/

[2]9gag – “I hate my job” http://9gag.com/gag/5878631

The Stanley Parable

0
0

SPOILERALERT!!!!
There’s alot of spoilers here. For the game: “STANLEYPARABLE

From the creators of Davey Wreden and Galactic Cafe:
The Stanley Parable.

A mindblowing game where there is Stanley and the Narrator in a big office complex.

One day, In Stanley’s office he just recognized there’s no one in the office….
so, he just stood there. In Room 427. Also his monitor didn’t show any stuff to do.

Searching and finding clues about that.. the Narrator has a good and bad side:

Not following = bad side
Following = good side

In the normal ending
The Narrator gives Stanley freedom. On the other hand:
The Narrator don’t.

Versions of TSP:
1: Old
1a: made in the source engine.
1b:Non-steam source-mod for steam.
2: New HD Remix
2a: Made in the source engine but with minor edits
2b: A steam source-mod for steam.

Bob's Burgers

0
0

About

Bob’s Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Belchers – parents Bob and Linda, and their children Tina, Gene, and Louise – who run a hamburger restaurant.

Since its debut on January 9, 2011, the series has broadcast 55 episodes. While reviews for the first season were mixed, subsequent reviews have been positive. The series premiere, “Human Flesh”, drew in 9.38 million viewers, making it the highest-rated series premiere of the season and also finished 9th in the ratings for the week it aired.

History

The Belcher family was created by the director, Loren Bouchard after developing Home Movies, a TV show for the now defunct network UPN. Before the show was aired, the team created a proof of concept so Fox Broadcasting Company knew what to expect if they bought the show. In the Belcher family, there was a character known as Daniel, who was dropped and replaced as Tina

Characters

The main characters are the Belcher family, made up of Bob, Linda, Tina, Louise and Gene. Bob is the father of Tina, Louise and Gene, and is the owner of Bob’s Burgers. Linda is the wife of Bob and usually will do the majority of the work around the house. Louise is the youngest member of the family, and is often portrayed as slightly destructive and very energetic. Tina is a 14 year old who has just hit puberty, resulting in her often wondering about boys, and going out with Bob’s business rival’s son Jimmy Pesto Jr. Gene owns a MIDI Keyboard sampler, and often plays a fart noise or a dog’s bark on this instrument.

Hey, if you want, you can help me with this entry, because I am stuck on what to add at this point… – Marty McFly

Viewing all 4028 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images