About

Proteus is an open-world procedurally generated exploration game developed by Ed Key and David Kanaga for Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. It is a game in which the player explores a unique layout of a world from a first-person perspective in which every animal and plant has its own unique musical signature, the music also changes depending on which area you are exploring.

Here is an example of a procedurally generated world :-

Development

Ed Key began development of Proteus in 2008 in his spare time, he originally envisioned a role-playing game similar to The Elder Scrolls series in which the player would visit towns and fulfill quests but the game only neared its final form when David Kanaga joined development in 2010. . Realizing the extent of the work that would be needed for such a role-playing game as described, the pair decided to make something “nontraditional and nonviolent”.

Key developed the game using a game engine he had written in the C# programming language. The developers have expressed interest in allowing player-created mods of the game in the future. After David Kanaga joined the development team as audio composer, the audio mechanics were refined through many different ideas, such as letting players create their own music within the game.

Proteus was released on 30 January 2013 for Windows and Mac, and on 8 April 2013 for Linux. When Proteus pre-orders were open in 2012, an Artifact Edition was also available; including a boxed version of the game with artwork, soundtrack, and notes on the game’s development. Ed Key apologized when the Artifact Edition was still in development and unshipped at the end of its release year, and offered to refund customers upon request. As of May 2014 the edition has not been released

Around the time of the game’s release, Curve Studios approached Key and later worked with the developers to port the game for release on PlayStation 3 and Vita. These versions of the game use Curve Studio’s own game engine. Sony requested that new features be added to the game, though Ed Key said that the company never attempted to steer the direction of the development of these features. Key added location and date-based world generation and a way to interact with the game using the Vita’s rear touch-pad. He has stated that the location-specific and date-specific world generation feature could come to the other versions in the future. The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions were released on 29 October 2013

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“At Dawn We Ride”, sometimes written “We Ride at Dawn”, is a battle cry used to caption image macros featuring photos of people and animals wearing armor or riding various mounts.

Origin

According to the movie quote database Subzin, the quote “We ride at dawn” is spoken at 1:12:09 in the 1981 film Clash of the Titans. In the 2003 fantasy film "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the character Aragorn utters the phrase “We have till dawn, then we must ride” when speaking to the King Theoden about aiding the kingdom of Gondor against attackers. On April 29th, 2010, a “Horsegirl of the Apocalypse”: image macro was highlighted on the Internet humor site Sad and Useless,^[3] which featured the captioned “We ride.. / at dawn” (shown below).

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On November 18th, 2011, the Internet humor site Dorkly^[2] published a Skyrim webcomic titled “The Glorious Life of a Skyrim Companion,” in which the game’s protagonist informs his housecarl “at dawn, we ride” (shown below).

On April 4th, 2012, Redditor Arx0s submitted a photograph of a cat riding a chicken titled “We Ride at Dawn!” to the /r/aww^[4] subreddit, garnering upwards of 1,400 votes (94% upvoted) before it was archived (shown below, left). On April 6th, Redditor chiburaska submitted a photograph titled “At Dawn We Ride!,” featuring gummy bears and a gummy worm depicting a scene from the Dune science fiction franchise (shown below, right). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 1,500 votes (95% upvoted) on the /r/funny subreddit.^[1]

On August 28th, 2014, the Cheezburger site Memebase^[5] highlighted a demotivational poster featuring a photograph of a man wearing a turban while riding a mini horse (shown below).

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Boogie2988 is a YouTuber known for his portrayal of the character Francis, an immature adult who is prone to delivering rage-induced rants.

History

On April 5th, 2006, the Boogie2988 YouTube channel was created. The first video uploaded to the channel featured footage of a Dungeons and Dragons tabletop RPG game (shown below).

On July 14th, 2009, Boogie2988 uploaded his first video performing the character Francis, who rants about 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons (shown below, left). Boogie2988 continued to upload videos featuring the Francis character. On February 4th, 2010, a video titled “Francis Gets His Warcraft Account Hacked” was uploaded. The video was featured by YouTuber RayWilliamJohnson^[1] on February 15th, and subsequently gained over 3.8 million views and 28,000 comments in five years.

On January 10th, 2012, Boogie2988 uploaded a video in which Francis has a mental breakdown when he cannot find his Mountain Dew soft drink (shown below, left). In the first three years, the video garnered upwards 6.8 million views and 29,000 comments. On April 10th, 2013, Boogie1988 uploaded a draw my life video, describing his upbringing in southwest Virginia (shown below, right).

On August 24th, 2014, Boogie2988 uploaded a vlog commenting on the Zoe Quinn online controversy regarding her relationships with a gaming journalist (shown below).

Social Media Feeds

On August 3rd, 2010, the Boogie2988 Facebook^[2] page was launched, which accumulated more than 189,000 likes in the first four years. On February 13th, 2013, the /r/boogie2988^[5] subreddit was launched for discussions about the YouTube channel. As of September 2014, Boogie2988 has over 129,000 followers on Twitter and 13,000 followers on Vine.

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GamerGate refers to the online backlash toward gaming journalism that occurred as a result of the Quinnspiracy online controversy surrounding indie game developer Zoe Quinn’s alleged affairs with a number of men working in the video game industry, including Kotaku jouranlist Nathan Grayson.

Background

After game developer Zoe Quinn’s ex-boyfriend published an expose detailing his relationship with Quinn online on August 16th, 2014, claiming she cheated on him with gaming journalist Nathan Grayson, many Internet users reacted by citing the alleged affair as an example of corruption in video game journalism. YouTuber MundaneMatt subsequently uploaded a video critique Quinn’s game Depression Quest and commentary about the alleged affairs with men working in the video game industry. The video was subsequently removed due to a copyright claim by Quinn for using a still image from Depression Quest. On August 18th, YouTuber Internet Aristocrat uploaded the first in a series of videos titled Quinnspiracy Theory, in which he discusses the issue of cronyism in gaming media and the indie game development community.

As concern over the integrity of gaming journalists increased, it was discovered that several were actively contributing money to Quinn’s Patreon account,^[5][6] including Polygon journalist Ben Kuchera who had been donating to her for weeks prior to writing an article about her game. Kotaku writer Patricia Hernandez subsequently came under scruntiny as well when gamers began investigating her relationships with other video game developers.^[7] Similarly, many criticized sound designer Robin Arnott for having an alleged affair with Quinn while appearing as a judge in the Indiecade game competition, which gave an award to Depression Quest. On August 26th, Kotaku^[24] editor Stephen Totilo posted a statement regarding the gaming news site’s code of ethics, announcing that Kotaku journalists would not be allowed to contribute to the Patreon accounts of game developers. The same day, Polygon^[25] followed up with a similar statement announcing that all writers must disclose any contributions they have made to developer’s Patreon accounts. Readers later released a statement condemning Polygon’s new ethics policy for still being unsatisfactory and ‘unprofessional’.^[22] Some criticized the new policies for being unfair, while others suggested the policy change was the result of sexism and misogyny.

On August 27th, actor Adam Baldwin posted a tweet linking to Internet Aristocrat videos along with the hashtag *#GamerGate."^[1] In the first week, the hashtag was tweeted over 244,000 times according to the Twitter analytics site Topsy.^[26]

Notable Developments

Anti-“Gamer” Backlash

On August 28th, several news sites published article calling for using the term “gamer” as a cultural identity, including The Financial Post, Ars Technica, The Daily Beast, The Stranger, Beta Beat, Gamasutra, Polygon and Kotaku.

On September 1st, several of the journalists and independent developers involved in this ‘anti-gamer’ movement published and signed an open letter to the gaming community asking gamers to end the harassment towards critics and developers.^[18] The following day, software engineer Benjamin Quintero published an article on Gamasutra questioning the strategy of gaming sites deliberately alienating their core readers by denouncing their culture.^[19] Shortly after, Quintero tweeted that he had been downgraded by Gamasutra. On August 30th, the Gamer Gate Harassment Tumblr^[23] blog was launched, which chronicled harassment of gamers by those associated with the online social justice community.

On September 3rd, YouTuber Boogie2988 uploaded a video responding to accusations of bigotry toward those who support GamerGate (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the video gained over 111,000 views and 7,000 comments.

#NotYourShield

In response to accusations that GamerGate participants were all misogynistic, white men, women and minorities supporting GamerGate launched the hashtag #NotYourShield claiming they were being ignored in their criticisms of gaming industry corruption.

On September 4th, YouTuber MundaneMatt uploaded a video about #NotYourShield.

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[Note: This page is still a work in progress. This is my first entry, so additional editing by more experienced users is appreciated especially with regards to formatting. Do not deadpool yet]

Overview

In the world of Association Football, the Transfer Window is a period during the year in which football clubs are allowed to trade players. There are two distinct windows, the dates of which are fixed by the football governing body of each country (e.g. The FA in England). The most well-known period is the English transfer window, which occurs on the following dates: 9 June – 1 September and 1–31 January.^[1]

The transfer Deadline Day is the last day of the window. This is usually one of the busiest days of the window, generating a flurry of transfers, often because a number of interdependent transfers are completed resembling a housing chain, generating much media interest. The deadline day is accompanied by round the clock reporting by sports journalists and websites such as Sky Sports and Eurosport, and on social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

Recurring Themes in Each Deadline Day

Due to the heavy news coverage that the Deadline Day receives together with the popular nature of sportspersons, many events that happen on each deadline day have become well-known amongst the football community. These are accompanied by a meme-like spread on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.

Jim White / Sky News Reporting

Jim White is a Scottish television presenter that works for Sky Sports. He is best known for his round-the-clock presenting marathon on the transfer deadline days.^[2] Because of this, the days (1st September and 31 January) are sometimes affectionately referred to as “Jim White day” by football fans.

Jim White’s coverage is accompanied by several field reporters giving the latest news from outside the main football clubs’ headquarters. These are often surrounded by the fans of the respective clubs. Due to the live nature of the reports, many notable moments have occurred, some of which are listed below.

It's gone too far now: https://t.co/R4df41E6KP

— James Dall (@JamesDallESPN) September 1, 2014

Harry Redknapp Leaning Out of the Window

Harry Redknapp is an English football manager. He is currently the manager of Premiership side Queens Park rangers but has managed other big-name clubs such as Portsmouth and Tottenham.^[3] He is usually one of the busiest men on the transfer deadline day, receiving notable media attention. He is regularly stopped by Sky Sports reporters waiting for him outside the parking lot of his club, and has to lean out of his car window in order to answer. This has become synonymous with Deadline Day and is accompanied by several image macros and videos shared on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.^[4]

Harry Redknapp snubs Cotterill https://t.co/2VdEbBId8J

— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) September 1, 2014

Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger is the manager of Premier League side Arsenal.^[5] Due to his job managing one of the most popular football clubs in the world, his dealings on deadline day are the target of several image macros, either by happy / disappointed Arsenal fans or by rival teams’ fans sharing some banter.

Surprising / Shock Deadline Day Deals

Being the last day of the transfer window, many teams often rush to sign some needed players. This often leads to major unexpected deals being completed just hours before the deadline closes. These deals are covered heavily in the press, and are the subject of several image macros on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other football-related forums.^[6]

Examples of major Deadline Day transfers include:
Marouane Fellaini (2013) Everton to Mancehester United
Mesut Oezil (2014) Real Madrid to Arsenal
Fernando Torres (2014) Chelsea to AC Milan
Radamel Falcao (2014) AS Monaco to Manchester United^[7]
Danny Welbeck (2014) Manchester United to Arsenal

LVG: "Guys, I'm gunna sign Falcao." Rooney: "Wow, nice one boss." RvP: "Wait.. Radamel Falcao?" pic.twitter.com/zzHVE4vBSm

— Football Funnys (@FootballFunnys) September 1, 2014

Wayne Rooney on hearing Falcao will be earning £346k a week. #transferdeadlinedaypic.twitter.com/XH0quErbpD

— BetVictor (@BetVictor) September 1, 2014

Notable Incidents During Live Deadline Day Reporting

September 2014: Reporter Gets Attacked by Dildo

September 2014: Blow-Up Doll / Fuck Her Right In The Pussy

September 2014: Fuck Her Right in the Pussy (West Ham)

Note: Live report starts at 0:23

Google Trends

The spike in searches corresponds with the two transfer window periods in each year:

External references

^[1]Wikipedia – Transfer Window

^[2]Wikipedia – Jim White

^[3]Wikipedia – Harry Redknapp

^[4]Yahoo! Eurosport – Harry! Falcao! Sky shenanigans! The story of Transfer Deadline Day

^[5]Wikipedia – Arsene Wenger

^[6]The Independent – Transfer Deadline Day: The Best Memes and Tweets Featuring Radamel Falcao, Javier Hernandez and Bart Simpson

^[7]The SPORT Bible Facebook Page

About

#DogBands is a Twitter hashtag which gained popularity after it was introduced by the Comedy Central show @midnight. Twitter users add the hashtag to the game of a popular band name which they have altered to included a dog breed or dog related term.

Origin

On August 26th, 2014, which is also National Dog Day, the official Twitter account^[1] for @Midnight introduced the hashtag #DogBands, just before the episode which featured the hashtag in their recurring segments “Hashtag Wars” aired.

Spread

On August 27th, 2014, CollegeHumor^[3] published a post titled “Combine Dogs, Music and Puns and You Get #DogBands” which featured some of the funniest uses of the hashtag on Twitter. The hashtag was covered by several sites the same day including In Touch Weekly^[4] and TheQuickLaugh.^[5] Within a week the hashtag^[2] was tweeted out over 42,000 times.

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Internet Slowdown Day refers to an online protest in support of Net Nutrality to be held on September 10th, 2014. Participating websites and blogs can put a spinning loading icon on their webpage, which urge their audience to speak out in favor of Net Neutrality.

Background

On September 3rd, 2014, Fight for the Future^[3] published a press release on their Tumblr account^[4] announcing the creation of Internet Slow Day, to be held on September 10th, to allow activists to let the FCC know they are for Net Neutrality and against the slow down of certain sites destroying Net Neutrality would create. It explained:

“On Wednesday, a diverse range of public interest groups representing more than 10 million people announced a day of mass online mobilization on Sept. 10 in support of Net Neutrality. On that day, numerous websites, social networks, online activism organizations and others will call on their members to contact Washington and demand real Net Neutrality protections. (Sites will employ icons that symbolize a slower Internet, but will not actually load more slowly.)”

This date comes five days before the September 15th, deadline for the public to comment to the FCC about their impending decision about Net Neutrality. The release directed users to Battle For the Net^[1], where they can find the code for the loading widgets and explanation of their message that will explain to their visitors why they are participating in Internet Slowdown Day. The release also included a list of groups supporting the day:

“The American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause, Center for Media Justice, Color of Change, DailyKos, Demand Progress, Democracy for America, Democrats.com, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Engine Advocacy, Fight for the Future, FireDogLake, Free Press Action Fund, Future of Music Coalition, Greenpeace USA, Harry Potter Alliance, Media Alliance, MoveOn, National Hispanic Media Coalition, OpenMedia, Popular Resistance, Presente, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Progressives United, the Other 98%, RootsAction, Rootstrikers, SumOfUs, Voqal, Women, Action & the Media”

Notable Developments

Media Coverage

On September 3rd, Seattle Pi^[6] published an article titled “The Internet won’t really slow down on ‘Internet Slowdown Day’” which explained the call to action and how to participate. On September 4th, Wired^[5] published an op-ed titled “Etsy CEO to Businesses: If Net Neutrality Perishes, We Will Too” in which Etsy CEO explains and expresses support for the Internet Slow Down. It was covered by several other sites the same day including TIME^[7] and RT.^[8] The same day The Daily Dot^[9] reported several large websites and companies would be participating including Kickstarter, Foursquare and Reddit.

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Unnecessary Explosions refers to GIFs or videos which have been edited to include an exaggerated explosion effect in a situation where such an explosion had obviously not occurred.

Origin

On February 8th, 2010, YouTuber Sindri Johannsson^[11] uploaded a video titled “If Michael Bay Directed the Super Bowl” which featured Super Bowl footage with an explosion edited in. As of September 2014, the video has gained over 120,000 views.

On September 8th, YouTuber Rosarioproductions1^[8] uploaded a video titled “Unnecessary Explosions” which featured video clips with exaggerated explosions edited into them. As of September 2014, the video has gained over 400 views.

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On April 17th, 2013, Redditor wildman50 submitted an animated GIF of a skateboarder landing a trick with a giant explosion titled “Skateboarding: directed by Michael Bay” to the /r/funny^[4] subreddit, gathering upwards of 3,400 up votes and 120 comments prior to being archived (shown below, left). On October 4th, Redditor ArcherJF posted an animated GIF featuring scenes from the 1997 period drama film Titanic edited with explosions titled “Titanic, as directed by Michael Bay” to /r/gifs,^[5] accumulating over 5,400 up votes and 75 comments in four months (shown below, middle). On February 15th, 2014, Redditor HowIChrgeLazer submitted a GIF of two bees colliding into a giant explosion titled “So I heard Michael Bay is getting into nature documentaries” to /r/gifs,^[6] garnering more than 2,400 up votes and 25 comments in the next 10 days (shown below, right).

On May 22, 2013, YouTuber AHarperFilms^[9] uploaded a video titled “Extremely Unnecessary Explosions” (Short Comedy)." As of September 2014, the video has gained over 500 views.

On August 4th, 2014, Reddit user jerip123 posted an Imgur album to the r/funny^[1] subreddit titled “Unnecessary Explosions” which features GIFs edited to include exaggerated explosions. Within 48 hours the thread gained over 3,000 points and over 800 comments. The same day the Tumblr blog TastefullyOffensive^[7] posted a collection of the GIFs. Within 24 hours the post gained over 25,000 notes. On August 4th, Elite Daily^[4] published a round-up of unnecessary explosion GIFs titled “When You Add Unnecessary Explosions To Funny GIFs, They Become Even Better.” The GIFs were covered the same day by Heavy^[5] and Pleated Jeans.^[6] The following day UpRoxx^[3] published a roundup titled “Meme Watch: Unnecessary Explosions Added To GIFs Make Everything More Rad.”

Notable Examples

Exploding Actresses

Exploding Actresses is a series of videos and animated GIFs by digital artist Simone Rovellini, featuring scenes from famous films which have been edited to make a character’s head explode. On June 16th, 2013, the “Exploding Actresses” Tumblr^[2] blog was launched, with the first post highlighting an animated GIF of a scene from the 1959 musical The Sound of Music edited with Julie Andrews’ head exploding (shown below).

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The Streamy Awards is an annual award show which recognizes the outstanding YouTube content, as well as content shared through other online video sites.

Background

The first Streamy Award ceremony was announced on Tubefilter,^[6] who created the event on December 19th, 2008. The awards ceremony itself occurred on March 28th, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. The original ceremony had 25 categories including Best Original Music, Best Writing for a Dramatic Series and Best Ensemble Cast. Viewers and fans were able to nominate those they felt merited the award, with the final decisions made by the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV). On April 12th, 2010, Brady Brim-Deforest who headed Tubefilter, issued an appology for the poorly handled 2nd Streamy Awards, telling Gigaom^[7]:

“The show suffered from a lack of cohesiveness. There wasn’t enough focus on the awards, it was more focused on the comedy. Last night’s show was off that mark and we’re very sorry for that.”

Categories

As of the 4th annual Streamy Awards, to be held on September 7th, 2014, the categories include:

Channel, Show, or Series Overall

• Comedy
• Companion
• Drama
• Non-Fiction or Reality

Channel, Show, or Series Subject

• Action and Sci-Fi
• Beauty
• Dance
• Fashion
• Food and Cuisine
• Gaming
• Health and Wellness
• Kids and Family
• News and Current Events
• Science and Education
• Sports

Audience Choice

• Entertainer of the Year
• Show of The Year

Vine

• Vine Comedian
• Vine Creativity
• Viner of the Year

Social Media

As of September 2014, the Streamys’ Facebook page^[2] has gained over 17,000 likes and its Twitter account^[3] has gained over 15,000 followers. Its Instagram account^[4] has gained over 2,000 followers. Its YouTube Channel^[5] has gained over 5,000 subscribers.

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The Madden Gif-erator is a GIF Generator made by EA featuring NFL teams. (researching)

Spread

The gifs have spread to tumblr and other sites (in other words, researching)

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Links

Madden GIFERATOR

I am researching this and putting more stuff into it, when I’m not putting things into the FNAF gallery… I’d like some help!- Rukario McFly

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Star Wars opening crawl parodies refers to parodies of the opening sequence featured in the Star Wars franchise which features a prologue slowly scrowling up towards the top of the screen before dissapearing into the horizon.

Origin

The original sequence first appeared in Star Wars,^[1] the first film in the original Star Wars trilogy, which was first released on May 25th, 1977.

One of the earliest parodies was featured in The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie, which was first released on September 30th, 1979.

Spread

In 2008 one of the first Star Wars crawl generators, which allowed fans to enter any block of text to create the crawling effect, was created by Brent Budden.^[5] However, the generator’s popularity led it to be taken down shortly after its release due to copyright concerns. In August of 2010, LucasFilms^[4] released an official crawl generator users could utilize on their website.

On December 16th, 2010, BoingBoing^[11] posted an image of a dress printed with the Star Wars opening crawl.

On May 19th, 2013, coder Tim Pietrusky^[6] created the original opening crawl using HTML and published the code on his blog. Several sites covered Pietrusky’s code including Gizmodo^[7] and BoingBoing.^[8]

On May 28th, 2013, YouTuber Jon Hamblin^[10] uploaded a video titled “Shakes Wars – Star Wars opening crawl in Shakespearian language,” which he explained he had edited the language of the original crawl to appear Shakespearian. As of September 2014, the video has gained over 280,000 views.

On September 25th, 2013, redditor Join_You_In_The_Sun posted an image^[9] of a handmade gown with the Star Wars opening crawl printed on it. Within a year the image gained over 1,000 points.

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Zero suit presents the blue female jumpsuit based on the video game series metroid worn by Samus Aran underneath the powersuit (She is called “Zero Suit Samus” when she wears the zero suit without the powersuit). The suit itself popularized by the fandom with fanwork arts, crossovers and cosplays.

Origin

The first apperance^[1] of the zero suit comes from the end of the first game of the metroid series: Metroid: Zero Mission. The suit also apperances in other metroid games like Prime Hunters, Prime 2: Echoes and Prime 3: Corruption.

The trend raised its popularity with the Super Smash Brothers series.

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WIP

Within the publication of the Super Smash Brothers Brawl, some people on the related gaming forums^[7][8] asked how to unlock or play Samus with her Zero Suit.

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Dads at One Direction Concerts is a photo series which features the fathers of young One Direction fans at One Direction concerts with expressions of obvious sadness at being taken along.

Origin

On August 11th, 2013, Imgur user jlct posted an image gallery^[2] titled “Dads of the One Direction Concert” which featured pictures of middle aged men looking bored and uncomfortable in the midst of excited teenage girls attending a One Direction concert. Within a year the gallery gained over 920,000 views. The same day redditor jlctjlct added the album to the r/pics^[3] subreddit. As of September 2014, the submission has gained over 4,000 points.

Spread

On August 12th, 2013, the photos were covered by The Huffington Post^[4]. The following day several sites covered the collection including Buzzfeed^[5] and CNN.^[6] On August 20th, 2014, Nashville Scene^[1] posted a new group of photos of depressed dad’s at a One Direction concert titled “Sad Dads at One Direction.” On September 6th, redditor PaperkutRob submitted the collection to the r/funny^[8] subreddit, within 48 hours the collection gained over 3,000 points. Also on September 6th the collection was covered by Buzzfeed.^[7] The following day it was covered by Cosmopolitan.^[9]

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Antonio Brown’s Karate Kick is a video remix and photoshop meme featuring footage of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown delivering a kick to the head of Cleveland Browns punter Spencer Lanning.

Origin

During the Pittsburgh Steelers football game against the Cleveland Browns on September 7th, 2014, Antonio Brown kicked Spencer Lanning in the face while trying to jump over the Browns punter. Immediately after, photographs and videos of the incident began spreading on various social media platforms (shown below).

That day, the @NFL_Memes Twitter feed posted a photoshopped image featuring Brown kicking Lanning in a pit from a scene in the 2007 fantasy war film 300 (shown below).^[3]

Spread

Immediately following the game, Lanning posted a photo of the kick in a tweet asking “when did this happen?”^[1]

The same day, the Benstonium.com YouTube channel posted a parody video featuring Brown’s kick edited together with a scene from the 1984 martial arts film The Karate Kid (shown below). In the first 24 hours, the video gained over 200,000 views and 70 comments.

That evening, Brown tweeted that he did not intend to hurt Lanning but that he appreciated the photoshops of the incident.^[2]

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Key and Peele is a sketch comedy show which airs on Comedy Central starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

History

Key and Peele debuted on Comedy Central on January 31st, 2012. Comedy Central renewed the series for a fourth season^[2] on October 30th, 2013. As of September 2014, 31 episodes have aired.

Reception

The show was a critical success, earning a score of 8.2 on IMDB^[1] and a rating of on Metacritic.^[3] The show was nominated for three Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. In 2014 the series was awarded a Peabody Award.

Online Presence

As of September 2014, Key and Peele’s official Twitter account^[4] has gained 130,000 followers and its Facebook page^[5] has gained over 830,000 likes.

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Ray Rice Assault Video refers to surveillance footage of professional football player Ray Rice knocking his fiancee unconscious in an elevator.

Background

On February 19th, 2014, TMZ^[2] published a video showing Rice dragging his unconscious fiancee Janay Palmer out of an elevator at a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey several days prior. On July 24th, the NFL suspended Rice for two days and fine him $58,000/

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On September 8th, TMZ^[1] released leaked additional security camera footage of the incident from inside the elevator, showing Rice punching his girlfriend and rendering her unconscious in the elevator (shown below).

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Notable Developments

Online Reaction

On the same day, ClickHole^[3] published a satirical post written from the perspective of Rice titled “In My Defense, I Am A Monster.” Meanwhile, Redditor eaglessoar an image of a “wife beater” tank top titled “Got my new Ray Rice Rice jersey” to the /r/funny^[5] subreddit, where it gained over 3,600 votes (87% upvoted) in the next 24 hours. Hours later, Redditor mancan submitted an image macro titled “My Thoughts on the Ray Rice Situation,” which contained a photograph of professional football player Ray Lewis holding an axe (shown below). In 18 hours, the post gathered upwards of 3,400 votes (83% upvoted) and 400 comments on /r/funny,^[6] many of which disputed comparing the two cases.

#BeatsByRay

Twitter users subsequently began mocking the incident with the hashtag #BeatsByRay,^[7] in reference the Beats by Dre brand of headphones.

Fox & Friends Gaffe

During a segment about the incident on the morning talk show Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade joked “I think the message is, take the stairs.” Afterwards, the show was criticized by many for mocking domestic violence.

Termination

Also on September 8th, the Baltimore Ravens published a tweet announcing that the team had terminated their contract with Rice.^[4] In the first 24 hours, the tweet received over 55,400 retweets and 28,700 favorites.

#WhyIStayed

On September 8th, 2014, Twitter user bevtgooden^[9] introduced the hashtag #WhyIStayed in response^[8] to the questions raised by Rice’s domestic violence as to why his wife would stay with him in the face of his abuse. Twitter users used the hashtag to explain why they stayed in abusive relationships. Within 48 hours the hashtag was tweeted^[10] out over 70,000 times.

The same day the hashtag #WhyILeft, which Twitter users used to tell stories of escaping abusive relationships, was introduced by user SeymoreCrystal^[11]. Within 48 hours the hashtag was tweeted out^[12] over 19,00 times.

Also on September 8th, the official Twitter account for DiGiorno Pizza^[16] used the hashtag to send out a tweet reading “#WhyIStayed You Had Pizza.” The account quickly deleted the tweet and tweeted out an apology, explaining they didn’t know what the hashtag was being used for. The tweet was covered by several sites including TIME^[15] and Adweek.^[17]

The hashtags were covered by several sites within the following days including Mic^[13] and the Washington Post.^[14]

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About

Tattoo Fails are photographs of faultily designed or poorly inked tattoos which are often shared online via internet humor sites and body art communities.

Origin

In August 2006, the domain for the single topic blog ShittyTattoos^[11] was registered, which highlighted photographs of poorly drawn tattoos submitted by users.

Spread

On May 14th, 2007, Flickr^[2] user casting.shade uploaded a photograph of a portrait tattoo with the caption “Never seen a tattoo end up this bad” (shown below).

In April 2009, the single topic blog Ugliest Tattoos^[1] was launched, highlighting notable photographs of poor tattoo designs. The site was later acquired by Cheezburger under the site FAILBlog.^[2]

On May 12th, 2009, the Bad Tattoos Tumblr^[8] blog was created. On February 12th, 2010, the /r/badtattoos^[7] subreddit was launched for photographs of poorly designed tattoos. On April 8th, 2011, the Fuck No Bad Tattoos blog was created on Tumblr.^[9] On January 6th, 2012, the /r/shittytattoos^[10] subreddit was launched. On April 30th, 2013, BuzzFeed^[4] highlighted tattoo fail pictures in a post titled “47 Cringeworthy Tattoos Being Regretted As We Speak.” On May 20th, 2014, BuzzFeed^[3] published another compilation of notable tattoo fail photos. The following day, Redditor Mister_Kurtz submitted an Imgur gallery of bad tattoos titled “The ‘No Ragrets’ Tattoo Series” to /r/WTF,^[6] where it gathered upwards of 3,600 votes (92% upvoted) in the first three months. On July 10th, Redditor Alexander_Supertramp submitted a Facebook photo post featuring two friends with matching lips tattoos above several comments brutally critiquing the artist’s work (shown below). In two months, the post gained over 4,700 votes (95% upvoted) on the /r/cringepics^[5] subreddit.

Notable Examples

Kimberly Vlaeminck

Kimberley Vlaeminck is a Belgian teenager who failed a lawsuit against a tattoo artist for tattooing 56 stars on her face, three more than she claims she had asked for, after she fell asleep during the procedure. Later, Vlaeminck admitted that she fabricated the story after seeing her father become furious at the sight of the tattoos.

Tattoo Comparisons

On November 20th, 2013, the subreddit /r/tattoocomparisons^[13] was launched, featuring photoshopped images with poorly drawn tattoo heads superimposed over various people and animals.

Search Interest

External References

About

The Daily Dot is an online newspaper which focuses on technology and internet culture and how they relate to world events and entertainment news.

History

The Daily Dot officially launched on August 23rd, 2011,^[7] with a staff of twenty-five people.

Social Media Presence

As of September 2014,The Daily Dot’s official Facebook page^[2] has gained over 680,000 likes and its Twitter account^[3] has gained over 200,000 followers. The site launched a Tumblr blog, DailyDot^[4] on August 19th, 2011. The r/dailydot subreddit^[5] was created by redditor dailydot on August 3rd, 2011. As of September 2014, the subreddit has gained over 6,000 readers.

Traffic

As of September 2014, The Daily Dot is ranked as the 985th^[6] most popular website in the United States. Over 50% of the site’s traffic comes from the United States, with over 4% coming from the United Kingdom.

Search Interest

External Links

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About

Digimon (デジモン Dejimon), short for (デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā, “Digital Monster”) is a popular Japanese series of media and merchandise created by Akiyoshi Hongo, which is comprised of anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media. Digimon, the lifeforms the series revolves around, are monsters of various forms living in a “Digital World,” a parallel universe that originated from Earth’s various communication networks. ^[1]

Origin

The franchise was first created as a series of virtual pets, similar to Tamagotchi toys, released on on June 26, 1997. The creatures were first designed to look cute and iconic even on the devices’ small screens; later developments had them created with a harder-edged style influenced by American comics. A second generation of virtual pets was released in December of the same year. The franchise had its first anime released on March 6, 1999, in the form of a movie in Japan. A television series, Digimon Adventures, was released a day later, on March 7th, 1999.

Spread and Popularity

References

^[1]Digimon – http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Digimon

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