As peripécias e desaventuras de uma pessoa que tem seu pensamento baseado no senso comum.
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Sr. Senso-comum
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Regretsy
About
Regretsy[1] was a website dedicated to highlighting bizarre, weird or offbeat items offered for sale on the handmade and vintage marketplace Etsy. During its run from September 2009 to January 2013, the site posted hundreds of items with snarky commentary, which eventually led to a book deal for the blogger April Winchell.[2] The site also raised thousands of dollars for charity.
History
Thee days before the site went live on October 1st, 2009, Regretsy posted its first item[3], a pair of custom Twilight-themed Converse sneakers with a portrait of Edward and Bella hand painted on the side. The commentary called them hideous and suggested anyone who would wear these in public would be subjected to getting beat up regularly. On October 4th, 2009 the owner of the shop commented on the post, noting she considered the shoes a practice piece and felt like the art was terrible compared to her later work.
October 2nd, the day after it went live, Regretsy was picked up by Buzzfeed.[4] The following day, a thread about the site appeared on Etsy[5] where it was met with mixed reviews while Jezebel[6] pointed out the site’s policy of not linking to the items featured on the site, comparing the site to the so-bad-its-good mantra of sites like Cake Wrecks.[7] That month, Regretsy appeared on a number of news media and culture blogs including MediaBistro[8], Apartment Therapy[9], Gizmodo[10], Gawker[11], CoolThings[12], the Examiner[13] and Urlesque.[14]
Book Deal
The author ran the blog under the pseudonym Hellen Killer until November 20th, 2009, when she was revealed as American actress and radio personality April Winchell[2], the daughter of voice actor and ventriloquist Paul Winchell, in a Wall Street Journal article[15] about her landing a book deal for the blog. The book titled “Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF”[19] was published on April 6th, 2010 and was met with mostly positive reviews, earning an average of 4 and a half stars on Amazon and an average of 3.87 stars on GoodReads.[20]
Closure
On January 28th, 2013, Winchell announced in a blog post[21] that she will be closing down Regretsy, citing her upcoming lead voice acting role in an animated series by Lauren Faust and Craig McCracken. She also noted that she had no more jokes left about crafting. On February 1st, 2013, Regretsy was completely archived and Winchell reactivated her personal homepage[22], reestablishing an archive of her radio work. The announcement was subsequently picked up by Wired UK[30], The Daily Dot[23] and Make.[24]
Highlights
Fundraising
Regretsy began fundraising in December 2009, through donations as well as through purchases from their Zazzle[27] shop. By August 2010, Winchell also incorporated eBay auctions to raise money into the mix, raising more than $10,000 for a number of charities.[28] In April 2011, the Regretsy community set up a Etsy shop named April’s Army, which also sold items dedicated to raise funds for Etsy sellers in need of help.[25] However, it was closed down by October 2011 and transferred over to an official Regretsy shop.[26] As of February 2013, Regretsy had raised more than $250,000 for more than 40 charitable projects.[29]
PayPal Conflict
Following a Christmas fundraising campaign for needy families collected via a PyaPal donate button, PayPal froze Regretsy’s donation account[31] on December 4th, 2011, claiming that the site should have used a “Buy Now” or “Shopping Cart” button instead, as use of the donation button was limited to non-profit organizations. Regretsy was forced to refund thousands of $2 donations by hand, having the contributors donate again through a separate button. She also highlighted several snippets of her conversations with PayPal support (shown below) in a separate blog post.[37] The following day, The Consumerist[32] featured a story on Regretsy’s frozen account, causing internet users to send complaints via Twitter[36] and take to PayPal’s Facebook page, bashing the company.[33] On December 6th, PayPal issued an official statement[34] noting that all of the funds had been released. They also offered $100 donations to each of the 200 families the money was intended for.
Traffic
Within the first week, Regretsy had more than 15 million hits and within a month, it was ranked 4514 on Alexa.[16] Just after the site’s closure, Regretsy was averaging nearly 202,000 visitors per month according to Quantcast[17] data and had an Alexa[18] rank of 10,897 in the US.
Search Interest
External References
[2]Wikipedia – April Winchell
[3]Regretsy – Shoes of the Damned
[4]Buzzfeed – Regretsy : Very Regretful Crafts On Etsy
[6]Jezebel – Regretsy Takes Aim At Crappy Crafters Everywhere
[8]MediaBistro – Regretsy Flatters Etsy With Dead Unicorns & Crocheted Toilet Paper
[9]Apartment Therapy – Regretsy: The Worst of Etsy
[10]Gizmodo – Regretsy: For Anyone Who Didn’t See the Creepy Side to Making and Selling Your Own Crafts
[11]Gawker – Regretsy: Hysterically Bad Trips into Arts and Crafts
[12]CoolThings – Regretsy: The Dark Side Of Crafts
[13]Examiner – Regretsy.com, the showcase of Arts & Craps
[14]Urlesque – Regretsy – Because Indie Crafts Can Suck, Too
[15]Wall Street Journal – Regretsy Creator Revealed: April Winchell Discusses New Book Deal
[16]TrendHunter – HELENKILLER, FOUNDER OF REGRETSY (INTERVIEW)
[17]Quantcast – Regretsy.com
[18]Alexa – Regretsy.com
[19]Amazon – Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF
[20]GoodReads – Regretsy: The World’s Oddest, Most Ridiculous, and Most Disturbing Crafts
[21]Regretsy – LET’S WRAPTHIS UP NOW
[23]The Daily Dot – Snarky crafting site Regretsy closes up shop after 3 years
[24]Make – Regretsy Changes Course Feb. 1
[25]Regretsy – HOLYSHIT LET’S GO SHOPPING
[26]WePay – Regretsy’s Online Store
[28]Regretsy – New Ebay Auctions Tonight!
[30]Wired UK – Regretsy closes, the world mourns the end of DIY meets WTF
[31]Regretsy – Fuck You, PayPal
[32]Consumerist – PayPal Rains On Regretsy’s Secret Santa Campaign Over Use Of Wrong Button
[33]Mashable – PayPal Feels Web’s Wrath After ‘Ruining Christmas’ [UPDATED]
[34]PayPal Blog – Regretsy Issue Resolution
[35]Regretsy – Paypal Update
[36]Digital Life on Today – Why PayPal’s bad reputation is bigger than Regretsy
[37]Regretsy – CATS 1, KIDS 0
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Marco Rubio's Water Break
Overview
Marco Rubio’s Water Break refers to a blooper video clip in which Florida’s junior senator drinks from a bottle of water while delivering the Republican party’s rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in February of 2013.
Background
On February 12th, 2013, Marco Rubio delivered the GOP’s rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. While speaking to the camera, Rubio nervously reached over to drink from a bottle of water before continuing on with the speech. Rubio’s awkward “water break” was broadcast live across the country and an isolated clip of the blooper was subsequently uploaded online by YouTuber dkostv (shown below). Within the first 24 hours, the video received over 184,000 views and 840 comments.
Notable Developments
Shortly after the speech was delivered, Twitter users began joking about the water drinking clip using the hashtags “#waterbreak,” “#watergate” and several parody accounts referencing Rubio’s water bottle were created.
The same night, the viral content site BuzzFeed[3] published a post featuring an animated GIF of Rubio drinking water (shown below) and a screenshot of 15 different related parody Twitter accounts.
Also on February 12th, the tech news blog CNET[4] published an article criticizing the bottled water company Poland Spring for failing to capitalize on the incident, citing Nabisco’s Oreo cookie ad that was created in response to the Super Bowl XLVII blackout. On February 13th, Poland Spring posted a photoshopped image to their official Facebook[6] page, featuring a water bottle in front of a dressing room mirror with the caption “Reflecting on our cameo. What a night!” (shown below). Within five hours, the post received over 920 likes, 420 shares and 65 comments.
“Reflecting on our cameo. What a night!”
The same day, Christian Science Monitor[2] published an article highlighting several notable tweets mentioning the water-drinking incident. Also on February 13th, Twitter released a graph on their official @gov feed revealing there were an average of 9,200 tweets per minute (TPM) during Senator Rubio’s water sip.
CHART: 2013 #SOTU Tweet volume, peak moments nearly double the 2012 speech. twitter.com/gov/status/301…
— Twitter Government (@gov) February 13, 2013
Rubio’s Response
On February 13th, Rubio published a tweet which announced he had gained over 13,000 new Twitter followers in the past 24 hours, joking that he should continue to drink water in all of his speeches.
Picked up over 13,000 new followers on #twitter since last night! Im going to start drinking #water in the middle of all of my speeches!
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 13, 2013
Twitter Feed
Image Macros
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1]Time – Watch Marco Rubio Water Break
[2]Christian Science Monitor – Rubio reaches for water, lights up Twitter
[3]BuzzFeed – Everyone on Twitter made the exact same joke
[4]CNET– Poland Spring Blows it
[5]Mashable – Poland Spring Facebook Post Revels in Rubio’s Thirsty Moment
[6]Facebook – Poland Spring Natural Water photos
[7]CBC– Thirst Marcus Rubio Meme
[8]Twitter – RubioWaterBott1
[9]Twitter – Rubioh20bottle
[10]Twitter – SenRubiosWater
[11]Twitter – RubiosWatBot1
[12]Twitter – MarcosH20Bottle
[13]Twitter – Rubiowatrbottle
[14]Twitter – RubiosWater
[15]Twitter – RubioWaterBott1
[16]Twitter – SenRubiosBottle
[17]Twitter – RubiosH20Bottle
[18]Twitter – RubiosBottle
[19]Twitter – Rubios_Water
[20]Twitter – macrorubiosh20
[22]Twitter – MRubiosWater
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Etsy
About
Etsy is an online shopping website focused on handmade or vintage items as well as art and craft supplies.
[this entry is currently being researched]
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Pretty Girls, Ugly Faces
About
Pretty Girls, Ugly Faces is a photo fad in which girls take pictures of themselves while posing in an unflattering manner, making a silly face or performing a physically strenuous activity.
Origin
The single topic Tumblr blog Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces[1] launched on September 26th, 2011, featuring nine photos of different females making unattractive-looking faces by manipulating their mouths and necks. Throughout 2011, the blog was regularly updated with the bloggers’ own photos as well as user-submitted images before going on a hiatus in June 2012.
Spread
On July 13th, 2012, Redditor Catness_NeverClean submitted two photos to /r/Pics[2] of herself (shown below, left) and her sister (shown below, right), comparing both their normal faces and their “ugly” faces side by side. In the post, Catness_NeverClean claimed that she and her sister had been making images like this since they were children. The post yielded more than 18,000 upvotes, 1360 points and nearly 1800 comments before it was archived. Soon, commenters began sharing their own comparison ugly face photographs, which culminated with the launch of the subreddit PrettyGirlsUglyFaces[3] on July 14th by Redditor Sinkingfast. As of February 2013, the subreddit has more than 11,000 subscribers.
Five days after the subreddit launched, internet humor site AcidCow[9] showcased 30 pairs of user-submitted “Pretty vs. Ugly” images. However, attention to the subreddit did not pick up major steam until January 17th, 2013, when Buzzfeed launched an “The Ultimate Ugly Face Challenge”[10] inspired by the subreddit, inviting users to submit their own ugly face comparison photos. That day, /r/PrettyGirlsUglyFaces was featured on Mashable[11] and the FW[12] before being picked up by CollegeHumor[13] a week later. On February 7th, Buzzfeed[14] posted 50 images submitted in the Ugly Face Challenge, sparking a renewed interest in the subreddit. Over the course of the following week, photos from /r/PrettyGirlsUglyFaces were featured on a number of internet humor sites as well as culture blogs including Pleated Jeans[15]The Frisky[16], Uproxx[17], xoJane[18], the Huffington Post[19], GirlsGuideTo[20] and Heavy Comedy.[21]
Notable Examples
Additional images appear on Tumblr with the tags “pretty girls ugly faces”[4]", “pretty girl ugly face”[5] and “ugly selfie.”[6] Both “#prettygirluglyface”[7] and “#uglyselfie”[8] are common hashtags on Instagram, with the latter having more than 2300 tagged photos.
Spinoff: /r/HandsomeGuysUglyFaces
On January 18th, 2013, the subreddit /r/HandsomeGuysUglyFaces[22] launched, as a specific home for males partaking in this photo fad. As of February 2013, it has more than 200 subscribers.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Tumblr – Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces
[2]Reddit – /r/pics: My sister and I have been perfecting our “ugly” faces since we were children. You have been warned.
[3]Reddit – /r/PrettyGirlsUglyFaces
[4]Tumblr – Posts tagged “pretty girls ugly faces”
[5]Tumblr – Posts tagged “pretty girl ugly face”
[6]Tumblr – Posts tagged “ugly selfie”
[7]Statigram – Photos tagged #prettygirluglyface
[8]Statigram – Photos tagged #uglyselfie
[9]AcidCow – Pretty Girls Ugly Faces (60 pics)
[10]Buzzfeed – The Ultimate Ugly Face Challenge
[11]Mashable – Pretty Girls / Ugly Faces
[12]The FW – ‘Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces’ Meme Invades Reddit
[13]College Humor – Pretty Girls, Ugly Faces
[14]Buzzfeed – 50 Gorgeous Girls with Hideous Faces
[15]Pleated Jeans – Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces (22 Pics)
[16]The Frisky – Super Sexy New Meme: Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces
[17]Uproxx – Meme Watch: Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces Is Like Planking, Except Good
[18]xoJane – PRETTYGIRLSUGLYFACES -- HOW IT FELT TO PARTICIPATE IN THENEWESTMEMESWEEPINGTHEINTERNET
[19]Huffington Post – ‘Pretty Girls Ugly Faces’ Is Hilarious
[20]GirlsGuideTo – Daily Distraction: Pretty Girls Make Ugly Faces
[21]Heavy – Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces Might Be the Best Thing on the Internet
[22]Reddit – /r/HandsomeGuysUglyFaces
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Actual Sexual Advice Girl
About
Actual Sexual Advice Girl (ASAG) is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a brunette woman wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses accompanied by captions relaying sexual advice to both men and women.
Origin
On February 11th, 2013, Redditor FarleyHatcher submitted an image macro titled “Actual Sexual Advice Girl [OC]” to the /r/AdviceAnimals[2] subreddit, with the caption suggesting how to tell if a woman has had an orgasm during sex (shown below). Within 72 hours, the post garnered more than 1,100 up votes and 60 comments.
Precursor
Actual Advice Mallard is an advice animal that was created in June of 2011, which featured captions containing life hacks and other useful information. Both ASAG and Actual Advice Mallard are unique in providing genuinely helpful or insightful advice, unlike most advice animal characters.
Spread
The same day, Redditor nurseladyherpaderp submitted another ASAG image macro to the /r/AdviceAnimals[3] subreddit, which relayed advice to men attempting to receive fellatio (shown below, left). Within three days, the post received over 8,700 up votes and 620 comments. Several hours later, Redditor katrionatronica submitted another instance with the caption advising women to be more expressive about what they want in a relationship (shown below, right),[4] which accumulated more than 15,000 up votes and 950 comments in less than 72 hours. Also on February 11th, both images were reposted to the Internet humor site 9gag,[5][6] each receiving upwards of 20,000 up votes and several thousand Facebook shares.
Notable Examples
As of February 2013, the “Actual Sexual Advice Girl” Quickmeme[1] page has received over 250 submissions.
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1]Quickmeme – Actual Sexual Advice Girl
[2]Reddit – Actual Sexual Advice Girl OC
[3]Reddit – Actual Sexual Advice Girl
[4]Reddit – Actual Sexual Advice Girl for Girls
[5]9gag – Actual Sexual Advice Girl for Girls
[6]9gag – Actual Sexual Advice Girl
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And In That Moment I Swear We Were X
This entry is open to editorship requests.
About
“And In That Moment I Swear We Were X” is a snowclone meme that uses the phrase “And In That Moment I Swear We Were Infinite” from the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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420 Blaze it Faggot
About
“420 Blaze it Faggot” is an expression which orders someone to smoke marijuana. The phrase is often used ironically to mock cannabis enthusiasts and members of the “stoner” subculture.
Origin
On July 8th, 2012, Tumblr[2] user welcometothedankside posted an edited comic panel of a father attempting to persuade his six-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana by saying “420 blaze it faggot” (shown below). Within the next seven months, the post received over 48,300 notes.
420
According to the editor of the marijuana enthusiast magazine High Times, the term “420” was coined by a group of students known as the “Waldos” at the San Rafael High School in California in 1971. The term was used to refer to the time of day the group would meet to smoke marijuana.[5]
Precursor
The phrase may have been inspired by the song “Blaze it Up (420 Anthem)” by the rappers K57, Bez Da Boss and Akki Bo. On March 22nd, 2011, YouTuber Anthony Jacob uploaded a music video of the track, featuring several scenes in which marijuana appears to be consumed (shown below).
Spread
On August 5th, 2012, a Facebook[1] page titled “420 Blaze it Fagut” was created, which accumulated more than 280 likes in the next six months. On August 11th, Forum Korner[9] member Aiden submitted welcometothedankside’s comic to the marijuana subforum. On September 23rd, an anonymous 4chan user submitted a post to the /x/ (paranormal) board,[8] featuring a cropped image of the father’s head from the comic accompanied by the phrase “420 blaze it faggot.” On December 28th, Redditor HoagieTime submitted a post to the /r/circlejerk subreddit, which joked that “420 blaze it faggot” were the last words of the deceased science professor Carl Sagan. Within two months, the post received over 5,900 up votes and 190 comments. As of February 2013, there have been over 300 posts submitted to the subreddit with the keywords “blaze it.”[6]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Facebook – 420 Blaze it Fagut
[2]Tumblr – welcometothedankside
[3]Reddit – TIL Bob Marleys last words were 420 blaze it faggot
[4]Reddit – This made me lol at a 0
[5]SF Gate – Stoner Chic Traces Origin to San Rafael
[7]Reddit – TIL a dying Carl Sagan last words were literally 420 blaze it faggot
[8]4chandata – 420 blaze it faggot
[9]ForumKorner – 420 blaze it faggot
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Chris P. Bacon
About
Chris P. Bacon is a pet piglet who was born without the use of his hind legs and depends on a wheelchair to get around. In January 2013, his owner, veterinarian Dr. Len Lucero, began posting videos of Chris to YouTube, where the animal gained online fame for his disability as well as his K’nex wheelchair.
Origin
Chris P. Bacon was born on January 13th, 2013 and soon after, his previous owner brought the newborn piglet to the Eastside Animal Hospital in Florida asking if it could be euthanized due to a congenital defect affecting its back legs. After being examined by veterinarian Dr. Len Lucero, the pig was found to be otherwise healthy and instead of putting the animal down, Lucero brought the pig home with him to his farm, already home to goats, horses, dogs and cats, and built it a makeshift wheelchair out of his son’s K’nex blocks. On January 27th, Lucero uploaded the first video of Chris P. Bacon to YouTube (shown below) where it amassed nearly 600,000 views in just over two weeks.
Spread
Also on January 27th, Lucero launched a Facebook fan page[1] for Chris P. Bacon, which gained more than 20,000 likes within the first month. On January 30th, the piglet’s first video video was submitted to Reddit,[11] though it only earned 107 upvotes and 78 points. On the following day, the video and several photos of Chris were shared on BuzzFeed,[8] picking up 15,000 Facebook likes and shares. Also on January 31st, Lucero launched a Twitter account[2] for Chris, which accumulated more than 1300 followers in two weeks. Throughout the first week of February, images and video of Chris P. Bacon were shared on humor site I Am Bored[13], Inquistr[14], the Daily Mail[15] and Good Morning America on Yahoo! News.[16]
I prefer Twoinking instead of Tweeting.Maybe we should rename it Twoinker?
— Chris P. Bacon (@ChrisPBaconPig) January 31, 2013
On February 5th, an image of the pig sleeping in his wheelchair (shown below) was submitted to the Aww subreddit[12], earning 16,691 upvotes and 2277 points overall. By February 7th, local news stations had picked up on the human interest story and Chris P. Bacon was featured on Ohio’s Fox 19 WXIX News.[17] On February 13th, dozens of news stations reported on the piglet, including My Fox Orlando[6], Reuters[7], New York Daily News[9] and the London Evening Standard[5], among others. The next day, Chris P. Bacon’s photo was submitted to the Pics subreddit[18], earning 865 upvotes and 576 points. Also on February 14th, he was also featured on the International Business Times[7], Metro UK[4] and The Telegraph.[3]
Notable Images
Search Interest
External References
[1]Facebook – Chris P Bacon Pig on Wheels
[2]Twitter – @ChrisPBaconPig
[3]Telegraph – Chris P Bacon, the piglet in a wheelchair, become YouTube sensation
[4]Metro UK – Loveable piglet Chris P Bacon gets new wheelchair
[5]London Evening Standard – This is a squeal: watch disabled piglet Chris P Bacon learn to use his wheels
[6]My Fox Orlando – Chris P. Bacon: Disabled piglet hams it up on the web
[7]International Business Times – Piglet Chris P Bacon Gets New Wheelchair for Valentine’s Day [PHOTOS + VIDEO]
[8]Buzzfeed – Adorable Two-Legged Baby Pig Has A Wheelchair Made Of Toys
[9]NY Daily News – Famous Bacon: Florida piglet’s disability is no handicap to viral fame
[10]Reuters – Disabled piglet using wheelchair becomes Internet sensation
[11]Reddit – Just a 10-day-old, 2-legged pig in a wheelchair named Chris. P Bacon – [5:59]
[12]Reddit – This is Chris P. Bacon. Must have gotten sleepy wheeling around :)
[13]I Am Bored – Pig in Wheelchair: Chris P. Bacon
[14]The Inquisitr – Chris P. Bacon: Baby Pig Has Two Legs And Wheelchair Made Out Of Toys [Video]
[15]The Daily Mail Online – Sq-wheel like a pig! Adorable piglet born without hind legs learns to walk with the help of a tiny wheelchair
[16]Good Morning America on Yahoo! News – Baby Piglet Chris P. Bacon Uses Wheelchair For Mobility
[17]Fox 19 – Video: Disabled pig learns to use a wheelchair
[18]Reddit – This is Chris P. Bacon, he was born without the use of his back legs. His wheelchair is made out of K’Nex pieces…
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You Had One Job
About
“You Had One Job” is an expression used to call attention to perceived blunders made by individuals on the job. On the web, the phrase is heavily associated with FAIL image macros.
Origin
The earliest known mention of the phrase can be heard in a scene from the 2001 remake of the heist film Ocean’s Eleven, in which the character Basher Tarr (played by Don Cheadle) scolds his team for missing a step that singlehandedly leads to the failure of an otherwise well-planned vault heist (shown below).
[in a safe heist]
Basher: All right chaps. Hang on to your knickers.
[He triggers the bomb, and the safe door cracks open.]
[Laughing, Basher dances into the vault – and the alarm goes off]
Basher: Oh leave it out! You tossers! You had one job to do!
On April 25th, 2011, Redditor nomdeweb submitted a screen capture of a credit slide for the “Dinosaur Supervisor” in the 1993 film Jurassic Park,[1] captioning the image with “You had one job in Jurassic Park. ONEJOB.” Prior to being archived, the post received over 8,100 up votes and 400 comments.
Spread
On September 12th, 2011, Redditor nomdeweb’s screen capture was reposted[2] by Redditor tofupanzer, acquiring more than 21,900 up votes and 600 comments before it was archived. On April 15th, 2012, FunnyJunk[3] user pleasewelcomejc submitted a rage comic titled “You had one job brain, ONEJOB,” in which a nerve-wrecked guy delivers his pickup line wrong while flirting with a girl on the phone (shown below). Within the next 10 months, the image accumulated over 120,000 views and 7000 up votes.
On April 19th, Redditor stavius submitted a photo titled “Don’t let us down, Josh” to the /r/funny[8] subreddit, featuring a defaced billboard reading “Only Josh can prevent wildfires” (shown below, left). That same day, Redditor mulletman22 submitted a photo of a wildfire with the caption “Shit Josh! / You had one job!” (shown below, right).[9]Prior to being archived, stavius’ post received upwards of 29,000 up votes and mulletman22’s post received more than 32,000 up votes.
On April 30th, Redditor BarelyMexican submitted a compilation of “you had one job” image macros to the /r/funny[12] subreddit, garnering over 3,300 up votes and 80 comments before it was archived. On October 1st, a Facebook page[6] titled “You had one job memes” was created, which accumulated more than 48,500 likes in the next four months. On January 14th, 2013, the single-serve website hadonejob.com[7] was launched with a slideshow of photographs documenting careless mistakes.
Notable Examples
Additional examples can be found on the microblogging site Tumblr[11] and the social photo sharing site Pinterest.[10]
Search Interest
External References
[1]reddit – You had one job in Jurassic Park. ONEJOB.
[2]reddit – ONEJOBPHIL. YOUHADONEJOB.
[3]FunnyJunk – You had one job brain, ONEJOB.
[4]Imgur – You had one job.
[5]Imgur – You Had One Job! compilation
[6]Facebook – One job memes
[7]hadonejob.com – http://hadonejob.com/
[8]Reddit – Dont let us down josh
[10]Pinterest – You had one job
[11]Tumblr – had one job
[12]Reddit – you had one job compilation
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2013 Russian Meteor Explosion
Overview
2013 Russian Meteor Explosion refers to the meteorite impact event that took place over the Chelyabinsk region in Siberia, Russia on February 13th, 2013. The spectacle of the meteor streaking across the sky before exploding in mid-air was recorded on cameras from multiple vantage points near the impact site, the footage of which were subsequently uploaded to YouTube later that same day.
Background
On the morning of Febraury 15th, 2013, a meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere and shattered several kilometers above ground in Chelyabinsk region of Siberia, Russia. The shock wave caused by the explosion reached several cities in proximity, causing slight damage to buildings and injuring hundreds of people due to the broken glass falling from the buildings[1]. The fireball and explosion was captured by dozens of cameras in the area, including dashboard camera and security camera footage, even from places 700 km away[2]. It was initially thought to be a meteor shower,[3] which was then discarded. Reports conflicted on what exactly happened. Eventually, a spokeswoman for the Emergency Ministry was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying it was a single meteor[4].
Notable Developments
On YouTube
It didn’t take too much time until footage from the scene started to pop up on YouTube, almost all of them captured with dashboard and security cameras.
Other videos managed to capture the loud noise caused by the explosion on the higher atmosphere and the moment the blast reaches the ground (headphone users, please lower the volume):
On Reddit
In the following hours, one of the videos was posted on Reddit[5] showing one of the videos. Within nine hours, the post gained 18,643 upvotes, 3,222 points overall and 200 comments.
Search Interest
External References
[1]The Guardian – Meteor explodes over Russian Urals, injuring 950 – live updates
[2]YouTube – падение объекта Оренбург
[3]EITB– Meteor shower hits central Russia, about 400 people hurt
[4]CBSNews – Meteorites slam into Russia as meteor seen streaking through morning sky
[5]Reddit – UFO (meteorite, plane or rocket) explodes in the sky above Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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My Little Pony: Fighting Is Magic
As always, this is a W.I.P! Feel free to request editorship!
About
My Little Pony: Fighting Is Magic was a crossover fighting game project based on the television program My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the Street Fighter [1] video game series. The game, designed by a team of nine people known as Mane6[2], featured characters from the show fighting one another in a manner reminiscent of the Street Fighter franchise.
History
Development of the game began in the summer of 2011, prior to the airing of the second season of My Little Pony, using the Fighter Maker 2D game engine. Fighting is Magic was originally scheduled to be released upon the completion of the six main ponies, with further updates bringing the total to 17 playable characters. Mane6 released periodic updates on their YouTube channel;[3] however, as of February 15, 2013, all videos have been removed.
On January 9, 2012, it was announced[4] that Fighting is Magic had secured a berth to be showcased in an exhibition at the Evolution Championship Series (EVO), an annual fighting game tournament held in the United States, and was in the running to host one of the eight official tournaments at the event. The subsequent donation drive to determine the eighth tournament title was was won by Super Smash Brothers: Melee, and saw Fighting is Magic raise over five thousand dollars. However, prior to the end results, Fighting is Magic was removed from the official tournament runnings in favor of being highlighted in the Indie Games Showcase.
Gameplay
Game mechanics were similar to those used in Street Fighter, with each character featuring a unique move set based on their personality in the show; for example, many of Twilight Sparkle’s and Fluttershy’s attacks focused on books and animals, respectively. Each character also had a dedicated stage, such as Twilight Sparkle’s library and Fluttershy’s cottage, that included unique music created for each stage.[5][6]
Members
Programming
Nappy
Prominence
Jay
Music
DJ Derpy Hooves
RainbowCrash88
Ken McGill
Art
Nappy
Leedin
Jay
Anukan
Cease and Desist
On February 8, 2013, it was announced[7] that Mane6 had received a cease and desist letter from Hasbro, owner of the My Little Pony trademark, and been ordered to discontinue development and remove all My Little Pony-related content from the game, effectively terminating the project. Mane6 announced their intention to attempt negotiation with Hasbro, although the project remained indefinitely suspended.
Search interest
External Links
[1]Street Fighter on Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter
[2]Mane6 – “http://www.mane6.com/”
[3]Mane6 YouTube channel – http://www.youtube.com/user/ManeSixDev/featured
[4]Fighting is Magic at EVO– http://www.capsulecomputers.asia/2013/01/my-little-pony-fighting-is-magic-will-be-part-of-evo-2013/
[5]Whitetail on YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitetailMusic
[6]RainbowCrash88 on YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/user/RainbowCrash88
[7]Announcement of cease and desist letter – http://www.mane6.com/2013/02/not-all-wonder-is-endless.html
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#EmojiArtHistory
About
#EmojiArtHistory is a Twitter hashtag associated with various strings of emoji characters that are supposed to be reinterpretations of famous artworks throughout history.
Origin
The idea for the hashtag came from a Tumblr post submitted by ladiesupfront[1] on the evening of January 24th, which featured four iPhone screenshots of text messages sent from a friend who tried to recreate artistic masterpieces with emoji characters.
On February 11th, Brooklyn-based artist Man Bartlett reblogged[2] the photoset, leading him to use the hashtag #EmojiArtHistory[4] for the first time on Twitter with an emoji of a man and a gun to represent Chris Burden’s 1971 conceptual performance piece, Shoot.
Spread
Also on February 11th, art blog Hyperallergic[3] featured a compilation post showcasing dozens of emoji art tweets, which further amplified the usage of #EmojiArtHistory to 1533 times that day alone.[5] The next day, several art galleries and museums including Los Angeles’ J. Paul Getty Museum[6] and London’s Tate Modern[7] paid their homage to famous artworks with emoji tweets. On February 13th and 14th, #EmojiArtHistory tweets were featured on numerous art news blogs, such as ArtInfo[8], the Nashville Scene[9], Art Fag City,[10] Animal New York[11] and Complex Art&Design,[12] as well as internet news and culture sites The Daily Dot[13], Wired[14] and the Daily What.[15]
Notable Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Tumblr – ladiesupfront: In which I discover the seemingly limitless possibilities of emoji jokes and annoy my friends because I think I’m clever.
[2]Tumblr – manbartlett: the art world according to emoji
[3]Hyperallergic – Emoji Art History
[4]Twitter – Tweet results for #emojiarthistory
[5]Topsy – Statistics for #emojiarthistory
[6]Twitter – @GettyMuseum’s Tweet
[7]Twitter – @Tate’s Tweet
[8]ArtInfo – Twitterati Goes Crazy For Nerdy New Art Meme #EmojiArtHistory
[9]Nashville Scene – Emoji Art History: Our Favorite Arty Twitter Trend
[10]Art Fag City – Massive Links! #Emojiarthistory Edition!
[11]Animal New York – BESTNEWARTMEME: #EMOJIARTHISTORY
[12]Complex Art & Design – All Hail the Father of Emoji Art History
[13]The Daily Dot – Reinterpreting classic works of art with #emojiarthistory
[14]Wired – Twitter Turns Fine Art Into Emoticons With #EmojiArtHistory
[15]The Daily What – Twitter Hashtag of the Day: #EmojiArtHistory
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Dawn of the Final Day
About
Dawn of the Final Day is a catchphrase originating from the videogame The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. The phrase itself is most commonly used in combination with the anticipation of a near future event. Image macros often include The Moon or Majora’s Mask, both being notable objects from the videogame.
Origin
The gameplay in the Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask[1] revolves around an in-game three day cycle period, which marks the time left before the moment on which The Moon will crash onto Termina. It is possible for the player though to reset the time period, allowing to save major accomplishments such as the completion of events. During play, an on-screen clock tracks the time, and after each day the player will receive a note showing up on the screen reading how much time he has left before the collision.
Spread
[Researching]
In the events of December 21st, 2012, a day which through various mythological beliefs would mark the end according to the Mayan Long Count calendar, numerous gamers and other online communities started making connections between the date and the events in Majora’s Mask. On December 18th, 2012, three days prior to December 21st, the website terriblefate.com[2] was launched, which showed a large image of Majora’s Mask hanging over a countdown timer counting down to December 21st. The site itself was created for video game remixer Theophany, who planned to release a Majora’s Mask tribute album on that day.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Wikipedia – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
[4]Tumblr – dawn of the final day
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2013 Carnival Triumph "Cruise from Hell"
Work in progress. Feel free to request editorship
About
On early Sunday, February 10, 2013, The Carnival Triumph, owned by Carnival Corporation & plc and operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, had an aft engine room fire. The fire was automatically extinguished, but the fire caused power loss in the propellers and most generators. Although the boat still had some generator power left, it was left drifting 150 miles (240 km) off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico.
Timeline of Events
February 10 – Ship loses power
February 11 – Fresh water works on aft side of boat, however sewage doesn’t.
February 13 – Carnival cancels most cruises.
February 14 – Ship docks hours after expected arrival
Internet Reaction
The Internet’s reaction to the events are serious. Millions of tweets under the hashtags “#carnival #triumph” expressed rage among the internet
Search Insight
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Gordon Ramsay
About
Gordon Ramsay (born in November 8th, 1966) is a British master chef, celebrity, restaurateur and ex-Association Football player who is famous for saving failing restaurants in Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and finding a head chef in Hell’s Kitchen. Ramsay is even more famous for scolding stupid people with his raging temper and extreme swearing.
Origin
In the early years, Gordon Ramsay was a Association Football player chosen to play for the Warwickshire and later the Rangers at age 15. His Association Football career caused too many injuries and he was known as “the football player with the gammy knee.” At age 19, he had a strong interest in a career on cooking which started his path as a chef. Since then, Gordon Ramsay’s has been awarded 15 Michelin stars (currently holds 14) and presenting British & US TV shows about competitive cookery and food.
Spread
When the US version of Hell’s Kitchen first aired on FOX Network in 2005, Ramsay’s perfectionism, short temper and swearing has been famous for captions in meme-related websites, including chans like 4chan.
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Why hasn't you wanting to for many see more clearly makes the doable?
“Why hasn’t you wanting to for many see more clearly makes the doable?” was a phrase posted on boards.4chan.org/vp/ on February 17, 2013 at 3:34 PM central time. It was in a response to a Pokemon Stadium thread, in which OP was asking the best team for the gym leaders. The Engrish post itself was to an answer, listing off suitable Pokemon for the specific game.
Original:
Why hasn’t you wanting to for many see more clearly makes the doable?
Fixing grammar errors:
Why haven’t you wanted to see more clearly for many, to make it doable?
No possible meaning at this point has been deciphered.
A joke response was posted “Are you serious? I has you wanting to for many, making the doable for many to see more clearly hasn’t. If you hasn’t you wanting to for many, you’re not see more clearly. It’s just common sense.”
This is most likely a copycat meme of “Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?”
The post was deleted by the poster minutes afterwards.
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Haggard
About
Haggard is a character popular on 4chan’s /v/ board drawn from a Sonic the Hedgehog connect-the-dots picture and used as a way to spur similar drawings of that connect-the-dots page.
Origin
The character was made after the original connect-the-dots page was posted online, when users attempted to figure out who the mystery character was.
It was found that the page was meant to be Dr. Robotnik’s face looking to the right, but the character created in the mess to find it stuck around.
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Peyton's Fluffy Chicken
Overview
Peyton’s Fluffy Chicken is the nickname of a white Silkie[8] chicken that was featured in a post by Tumblr user thatsmoderatelyraven, who claimed her mother would purchase the bird for her if she received 500,000 notes on the microblogging site. Many Tumblr users got behind the campaign and helped her reach the goal by February of 2013.
Background
On January 26th, 2013, Tumblr user Thatsmoderatelyraven submitted a post[1] featuring a photo of a Silkie chicken, which asked other Tumblr users to help her reach 500,000 notes so her mother would purchase the bird. Later that day, Thatsmoderatelyraven[4] posted a screenshot of a Facebook post claiming that her mother would purchase the chicken for 1,000,000 Facebook likes as well.
Notable Developments
Many Tumblr users immediately began sharing the post, some even replacing the image of the fluffy chicken with another fitting image, such as Lady Gaga’s exotic headpiece and a piece of fried chicken (shown below).
On January 29th, web developer Joe Anzalone created the single serving site “Peyton’s Fluffy Chicken Countdown”[5] , which provided a live counter of the notes for Thatsmoderatelyraven’s Tumblr post. The same day, the Tumblr[6] blog “Get Peytons Chicken” was created, which reblogged Thatsmoderatelyraven’s chicken post over 520 times in the next several days. On February 17th, following the Vatican’s announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation earlier that week, a petition was created on Petition Site[7] to “make fluffy chicken the new pope,” which garnered over 350 signatures in 24 hours.
Fan Art
Several Tumblr users created fan art illustrations and animated GIFs for the chicken, many of which can be found on the microblogging site under the tag “#fluffy chicken.”[9]
Goal Reached
On February 17th, 2013, the post had reached its goal of 50,000 notes. Several Tumblr users celebrated the occasion by declaring February 17th “Fluffy Chicken Day.” The same day, Peyton tweeted that she would be getting the fluffy chicken.
im getting the fluffy chicken!
— Pëytõn (@PeyTCruiser) February 18, 2013
Search Interest
External Links
[1]Tumbr – My mom said that if this post gets 500,000+ notes, then i can get a fluffy chicken like this one
[2]Twitter – fluffy chicken search results
[3]Tumblr – tagged: fluffy chicken
[4]Tumblr – im not fronting i really do want a fluffy chicken
[5]Peytons Fluffy Chicken Countdown – Peyton’s Fluffy Chicken Countdown
[6]Tumblr – get peytons chicken
[7]Petition Site – Make Fluffy Chicken the New Pope
[9]Tumblr – fluffy chicken
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Let's Mess It Up!
This meme came from Richalvarez’s YouTube video “Matt’s School of Bloopers” Where a guy named Matt tells you how to mess up in videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2tMJi3KDlQ
There was one part where Matt’s friends were making a time limited video, and Matt then tells the says that he was gonna mess it up.
Youtubers then thought it was meant to be meme. Since it wasn’t, lots of people began to make it a meme.
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