Walking on Sunshine is a video remix series featuring footage from an episode of the reality television show Intervention in which a woman is addicted to inhaling copious amounts of computer duster.
In Season 4 Episode 19 of the A&E reality show Intervention, originally aired on August, 11th, 2008, a woman named Allison is confronted by her family for having an unhealthy addiction to huffing computer duster (shown below).
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“Do It For Her” is a memorable scene taken an 1995 episode of the American-animated sitcom The Simpsons, in which character Homer Simpson put photos of his daughter Maggie around a plague. The scene has since been parodied online to commemorate a loved one, often time fictional characters.
The scene was originally taken from Season 6, Episode 13 “And Maggie Makes Three”[1] from the animated sitcom The Simpsons, first airing in the United States on January 22nd, 1995. During the episode, after being shown a flashback of the birth of their third child, Maggie, we’re cut to the present, where Bart is asking what it has to do with Maggie’s photo? Homer then simply replied that he keeps them where he needs them the most, before cutting to his workplace where photos are covering a plaque, originally reading “”http:" />Don’t Forget, You’re Here Forever" to spell out “Do It For Her.”
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Since It’s original airing, both fans and critics has praised the episode as being one of the best in the long-running series, often the original scene as a very emotional moment. Years later, online users eventually began parodying the scene to loved ones.
[1]Wikipedia – And Maggie Makes Three
“Few naggins, be grand”, or “a few naggins they said, be grand they said”
A Meme originated in Ireland, it underlines the drinking culture present in Ireland
a Naggin is a measurement of spirits (usually vodka). the wiki states
“A naggin (sometimes spelled Naggan) is the name used in Ireland for a small bottle of spirits, often of vodka or whiskey. A naggin contains 200ml of liquid[1]. The next size up from a naggin is 350ml in volume, often called a,”shoulder" “super-naggin” or “double naggin”, despite falling short of truly containing twice the amount of fluid the next size is 700ml this is known as a “neck”. Naggins, particularly those of inexpensive vodka (such as Huzzar), are popular among youths and students. They are often implicated in binge drinking."
this phrase (Few Naggins, Be Grand) is usually placed over the character being in an obscure place depicting the outcomes of being drunk, or over a politician depicting the heavy drinking culture over the politicians
Dezzing is a photo fad nspired by an unflattering mugshot of Oakland Raiders football player Desmond Bryant. The fad gained momentum on Twitter after it was introduced by American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in late February 2013.
On February 24th, 2013, Oakland Raiders’ defensive tackle Desmond Bryant was arrested for criminal mischief after he allegedly went to his neighbor’s home inebriated and caused a commotion.[1] The next morning, his arrest record was made public[2], along with his booking photograph in which he is seen shirtless with his neck awkwardly twisted and his mouth agape. The mugshot photos have since been removed from the public record.
On February 25th, Bryant’s mug shot began spreading across sports blogs and news sites including Big Lead Sports[3],CBS Sports[4] and USA Today,[6] as well as the /r/NFL subreddit.[5] The same day, Deadspin[7] launched a photoshop contest with the image, encouraging viewers to edit Bryant’s face into other images (examples shown below). On February 27th, image macros submitted to /r/Funny[18] and /r/AdviceAnimals[19] utilizing Bryant’s mug shot hit the front page of Reddit, earning more than 1400 points each.
On the February 27th episode of his late night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel showed viewers Bryant’s mug shot and invited them to take photos of themselves imitating the face (shown below, left). Following the path of Tebowing, Kimmel also asked people to tweet the photos with the hashtag Dezzing[8] and showed examples of that night’s guests posing with Bryant’s facial expression, including celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
Between February 27th and 28th, the hashtag was used on Twitter more than 1500 times.[9] On the 28th, the Jimmy Kimmel clip was shared on BroBible[10], Bleacher Report[11], YardBarker[12] and Larry Brown Sports.[13] That evening, Kimmel aired a second segment (shown above, right), featuring several user-submitted photos from Twitter fans making the face. Over the next several days, Dezzing was featured on PetaPixel[14] and CBS Sports.[15] Though most of the photos were submitted through Twitter[8], additional images can be found on Instagram[16] and Tumblr.[17]
[1]Yahoo! Sports – Raiders defensive tackle Desmond Bryant arrested on Sunday morning
[2]Miami Dade Corrections Inmate Profile System – In Custody Inmate Information
[3]Big Lead Sports – Desmond Bryant’s Mugshot is Memorable
[4]CBS Sports – Raiders Desmond Bryant’s mugshot something less than flattering
[5]Reddit – /r/NFL: Raiders Desmond Bryant’s mugshot. Greatest of all time?
[6]USA Today – Desmond Bryant’s mugshot has to be seen to be believed
[7]Deadspin – Photoshop Contest: Desmond Bryant’s Derpy Mug Shot
[8]Twitter – Tweet results for “#dezzing”
[9]Topsy – Tweet results for “#dezzing”
[10]BroBible – Jimmy Kimmel Debuts the Hot New Craze That Is ‘Dezzing’
[11]Bleacher Report – Jimmy Kimmel Keeps Desmond Bryant Mugshot Hilarity Going with ‘Dezzing’
[12]Yard Barker – Desmond Bryant’s mug shot inspires ‘Dezzing’ social media trend
[13]Larry Brown Sports – Desmond Bryant’s epic mug shot inspires ‘Dezzing’ social media trend
[14]PetaPixel – NFL Player’s Funny Mugshot May Spark a Viral Portrait Pose Called “Dezzing”
[15]CBS Sports – Desmond Bryant’s mug shot leads to #Dezzing Internet meme
[16]Statigr.am – Photos tagged “dezzing”
[17]Tumblr – Posts tagged “dezzing”
[18]Reddit – Desmond Bryant’s mugshot looked awfully familiar…
[19]Reddit – My immediate thought when I saw Desmond Bryant’s mugshot.
15 Minutes Late With Starbucks is an expression mocking someone who is late to a meeting or event because they appear to have stopped for coffee on the way.
On September 3rd, 2012, Twitter user emre published a tweet which claimed that pop singer Taylor Swift looked like someone who would show up late to class with Starbucks. Within the next six months, the tweet received over 1,000 retweets and 700 favorites.
taylor swift looks like those white girls who show up 10 minutes late to class with starbucks every day
— emre(@chanelpuke) September 3, 2012
On February 17th, 2013, Redditor koobaxion submitted a post to the /r/homestuck[1] subreddit featuring a screen of a Tumblr post with a Homestuck character carrying Starbucks coffee. Within 17 days, the post received over 160 up votes and 10 comments.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, also known as The Governator is a very famous populer, and well endowed actor, in mostly action movies from the 80’s who later also became the governor of Florida.
He is most known for his acting roles in the Terminator, Predator and Commando movies, which his sometimes over-the-top or sometimes, great acting spawned serveral memes and pop-culture catchphrases such as ‘get to the choppa!!!’ ‘ill be back’ and “put that cookie down! NOW!” as well he is known for his signature Austrian accent and tough demeanor.
Bio
Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria, a small village bordering the Styrian capital Graz, and was christened Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger. His parents were the local police chief, Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907–1972), and Aurelia (née Jadrny; 1922–1998). Gustav served in World War II, after he voluntarily applied to join the Nazi Party in 1938. Gustav served with the German Army as a Hauptfeldwebel of the Feldgendarmerie and was discharged in 1943 after contracting malaria. They were married on October 20, 1945 – Gustav was 38, and Aurelia was 23-years-old. According to Schwarzenegger, both of his parents were very strict: “Back then in Austria it was a very different world, if we did something bad or we disobeyed our parents, the rod was not spared.” He grew up in a Roman Catholic family who attended Mass every Sunday.
Early adulthood
Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian Army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required at the time of all 18-year-old Austrian males.[15] During his army service, he won the Junior Mr. Europe contest. He went AWOL during basic training so he could take part in the competition and spent a week in military prison: “Participating in the competition meant so much to me that I didn’t carefully think through the consequences.” He won another bodybuilding contest in Graz, at Steirer Hof Hotel (where he had placed second). He was voted best built man of Europe, which made him famous.
“The Mr. Universe title was my ticket to America – the land of opportunity, where I could become a star and get rich.” Schwarzenegger made his first plane trip in 1966, attending the NABBA Mr. Universe competition in London. He would come in second in the Mr. Universe competition, not having the muscle definition of American winner Chester Yorton.
Early roles
Schwarzenegger wanted to move from bodybuilding into acting, finally achieving it when he was chosen to play the role of Hercules in 1970’s Hercules in New York. Credited under the name “Arnold Strong,” his accent in the film was so thick that his lines were dubbed after production.[14] His second film appearance was as a deaf mute hit-man for the mob in director Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973), which was followed by a much more significant part in the film Stay Hungry (1976), for which he was awarded a Golden Globe for New Male Star of the Year. Schwarzenegger has discussed his early struggles in developing his acting career. “It was very difficult for me in the beginning – I was told by agents and casting people that my body was ‘too weird’, that I had a funny accent, and that my name was too long. You name it, and they told me I had to change it. Basically, everywhere I turned, I was told that I had no chance.”
Schwarzenegger drew attention and boosted his profile in the bodybuilding film Pumping Iron (1977), elements of which were dramatized. In 1991, Schwarzenegger purchased the rights to the film, its outtakes, and associated still photography. Schwarzenegger auditioned for the title role of The Incredible Hulk, but did not win the role because of his height. Later, Lou Ferrigno got the part of Dr. David Banner’s alter ego. Schwarzenegger appeared with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the 1979 comedy The Villain. In 1980 he starred in a biographical film of the 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield as Mansfield’s husband, Mickey Hargitay.
Action superstar
Schwarzenegger’s breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit. This was followed by a sequel, Conan the Destroyer in 1984, although it was not as successful as its predecessor. In 1983, Schwarzenegger starred in the promotional video “Carnival in Rio”.
In 1984, he made the first of three appearances as the eponymous character and what some would say was the signature role in his acting career in director James Cameron’s science fiction thriller film The Terminator.[ Following The Terminator, Schwarzenegger made Red Sonja in 1985.
During the 1980s, audiences had an appetite for action films, with both Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone becoming international stars.[14] Schwarzenegger’s roles reflected his sense of humor, separating his roles from more serious action hero fare. His alternative-universe comedy/thriller Last Action Hero featured a poster of the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day which, in the fictional alternate universe, had Sylvester Stallone as its star.
He made a number of successful films: Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), and Red Heat (1988). In Predator (1987), another successful film, Schwarzenegger led a cast which included future Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (Ventura also appeared in The Running Man and Batman & Robin with Schwarzenegger) and future candidate for governor of Kentucky Sonny Landham.
Footprints and handprints of Arnold Schwarzenegger in front of the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
Twins (1988), a comedy with Danny DeVito also proved successful. Total Recall (1990) netted Schwarzenegger $10 million and 15% of the gross, and was a science fiction script directed by Paul Verhoeven, based on the Philip K. Dick short story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”. Kindergarten Cop (1990) reunited him with director Ivan Reitman, who directed him in Twins.
Schwarzenegger had a brief foray into directing, first with a 1990 episode of the TV series Tales from the Crypt, entitled “The Switch”, and then with the 1992 telemovie Christmas in Connecticut. He has not directed since.
Schwarzenegger’s commercial peak was his return as the title character in 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was the highest-grossing film of 1991. In 1993, the National Association of Theatre Owners named him the “International Star of the Decade.”[4] His next film project, the 1993 self-aware action comedy spoof Last Action Hero was released opposite Jurassic Park, and did not do well at the box office. His next film, the comedy drama True Lies (1994) was a popular spy film, and saw Schwarzenegger, reunited with James Cameron, appearing opposite Jamie Lee Curtis.
That same year the comedy Junior (1994) was released, the last of his three collaborations with Ivan Reitman and again co-starring Danny DeVito and also for the second time featuring Pamela Reed. This film brought Schwarzenegger his second Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy. It was followed by the action thriller Eraser (1996), the Christmas comedy Jingle All The Way (1996) with Arnold playing the main character, Howard Langston, and the comic book-based Batman & Robin (1997), where he played the villain Mr. Freeze. This was his final film before taking time to recuperate from a back injury. Following the critical failure of Batman & Robin, Schwarzenegger’s film career and box office prominence went into decline.
He returned with the supernatural thriller End of Days (1999), later followed by the action films The 6th Day (2000) and Collateral Damage (2002) both of which failed to do well at the box office. In 2003, he made his third appearance as the title character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which went on to earn over $150 million domestically.[citation needed]
pop culture and internet popularity
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous plays and often over-the-top scenes spawned many refrences and catchphrases that are used very often, to this day:
“I’ll be back” used with playful seriousness, a very widespread line that came from the movie ‘Terminator’ he said the line with awe inspriting and cold manner only to ram into a police station with his car, a few seconds later.
“GET TO THECHOPPA!” link:http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-to-the-choppa
used humorlasly when things aren’t going the way they are expected. came from the movie ‘Predator’ when he screamed that phrase with all his available lounges in an over the top manner, urging his comrades, to, obviously, get to the chopper on time.
“Put that cookie down!” link: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/put-that-cookie-down
used mostly as captions and image macros, involving cookies and other variuos baked goods and/or yelling men.
the line came from the ’Jingle all the way" which was used entirely out of context.
“Remember I said i will kill you last? I lied” used mostly in captions, came from the movie “Commando” he said it right before pushing an enemy combatant off a cliff
.“Hasta la vista, baby.” another popular catchphrased, widespread in pop culture, used in scenarios when one wants to behave with an overly serious and awe inspiring manner. used in the movie “Terminator II – Judgement day” right before Arnold shot the frozen enemy terminator.
Arnold’s movies are so famous, that in fact, Doug Walker A.K.A The Nostalgia Critic (link:http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/doug-walker) made an entire month just reviewing his films, that month was called “Schwarzenegger Month”
He has also quite a few funny shots and clips that are used with other popular image macros.
an impressive amounts of short scenes from his movies are used as reaction videos and as ‘forum weapons’.
One good example "SHUT UUUP! from the moive ‘kindergarden cop’
Arnold Schwarzenegger is also famous for his own traits: his tough musclar body and his strong Austrian accent.
in pop culture as well as in internet culture, tough and strong men are intetionally given Arnold’s Iconic accent.
And in fact, an entire band was formed to sing with the famous accent and make many parodies from Arnold’s memes and become quite popular as such. The band is calling itself – The Austrian Deat Machine. (link: http://www.austriandeathmachine.com/)
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“Swimming Anime” is the nickname given to an unnamed anime project from Kyoto Animation. It has a growing fan following.
In April, 2012, Animation Do, a property of Kyoto Animation, made an announcement for an untitled project about a swim team. The announcement only contained two images, one of a character swimming, and another of the four character concepts standing in front of a pool.
With just two images to go by, the project gained a small fan following, with only a few pieces of original content being generated. Based on the initial image, fans called it “Ore to omae no sa o oshiete yaru yo!”, or “I’ll tell you what makes you and I different!”. This proved to be too difficult for anyone to remember, so it was simply referred to as “Swimming Anime” or “Gay Swimming Anime”
On March 6 2013, YouTube user CureSumika posted the PV for the project online. The video spread to tumblr, twitter, and 4chan’s /a/ board.
Over the course of the day, several ask blogs and fan blogs were made for Swimming Anime.
Crunchyroll announced on its facebook page a Swimming Anime cosplay contest.
John Snow Geography Meme is a picture of the famous John Snow Cholera Map beside a picture of John Snow, father of public health mapping and epidemiology. It is a meme that uses current Internet memes applied to a historic geography setting. Let us be honest here. It is really only humorous to scientists, geographers, medical personnel, and historians.
Fire Emblem is a strategy RPG video game series developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. Fire Emblem has a large online following, spawning fan art and fiction, among other things.
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi was originally released on the NES in 1990 as a Japanese exclusive, followed by 5 other games up until 2002. The first game to be released in the west was Fire Emblem in 2003. It has been stated that the releases of Fire Emblem in the west is partially involved with the popularity of characters Marth and Roy within Super Smash Bros. Melee. This was then followed by the release of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones in 2004, Path of Radiance in 2005, Radiant Dawn in 2007, Shadow Dragon in 2009, and another Japanese exclusive, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo Hikari to Kage no Eiyū in 2010. A 13th game in the series, Fire Emblem Awakening, was released on February 4, 2013 in America.
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Ike Quotes is a series of victory quotes said by the character Ike during brawls in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Gheb is a boss character during Chapter 9 of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. He has received a fan following on the internet due to his perverted nature during the game.
The 3-13 archer is a generic AI ally archer featured during chapter 3-13 of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He is famous for being static for most of Chapter 3-13 but blocking enemy reinforcements that would normally cause players to quickly lose the map, and often living in the process.
An infamous quote stated by Dragon King Dheginsea multiple times during a flashback scene near the end of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. The player finds that the entirety of Goldoa has moved to the Tower of Guidance during the next chapter.
A phrase often uttered by FE newcomers on the internet following the release of Fire Emblem to western audiences, often mocked by veteran FE fans, similar to how SSB fans mock anti-tier players. Has since subsided following Ike’s SSB debut in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Uttered on the internet by a newcomer to FE in response to Fire Emblem character Marcus, who veteran FE players know not to use due to being the game’s obvious Jeigan archetype, but is a beginner’s trap to anyone else. (A Jeigan is often an old character obtained at the beginning of the game who is overpowered at that point of the game, but is pre-promoted and has terrible stat growths, causing him to be an experience vacuum and useless later in the game) Has often been repeated in reference to the Jeigan archetype.
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Epic Handshake, also known as the “Predator Handshake,” is a memorable scene from the 1987 science fiction action film Predator, in which two men greet each other with an arm wrestle handshake. Due to the campy nature of the scene, it has inspired many parody and remix videos on YouTube, often featuring background music using popular songs from the 1980s.
In a scene from the 1987 film Predator, the character Dutch (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is surprised to see his old friend Dillon (played by Carl Weathers) and greets him by exclaiming “Dillon! You son of a bitch” followed by a strong handshake that turns into an arm wrestling match (shown below, left). On August 25th, 2007, YouTuber kreshjun uploaded a video titled “A tribute to the handshake in Predator,” featuring a live action reenactment of the handshake scene (shown below, right). Within the next six years, the video received over 370,000 views and 1,000 comments.
On September 28th, 2008, YouTuber BeefMcDoogle uploaded a remix of the handshake video, featuring the 1983 song “Push it to the Limit” by Paul Engemann (shown below, left). In the next five years, the video received more than 195,000 views and 250 comments. On April 30th, 2009, YouTuber jotoOAK uploaded a Spanish language version of the scene (shown below, right), which garnered over 199,000 views and 100 comments in the following four years.
On October 23rd, 2010, YouTuber ImKyserSoze uploaded a parody video in which the handshake from the Predator scene causes a massive nuclear explosion (shown below, left). Within the next three years, the video accumulated more than 420,000 views and 460 comments. On November 28th, YouTuber itsybitsy113 uploaded a remix of the scene using Guile’s theme from the video game Street Fighter 2 (shown below, right), receiving over 300,000 views and 650 comments in the following three years.
On February 2nd, 2011, YouTuber ArnoTrek uploaded an edited version of the scene, in which Dutch and Dillon engage in a farting match (shown below, left). Within the next two years, the video gained upwards of 280,000 views and 280 comments. On October 4th, 2012, YouTuber NightmareCinemas uploaded a pixel art rendition of the scene, in which the handshake kills Dillon in a huge explosion (shown below, right). In five months, the video received over 23,000 views and 100 comments.
On May 5th, 2012, Flickr[1] user thisisrorydean uploaded a photograph of a watercolor painting depicting the handshake (shown below, left). On September 6th, DeviantArt[2] user MILOSLAVvonRANDA uploaded a chalk drawing titled “EPIC handshake by Dillon and Dutch” (shown below, right).
[1]Flickr – Predator Handshake
[2]DeviantArt – Epic Handshake
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Nichijou (日常 Nichijō?, lit. Regular Life) is a manga created by Keiichi Arawi and was adapted to anime in 2011. It chronicles the daily life of a group of high school students and their school. Nichijou have a fairly large fanbase, and it have created some memes.
Nichijou was serialized in 2006 by Kadokawa Shoten in the manga magazine Shōnen Ace, and was also serialized in Comptiq between the March 2007 and July 2008 issues. In 2011, the series was given an anime adaptation that was produced by the studio Kyoto Animation.
Hyadain’s One-sided Love-C is the first opening song to the anime. Its opening movie and song inspired many people, and became the subject of many fanfics, parodies, remixes and MADs on Nico Nico Douga (NND), a video sharing service in Japan.
It’s Salmon!!! is a memorable quote that became one of the popular resources for MAD videos on Nico Nico Douga (NND).
Lucien-cat began on a Livestream by Gangyzgirl on Twitch.tv at late night, Wednesday, March 6th, 2013. In the group, the conversation about putting cats in peoples mouths came up, and later, someone suggested to draw Lucien Lachance, from the games TES IV: Oblivion, and TES V: Skyrim, with an orange kitten in his mouth. Gangyzgirl, replying with gales of laughter. Accepted this and drew it. And later put it on deviantart.
Soon after, most people who attended the stream also started to create their own versions. Some of these dA users, are MakiLoomis, Sparkzzzzzz, SlayerSyrena, Moggyman, CSphire, Clandestine-Assassin, and some others.
For the meme to be used properly, it is a picture drawn, or photoshopped to be Lucien Lachance with an orange kitten named “Apple” in his mouth, while he says a muffled quote from Either Oblivion or Skyrim. Such as “You Sleep rather soundly for a murder…” and “My Blade grows restless….”
The conversation can be found as a highlight on Gangyzgirl’s account, here: http://www.twitch.tv/gangyzgirl/c/1997094
SO far it has not spread to other sites. Except for one photo from Sparkzzzzzz showing her friend on Magistream.com
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RollerCoaster Tycoon (abbreviated RCT) is a trilogy of video games that simulate amusement park management. Each game in the series challenges players with open-ended amusement park management and development, and allowing players to construct and customize their own unique roller coasters. One popular thing people do is run over people with roller coasters or make coasters that purposely crash.
Other popular fad players do is recreating Theme parks (Disney,Universal,Six Flags,etc.) on the games.
Mr. Bones Wild Ride
Another popular fad is Mr. Bones Wild Ride. A ride that never ends.
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2013 SimCity Release Reception refers to the negative public reception of Electronic Arts’ fifth title in the urban city simulation game franchise. Since its official release on March 5th, 2013, the game has been widely criticized by gaming review blogs and YouTube commentators, mainly due to its requirement of internet connection for single player gameplay and heavy server downtime upon launch.
Simply dubbed SimCity, the fifth title in the city-building simulation game series was officially introduced at the Game Developers Conference on March 6th, 2012 and two gameplay trailers were unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012. The application process for the closed beta version of the game began in August 2012, which became available in January and February 2013. Despite the high anticipation surrounding the game, SimCity was met by poor reviews and criticisms mainly due to unexpected server outages upon its launch on March 5th, 2013.
On March 4th, the youtube commentator OfficalNerdCubed uploaded a video expressing his hate of the forced internet connection that is needed to play the singleplayer mode of the game, it started a minor campaign in which people send spam emails to EA’s headquaters.
Upon the U.S. release of the game on March 5th, 2013, the majority of players experienced issues logging onto the server, which was noted by YouTube commentator TotalHalibut:
On March 6th, SimCity player CalebPeters expressed his dissatisfaction with login issues in the customer support section of the Electronic Arts forums. When CalebPeters asked for a refund, he was denied the request and warned of a possible ban. The chat log transcript was subsequently posted on Reddit’s /r/gaming subreddit, where it sparked a heated debate over the Electronic Arts’ handling of the SimCity release (shown below).
Adrian: I am sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused. I can offer you a 15% off coupon from Origin with your next purchase.
Adrian: I am sorry, but I can not offer you a refund.
you: Why can’t you offer me a refund?
you: Your product is defective
Adrian: Return Policy
you: I can call my bank and have the refund done that way.
Adrian: I can offer to assist you with any trouble shooting issues.
you: Why can Amazon users get refunds but I can’t?
Adrian: That is understandable, but I must inform you that if you choose to dispute it, your account will be banned.
Adrian: I am sorry, but I can not speak on another company’s policy.
Adrian: Now this just released.
you: I am at a loss of words
Adrian: So the servers are having issues, with more servers opening up as other countries release then we will show these issues resolving themselves.
you: Yes, but it is not capacity demand I am debating
Adrian: I can understand this causing frustrations and I do apologize for this.
you: Your servers are not the issue
you: The game/back end is
you: “Game updates” are not an excuse to hide behind
Adrian: I am sorry, but I am not able to process a refund.
Adrian: Is there anything else that I can assist you with?
you: You were offering refunds according to your press release!!!!
you: In response to the launch day trouble Hatam said " If you regrettably feel that we left you down, you can of course request a refund for your order at http://help.origin.com/contact-us , though we are currently still in the process of resolving this issue. "
you: Why lie??
you: I have done nothing wrong in expecting what is quoted.
Adrian: That is correct, that this is where you can request a refund, but as our policy is stating it is also the our discretion to process a refund.
you: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/210/9330019.page#top
you: Process a refund.
Adrian: As I stated before, we are not able to offer a refund.
Adrian: Is there anything else that I can assist you with?
you: This chat text goes viral.
you: Thanks
On March 7th, a redditor posted a link to a website for a game supposed to be called OpenCity, it featured a picture taken by Marcelo Rabelo as a background picture, and a little box with the four possible options; To sign up, Enter password, Enter username, and login. When trying to log in or sign up, a box saying; ‘Unable to connect to the OpenCity servers. Please try again.’ would appear. It later turned out to be a fake website, but the redditors still got a good laugh, and compared it to Sim City, and the events it was undergoing during that time.
[2]New York Times – A Game That Can’t Be Played: Is It Still a Game?
[3]Wall Street Journal – New SimCity a Failure to Launch
[4]Reddit – Amazon suspends sales of SimCity video game after always-on technology cripples game play; EA reduces game speed to ease server load
[5]Reddit – The highest rated review of SimCity on Amazon
[6]IGN– Can You Get a Refund for SimCity?
[7]IGN– SimCity Burning: A Warning to Microsoft, Sony, and All Publishers on The Dangers of Always-Online DRM
[8]Escapist Magazine – Electronic Arts Suspends SimCity Marketing
[9]Reddit – OpenCity troll
[10]OpenCity troll – OpenCity troll picture credits
Stop Girl is the nickname given to a woman who was briefly filmed by an ESPN cameraman during a college football game in 2010. The video clip was subsequently converted into an animated GIF and her innocuous reaction to being filmed on camera drew much curiosity from internet sports blogs and forum communities, particularly on Reddit where there is an entire subreddit dedicated to the Stop Girl.
On September 18th, 2010, a University of Arizona student was filmed by ESPN during a football game between the Arizona Wildcats and the Iowa Hawkeyes. At first unaware of the camera, she begins to laugh and mouths the word “stop” at the cameraman upon realizing that she is being recorded (shown below).
On May 12th, 2011, an animated GIF of the video was submitted to the /r/pics[6] subreddit, but the post only received 18 up votes and 5 comments prior to being archived.
On May 21st, 2011, Redditor luhjan resubmitted the animated image to the /r/gifs[7] subreddit, where it received over 1,200 up votes and 80 comments before it was archived. On June 22nd, 2012, the /r/thestopgirl[1] subreddit was created, which gained more than 11,900 subscribers in the next eight months. On October 8th, the Internet news blog The Daily Dot[3] published an article about the subreddit, noting that most submissions included links to the same Stop Girl animated GIF. On December 20th, the viral content site BuzzFeed[2] published a list of the “54 best animated GIFs of 2012,” ranking the Stop Girl at number 32. On December 28th, Redditor Dino97 submitted a post to the /r/funny[11] subreddit, claiming he had been banned from /r/thestopgirl for posting an animated GIF of a woman being hit by a stop sign (shown below). Within two months, the post received more than 48,000 up votes and 1,500 comments.
The same day, the single serving site TheStopGirl[4] was created, which features the Stop Girl animated GIF on the homepage. On January 2nd, 2013, /r/thestopgirl was featured in a list of bizarre subreddits on the tech news blog Mashable.[8] On February 19th, Redditor RadioactivePie submitted a post titled “I got banned from /r/TheStopGirl for posting this” to the /r/funny[9] subreddit, featuring an edited version of the GIF with Sony Corporation CEO Kazuo Hirai superimposed over the original woman’s face (shown below, left). Within three weeks, the post garnered upwards of 32,000 up votes and 600 comments. The same day, Redditor zoeypayne submitted an edited version of the GIF in which the woman’s teeth were blacked out to the /r/gifs[10] subreddit (shown below, right).
On March 7th, 2013, ESPN published an interview with a woman named Sarah who identified herself as the Stop Girl. In the interview, Sarah revealed that she was mouthing the word “stop” and not “no” as some Internet users had speculated. The following day, Redditor NIGUAR submitted a post to the /r/pics subreddit,[5] featuring a photo of Sarah holding a sign reading “I am the Stop Girl” (shown below). Within 10 hours, the post received over 1,900 up votes and 280 comments.
[1]Reddit – /r/thestopgirl
[2]BuzzFeed – The 54 best animated GIFs of 2012
[3]The Daily Dot – Reddits Weird fascination with the stop girl
[4]TheStopGirl – The Stop Girl
[5]Reddit – The Stop Girl almost three years later
[6]Reddit – Guys I just met her but I think I want her to meet my mom
[8]Mashable – weird subreddits
[9]Reddit – I got banned from /r/thestopgirl for posting this
[10]Reddit – Stop Girl Without Teeth
[11]Reddit – Got banned from /r/thestopgirl for posting this
Nigerian Scams are a common form of advance-fee scam popularized by the ability in the modern era to send large amounts of e-mails at once. Although it is not limited to Nigeria, the most common form of this scam is from a Nigerian posing as a significant political or royal figure, begging the reader to send them an amount of cash which will allow them to access their savings at which point they will supposedly be rewarded.
This style of scam has dated back to antiquity, but the modern form began as a postal scam during the corrupt days of the Second Nigerian Republic during the late 70s and early 80s. The modern Nigerian scam exploded with the advent of e-mail allowing for many e-mails of this kind to be sent to many people with little effort, and has since become infamous on the internet.
Dear Sir:
I have been requested by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for oil exploration in the sub-Sahara region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equaling US$40,000,000. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company is desirous of oil exploration in other parts of the world, however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.
You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company. In exchange for your accommodating services, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.
However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to Nigerian law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Lagos, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, as well as with certain officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Please call me at your earliest convenience at 18-467-4975. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the Nigerian Government will realize that the Central Bank is maintaining this amount on deposit, and attempt to levy certain depository taxes on it.
Yours truly,
Prince Alyusi Islassis
Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) is an American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games. Electronic Arts is the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue after Nintendo and Activision Blizzard. EA develops various series including Sports (Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, etc…), SimCity, Mass Effect, Battlfield, Dead Space, Dragon Age, Medal of Honor and other series.
Due to practices in game development, most notably the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM), the company has been hugely crticized and negatively received by many. Some notable events include the Mass Effect 3 ending and the SimCity launch.
(Work in Progress)
Unfortunate Domain Names are websites that choose hilariously and intentionally chosen website names.
1. www.WhorePresents.com – Website for Who Represents
2. www.ExpertSexChange.com – Website for Experts Exchange
3. www.PenIsland.com – Website for Pen Island
4. www.TheRapistFinder.com – Website for Therapist Finder
5. www.PowerGenitalia.com – Website for Power-Gen Italia (Italian Power Generation company)
6. www.MolestationNursery.com – Website for Mole Station Nursery
7. www.IPAnywhere.com – Website for IP anywhere
8. www.CummingFirst.com – Website for the First Cumming Methodist Church
9. www.SpeedoFart.com – Website for the “Speed of art” orgainization
10. www.GotAHoe.com – Website for a holiday in Lake Tahoe
11. www.Nice-Tits.org – Website for the bird-watching society
12. www.DicksOnWeb.com – Website for Dickson musical instruments
13. www.ChoosesPain.com – Website for the holiday company, Choose Spain
14. www.ViagraFix.com – Website for the CAD company, ViaGrafix
15. www.TeacherStalk.com – Website for Teachers Talk
16. www.WinterSexPress.com – Website for Winters Express
17. www.AuctionShit.com – Website for Auctions Hit
18. www.MammothErection.com – Website for Mammoth Erection (scaffolding erecting and dismatling service)
19. www.NYCanal.com – New York Canal website
20. www.ButtHatsNotAll.co.nz – Website for But That’s Not All!
21. www.ChildrenSwear.co.uk – Website for Childrens Wear
22. www.IHaveGas.com – Website for IHA Vegas
23. www.MachoMe.com – Website for Mac Home
24. www.OddSexTractor.com – Website for Odds Extractor
25. www.BiGalsOnline.com – Website for Big Al’s Online
26. www.ScatIssue.com – Website for SCA Tissue
27. www.CumStore.co.uk – Website for Cumbria Storage Systems
28. www.AltersCrap.com – Website for Alter Scrap Processing
29. www.WeBone.com – Website for Web One
30. www.budget.Co.ck – Website for Budget
The Knife Game, sometimes known as Five Finger Fillet, is a challenge that involves placing one’s palm face down on a flat surface and attempting to stab a blade between the fingers without hitting them. In 2011, YouTube musician Rusty Cage wrote a song to go with the game, which eventually led to the birth of a participatory video fad similar to Lulu and the Lampshades Cup Covers in March 2013.
Though its first appearance remains unknown, the Knife Game became popularized as early as 1986 with its inclusion in the science fiction film Aliens. In the scene (shown below, left), an android named Bishop (played by Lance Henriksen) holds down the human marine William Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) and performs the knife trick on him. One of the earliest parodies of this game was uploaded to YouTube on July 27th, 2006. (shown below, right)
In 2001, GameSpyArcade launched a Flash-based virtual game titled Five Finger Fillet.[2] The next year, the game was discussed on the Straight Dope message board[3] and the Counterglow Forums.[4] In 2006, Knife Game was added to Wikipedia[6] as Five Finger Fillet. Two years later, in 2008, the game was defined on Urban Dictionary with the name “stabscotch.”[5] Also that year, instructions for the game as “5-Finger Fillet” were shared on Instructables[7] and another video of the game was featured on eBaum’s World.[8]
On August 31st, 2011, Florida-based musician Rusty Cage[10] uploaded a video of himself (shown below, left) completing the game while singing an original song about the process. On February 28th, 2013, the video was posted to the WTF subreddit[14] and though it only accrued 18 points, the same day, a handful of YouTubers reuploaded Cage’s video[11][12], including a version that was ten minutes long.[13] The following day, the video was submitted to both /r/Videos[15] and /r/YouTubeHaiku[16], gaining 641 points between them. At this point, other YouTubers began uploading their own versions of the song, but it did not take off until March 2nd, 2013, when Norwegian YouTuber Hanna Fylling Ellingseter[9] uploaded a video of herself singing the song (shown below, right).
In the following days, Ellingseter’s video was featured on a number of news sites and internet culture blogs, including Reddit[17], Sourcefed[18], Beatbeat[19], BuzzFeed[20], Blame It on the Voices[21], The Huffington Post[22], Gawker[23], New Media Rockstars[24] and Business Insider.[25] However, by March 5th, Ellingseter’s original video had been removed for a violation of YouTube’s Terms of Service. Additional “Knife Song” videos have been directly uploaded to Tumblr.[28]
[1]YouTube – Search results for “aliens knife trick”
[2]GameSpyArcade – Five Finger Fillet
[3]The Straight Dope – What’s the name of that “game” where you put your hand on a table and stab a knife…
[4]Counterglow – Friday Finger Filleting Fun
[5]Urban Dictionary – Definition for “Stabscotch”
[6]Wikipedia – Knife game
[7]Instructables – Knife Games: 5-Finger Fillet
[8]eBaum’s World – Knife vs Hand Game
[9]YouTube – Hanna Ellingseter’s channel
[10]Facebook – Rusty Cage Music
[11]YouTube – DeltaAnonymous’s Reupload
[12]YouTube – Anonymussss123456’s Reupload
[13]YouTube – eXcLuSiVeezZ’s 10 minute Reupload
[14]Reddit – /r/WTF: This man has large balls.
[15]Reddit – /r/videos: The Knife Game & Song
[16]Reddit – [Poetry] The Knife Game Song (Rusty Cage) – [0:29]
[17]Reddit – This should become the new internet trend.
[18]SourceFed – Possible New Internet Trend: The Knife Song
[19]BetaBeat – Your Newest Terrifying Internet Trend: ‘The Knife Song’
[20]Buzzfeed – Girl Totally Wins At “The Knife Song”
[21]Blame it on the Voices – This should be the next big meme: The Knife Song
[22]Huffington Post – ‘Knife Song’: Hanna Ellingseter, Norwegian Girl, Sings The Most Dangerous Song Ever (VIDEO)
[23]Gawker – Norwegian Teen Single-Handedly Revives the Internet’s Most Dangerous ‘Game’
[24]New Media Rockstars – ‘THE KNIFE SONG’ MEME IS GOING TO COST A LOT OF PEOPLETHEIRFINGERS [VIDEO]
[25]Business Insider – There’s A Dangerous YouTube Knife Game That Kids Are Obsessed With
[26]YouTube – Search results for “knife game”
[27]YouTube – Search results for “knife song”
[28]Tumblr – Posts tagged “knife song”