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Overview

NYPD Cop Buys Homeless Man Boots refers to New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Larry DePrimo’s act of generosity toward a shoeless man in November of 2012.

Background

On November 27th, 2012, the official NYPD Facebook page posted a photograph of a police officer kneeling in front of a shoeless man. The caption contained an account by Arizona resident Jennifer Foster, who claimed she heard the officer offer the man a pair of boots as a gift. Over the course of the next six months, the post received over 617,000 likes, 218,000 shares and 48,500 comments.

Notable Developments

Online Reaction

The same day the photo was posted on Facebook, Redditor fett4ever reposted it to the /r/pics^[2] subreddit, where it received over 13,900 up votes and 580 comments in the following four months.

News Media Coverage

On November 28th, 2012, The New York Times^[4] published an article about the photograph, identifying the police officer as Larry DePrimo of Long Island. In the next several days, the story was covered by several news site, including Jezebel,^[6] The Daily What,^[7] People,^[8] Gothamist,^[9]NPR^[10] and CBS.^[11]

Today Show Appearance

Deprimo appeared on the Today Show on November 30th, 2012, where he (shown below).

Homeless Man Identity Revealed

On December 2nd, The New York Times published an article identifying the homeless man as 54-year-old Jeffrey Hillman from South Plainfield, New Jersey and reported that he had been seen on the Upper West Side without shoes on. When asked about the boots, Hillman responded that he had hidden them:

“Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money. I could lose my life.”

Hillman was also quoted saying that he wanted a “piece of the pie” since the photograph had been spread around the world.

On December 3rd, 2012, the NY Daily News^[3] published an article revealing that the Hillman was not homeless and had been living in a Bronx apartment for the past year.

Search Interest

External References

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About

Hold My Flower refers to a series of comics based on a Tumblr post featuring Kaomoji emoticons preparing for a fight.

Origin

On March 25th, 2013, Tumblr user louwhis^[1] posted a series of three Kaomoji emoticons, with the first depicting a serene character wearing a flower. The second shows the emoticon with wide eyes paired with the phrase “what you say ’bout me” while the third shows the emoticon passing the flower off to someone, paired with “hold my flower.” As of April 24th, 2013, this post has more than 90,000 notes.

“Into the trash it goes!” is a meme that was originated from 4chan’s /pol/ board. It features American illusionist Penn Jillette saying the phrase “into the trash it goes!”
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About

Foreverial Tiedup Delitized is a copypasta that is known to be circulating around the internet that is used to satirize deviantART fetishes and bad arts in general. Originating from the works of deviantART user Rafe15, it gained popularity in around February 2013 and began spreading heavily in many forums, particularly Facepunch.

Origin

The deviantART user Rafe15 has a collection of such pictures that can be dated back to 2010. The earliest instance of such pictures was titled “A very different Jake”, featuring his OC rat character Jake and was uploaded on June 10, 2010. Pay attention to the following description.


“This is a very different Jake, not the UDC Field agent Desert hopping mouse nor is it the Australian Kangaroo rat from the Rescuers Down Under. species is Kangaroo rat and nationality is Australia, but of something separate and different. This Jake the kangaroo Rat has become Foreverial Tiedup Jake and he was fully delitized with his organs and inside and literally his whole body changed into a permanent living bologna version with permanent living bologna organs and insides and a permanent bologna, ham and cream cheese tongue. nose is a permanent pastrami nose and has two permanent ham lips and two permanent bologna and ham ears. Fully wrapped like a mummy, tiedup this way to remain and always jumping around with a permanent smile on his face and a wide open permanent bologna mouth speaking constantly ready to lick anyone or anything with his permanent Bologna, ham and cream cheese tongue. The furry art bondage borgified version of Jake the kangaroo rat. there are other Australian Jake the Kangaroo Rat characters i have done besides this and the UDC field agent. This is defanitely not the UDC field agent Jake as this doesnt exist at all in that series that I do, this is in the genre of fully permanent living deli and full permanent rubbery rope bondage. This also is defanitely not the Jake from the rescuers Down Under as this doesnt happen to him either, just a different character whom becomes Foreverial Tiedup Jake”

After that he began uploading artworks with very similar construction and description throughout 2010. The most notorious one is “Sparky Changed”, which garnered over 30 comments in a few months.

Spread

Sometime in January or February 2013, the picture of “Sparky Changed” began going viral in certain forums such as Facepunch and Neogaf. Notable for its repetitive sentences and strange words like “foreverial” and “delitized” together with the strange premise of turning cartoon mice into deli meats and sauces, it quickly gained recognition in sites like Reddit and 4chan. In 4chan, it’s known as the poster child of “deviantART autism”.

There are many derivatives for it, but this one is the most commonly used style, taken from “Pikachu Tiedup Roped up”.
A Fattened fully delitized rubbery rope bondage wrapped version of Pikachu. Full permanent ham head, full permanent ham body, two permanent ham feet, a permanent ham tail, two permanent bologna and ham ears, two permanent bologna lips, a huge thick permanent bologna, ham and cream cheese tongue, a permanent bologna nose, permanent ham organs and ham insides and the typical blood type of ketchup, tomato, pizza, taco and bbq sauce. fully wrapped up, tiedup, bound, all foreverially tiedup all over from full permanent ham head to full permanent ham feet and enjoying it. Does the same thing as the other Pikachu who is just like him, only delitized differently

Notable Examples

Some copypastas were found in the internet, such as “foreverial tiedup Jun” started appearing, and it’s also quite ubiquitous in certain gaming communities and social sites as a humorous name. Parodies like this one can even be found.

Links

rafe15.deviantart.com

About

“Dark Side of the Rainbow”, sometimes referred to as “Dark Side of Oz” refers to the synchronization of the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” with British band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, “Dark Side of the Moon”

Origins

Although the exact origin is not known, this phenomenon was first thought to be a discussion on a Pink Floyd usenet group in 1995. It was brought to more widespread attention by author Charles Savage in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – “The Dark Side of the Rainbow: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. The film version of ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Two profoundly successful pieces of pop art you would think are completely unrelated. Yet there exists a connection – no, really a synchronicity – between the two that escapes logic or understanding.”^[1]

In the article, Savage gives directions on how to synch the film and the album, “turn off your television sound, put Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon in your CD player and press play at the exact moment the MGM lion roars for the first time.” and points out some of the more notable parallels.

Spread

On May 30, 1997, MTV.com posted an article^[2] that tried to trace the origins of the phenomenon, with some people dating it back 18 years prior. In the article, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason described the movie/album pairing as “absolute nonsense,” and said “it has nothing to do with ‘The Wizard Of Oz.’”

In 2000, Turner Classic Movies ran “The Wizard of Oz” and used “Dark Side of the Moon” to replace the audio of the original film.^[3] Over the next few years, websites listing the film/album parallels started springing up. ^[4][5][6]

Search Interest

^[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20060422200308/http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html
^[2] http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433194/pink-floyd-wizard-oz-connection.jhtml
^[3] http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4551633.html
^[4] http://dark-side-of-the-rainbow.com/dsotr1.html
^[5] http://www.ingsoc.com/waters/info/oz.html
^[6] http://www.everwonder.com/david/wizardofoz/

About

Banana Slicer Reviews are satirical testimonials submitted by users on the online shopping site Amazon for the kitchen gadget product Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer. Due to its perceived lack of utility, the product page became an easy target for tongue-in-cheek reviews, in similar vein to the consumer reviews of the Three Wolf Moon shirt shirt, Tuscan whole milk and BIC“For Her” pens.

Origin

On December 6th, 2009, the Internet news blog BoingBoing^[1] published a post titled “Just look at this awesome banana slicer,” which linked to the Amazon^[2] page for the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer. The product page remained relatively unknown until March 2nd, 2011, when the first satirical review was submitted by Amazon user elven, who lauded the product by comparing it to the Honey Badger and Charlie Sheen.

“I can’t believe I have wasted the first 35 years of my existence on this earth by not having this wonderful banana slicer. All this time I have been standing there at the kitchen counter like a complete IDIOT wasting countless seconds slicing my bananas with a knife. A KNIFE!!!! Can you believe how foolish I was? Listen. This banana slicer will change your life. After slicing a banana, or two, or three (hell slice as many as you want – it takes no time at all)you will feel like you have honey badger blood flowing through your veins and have Charlie Sheen DNA.”

Spread

On September 17th, 2012, The Huffington Post^[6] reported that the banana slicer page had garnered upwards of 250 reviews. On October 1st, BuzzFeed^[4] highlighted several notable reviews from the Amazon product page. On December 6th, the Internet news blog The Daily Dot^[5] published an article about the tongue-in-cheek reviews, noting that the product had received more than 500 testimonials. On December 31st, NBC Today^[8] published an article comparing the trend to the Three Wolf Moon and BIC“For Her”^[7] ballpoint pen reviews. On January 13th, 2013, Hutzler Manufacturing Company responded to a tweet about the reviews, acknowledging that they were generating more sales as a result of the trend.

<a href="https://twitter.com/pickletoon">pickletoon</a> Well, those hysterical reviews certainly are creating more sales. Glad you enjoyed them. We're all crying with laughter!</p>&mdash; Hutzler Mfg. Co. (HutzlerCo) January 13, 2013

On January 29th, 2013, YouTuber DartanionLondon uploaded a parody review video of the banana slicer (shown below), garnering upwards of 4,100 views and 110 comments in the next three months.

On March 17th, 2013, Redditor Silver_Cyanide submitted a link to the banana slicer Amazon page on the /r/TheBestOfAmazon^[3] subreddit, receiving over 425 up votes and 20 comments in the first month. On April 20th, Redditor Headbandwarrior submitted a gallery of banana slicer reviews to the /r/TheBestOfAmazon^[9] subreddit (shown below), which gained more than 860 up votes and 20 comments in the following four days.

Notable Examples

Reviews

As of late April 2013, the Hutzler 571 banana slicer review page has received upwards of 3,900 reviews.

No more winning for you, Mr. Banana!

For decades I have been trying to come up with an ideal way to slice a banana. “Use a knife!” they say. Well…my parole officer won’t allow me to be around knives. “Shoot it with a gun!” Background check…HELLO! I had to resort to carefully attempt to slice those bananas with my bare hands. 99.9% of the time, I would get so frustrated that I just ended up squishing the fruit in my hands and throwing it against the wall in anger. Then, after a fit of banana-induced rage, my parole officer introduced me to this kitchen marvel and my life was changed. No longer consumed by seething anger and animosity towards thick-skinned yellow fruit, I was able to concentrate on my love of theatre and am writing a musical play about two lovers from rival gangs that just try to make it in the world. I think I’ll call it South Side Story. (by Amazon user SW3K)

Saved my marriage

What can I say about the 571B Banana Slicer that hasn’t already been said about the wheel, penicillin, or the iPhone…. this is one of the greatest inventions of all time. My husband and I would argue constantly over who had to cut the day’s banana slices. It’s one of those chores NO ONE wants to do! You know, the old “I spent the entire day rearing OUR children, maybe YOU can pitch in a little and cut these bananas?” and of course, “You think I have the energy to slave over your damn bananas? I worked a 12 hour shift just to come home to THIS?!” These are the things that can destroy an entire relationship. It got to the point where our children could sense the tension. The minute I heard our 6-year-old girl in her bedroom, re-enacting our daily banana fight with her Barbie dolls, I knew we had to make a change. That’s when I found the 571B Banana Slicer. Our marriage has never been healthier, AND we’ve even incorporated it into our lovemaking. THANKS 571B BANANASLICER! (by Amazon user Mrs Toledo)

Disappointed

I had lost all hope. Wars, poverty, honey boo boo. Truly these were the end of times. And then I saw it…this Banana Slicer. A slicer that slices bananas, who could of thought of something like this? And that’s when I knew…clearly we are not alone in this universe. A simple human could not have created a machine this genius. This banana slicer, a slicer that slices bananas, produces perfectly round slices with such mathematical precision that only an advanced being could have bestowed this upon us. Clearly these beings have taken mercy on us and wish to restore our society with their advanced technology, starting with this banana slicer, a slicer that slices bananas. Get ready people, THEFUTURE IS HERE!!!!! (by Amazon user L. A. Williams)

My 27 trained monkeys love this

As you may or may not know, I have 27 trained monkeys I use to do my evil bidding. Well, the younger monkeys teeth have not fully developed and so slicing a banana to feed them is a necessary chore. The adult monkeys used to have to chew up bananas and feed their young but not anymore with the Victorio Kitchen Products 571B Banana Slicer. The adults are going bananas over this time saving easy product. No longer so they have to taste and chew the deliciousness banana without eating it teasing them like a teenage prom date.

Now, they can eat and enjoy while i feed the young by slicing the bananas into small pieces that’s easy for them to digest, This product is aces in my book and if you have 27 trained monkeys that will help you take over the land of OZ, i highly recommenced this product. This product is more useful than a barrel of monkeys. (by Amazon user L. Blankenship “Lundy Love”)

Images

Many Amazon users have submitted joke images to the banana slicer product page, including image macros with The Most Interesting Man in the World and Ermahgerd advice animal characters.

Search Interest

External References

About

Daym Drops is a YouTube video blogger known for his reviews of fast food meals while sitting in the front seat of his car. He initially rose to viral fame in August 2012 after The Gregory Brothers auto-tuned one of his reviews and continues to publish videos through his YouTube channel. In April 2013, he announced he would be taking his enthusiastic reviews to cable TV with the upcoming Travel Channel series Best Daym Takeout.

Online History

Daymon Patterson originally launched his YouTube channel^[1] under the name “Ghetto News Network” on May 23rd, 2010. His first upload was a commercial-style video for a McDonald’s frappe (shown below, left). After uploading two other videos and setting up his Twitter^[2] and Facebook^[3] fan page in spring of 2011, he switched to an in-car monologue format with a review of a Dunkin’ Donuts Frozen Hot Chocolate drink (shown below, right) uploaded on June 7th, 2011. In the 5-minute clip, he tastes the drink and shares his thoughts about its flavor before serenading the cup in happiness.

By June 2012, Patterson’s YouTube account had reached 1,000 subscribers, and by March 2013, he had reached 100,000 subscribers. As of April 2013, he has more than 114,000 subscribers and nearly 11 million video views, averaging approximately 9,600 views per day.

Five Guys Review

On April 26th, 2012, Patterson uploaded an emphatic review of a double cheeseburger and french fries from the American restaurant chain Five Guys. Almost four months later, on August 2nd, 2012, the video was featured on men’s culture blog Mantra.^[4] On August 12th, Redditor Just4Lulzz submitted the review to the /r/videos subreddit^[5], where it accrued more than 8,000 upvotes, 1,000 comments and 2,000 points overall before being archived. Over the next several days, the video was featured on Hypervocal^[6], What’s Trending^[7], MSN Now^[8], Gawker^[9] and the Daily Dot.^[10] As of April 2013, the Five Guys review has more than 3.5 million views.

On August 15th, The Gregory Brothers released an autotuned version of Daym Drops’ Five Guys review titled “Oh My Dayum” (shown below, left). This auto-tuned version was featured on a number of news and food blogs including Grub Street New York^[11], NPR^[12], Eater^[13] and Laughing Squid.^[14] Five days later, Daym Drops uploaded a response video (shown below, right) thanking the Gregory Brothers for remixing his video and singing their version into an oscillating fan.

Travel Channel TV Show

On April 23rd, 2013, the Travel Channel announced Patterson would be hosting a limited series titled “Best Daym Takeout,”^[15] and document his cross-country journey in search of the best carry out restaurants. The following day, he explained further details in a YouTube video (shown below), noting that the show would not deter him from regularly updating his YouTube channel. Although the airing schedule has not been revealed yet, the series is slated for premiere some time in 2013.

Notable Videos

Personal Life

Daymon Patterson was born on September 24th, 1977 and resides near Hartford, Connecticut. While making his early videos for YouTube, he also maintained the blog Ask Daym^[18], where he posted written prose as well as relationship advice. Following the success of the auto-tuned version of his Five Guys review in August 2012, he participated in a video Reddit AMA (shown below), where he spoke about the process of working with the Gregory Brothers as well as his future plans as a food reviewer. He was also profiled by the Daily Dot^[19] that month, sharing his reaction to his sudden fame and his dedication to his fanbase, which he calls his “fam.” He became a YouTube partner^[16] that October, allowing him to quit his day job at a car dealership to make videos full time within a month. In addition to Facebook^[2] and Twitter^[3], he also maintains accounts on Instagram^[20] and Keek^[21] to stay connected with his fans.

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About

Experiment: text your parents “got 2 grams for $40” then right after “Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you” Then tweet pic of their response

Experiment: text your parents “got 2 grams for $40” then right after “Sorry ignore that txt. Not for you” Then tweet pic of their response.

— nathan fielder (@nathanfielder) April 24, 2013

About

Faith in Humanity Restored is an expression indicating an event or good deed has improved one’s outlook on the overall ethical standards of human beings. The phrase can be seen as the antithesis of I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.

Origin

On October 3rd, 2000, a post titled “Nice Things That Restore my Faith in Humanity” was submitted to the writing database Everything2^[7] by user Nailbunny, featuring a short story about a heartfelt phone call from a close friend.

Freddie Mercury Rage Pose

“Faith in humanity has been restored” is often associated with the Freddie Mercury Rage Pose image (shown below.

Spread

On April 5th, 2007, Livejournal^[15] user salaroo submitted a post to the “We Huge Sloths” community titled “My faith in humanity has been restored,” which celebrated the adoption of a sloth. On August 31st, 2010, a TV Tropes page for “Restored My Faith in Humanity”^[8] was created, which associated the theme with the “Rousseau Was Right” and “Humans Are Good”^[9] tropes. On September 3rd, a series of photos featuring a man rescuing a drowning dog (shown below) were highlighted on the Internet humor blog Ned Hardy.^[11]

On December 8th, the “Random Acts of Pizza” subreddit was created with the slogan “Restoring Faith in Humanity, One Slice at a Time.” On February 13th, 2012, a Facebook^[1] page titled “Faith in Humanity: Restored” was launched, gaining more than 11,000 likes in the next two years. On June 20th, the viral content site BuzzFeed^[5] published a round-up of “21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity,” which received upwards of 12.9 million views and 17,000 Facebook shares in the first 10 months. On August 27th, the Internet humor site Cracked published an article titled “6 True Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity.” On December 14th, BuzzFeed^[6] published another photo compilation titled “26 Moments That Restored Our Faith in Humanity This Year,” accumulating over 7.4 million views and 542,000 Facebook shares in the following five months. The same day, the Internet humor blog Smosh^[13] published a similar photo compilation titled “24 Photos That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity.”

Notable Examples

Image macros containing heart-warming stories can be found on Pinterest^[10] and Tumblr^[12] with the description “faith in humanity restored.”

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What is Blood Raining Night?

     Blood Raining Night started off as a terribly written fan fiction published on Quizilla, March 19th, 2012, by ReicheruKetsuekineko. Its infamy increased on DeviantArt around chapter 9 (an ass-wrenching sex scene), and it soon graduated into an animation. Lightly treading the clusterfuck footsteps of My Immortal and Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls, Blood Raining Night has rightfully earned its own unique spot on the shelf of hilariously bad fandom. The story is about a 17-year-old girl who is a hybrid of a cat-demon and a vampire with a few magical powers that works for the Yakuza. She is classified as a “Mary Sue” due to her overly tragic past, bland, ever-changing personality, cute cat ears, and boobs that are so enormous that they are sometimes unintentionally used as a weapon. This girl, named Reicheru Ketsuekineko-Oni, is confronted by her abusive father who is back with a vengeance after he was supposedly killed by her many years ago. His hatred for her is rooted in an event that happened when she was a little girl; her cat-demon had randomly decided take over and that resulted in her eating her mother alive.

What Happens in the Story?

     Soon after the fan fiction begins, Reicheru cheats on the “love of her life” (Denmark from Hetalia) and is impregnated with Inuyasha’s rapidly-growing baby. This baby actually turns out to be the god of the world. With the help of her friends Yuki, Minna, and Aza, Reicheru is determined to kill her father and protect her child. Many characters in the Blood Raining Night fan fiction and fanime are from popular sources such as Inuyasha, Hellsing, Elfen Lied, Legend of Korra, and Hetalia. Most, if not all, of these characters are described poorly and written completely out of character. Most of the author’s OCs are bland and unimpressive, but she did create some memorable ones. Sensei Hanayubi is probably the most loved OC in Blood Raining Night. He is endearing, funny and kind in both the fanime and the fan fiction, and is portrayed as a dedicated teacher who often finds himself in obscurely perverted situations that he’s completely oblivious to. In the fanime, Alucard is also a very popular character because of his oddly funny voice acting and silly dialogue. In contrast to the real Alucard from Hellsing, Reicheru’s version of Alucard tries to be bad-ass but epically fails and comes off as an utter joke, but even then he is still a likeable and popular character.

Bad Sex Scenes and Horrendous Writing

     BRN doesn’t just have butchered, beloved characters to offer- oh no! If you like to read about people being killed with dildos or cum raining down upon innocent citizens, then this story will suit you just fine! Besides the outrageous and confusing plot, the writing mechanics are just plain terrible; Misspelling after misspelling, inappropriately used Japanese, perfectly placed typos, and Reicheru’s signature similes create one funny but headache-educing experience. The estimated amount of chapters that Reicheru wants to accomplish is 50.

But this must be a parody, right?

     Well, to be honest, no one really knows at the moment. Blood Raining Night’s infamy has spread across YouTube, Deviant Art, Fanfiction.net, and Tumblr.; and you will find that on all of those sites, you will receive quite conflicting answers to that question. You will hear people strongly argue that Reicheru-Ketsueki is not a troll, and then you will also hear people who are certain she is one. “Reicheru” herself has not admitted to being a troll, if she even is.
Take a look at an excerpt from the Troll Debate: Reicheru-Ketsueki,

“If you look at everything Reicheru does individually (the fanfic, the fanime, her OCs), you might say that she’s definitely trolling. But you can’t just focus in on one thing; you have to look at the whole picture…On her Deviant Art, Reicheru doesn’t just post chapters to her fan-fiction. She also posts poems, drawings, art-trades and everything else someone who is serious about their Deviant Art would do.”

And of course, she is also involved in her animation project and various other hobbies. The confusion as to whether she is or is not trolling has also greatly contributed to Blood Raining Night’s growing popularity. As time has gone on, people that see Reicheru as an extremely crafty and dedicated troll or as a serious-but-terrible artist have embraced Blood Raining Night and have even shared a few tears. Reicheru has improved on not only her attitude towards harsh criticism and being seen as a joke, but also her artistic skills; and through all the hatred and general negativity, she still manages to write a new chapter and animate a new episode. Blood Raining Night even holds some of its own originality; it’s considered funny, terrible, mind-fucking, heart-warming, and bizarre; but whatever it actually is, it’s here to stay.

External References

The Troll Debate: Reicheru Ketsueki
http://bloodrainingnight.tumblr.com/post/48436889786/the-troll-debate-reicheru-ketsueki

Sources From Reicheru:
http://quizilla.teennick.com/user/reicheruketsuekineko/
http://reicheru-ketsueki.deviantart.com/
http://www.fanfiction.net/~reicheruketsuekinekooni
http://www.youtube.com/user/ReicheruKetsuekineko/videos?view=0

BRN Fan Site:
http://bloodrainingnight.tumblr.com/

Official BRN Fan Site:
http://reicheruskittypowers.webs.com/

About

The Goonies is a classic favorite adventure–comedy movie made in 1985 by Richard Donner, Chris Columbus, and Steven Spielberg. The film’s premise features a band of pre-teens who live in the Goon Docks neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempting to save their homes from demolition, and in doing so, discover an old Spanish map that leads them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willie, a legendary 17th-century pirate.

Origin

W.I.P.

Spread

W.I.P.

Related Memes

Chunk Is Indestructible is a popular YTMND of Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation movie First Contact, shooting a tommy gun at Gonnies character Chunk while doing the truffle shuffle, reflecting the bullets away. It is uploaded uploaded by YTMND user Syncan from his Chunk Is Indestructible website.

Sloth Love Chunk is a famous line in The Goonies from Sloth to Chunk. The line became really famous for t-shirts, fanarts, posters, and other accessories of the popular duo.

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Mentos commercial parody

About

This meme is a collection of parodies which consists variety of content: from home made to montages of movies, animation or TV shows. The main objective is to spoof the commercial and the main idea of it, though some versions do not have any reference to mentos until the very end, in a sense, enforcing the idea that you can advertise anything no matter what.

Origin

Mentos Commercial Spoof was first discovered in 2006 at Youtube channel, when with the original 90’s commercial came its parody version. It is however unknown if older versions of parodies exists.
First notable example (and probably the first to recognize the potential of the meme) was FND Films made “Magic mentos” which main target was the commercial theme song.

Structure

The structural body consists of the problem, solution and ending, which are in many successful videos, specific (though there are exceptions).
The beginning shows a problem, which cannot be solved by simple means
The solution is divided into two parts – inclusion of mentos and quick find of the solution and its execution by any means necessary.
The ending shows the consequences and is ended by still shot of a person making pose, gesture or is a still shot of person in mid action. The shot is in most cases a montage with Mentos slogan “Mentos – The fresh maker”
The main song that is used in the spoofs is from 90’s mentos commercial that is found in 2007 (interestingly a year after the appearance of the parody)

Spread

The gag spread and variety of spoofs popped in the “Youtube” space. Many were home made by various people, but the most popular and most frequent were parodies which used footage of famous films and series, starting from Star Wars to Scarface, to American Psycho.

Today, about 46 thousand entries of “mentos commercial parody” can be found on YouTube alone.

Search Interests

External References

^[1]CraveOnline – 5 Best Mentos Commercial Spoofs / Posted on May 7th, 2012
^[2]. Adweek – ‘Breaking Bad’ Mentos Commercial Is Fresh, Full of Life / Posted on August 27, 2012
^[3]. Humor’s Office – Top 10 Classic Mentos Commercials / Posted on September 13, 2010

About

Vidya, or Vidya Gaem, is a slang term used on the internet as the contraction for video game. The term is commonly used on online image boards and discussion forums when video games are the topic, most notably 4chan’s /v/ (video games) board.

About

King of the Hill is an adult animated sitcom about the middle-class family The Hills and was created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels and first aired on January 12th, 1997.^[1] The family’s father, Hank Hill, often pronounces the word “video” as “vidya”. This mispronouncation was first made clear in the second season episode “Hank’s Dirty Laundry”, which aired on March 1st, 1998.^[2]

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[Researching]

Vidya Gaem Awards

The Vidya Gaem Awards^[3][4] are an annual event organised by posters on 4chan’s /v/ (video game) board in reply to the board’s negative opinion on Spike’s Video Game Awards.^[5] The /v/GAs run on zero budget and are based entirely on the feedback of /v/, with a specific aim to contain as little Reddit influence as possible.

Search Interest

External References

Ojete Moreno saltando en gallumbos.

About

Confession Kid is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of a young boy performing a facepalm hand gesture. The captions typically contain confessions about naive and embarrassing childhood beliefs.

Origin

On April 27th, 2013, Redditor Notmiefault submitted an image macro titled “Confession Kid” to the /r/AdviceAnimals^[2] subreddit, recollecting how he used to believe as a child that automatic doors were controlled by an unseen person viewing a surveillance camera (shown below).

Confession Bear

The image macro series bears some resemblance to its precursory advice animal character Confession Bear, which is used by Redditors to confess taboo behaviors and controversial opinions that are often kept secret for fear of being ostracized.

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The same day, Redditor ballplay3 posted an image macro revealing he thought the moon had followed him as a child to the /r/AdviceAnimals^[3] subreddit (shown below, left). Within the next 48 hours, the post gained more than 1,100 up votes and 20 comments. On April 28th, 2013, Redditor spacecruise submitted an image macro with the caption “I thought my ballsack / held my pee” (shown below, right) to the /r/AdviceAnimals^[4] subreddit. In the first 24 hours, the post garnered upwards of 8,900 up votes and 190 comments.

The same day, the viral content site BuzzFeed^[2] posted a compilation of notable examples from the series. On April 29th, the Internet news blog UpRoxx^[5] posted an article about the meme.

Notable Examples

As of late April 2013, the Confession Kid Quickmeme^[6] page has received over 1,800 submissions.

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We’ve all seen it before. In YouTube comments, there’s always one. Don’t say that you’ve never seen something like this:

‘you are correct. i really got shocked when i receive my ipad3 without any dime @ my home yesterday. Listen to this, you just need to give email addrss and tell them where you want to send. i found it here => bit.ly/YZXIhM?=jywrj’

Or this:

‘yeah, i couldn’t believe it when my friend told me about this site. i can tell you one thing, i get sent a list of high paying surveys every few days and easy make around $60 off each list. you can get it from here: bit.ly/12qbRI8?=qqpyl’

Or even this:

‘yes, this is really fantastic. i know one thing for sure, really lucky that i registered and earning more than $40 daily from this web site :). i found it here: bit.ly/ZJLtZR?=sjxsk’

And what’s hilarious is that they all seem to follow the same 5-step formula:

1. Make some crude attempt at making the comment match the video, usually with a feeble handwave like ‘this is great’, or, even in cases where it makes no sense, ‘yes, you are correct’ etc.

2. Tell some clearly made-up story about how you/your friend/a family member found ‘this awesome site’.

3. Go on to describe how much money you can make daily/weekly/hourly from ‘this awesome site’.

4. Provide a TinyURL’d link that’ll probably riddle your computer with viruses, complete with a side order of identity thefts and crashes.

5. Rinse and repeat on other videos.

Top it all off with some atrocious grammar, and there you have it: the ’You’re Right/Correct, I’m So Lucky to X’ subculture!

It’s a steadily growing group of people whose pitiful existence seems to be only to advertise these cheap shot sites that are evidently computer-crippling Trojans. Though many don’t realise it, it’s a fast-growing trend, and it’s now near impossible to go onto a YouTube video’s comments without seeing at least one, usually accompanied with a flag for spam and several infuriated responses.

To get an idea of how bad it’s gotten, here’s a prime offender, a Mr. ‘Wilson Molina’ who’s been at it since 2011: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuviTkv1R3QqdRqjNhMc1rQ/feed?filter=2

Notice how ALL OF HISCOMMENTSCONSIST OF THIS.

Again, it’s nigh-on impossible to check out the comments of a popular video without seeing one, especially in the 5-step format outlined above. Go on. Try it.

Overview

Mars One is a planned spaceflight project to establish a permanent human colony on Mars. The project aims to send a communication satellite and a path finder to the planet by 2016, followed by the first arrival of a transport carrying four astronaut-settlers in 2023. Due to the science fiction-like premise of the one-way mission, Mars One has garnered significant attention on the web and in the news media since being announced in early October 2012.

Notable Developments

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About

Character Name Generators are a series of index cards featuring a list of the English alphabet letters with each representing a unique word, from which a combination of two or more words are individually assigned to participants based on their first and last names.

About

Hyperbole and a Half^[1] is a webcomic and blog maintained by Oregon resident Allie Brosh.^[2] Launched in 2009, the comics feature MS Paint-style drawings often paired with dark themes about growing up or depression.

History

Brosh launched Hyperbole and a Half in July 2009, opening with a text post^[3] dedicated to the loud basslines emanating from her neighbor’s apartment. Later that month, Brosh began incorporating drawings in to her posts illustrating a story^[4] in which she accidentally drank from a sprinkler releasing pesticides.

The blog began receiving large amounts of attention in the first half of 2010, when it was featured on Serious Eats^[5], Skippy’s List^[6], Strange Future^[7] and Beauty Geeks.^[8] In April 2010, Brosh contributed a bear fashion guide based on her bear comics to The Gloss.^[9] The same month, she was able to earn enough money from merchandise sales to make blogging her full time job.^[10] The following month, Brosh did an interview with True/Slant^[11] where she described her writing and drawing processes and noted Rage Guy as one of her artistic influences.

Book Deal

In May 2011, Brosh announced^[12] on her blog that she had signed a book deal with Touchstone with an anticipated release date of fall 2012, half of which would be brand new material and the other half taken from the blog. Following the announcement of the book deal, Brosh ceased to update the comic blog regularly.

On April 5th, 2013, Touchstone Books posted a photo of the manuscript to their Instagram account^[19], which was shared two days later on the /r/Books subreddit^[20] and earned more than 3,700 upvotes. As of April 2013, the book is ranked #7 on Amazon^[21]’s Comic Strips chart, slated for release on October 29th, 2013.

Hiatus

In August 2011, Brosh posted a note^[13] to the Facebook fan page to explain her extended absence due to her working on the book. On October 27th, 2011, she posted Adventures in Depression^[14], touching on her ongoing struggle with clinical depression. As of April 2013, there has not been another update to Hyperbole and a Half.

In March 2012, Redditor honeytrap submitted a question to /r/AskReddit^[15] inquiring about Brosh’s whereabouts. The following day, Brosh responded to the thread^[16] wherein she revealed that she had been taking a hiatus to seek help. On March 7th, 2013, a friend of Brosh under the handle “Minion” took over her personal Facebook fan page.^[17] The following day,
“Minion” posted a status update acknowledging that she had received 11,000 private messages for Brosh in the past day.^[18]

Highlights

The Alot

The Alot is a fictional mammalian creature that first appeared in the comic “The Alot is Better Than You at Everything”^[22], posted on April 13th, 2010. Brosh imagined the animal as a method of dealing with her desire to correct people’s grammar when the phrase “a lot” is misspelled “alot.” The same day, the comic was shared on Reddit where it gained more than 2,100 upvotes. In 2012, a subreddit^[23] dedicated to the Alot was created.

X all the Y

X all the Y is an exploitable image macro series derived from two panels in the comic “This is Why I’ll Never Be an Adult”^[24] published on June 17th, 2010. The two panels illustrate the differences in her motivations to participate in stereotypical adult activities while coping with her responsibilities. After initially being remixed on Canvas, the image became a popular exploitable on Reddit, resulting in the creation of the /r/AllTheThings subreddit^[25] in July 2011.

Traffic

In May 2011, Hyperbole and a Half was receiving between 3 to 7 million visitors per month.^[10] According to Quantcast^[26] data, the blog sees approximately 10,500 monthly visitors as of April 2013.

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About

Go Titans One is a controversial photoshop meme featuring an exploitable photograph of a young boy with down syndrome holding a sign that reads “Go Titans One,” which is often replaced with insulting messages.

Origin

The original photograph of Nashville, Tennessee resident Adam Holland posing with his drawing was taken during an art class for mentally disabled students at Vanderbilt University in 2004.^[9] However, the image didn’t gain notoriety until in 2006, when a page titled “Retarded Handicap Sign Generator”^[3] was launched to allow users to customize the text in the sign (shown below, right).

Spread

On April 20th, 2007, a post was published on the Angry Medic^[2] blog featuring an edited sign with the words “I used to be a Cambridge medic!” (shown below, left). On July 10th, 2008, the Internet humor blog Belch^[7] posted about homeschooling special needs children and highlighted the photo with an edited sign reading “I hit that poo-see” (shown below, right).

On February 24th, 2009, the Internet humor blog The Chive^[6] featured an edited version of Holland’s photo with the sign reading “I can count to potato” (shown below). On May 24th, 2010, Fark^[8] user Lou Stoolz used the “poo-see” variation to comment on an article about a mentally handicapped Florida man claiming to have been raped by a 14-year-old girl.

On July 16th, 2012, a Quickmeme^[4] page titled “Ben the Retarded Kid” was created with an image macro series based on the photograph, although it didn’t see any significant growth on the site. On November 25th, FunnyJunk^[5] user misturzero reuploaded the “poo-see” version of Holland’s photo under the title “Cunt Destroyer”.

Controversy

On April 25th, 2013, the Nashville City Paper^[9] reported that Tennessee residents Bernard and Pamela Holland were suing three different defendants for using edited photographs of their son Adam without consent. Among the accused were the Florida radio station WHPT-FM, which used Holland’s photograph as part of a segment titled “Retarded News” on the Cowhead Show, Flickr user Russell LaLevee and owner of the website Sign Generator Dave Brown. The couple sued each defendant for $3 million in compensation and $3 million in punitive damages for a total of $18 million. In the coming week, the lawsuit was reported on by several news sites, including the New York Daily News,^[1] The Huffington Post^[10] and Salon.^[11] On April 29th, the Holland family’s lawyer Larry Crain spoke to the television news station WSMV about the lawsuit (shown below).

WSMV Channel 4

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