Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Slender Man Meme
About
Slender Man (a.k.a Slenderman) is a mythical creature often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face. According to the legend, he can stretch or shorten his arms at will and has tentacle-like appendages protruding from his back. Depending on the interpretations of the myth, the creature can cause memory loss, insomnia, paranoia, coughing fits (nicknamed “slendersickness”), photograph/video distortions and can teleport at will. The urban legend has inspired fan arts, fictional creepypasta and a mockumentary series in the style of the 1999 indie horror film Blair Witch Project.Origin
On June 8th, 2009, a “’paranormal pictures” photoshop contest was launched on the Something Awful (SA) Forums. The contest required participants to turn ordinary photographs into creepy-looking images through digital manipulation and then pass them on as authentic photographs on a number of paranormal forums. Something Awful users soon began sharing their faux-paranormal creations with layered images of ghosts and other anomalies, usually accompanied by a fabricated witness account to make them more convincing. On June 10th, SA user Victor Surge posted two black and white photographs of unnamed children with a short description of “Slender Man” as a mysterious creature who stalked children.Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Popular Memes
Over the years there have been many Memes created by internet users but among the hundreds created the most recognized of all have been the following.
Forever Alone Meme
About
Forever Alone is an exploitable rage comic character that is used to express loneliness and disappointment with life. Creators of this variety of rage comic occasionally alter one word or both of the words “forever alone” for a more humorous effect (For example, Forever a scone). On Meme generator, Forever Alone is on the God Tier.
Me Gusta Meme
About
Me Gusta is a rage comic face that is typically used to express one’s approval of an awkward or perverse situation. The caption “Me gusta” translates to “I like it” in Spanish. In its beginning, the phrase conveyed an odd sense of pleasure in sexually perverse contexts, but the meaning has since broadened to describe a more general state of being disturbed and pleased at the same time.
My Little Ponies Meme
About
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a
Canadian/American flash cartoon series, produced by Studio B
Productions, based on the My Little Pony universe. It was developed for
television by Lauren Faust, who also did major work on both The Powerpuff Girls and Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends.
Since its on-air debut in October 2010, the series became a popular
subject of threads, reaction images and image macros on 4chan. Fans outside the show’s demographic, especially teen and adult male fans, have come to be known as "Bronies".
and occasionally use ponies to derail threads. Although fans are
generally known as bronies all across the internet, on 4chan, bronies
who post ponies mainly on /co/ have been called “colts”. Also, female fans of the show have been referred to as “pegasisters” on occasion, though this isn’t as popular as the term brony.
Trollface Meme
About
Trollface is a black and white drawing of a face with a large mischievous grin that is meant to portray the expression someone makes while trolling. Posting a Trollface image into a forum thread is often used to claim that someone was being fooled or intentionally angered. The face commonly appears in rage comics indicating that the character is being mischievous in some way.Origin
A MSPaint comic made by deviantArt user Whynne about the pointless nature of trolling on 4Chan’s /v/, was uploaded on September 19th, 2008.I Took An Arrow To The Knee Meme
About
“I Took an Arrow in the Knee” is a memorable quote originating from the role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. An often repeated stock line throughout the game, it went on to inspire the snowclone “I used to X, then I took an arrow to the knee.”
Origin
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the town guard non-player characters (NPCs) have several stock lines they will repeat when the player walks near them, including a bewildered statement about “curved swords”, a patronizing statement about “sweetroll” theft, and the melancholy reminiscing of the past “I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”Pedobear Meme
About
Pedobear is a cartoon mascot that became a well-known icon through its usage on 4chan to signal moderators and other users that illegal pornographic content had been posted. Due to the widespread nature of its application, Pedobear has been often misinterpreted as a symbol of pedophilia and lolita complex, especially in the news media and law enforcement agencies.Origin
The character known today as Pedobear used to be simply known as “Kumar” or “Kumā” (bear) on the Japanese textboard 2channel. It originated as an ASCII art image created by ぶる ~ 3, who was instrumental in starting an emoticon-only board on 2ch. One of the earliest 2ch threads with this ASCII was posted on February 27th, 2003. The bear would be posted as a reaction to threads where the original poster would be fishing for attention, as a way to highlight the thread was an obvious troll.Monday, August 13, 2012
Bad Luck Brian
About
Bad Luck Brian is an image macro
series featuring a photo of a blonde teenage boy wearing a plaid sweater
vest and braces, accompanied by captions that describe a variety of
embarrassing and tragic occurrences. On April 11th, 2012, a Redditor claiming to be Bad Luck Brian attempted to do an AMA thread in the Ask Me Anything subreddit, but the thread was removed. The moderator who removed the post left a lengthy comment
explaining why, which received more than 35,000 downvotes, making it
one of the most downvoted comments on Reddit of all time. Redditor
coyotecarl came back on May 8th with an AMA thread on the Advice Animals subreddit. The post received 24,722 upvotes and 2017 points overall.
Origin
On January 23rd, 2012, the first Quickmeme submission was uploaded with the caption “Takes driving test / gets first DUI”. It was subsequently posted to Reddit where it received less than 5 up votes. Later that day, another macro was posted to Reddit with the caption “Tries to stealthily fart in class / shits” which reached the front page of the /r/adviceanimals subreddit accumulating over 3,300 up votes in less than 2 months.
Spread
On January 29th, 2012, a collection of notable examples were posted on the digital marketing blog Twenty Something. On March 12th, the series saw a resurgence in popularity when Redditor Very_Juicy submitted a macro to the /r/adviceanimals subreddit with the caption “Falls asleep in class / wet dream.” Within one week the post had received more than 2,900 up votes.
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