Internet Memes

Shut up and take my money!

2012-05-07T08:35:00.002-07:00

Yet another meme featuring the character Fry from the animated cartoon series Futurama. The "shut up and take my money" is a catchphrase used to illustrate the enthusiastic approval towards either a product or idea, usually used towards products.

The show aired an episode called "Attack of the killer app" where Fry attempts to buy an "eyephone" (parody of Apple's Iphone). The cashier warns Fry about issues with reception and battery life, where he proceeds to yell "shut up and take my money!"

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Business Cat

2011-10-07T09:17:00.003-07:00

Business Cat is an advice animal macro image series with a picture of a cat with a tie. The picture has overlaying text that a boss would do or request, with a feline twist.

Futurama Fry

2011-10-07T09:17:00.002-07:00

Futurama Fry shows Fry, a character from Futurama having overlaid text with "Not sure if X" on the top line, and "or just Y" on the bottom line.

Senior Freshman

2011-10-07T09:17:00.001-07:00

If anyone has ever taken a night class at college have probably had a few older adults in the class with you. This meme "Senior Freshman" is a picture of elderly woman engaged in classroom discussion. The person in the picture is a woman named Nola Ochs, a world record holder for oldest college graduate at the age of 95. The overlaying text would usually describe something that would go on in a classroom and the punchline ending with a stereotypes of the elderly.

Terrible Teacher

2011-10-07T09:17:00.000-07:00

Terrible Teacher is an advice animal image macro series that depicts a teacher that with qualities of a lazy or irresponsible teacher.

Socially Awkward Penguin

2011-10-07T09:16:00.004-07:00

Socially Awkward Penguin portray events that one would find themselves in during an awkward encounter with a friend or acquaintance.

Everyday happenings portrayed through Rage Comics

2011-10-07T09:16:00.003-07:00

The following rage comics depict events that take place every so often.

Pushing Patrick

2011-10-07T09:16:00.002-07:00

Pushing Patrick is a great meme to display pop culture.

Annoying Facebook Girl

2011-10-07T09:16:00.001-07:00

While on the topic of Facebook, everyone knows that girl on Facebook that posts attention whoring status'. Well this is an animal advice macro image that carries overlaying text that depict such scenarios.

Facebook Recent Makeover

2011-10-07T09:16:00.000-07:00

Anyone on facebook have already been affected by the new layout changes. As users became irritated (as they did last time there was a format change) many people lashed out, in form of meme.

Steve Jobs/ Iphone 4S Memes

2011-10-07T09:15:00.003-07:00

With the unfortunate passing of Steve Jobs and the lack of excitement the Iphone 4S produced, internet memes have been in full force. Within hours of Steve Jobs untimely death, memes began to spread like wild fire. The following memes posted below were created and posted on the internet after a few short hours of both Jobs' death and the release of the Iphone 4S.

Chuck Testa

2011-10-07T09:15:00.002-07:00

Chuck Testa is a brand new meme introduced in early September this year. It originated from taxidermy ad out in California called Ojai Valley Taxidermy. The owner, Chuck Testa became famous after his ad went viral and his catch phrase "nope, Chuck Testa" became an instant hit.

The Internet Meme world has adopted him as one of their own, thus creating the "Nope, Chuck Testa" Meme. The video went unnoticed until Reddit created a thread called "This is probably the funniest low-budget commercial". Within days the Chuck Testa phenomenon became an instant sensation, throughout the internet world.

Popular Rage Faces/Memes Continued

2011-10-07T09:15:00.001-07:00

I Lied

This popular rage face called "I lied" is a black and blue face used as punchlines for rage comics or memes. It describes when an individual tells a lie about something usually insignificant, or a "white lie". The I lied meme originated in 2011 on Reddit.

Ancient Aliens

The Ancient Aliens meme is a macro image series based off a History Channel series starring the alien expert Giorgio A. Tsoulkalos. In this television program anything that seems to be inexplicable, he explains it to be the work of aliens. This meme was adopted back in 2010 via post on 4Chan.

Stare Dad

Stare Dad comics begin with a boy telling his father something, and the father staring then ending with a punchline. Created by KC Green.

X All the Y!

This is a formulaic meme used to make an hyperbolic statement about an action. The character is usually depicted differently according to which scenario is given.

Pushing Patrick

The Pushing Patrick meme is an macro image series based off of the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants, in which in the scene Patrick is saying "we should take Bikini Bottom and push it somewhere else". When users generate a new meme using the Pushing Patrick template they use the formula "We should X and Y (Location)". This meme originated on 4Chan back in 2010.

Casey Anthony Memes

2011-10-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

During the last few months people have been watching the story of Casey Anthony, a woman accused of killing her daughter. After being acquitted, the controversial topic became a hotbed for internet users everywhere. Here are a few examples of how internet memes quickly adopt pop culture issues, and exploit them.

This meme is based off a Dos Equis commercial, The most interesting man in the world.^^^

Popular Memes/ Rage Faces

2011-10-04T15:29:00.000-07:00

Troll Face

-This face is commonly used to infer that someone was being fooled or angered intentionally, "trolling". Originated on 4chan in 2008.

Forever Alone

-Mostly used in Rage Comics to express loneliness and lack of fulfillment with life. Originated on 4Chan in 2010.

Me Gusta

-When used in rage comics, the face is used to describe an awkward or disgusting event. "Me Gusta" in English translates to "It pleases me". Originated on Reddit in early 2011. Within hours of the face being posted on a thread me gusta had already taken over sites like tumblr, 4chan and funnyjunk.

Y U No Guy

-Uses SMS shorthand style writing to bring attention to a certain subject. One of the most manipulated rage face to date. Originated on Tumblr in 2010.

Rage Guy (FUUUU-UUUU)

-Rage Guy created the foundation for rage comics, which describes an everyday situation that eventually ends up bringing rage. Originated on 4Chan in 2008. In early 2010 merchandiser Hot Topic created shirts with rage guy on the front. Users of Reddit and 4Chan were disappointed with commercial sales of rage guy, so they began to give rage guy racist qualities thus halting the sales of the t-shirts.

F*** Yea

-F*** yea guy illustrates triumphant moments that occur in our daily lives that make us feel awesome. Originated on /b/ board in 2010.

Scumbag Steve

-Scumbag Steve is a meme that includes overlaid texts usually depicting partying, drugs or unethical actions. The image came from a rap album called Ma Gangsta by a rap group named Beantown Mafia.
"Scumbag Steve" is a 21 year old named Blake Boston. Originated on Reddit, early 2011.

Philosoraptor

-Philosoraptor is an image macro series that often questions paradoxes and challenges the reader with deep, existential questions. Was originally created as a t-shirt but was soon adopted by 4Chan as a meme.

PedoBear

-PedoBear gained its notoriety through 4Chan in which an image of a bear would be used to signal illegal pornographic content by another user. PedoBear is often found in the background of child-like activities inferring pedophilia activity. Originated on 4Chan, although the date of discovery is unknown.

Joseph Ducreux

-Joseph Ducreux is an 18th century French artist who was known for his unorthodox style of portrait paintings. The internet adopted him as a meme with overlaying text featuring archaic reinterpretations of rap lyrics. Originated from various websites in 2009.

Foul Bachelor Frog

-Foul Bachelor Frog Meme depicts situations in which a single bachelor would find himself. Usually unhealthy or disgusting scenarios. Originated on memegenerator in 2009.

Good Guy Greg

-The Good Guy Greg meme is actually an antithesis to the Scumbag Steve meme, which means this meme deals with situations where "greg" is put into a situation and chooses the morally correct action. It is unknown who "Greg" is in real life but the meme originated on 4Chan in 2009.

Key Terms/Phrases

2011-10-04T15:26:00.000-07:00

Troll: Someone on the internet who purposefully enters wrong information into a thread or blog in order to evoke the emotions of another user to become angry. When another lashes out at the troll, the trolling is successful.

Rage Comics: Web Comics that will usually have four panels, and in those panels the creator will use different rage faces to help tell a story. Mostly real life stories that more commonly end with a punchline.

4Chan: An imageboard website created in October 2003, used to post about anime and manga. It is responsible for the popularity of internet memes. No registration required.

Reddit: A social news website which allows registered users to posts images or submit links. Popularity of posts can be determined by an "thumbs up or down" system.

Advice Animals: Image macro series that show an animal (or human) with overlaying text that represent the trait of that meme. For Example, "Technology impaired duck" would have text displaying a misunderstanding of technology or complete ignorance.

Introduction into the Internet Meme phenomena

2011-09-22T17:31:00.000-07:00

A "Meme"(pronounced meem) by definition is "An idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture". An Internet meme is an idea that is spread via world wide web and may be portrayed through a picture, website. hashtag, video, etc. Internet Memes have been known to spread and become popular within a day or so, rapidly spreading throughout the world. Memes' have caught the attention of researchers, studying the growth and popularity as well as predicting the amount of time a certain meme will have during the height of its popularity. Some entrepreneurs have caught on and have used memes commercially for free viral marketing. Pop culture has a heavy influence on the creation of new memes.