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The 11 Foot 8 Bridge, also known as the Canopener Bridge, is an overpass in Durham, North Carolina known for its numerous collisions with trucks passing underneath. The bridge gained much notoriety online after a local resident began posting video footage of the accidents in mid 2008.

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According to the single topic blog 11Foot8,^[1] photographs of trucks damaged by the bridge were published in The Herald-Sun newspaper throughout the 1950s and 1960s (shown below).

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On April 14th, 2008, the North Carolina resident Jürgen Henn launched the yovo68 YouTube channel, which features short clips of trucks having their roofs torn off while attempting to pass underneath the bridge. Over the next several years, Henn posted over 100 crash videos to the channel.

On March 18th, 2009, the local news station WRAL^[2] reported on Henn’s YouTube channel. On May 29th, 2013, YouTuber Peter Hemmings uploaded a montage of trucks colliding with the bridge (shown below, left). Within three years, the video gained over 4.4 million views and 2,300 comments. On October 26th, 2012, the StupidityAndMore YouTube channel posted another montage titled “The Toughest Bridge in the World” (shown below, right).

On May 12th, 2016, YouTuber yovo68 uploaded video footage of a new warning sign placed over the bridge (shown below).

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Havel the Rock (or just Havel) is an NPC from the dark fantasy action RPGDark Souls who is known for being an extremely tough enemy very early on. His armor^[1] has gained popularity in the Dark Souls community for providing a large amount of protection and his ring^[2] providing utility for heavy armor builds such as GiantDad. Havel is associated with Dwayne Johnson for sharing the title “The Rock” and also the phrase “Can’t stop the Rock” from Apollo 440’s song Can’t Stop The rock^[3].

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Dark Souls was released on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in September-October 2011 and later ported to PC in August 2012^[4]. As the player progresses through the first area, they can find Havel at the bottom of a tower with a spiral staircase standing by himself. If not careful enough, Havel will potentially one-shot any under prepared/equipped players. On October 10th, 2011, Youtube channel WikiGamesGuide uploaded a video on killing Havel and acquiring his ring gaining 140,000 views (shown below, left). On August 6th, 2012, Youtuber OnlyAfro uploaded a video with clips of him fighting other players while cosplaying as Havel with Apollo 440’s song playing occasionally. the video gaining over 190,000 views (shown below, right).

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On October 5th, 2011, a wikidot page^[5] was created for Havel detailing who he is as well as 17 different ways to defeat him. On April 19th, 2013, OnlyAfro re-uploaded his sequel video of him playing Havel, gaining over 710,000 views (shown below).

On DeviantArt user DoddleyMan uploaded^[6] a comic joking about Havel’s job (shown below, left) on February 22nd, 2013, and was uploaded^[7] to Dark Souls subreddit on October 17th, 2013, where it gained 1,541 upvotes and 97 comments (shown below, left). On March 28th, 2014, Redditor CleanChemist posted^[8] an edit of the Evolution of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with Havel at the end, gaining 1,241 upvotes and 38 comments (shown below, right).

On June 1st, 2014, Youtuber Oroboro uploaded a video titled “Havelyn” showing off a build that revolved around full Havel’s armor and dual wielding Avelyns^[9], a special crossbow that fires three bolts, and gained over 490,000 views (shown below, left). On December 27th, 2014, Youtuber Silver Mont uploaded a video discussing the lore of Havel the Rock with over 230,000 views since it’s post (shown below, right).

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On DeviantArt^[10], 190 images of Havel cosplay and fanart have been submitted as of May 2016 as well as more on Tumblr^[11].

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“Justice Rains From Above” is a voice line uttered by the character Pharah, from the first-person shooter video game Overwatch, when using her ultimate ability Barrage. Due the repetition frequency of the line it has often been mocked and parodied, often associated with pictures of explosions.

Origin

Pharah is one of the 21 playable Heroes in Blizzard’s game Overwatch where her ultimate or special ability called Barrage causes her to release a rain of missiles over the area she’s facing, doing high ammounts of damage. Before executing the attack, Pharah says “Justice Rains From Above!” loudly, and unlike other heroes she keeps being vulnerable to attacks.

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“Family Guy Funny Moments” refers to a series of movie and video game titles edits replacing the actual title by the words “family guy funny moments”, in reference to the popular cartoon series Family Guy

Origin

On May 9th, Tumblr user divaofdespair posted an edited version of Metal Gear Rising title replaced with the words “family guy funny moments”.^[3] In the following week, the post got over 2,000 notes.

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On May 11th, 2016, Tumblr user divaofdespair posted an edited version of an image (below, right) for the video game Guilty Gear Xrd – Sign – , with the phrase where the game title would be.^[1] It obtained over 1,000 notes in 5 days. The same day, Tumblr user momfricker posted the aforementioned image with a drawing of Peter Griffin dressed up like Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear Xrd – Sign – .^[2]

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John Miller Tape refers to an audio recording of a man named John Miller, who identifies himself as a publicist speaking on behalf of Donald Trump, in a telephone interview conducted by a reporter for People magazine in 1990. Following the release of the recording by The Washington Post in May 2016, many speculated that Miller was actually a fictional persona invented and assumed by Trump himself to prop up his own importance to the press.

Background

On May 13th, 2016, The Washington Post^[1] published an article titled “Donald Trump Masqueraded as Publicist to Brag About Himself,” which reported that the New York City real estate mogul had routinely pretended to be a publicist for himself under the names “John Miller” and “John Barron” when speaking to the press, citing the accounts of journalists, his former aides and a 1990 audio recording of a phone conversation between People magazine reporter Sue Carswell and John Miller, a man identifying himself as Trump’s publicist (shown below) that the newspaper had obtained.

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That day, Trump denied he was the man heard in the recording during an interview on the morning talk show Today (shown below, left). Also on May 13th, Fox News host Megyn Kelly discussed the tape with Carswell, who denied giving the recording to The Washington Post and suggested Trump leaked the tape himself to generate publicity (shown below, right).

Meanwhile, the Fox News segment was submitted in a thread on /pol/, which subsequently reached the front page of the /r/The_Donald^[3] subreddit (shown below). Within 72 hours, the post gained over 4,400 votes (80% upvoted) and 400 comments.

On May 14th, former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone appeared on Breitbart radio, where he defended Trump for possibly posing as his own publicist:

“Trump wanted to get his spin and his side of the story, so he handled the press call himself, probably because he didn’t want to pay a public relations expert. What difference does it make?”

The same day, Redditor MAGA_Navigator submitted a photoshopped picture of Trump standing next to himself titled “Trump announces his VP pick: John Miller” (shown below). In 48 hours, the post garnered more than 5,000 votes (76% upvoted) and 120 comments.

On May 15th, the show Last Week Tonight host John Oliver mocked Trump for his response to the Miller tapes (shown below).

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Rowlet is a Grass-Flying type Pokémon character that will be featured as one of the three starters in Nintendo’s upcoming pair of the video games Pokémon Sun and Moon. Shortly after its unveiling on May 10th, 2016, the character quickly gained a fan following due to its cute, perfectly round-shaped appearance.

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On May 10th, 2016, Nintendo released a reveal trailer introducing three new Pokémon, Rowlet, Litten and Popplio, as the starters for its upcoming pair of Generation VII video games, Pokémon Sun and Moon (shown below).

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On May 11th, the official Pokemon Twitter account launched a poll asking which of the three starters “has the most potential.” On May 15th, the poll results revealed Rowlet as the most-liked character out of the three starter Pokémon with 41% of more than 54,000 total votes that were casted.

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Petty Kobe is a reaction image of famed Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, Kobe Bryant, sitting in a chair with a smug smile, and the Larry O’Brien trophy, which is given to the NBA Finals winning team. The photo gained popularity on Black People Twitter, along with other reaction images, similar to Petty Skai Jackson, and ‘New York’ in a bed.

when you brought your A game to the argument and now your girl over there crying

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Total Cereal is a wheat flake breakfast cereal released in 1961 by Food Processing company General Mills available in the US market.
The product varied in over nine different flavours such as Raisin Bran, Cranberry Crunch and Wholegrain.^[1]

Total Cereal is known for comparing itself with other breakfast products to show it has many vitamins and minerals and is considered 100% recommended daily allowance according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)^[2] for each of the following different vitamins and dietary minerals: vitamin C, calcium, iron, vitamin E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid and zinc.

The product’s current slogans are:

“Are you getting 100%?”^[3] and “DON’T TALKSHITABOUTTOTAL”^[4]

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“Yare Yare Daze” is a popular Japanese catchphrase made popular in Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure by protagonist Jotaro Kujo. It roughly translates to ‘gimme a break’.

Origin

The picture titled “FedORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!” was uploaded on KYM’s own site about a year ago by user Valentin Syarov Said image racked up 716K Facebook likes and 3,240 views. Edited images can be seen with varying differences.

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After being posted on KYM, the picture reappeared on the web, having multiple recreations scattered across the web appearing on sites like FunnyJunk and Deviantart. Other examples of the meme include Charlie Brown drawn somewhat hyper-realistically, saying the magic words. This is likely due to the fact that “Yare Yare Daze” also translates to ‘good grief’.

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Houston Road Rage Brawl refers to a video of several drivers physically assaulting each other during a hit-and-run road rage incident in Houston, Texas. Upon being uploaded to YouTube in May 2016, the video went viral on the social media and prompted the launch of a police investigation in search of the parties involved in the fight.

Origin

On May 14th, 2016, YouTuber Ravion Moyers uploaded a video titled “Houston – RoadRage 5/14/16,” in which a group of men and a woman engage in a fist fight after a fender-bender accident in the middle of Highway 6 near US 290 in Houston, Texas. During the altercation, the woman attempts to break up the fight and gets struck by one of the men, leading her to yell loudly in defense. Within 72 hours, the video gathered upwards of 525,000 views and 590 comments.

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That day, Twitter users @Jabalibarrett^[2] and @MrPoonSoaker^[3] posted short clips of the incident. Within 72 hours, the videos gained over 7,500 and 11,500 retweets respectively. The same day, Twitter user @IStayNguyening^[4]posted a photoshopped still image of the woman in the video edited to look like the character Raiden from the Mortal Kombat video game series (shown below).

Meanwhile, the video was subsequently posted on the /r/houston,^[5] /r/Roadcam^[7] and /r/pussypassdenied^[8] subreddits. On May 15th, the Houston, Texas local news station ABC 13^[6] published an interview with the man driving the white car in the video, who claimed the incident escalated after the driver in the blue truck nearly collided with his car and proceeded to curse at him. The same day, Twitter user @xasanchez94 posted a photoshopped picture of Birdman from his viral “Put Some Respeck on My Name” interview with the woman from the road rage video superimposed over his face (shown below, left). On May 16th, Redditor MW2Man00 posted a still image of the woman yelling in the video with the caption “When you watching porn and you feel yourself about to nut to the wrong part of the video” to /r/blackpeopletwitter,^[10] where it garnered more than 6,000 votes (89% upvoted) and 200 comments in 24 hours (shown below, right).

That same day, Redditor Captain_Hampockets submitted a post to /r/OutOfTheLoop asking about the origin of the still image used in the /r/blackpeopletwitter image macro.^[1] Meanwhile, The Daily Dot^[9] published an article about the incident titled “This Vicious Road Rage Brawl is Houston at Its Finest.”

Police Investigation

On May 16th, after the video went viral online, Harris County Sheriff’s Office launched a police investigation into the incident, using the footage to try to identify all four individuals that were involved in the daylight brawl. While no one was seriously injured, the driver and passenger of the black truck that drove away from the scene of the accident could face a charge of failure to stop and give information, according to the Sheriff’s Office.^[11]

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Windows 10 Automatic Update refers to Microsoft’s forceful implementation of its Windows operating system upgrade for personal computer users running on Windows 8 or older versions without their consent. Following reports about the intrusive software in late 2015 and early 2016, many criticized the company online with photoshops and image macros about the forced updates.

Origin

In September 2015, Microsoft began automatically downloading Windows 10 installation files on computers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, regardless of whether the user requested an upgrade. After many criticized Microsoft for the forced downloads, the company defended themselves by arguing that pre-loading upgrades was “an industry practice that reduces time for installation and ensures device readiness.”^[2] In December, a new prompt began appearing on Windows systems giving the option to “Upgrade now” or “Upgrade tonight,” with no clear opt-out button (shown below).^[7]

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On February 6th, 2016, Redditor EvilStiq posted an image to /r/pcmasterrace,^[4] which warned Windows 7 users to disable “automatic recommended updates” to avoid having their PCs updated to Windows 10 automatically (shown below). Over the next three months, the post garnered upwards of 5,700 votes (93% upvoted) and 2,400 comments.

That month, the software company Gibson Research Corporation released the Never 10^[5] utility to prevent Windows from automatically upgrading from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10. On March 11th, Redditor LHoT10820 submitted a post titled “Warning: Windows 7 computers are being reported as automatically starting the Windows 10 upgrade without permission” to the /r/technology^[3] subreddit. Within two months, the post gained over 6,500 votes (90% upvoted) and 3,000 comments. On March 22nd, Redditor ecto88mph submitted a post titled “What is with all the hate for Windows 10?” to /r/OutOfTheLoop,^[1] to which Redditor NowDealWithIt replied that many users were upset because they “were automatically upgraded from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 because of an automatic updater.” On April 27th, YouTuber FunnyAvenue uploaded a clip of a Windows 10 update notification interrupting a live weather broadcast (shown below). Within three weeks, the video accumulated upwards of 1.5 million views and 1,600 comments.

On May 2nd, Redditor darkrebel64 submitted a video titled “fl0m loses 1v1 against Windows 10,” featuring a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive streamer who has a competitive match interrupted by a forced Windows 10 update (shown below). Within two weeks, the video received more than 1,000 votes and 400 comments on the /r/GlobalOffensive^[6] subreddit.

On May 5th, MemeCenter^[8] user king10190 uploaded a photoshopped picture depicting a Windows 10 swat team invading a Windows 7 home (shown below, left). The following day, MemeCenter^[9] user caesarsalad uploaded a photoshopped image depicting Windows 10 as a door-to-door preacher attempting to convert Windows 7 (shown below, right).

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“OO YEE”, sometimes written as “ooh yee” or “ohye”, is a catchphrase that is often used in discussion threads to imply that someone is seeing a booty oo yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
The phrase “oo yeeeeeeeeeee” is a dissing technique found in the context of dank memes, with its roots in bootys. The phrase can be often heard on very memey sfm undertale videos or songs primarily intended to mix the OO YEE sound with the melody.
Origin

The first oo yee video ever was submitted by user Fanic on Nov 30, 2015, named as ’ooh ye – the movie ’

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On Feb 10, 2016 youtuber Fanic uploaded Every UNDERTALE Parody Ever video, featuring OO YEE from 0:33 to 0:50, this video has reached over 620K views as of 18th of May.

Shortly after, there were a lot more videos featuring oo yee and remixed in famous songs from UNDERTALE or TF2 like Megalovania and Intruder Alert.

OO YEE TF2 Mod
On April 20, 2016, youtuber Fanic uploaded a Team Fortress 2 Mod named ‘OO YEE Mod’ this mod replaces a lot of existing voice lines from the guy with OO YEE and also changes the hitsound and some music.

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The AVGN’s “No Reviews, I refuse” Controversy refers to a video of James Rolfe, best known for his online character and internet show The Angry Video Game Nerd, stating that he won’t go to see the 2016 reboot film of popular franchise Ghostbusters and thus won’t be expected to offer a review of it as a critic.
The video, while met positively by fans of the internet celebrity, was also mocked by various internet outlets as well as comedian Patton Oswalt on Twitter for its use or preemptive assumptions and thoughts about the movie before it was even released.

Origin

On May 16th, 2016, video games and movies critic site Cinemassacre released a six-and-a-half-minute-long video entitled “Ghostbusters 2016. No Review. I refuse.” and featuring James Rolfe, known on the internet as the Angry Video Game Nerd, discussing the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot movie and giving his preemptive thoughts on why, as a critic and fan of the franchise, he won’t go see it (shown below). The video accumulated to about 700 000 views in the next 48 hours of its upload.

The news of the video was also shared on Twitter^[1], reaching over 800 retweets and 2 000 likes.

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On May 17th, Internet comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted about the video^[2] (shown below), mocking the nature of basing one’s opinions about a movie that is not even released on preemptives thoughts. The tweet accumulated to over 300 retweets and 2 200 likes.

As arguments erupted on the social media site discussing the pros and cons of Rolfe’s reasoning behind his video, various entertainment websites and blogs reported on the phenomenon, including The Daily Dot^[3], Pedestrian.tv^[4] and DeathAndTaxesMag^[5] that took a stance in criticizing the video and showing examples of the twitter’s backlash it triggered while others, such as GeekTyrant^[6] and Fansided^[7], had a more nuanced approach on Rolfe’s opinions.

Brad Jones’ Parody

On May 17th as well, Stone Gremlin Production creator and Channel Awesome affiliate Brad Jones, known as the Cinema Snob, released a video (shown below) parodying the initial Rolfe’s video in which he details why he won’t go to see an upcoming reboot film named “Dog Fucker”.

External References

^[1]Twitter – Ghostbusters 2016. My thoughts.

^[2]Twitter – Oswalt’s Tweet

^[3]The Daily Dot – Brave, not-sexist movie critic refuses to watch the new ‘Ghostbusters’

^[4]Pedestrian.tv – TWITTERSHITSITSELFAFTERWHINYMAN-BABYREFUSES TO REVIEW‘GHOSTBUSTERS’

^[5]DeathAndTaxesMag – Heroic angry nerd refuses to review new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie

^[6]GeekTyrant – Video: Cinemassacre details why he will not watch the new Ghostbusters

^[7]Fansided – The Angry Video Game Nerd refuses to review the new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie

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Mobile Ringtone Covers are instrumental tributes and musical remixes featuring custom arrangements of trademark ringtones that typically come preloaded with most cellular phone and other mobile devices. On YouTube, many musicians and instrumentalists have shared audio and video recording of themselves performing the familiar melodies.

Origin

One of the earliest known instrumental tributes to cell phone ring tones can be attributed to YouTuber Andrea Vadrucci’s drum medley of Nokia’s early monophonic ringtones (shown below) uploaded on August 16th, 2007. The video has accrued more than 4.2 million views as of May 2016.

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On November 22nd, 2007, YouTuber Foggiano83 uploaded a video of an Italian musical ensemble performing an impromptu cover of Nokia’s famous “Gran Vals” ringtone in jest after they’re interrupted by a ringing cell phone of one of the audience members (shown below).

On December 25th, 2008, YouTuber Shivam220 uploaded a hip hop remix sampling a Nokia ringtone. On May 17th, 2010, YouTuber Al Wood uploaded a recording of himself performing a Ukulele rendition of Nokia’s “Gran Vals” ringtone.

On July 30th, 2011, YouTuber Greatmilan uploaded a video of classical violinist Lukáš Kmiť performing a solo concert at Orthodox Jewish Synagogue in Presov, Slovakia, during which the music gets interrupted by the sound of a Nokia cell phone ringing from the audience. Immediately afterwards, Kmiť whimsically proceeds to play out the melodies of “Gran Vals” (shown below). A few months later, the video went viral after it was submitted to Reddit on January 21st, 2012.

On May 17th, 2012, YouTuber JulianSteelMusic uploaded a duet performance of iPhone’s “Marimba” ringtone on the marimba (shown below, left). On May 19th, 2014, MetroGnome uploaded a video of himself mixing iPhone’s “Marimba” ringtone using a launchpad (shown below, right)

On April 1st, 2016, YouTuber ToxicxEternity uploaded a heavy metal tribute to a series iPhone ringtones (shown below, left). On May 11th, 2016, Tony Ann uploaded a video of himself performing a piano arrangement inspired by various trademark ringtones associated with mobile phone companies (shown below, right).

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Sounds Like Music refers to various video clips which contain sounds produced by people, animals or non-musical objects that resemble beats or melodies heard in popular music.

Origin

On February 27th, 2009, YouTuber astark92 uploaded a video titled “Fire Alarm Jam Session,” in which a band incorporates the noise made by a fire alarm into a live performance (shown below). Over the next seven years, the video gained over 820,000 views and 1,200 comments.

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On October 8th, 2009, YouTuber Fadem12 uploaded a video titled “Super Mario Ping Pong,” featuring footage of a ping pong ball which sounds like the theme song for Super Mario Bros. as it lands on the table (shown below).

On August 4th, 2010, YouTuber dddeluxe uploaded a video titled “Death Metal Drumming Washing Machine,” featuring a recording of a washing machine set to the death metal song “The Lords of Plasticine” by eZah (shown below, left). Within six years, the video received more than 2.1 million views and 2,100 comments. On April 30th, 2011, YouTuber Ryan Flynn uploaded a recording of himself singing the 2005 alternative rock song “Feel Good Inc” by Gorillaz with a wild bird (shown below, right).

On January 21st, 2012, YouTuber rawrderder uploaded a remix video featuring two children smashing their heads with books and a desk set to the tune of the Super Mario Bros. theme (shown below, left). Within four years, the video accumulated upwards of 4.5 million views and 2,700 comments. On January 12th, 2014, the /r/unexpectedmusic^[2] subreddit was launched for users to submit “videos of people and the world making music together.” On October 27th, the /r/JammingWithThings^[1] wubreddit was launched, featuring videos of music produced with “unusual instruments” and “everyday-use objects.” On April 30th, YouTuber Sergey Ivanushin uploaded footage of an auctioneer set to a hip-hop beat, which received more than 1.4 million views and 900 comments in two years (shown below).

On May 17th, 2015, YouTuber Shonky Brothers uploaded a recording of a fart sounding like a “major seventh arpeggio in the key of B flat,” garnering upwards of 3.7 million views and 1,500 comments over the next year (shown below, left). On July 6th, YouTuber isgsagFeed posted a video titled “Smells Like Teen Shovel Coub,” featuring a clip of a boy dropping a shovel on the ice remixed to the tune of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana (shown below, right). Within 1 year, the video gained over 6.7 million views and 1,100 comments.

The following day, Redditor manapod created the /r/SoundsLikeMusic^[3] subreddit for videos containing “random noise” that “Sounds just like that song you know.” On January 21st, 2016, YouTuber Viralzo uploaded a compilation of “Sounds Like Music” remix videos (shown below, left). On March 6th, 2016, YouTuber DCwars12 published a similar montage featuring .webm videos taken from “you laugh you lose” threads on 4chan (shown below, right).

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Goat Edition Remixes

Many pop songs have been edited with clips of yelling goats added to the chorus following a remix of the Taylor Swift song “I Knew You Were Trouble” uploaded by YouTuber Goosik in February 2013 (shown below).

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Vagina Bones is an internet slang term that refers to a woman’s pelvic bones. While it has been occasionally used to describe the visible outlines of the femurs in casual conversations, mostly in the context of female characters in Japanese anime and manga, the word became a target of online mockeries in May 2016 after being mentioned in a tweet protesting the censorship of a female character’s physical features in the Western version of the Japanese role-playing video game Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE.

Origin

On September 16th, 2006, Urban Dictionary^[1] user Leah&Jenna submitted an entry for “vagina bone,” defining the term as slang for “pelvis bone.”

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On February 23rd, 2011, the Japanese entertainment blog Japanator^[8] highlighted a screenshot of a poorly-translated scene from the anime series Dream Eater Merry, in which young boy complains that a swimsuit doesn’t show off a female character’s “vagina bones” (shown below).

On July 7th, 2012, a Baby Center Forums^[7] member submitted a post titled “24 weeks and my vagina bones feel broken,” in which she complained about experiencing pelvic pain after giving birth. On March 29th, 2013, a Cheat Engine Forums^[6] user commented on a video game character’s attractiveness by remarking “she got them vagina bones.” On June 12th, 2015, NarutoBase Forums member NukaCola referred to the Naruto character Sarada’s pelvis as her “vagina bones” (shown below).

Censorship Controversy

On May 13th, 2016, Twitter user @Sebban_E posted a tweet comparing the differences between a female character’s depiction in the Japanese and Western versions of the role-playing video game Tokyo Mirage Sessions, claiming that the character’s “cleavage” and “vagina bones” had been removed (shown below).

Following the tweet, some Twitter users mocked @Sebban_E for using “vagina bones” while others defended his use of the slang term (shown below).

On May 14th, Redditor B-Volleyball-Ready submitted @Sebban_E’s tweet to the /r/KotakuInAction^[4] subreddit, requesting that the community would turn “vagina bones” into a “meme.” On May 17th, The Daily Dot^[3] published an article mocking the “vagina bones” tweet. The following day, HeatStreet^[5] published an article about the online controversy, noting that user @Sebban_E was referencing “a five-year-old meme.”

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Transhumanism is a futurist philosophy and international intellectual movement with the purpose of transforming the human condition through the development of widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance the physical and psychological capacities of humans.^[8] Strongly influenced by works of science fiction, the transhumanist vision of a technologically transformed humanity has received a large amount of supporters and detractors from a wide range of backgrounds.

History

The term transhuman was inspired by the term Übermensch which means superman or overman, proposed in the 1883 book Thus Spoke Zarathustra by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.^[1] This term however referred to individuals whom threw off slave-morality and pursued personal growth and cultural refinement which is significantly divergent from the definition of transhuman.^[2] The word transhumanism was first used by Julian Huxley.^[3] In Julian Huxley’s 1927 book Religion Without Revelation there is a proposition of a new belief system called transhumanism (described below).

The human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself – not just sporadically, an individual here in one way, an individual there in another way – but in its entirety, as humanity. We need a name for this new belief. Perhaps transhumanism will serve man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.

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The Matrix

The Matrix is an American science fiction film about a computer hacker who learns some hard truths about his own reality. The film has heavily influenced and spread transhumanist culture through its depictions of futuristic technology, artificial intelligence, and fully immersive virtual reality simulations. It is the first film in The Matrix trilogy. The Matrix was released on March 31st, 1999.^[4] The film stars Keanu Reeves as computer hacker Neo, Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, Neo’s teacher of sorts, and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, Neo’s love interest.

Deus Ex

Deus Ex is a cyberpunk-themed action role playing video game franchise set in the 21st century, where secret societies are fighting for power and control over world, and various types of body augmentation are being practiced. The series is widely known around the internet’s video gaming communities and delves into numerous transhumanist concepts. It has its own Wikia^[5] and /r/deusex sub-reddit on Reddit^[6]. The original game in particular has a large following, and is often regarded as one of the best games of all time. It has a large modder community, with mods ranging from bugfixes and graphic overhauls to total conversions, to be found on sites such as ModDB^[7].

Futurama

Futurama is an animated TV series based around the main protagonist Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from the 20th century who was cryogenically frozen for 1000 years, and his adventures in the future. It has thoroughly delved into transhumanist culture with its references to The Matrix, complex scientific jokes, and depictions of future technology often discussed in transhumanist culture. The show was created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Besides Fry, the main cast includes Turanga Leela, Bender Bending Rodríguez, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Hermes Conrad, Doctor John A. Zoidberg and Amy Wong, with a secondary cast of Zapp Brannigan, Kif Kroker, Nibbler and Scruffy.

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The Singularity

The Singularity, sometimes referred to as “the technological singularity”, is a hypothetical future event in which technological progress will supposedly begin to occur at a near vertical rate. It is often associated with the “intelligence explosion” event, which would result in artificial intelligence systems improving recursively until they become superhuman intelligent beings.

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“beebo” is the nickname for Brendon Urie created by Tumblr user bombshellbutt.

Fan’s caught on and the nickname became extrememly popular. In May 2016, Brendon Urie had a tshirt made with “who the fuck is brendon urie.”

Spoilers follow.

In Captain America: Civil War, Helmut Zemo relentlessly pursues information from Hydra (ex) soldiers, spurring much of the movie’s plot. His frequent, unchanging requests for this intel take the form of his demanding “Mission report: December 16th, 1991” from various characters. This insistent command is repeated verbatim frequently within the film, without alteration. The persistent, detached tone Zemo adopts, along with his constant use of the exact same, unusually direct phrasing, seems to have prompted the meme.

The meme consists of sentences, phrases, and short comics/image sets wherein a common situation ends unexpectedly with a request for said report, with the same unvarying phrasing. So far, the meme mainly seems to satirize Zemo’s dogged determination, as his character/catchphrase being used in any/every situation implies that his character essentially has no thoughts, feelings, or desires apart from his one perpetual inquiry. Additionally, his popping up without warning in completely unrelated situations is, similar to Rickrolling and Unexpected John Cena, a simple bit of bait-and-switch humor.

The meme recently began spreading via facebook, with a eponymous group already collecting examples (see link).

About

Shipfu Analysis is a series of images of various Gijinka warships (Kanmusu) with labeling on various features, explaining how they are seen by many as being waifu material. While it started within the Kantai Collection fandom, it has spread to similar games, such as Warship Girls.

Origin

The phrase “Shipfu” is a combination of the words Ship and Waifu.^[1]. The oldest known usage of the meme uses the Kanmusu Kongou. The original artwork used in the image was uploaded to Pixiv in May 2014 ^[3]. The Shipfu analysis version of this images dates to at least October 2014.

Spread

Versions of various different Kanmusu have subsequently been made, some using the in game artwork, others using various pieces of fanart.
On September 22, 2015 a thread on Himeuta.com was made encouraging users to make versions based on the simmilar themed game Warship Girls. ^[2]

Various Examples

Search Interest’

External References