MAXIUM (also known for his clone WAXIUM and within the forum as Leoncio, Quasimodo, the Nefasto, the Nameless, the Fisgón Morbosón or Alfredo Loyola) is a sick orc of nearly 40 years and the biggest psychopath in www.antronio.com since Luzbeldark, and is characterized by extorting womens in www.antronio.cl, as with the case of Antidoto, who continued to harass up at work in a supermarket (being disowned by the Elite Antroniana). it was also sadly known for showing photos his stepdaughter ass and create manuals for facebook private photos and personal data, in addition to having problems with the law for violence. Today is dedicated to eavesdrop MO 24/7 and try to Funar users who unmasked, while continuing to store data, photos and information facebook other social networks women’s forum.

At the beginning of 2014 and was known for being perverted, psychopathic and wanting to be the focus of the forum, but its real decline began when he usurped the issue that would lead to Case Jeunesse, but for reasons that betrayal is included, giving the antronianos personal data of members of Jeunesse and threaten and try to Funar users of La Resistance; it ended funando the same members of the group in an epic theme. and ended up being hated by the entire forum, especially when he tried to take over the issue, but ended up being OWNEADO because they closed it and opened a new one, which caused him incalculable anal burning because lives base receiving likes on your messages (but nobody slitting at this point) ^[3], and try to justify showing a reconciliatory face the rest of the forum, but taking all his anal burning by MP ( private) messages and even amenzando with PDI to denounce those who “cyber-disturbed”. on that subject was also learned that his old aforró who filed a complaint against him.

Throughout the period after his funa tried Funar to Doctorserrucho, tremolo, Alfredmagic, pripboy and basically all members of La Resistance publishing data of these and images, but other users will not cracked, which began to unmask her and suspicious facet psychopath. I try for months to sabotage the issue of Jeunesse, taking the moderators and Tintolio to be constantly erasing messages, but gradually were collecting data from this patient and post perverts the Antidote ^[5] left it as evidence against the rest the forum that the degenerate edited all messages with the message “CliveOwen, stop intrusear my post.” plus edit all posts on the subject of Jeunesse and replace them with a point, which betrayed schizophrenia and paranoia of this character .

Months later it was learned from its extensive use of clones and psicopateo to users as encloroformada, 9HelterSkelter9 and many more, which led to it denounced, so eventually Tintolio blocked all accounts and clones. Still and using TOR continued to create clones and accounts to steal data users and give meaning to their pathetic existence, but forum users created a theme to denounce clones Leoncio and so avoid touching them jelly: sconf :.

However, MAXIUM returned with a clone called The Time to terrorize others antronianos and especially the antronianas with their sexual deviance and paranoia. Anal burning of this enfermito bolted and one night on fire all Wiki External is Pittheus but antronianos united by hatred to this element able to retrieve the information and support it on ad infinitum forum, leaving with tragedy Leoncio (up Tintolio she grabbed for webeo boxer elderly). : Derisive:

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The 50 Cent Party (五毛党, English: wǔmáo dǎng), also known as 50 Cent Army, is a nickname given to Internet commentators hired by the propaganda authorities of the Chinese government to produce and promote positive messages that are in alignment with the Chinese Communist Party’s interests.

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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.

Turing Test

In 1950 Alan Turing published a paper titled Computing Machinery and Intelligence which put forth the notion of a test to determine if a computer was intelligent.^[10] The test is called the imitation game in Turing’s paper and proposes a game where an interrogator would interrogate a human and a computer and if the interrogator could not tell which was which then the computer is deemed intelligent since we judge other people’s intellect by external observation. Notable atheist materialist philosopher of the time Bertrand Russell in reference to the paper said he “enjoyed it very much.”^[10] The test has gone on to become an important part of transhumanist culture due to it being a measurable basis for achieving artificial intelligence. A documentary detailing Alan Turing and the origins of the imitation game was released in 2014 called The Imitation Game (trailer shown below). It won an Oscar for best writing and adapted screenplay and was nominated for seven others.^[11]

1990

The year 1990 saw multiple advances which strongly influenced transhumanist culture. Max Moore wrote the influential piece Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy which is considered by most the basis of modern transhumanist thought^[14] and contains the modern description of transhumanism (described below).^[15]

Humanism is a eupraxophy or philosophy of life that rejects deities, faith, and worship, instead basing a view of values and meaningfulness on the nature and potentials of humans within a rational and scientific framework. Transhumanism is a class of philosophies that seek to guide us towards a posthuman condition. Transhumanism shares many elements of humanism, including a respect for reason and science, a commitment to progress, and a valuing of human (or transhuman) existence in this life rather than in some supernatural “afterlife”. Transhumanism differs from humanism in recognizing and anticipating the radical alterations in the nature and possibilities of our lives resulting from various sciences and technologies such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology, life extension, nanotechnology, artificial ultraintelligence, and space habitation, combined with a rational philosophy and value system.

That same year on September 14th, the first gene therapy trial was performed on a four-year old girl. She had adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency so some of her white blood cells were removed, had the correct genes for ADA injected into them, and were then reinjected into her. Dr. W. French Anderson developed this clinical trial while working at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.^[16] This helped pave the way for future genetic engineering which is a core focus of transhumanists. That same year, the first web page was posted on the internet.^[17] The internet has served both as a hub for transhumanist supporters to mingle and as a focus for transhumanist culture in regards to its applications in virtual reality and immortalization by means of uploading one’s consciousness to the internet.^[18]

Reception

Transhumanism has grown to be a popular subject in science fiction and futurist websites.

Sites

Vice’s Motherboard news blog is a popular blog which devotes a large portion of its news to future-related transhumanist topics and technologies.^[23] Their related Motherboard YouTube channel has 671k subscribers and 65 million total views.^[24] Psychology Today is a scholarly blog devoted to cutting-edge psychology which has naturally led to them focusing strongly on robots and artificial intelligence.^[25] The Future Timeline is a popular transhumanist site with an active forum community which documents a regularly updated timeline of events predicted to happen in the future.^[26]

Literature

Isaac Asimov’s science fiction series Foundation has become a core influence in transhumanist culture. It explains the unique story of how a scientist named Hari Seldon invented a new branch of mathematics called psychohistory able to predict the actions of large groups.^[27]

Dr. Manhattan from Alan Moore’s The Watchmen comic book series has become a notable icon of transhumanism.^[28] Throughout the comics, Dr. Manhattan is depicted as a sophisticated scientist who as the series progresses grows more remote and distanced from everything to the point of not seeing a difference between life and death.^[28]

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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer-generated simulation of an interactive 3D environment, either realistic or fabricated. Simulations are typically navigated using headsets and other devices that allow users to move freely in the environment or create a variety of sensory experiences. The earliest known VR-style device was created in 1962 by inventor Morton Heilig, who built the Sensorama machine allowing users to view several short films while stimulating their sense of sound, smell and touch simultaneously.^[13]

Robots and Artificial Intelligence

Robots are automated mechanical entities often created to either resemble an organic organism, or to perform a specific function that would normally be carried out by an organic organism. An artificial intelligence is any software that exhibits intelligence derived from computer processing power. It is distinguished from natural intelligence due to the fact that it is stimulated by man-made machines.

The Internet

The Internet is a system of interconnected computer networks linking billions of machines worldwide using the TCP/IP Internet protocol suite.^[19] The internet has served both as a hub for transhumanist supporters to mingle and as a focus for transhumanist culture in regards to its applications in virtual reality and immortalization by means of uploading one’s consciousness to the internet.^[18] Use of the Internet in the West expanded rapidly throughout the 1990s, growing over 100x within two decades.^[20] Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, numerous packet switching networks were developed, including Tymnet, Telenet and the eventual forerunner of the Internet, ARPANET.^[21] In 1990, ARPANET was decommissioned and the first web page was posted on the internet.^[22]

3D Printing

3D Printing is the practice of creating objects from three-dimensional digital models. A core technology discussed in transhumanist culture is 3D bioprinting which is slowly developing from 3D printing.^[12] Online communities have arisen for 3D printing enthusiasts, including open-source databases where digital models can be downloaded, including Makerbot’s Thingiverse and Defense Distributed’s DEFCAD.

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 of the ethics of future technology and how it can be applied to overcome human limitations (discussed below). 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].

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise created in 1966 by Gene Roddenberry. It showed a strong favoritism of transhumanism with its numerous showcases of the benefits of advanced technology and Spock’s memetic saying “live long and prosper” which further compliments the philosophy. The franchise began with a television show that aired on NBC from 1966 until its cancellation in 1969. From there, it gained a massive cult following, ballooning into a larger pop culture phenomenon, through a variety of outlets including four other live action TV series, an animated series, video games, books, and eleven feature films, with a twelfth in production.

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. At the same time, Futurama has been observed to be a strong argument against the teachings of transhumanism by the PBS Idea Channel (shown below). 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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Editor’s Note: This entry contains plot spoilers to Captain America: Civil War.

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“Mission Report: December 16th, 1991” is a quote repeatedly uttered by the supervillain character Helmut Zemo in the 2016 American superhero film Captain America: Civil War.

Origin

In Captain America: Civil War, the third installment of the Captain America franchise within Marvel Cinematic Universe, Helmut Zemo (portrayed by Daniel Brühl) relentlessly confronts and presses on ex-soldiers of Hydra in pursuit of information surrounding a mission undertaken by James “Bucky” Barnes, a brainwashed super-soldier, which spurs much of the movie’s plot. Due to the persistent and detached manner in which Zemo repeats the phrase “Mission Report: December 16th, 1991” without alteration, it quickly emerged as a memorable quote from the film.

Spread

On May 16th, 2016, a Facebook page titled Mission Report, December 16, 1991^[1] was launched to compile various image macros and photoshopped parodies referencing the quote. On May 19th, Twitter user Alina posted a photograph and a quote from a scene from Ant-Man, gaining more than 2,400 retweets and 2,400 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

Usage

The meme consists of phrases and edited webcomics or image sets depicting an ordinary social situation that ends unexpectedly with a request for Mission Report: December 16th, 1991. As of May 20th, 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 the perpetual inquiry about the mission report. In addition, an exploitable cutout of Zemo has been used as a bait-and-switch device or interruptor in several photoshopped instances, similar to the application in Rickrolling and Unexpected.

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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.

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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]

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Hispachan (site domain: hispachan.org)^[1] is a Spanish-language imageboard community that serves as an alternative to 4chan for Hispanic users from all over the world, including Europe and the Americas.

History

Hispachan was launched in November 2012 as the international hub for users of various Spanish-speaking imageboard communities, such as Mexico’s Sectachan, Chile’s 6-chan and Puerto Rico’s Puertochan. Whereas most previous image boards devoted to Hispanic users were sectioned by their geographical or regional identities, Hispachan distinguished itself as a global imageboard for all Spanish-speaking users, which helped its community to grow rapidly over a relatively short of period of time. The administrator(s) and founder(s) of the imageboard is only known as “Zeta,” whose identity and nationality remain unknown (shown below, left); its official logo is ñ (the letter “n” with a tilde), which is considered the most representative character in Spanish alphabet (shown below, right). Hispachan is the world’s largest anonymous imageboard on the Spanish-speaking web with more than five million posts (as of May 2016), with approximately half of the posts logged over the span of a year.

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From its beginning, Hispachan has been involved in several controversies and cyberattack incidents, many of which have been covered by news media outlets in the Spanish-speaking countries.

• In 2013, a neo-Nazi group used Hispachan to coordinate hate crimes and organize other acts of violence against homosexuals in Spain. After several videos of the group assaulting gays in Catalonia, Spain surfaced online, the Catalan police (Mossos d’Esquadra) launched an investigation into the incident and arrested the suspects. Meanwhile, Spain’s judicial authorities requested the imageboard to remove all discussion threads related to the case.^[7]

• In April 2014, a group of anonymous hackers leaked the sequence keys to access the control panel of the official website for Isabel Allende, Chile’s President of Senate, on Hispachan. As a result of the breach, the website was vandalized with images of memes and shock content.

• In May 2014, a group of Hispachan users created a fake online child escort agency to lure in pedophiles. The profile information of dozens of individuals who inquired about the service were disclosed and reported to the authorities.^[6]

• In March 2015, National Chilean TV channel TVN’s TV show #Viral featured Hispachan, along with several screenshots of activities on the imageboard, as an example of a “website where pedophiles share experiences and resources”.^[10][11]

• In May 2015, some Hispachan users were found responsible for cyberbullying and harassing feminist and lesbian activists. The case was reported on by various news outlets in Latin America.^[5]

• In December 2015, Raúl Robles, a Mexican hacker and cybersecurity consultant for the Mexican government, was murdered in Guadalajara. This led the local authorities to launch an investigation into various death threats that had been made against Robles prior to his death on Hispachan, due to the fact that the time and the place of the crime matched up precisely with one of the threats posted on the site.^[3][9][12]

• In December 2015, hackers from Hispachan’s /ve/ board (Venezuela) gained access to the website of Cantv, Venezuela’s largest internet service provider, to complain about the poor quality of its high-speed internet service. The website was vandalized with the logo of Hispachan and a humorous song about Hugo Chávez, which subsequently became a trending topic in the Venezuelan social media.^[4]

• In March 2016, Hiroyuki Nishimura, the creator of 2channel and administrator of 4chan, participated in an “AMA” (Ask Me Anything) session on Hispachan.^[8]

• In April 2016, a Hispachan user created a hoax terrorist website on the Deep Web, threatening several countries of imminent attacks with a countdown clock. After drawing the attention of the social media and the news outlets, the homepage of the website displayed the message “Has sido trolleado por Hispachan” (English: “You have been trolled by Hispachan”) and “Amarillismo no es igual a periodismo” (English: “Sensationalism is not journalism”).

• A number of popular YouTube personalities in the Spanish-speaking world have been known to lurk or participate on the imageboard community, including Dross (shown below). However, the majority of Hispachan users have expressed disapproval of their official presence as they break the principle of anonymity.

• Hispachan /int/, /ve/ and /esp/ users are known for their passionate conversations about the political situation in the Spanish-speaking countries, as there’s notable political instability in countries like Spain or Venezuela at present. See image timestamped next to Pablo Iglesias – Spanish politician candidate for the presidency of Spain – below.

Traffic

Hispachan is ranked 38,702 worldwide and it’s in the top 1,000 in countries like Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Spain (May 2016).^[2] According to Alexa Rank, it is also the 5th most active imageboard on the internet.^[13]

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Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 live-action comedy film loosely based on the popular video game franchise of the same name by Nintendo starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper. Super Mario Bros. is the first video game movie adaptation but it received negative reviews from critics.^[1][2]

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The Loud House is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino for Nickelodeon. The show follows the adventures of a boy who gives tips on how to survive living with ten sisters.

History

The show premiered on May 2, 2016 and the first episode left in The Dark and Get the Message. It became very popular on Nick.

Premise

The series ravels a boy name Lincoln with his best friend Clyde who has a crush on one of his sisters Lori trying to survive from his 10 sisters.

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Derived from Absolutely Disgusting meme:

It is used as a response to something the author is greatly disgusted with. “Haram” is sometimes used as a synonym to something that is forbidden online.

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The twitter handle “dankmuslimmemes” uses the name “Absolutely Haram”, referencing the meme.

Editor’s Note: This entry contains plot spoilers to the sixth season of Game of Thrones.

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“Hold the Door” is a quote uttered by Hodor, a recurring character in George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s TV series adaptation Game of Thrones, before he sacrificies himself to save Bran Stark from a horde of White Walkers.

Origin

The mysterious origin as to how the character earned his name “Hodor” has been a subject of intense discussions among the fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones for many years. On May 22nd, 2016, the backstory was finally revealed in Season 6, Episode 5 of Game of Thrones titled “The Door.”

In the episode, Bran Stark continues his time-traveling journey with the Three-Eyed Raven. Meanwhile, in the present time, a hoard of White Walkers led by the Night King close in on the cave that Bran and his group have been hiding in. As Meera Reed and Hodor prepare their escape, Meera asks Bran to warg, a form of mind-controlling, into Hodor’s mind so that he can rescue his unconscious body out of the cave, which Bran obliges by warging into a younger version of Hodor, a cheerful stable boy then known as “Wylis,” in the past. As they flee their way out of the cave, Meera pleads Hodor to “hold the door” to buy her and Bran enough time to escape safely, a command that echoes through the past into Wylis’ head and triggers him to lapse into a state of seizure and “hold the door!” over and over again. As Hodor complies with the request in the present time, the character is overrun and killed by the White Walkers while “holding the door.”

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On May 22nd, immediately after the airing of the episode, the phrase “hold the door” and its hashtag form #holdthedoor began trending worldwide on Twitter and elsewhere in the social media, as fans reacted to the heart-wrenching death of Hodor and the reveal of a fatalist backstory behind the character’s name.

At 10:02 p.m. (ET), Colombian pop culture commentator @9000x tweeted a two-pane image of the phrase “hold the door” stylized in the signature typeface of the TV series and a cartoon drawing of a stick-figure character lying down in a pool of one’s own tears (shown below). In less than 24 hours, the tweet garnered nearly 2,000 retweets and over 1,600 likes.

At 10:05 p.m. (ET), Redditor Jedbanguer submitted an unknown author’s webcomic referencing the quote from the episode (shown below) in a post titled “It’s gonna be hard to be polite from now on,” racking up 6,550 points (95% upvoted) within the first 24 hours.

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The Dog Filter is a special effect featured in Snapchat which allows users to place a dog’s nose, ears and tongue over their faces when taking a selfie. The feature has been controversially dubbed the “hoe filter” due to the combined factors of its popular usage among young women and apparent promiscuity of the animated tongue in appearance.

Origin

In February 2016, Snapchat released a major update to the mobile application with a set of seven animated special effects for the selfie mode called “Lens,” which included a “Dog Filter” that uses facial recognition software to place a canine nose and ears over an individual’s face, as well as a tongue that droops down whenever the mouth is open.

Spread

On March 1st, 2016, the @MeninistTweet Twitter feed posted a tweet accusing women who use the dog Snapchat filter of being promiscuous (shown below, left). On March 9th, Redditor kittiestitties4ever posted an animated GIF of actress Eliza Dushku using the dog filter on Snapchat to /r/gifs^[6].

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On March 28th, 2016, YouTuber JustLikeThat uploaded a comedy sketch titled “How Girls Use Snapchat,” in which she expresses her appreciation for the dog filter (shown below).

On April 9th, Urban Dictionary^[5] user sugary submitted an entry for “hoe filter,” defining it as an alternative name for the Snapchat dog filter. On April 22nd, Vice published an article titled “The Internet is Slut Shaming Women Over Snapchat Filters Now,”^[8] which criticized the use of the term “hoe filter” for being sexist. On April 27th, YouTuber Unoriginality uploaded a video titled “A Hoe’s Favorite Snapchat Filter,” in which a woman is accused of being a “whore” after her boyfriend walks in on her using the Snapchat filter (shown below).

On May 10th, Kim Kardashian posted a Snapchat story asking for a new Dalmatian-themed dog filter. Shortly after, Snapchat released an update that would place a Dalmation’s ears and nose over the second person detected in a Snapchat with the dog filter enabled (shown below).

On May 13th, Vice published an interview with a psychiatrist titled “We Asked a Psychiatrist Why We’re So Obsessed with the Dog Filter.”^[2] On May 18th, the women’s interest blog Allure^[4] published an article titled “There’s a Reason Why You Love the Dog Filter on Snapchat,” which claimed the filter hides imperfections and elongates faces. On May 20th, a parody horror movie trailer starring Ariana Grande was broadcast on Jimmy Kimmel Live, in which she is cursed with wearing the dog filter in real life after using the Snapchat app (shown below). Within 72 hours, the sketch received upwards of 380,000 views and 240 comments on YouTube. On May 23rd, Snapchat disabled access to the filter to promote a new set of filters promoting the the film X-Men Apocalypse.^[7]

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Hail the Twix Army. We will rule all.
Twix Army is a subculture in Hive365 about the godly Twix,

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“This Ugly Son of a Bitch” is a banner advertisement for online porn sites based on a photograph of a young man wearing glasses with the caption reading “this ugly son of a bitch is fucking super hot chicks and basically, you are fucking stupid.” Online, the banner ad has become a popular subject of photoshopped parodies featuring a variety of characters and altered captions.

Origin

On February 13th, 2012, Redditor freddybear submitted a screenshot of the website ad titled “Made me laugh during faptime” to the /r/WTF^[4] subreddit, where it gained over 1,600 votes (94% upvoted) and 100 comments prior to being archived.

Spread

On October 21st, 2013, FunnyJunk^[2] user leodamanhunter posted a screenshot of the ad. On July 29th, 2014, Newgrounds^[6] Forums user WegraMan posted a thread featuring a template of the ad image, inviting users to submitted photoshopped variations (shown below).

On February 13th, 2015, IGN Forums^[3] member DudeWheresMyAccount posted a thread highlighting a screenshot of the original ad. On April 29th, Redditor DiGuilherme submitted an edited version featuring a character from the role-playing video game Mount and Blade (shown below, left).^[7] On October 16th, the “Special Meme Fresh” Facebook^[1] page posted a variation of the ad text. On November 21st, Redditor GoblinParadox posted a photoshopped version of the ad featuring 2016 Democratic presidential primary candidate Bernie Sanders to /r/circlejerk^[5] (shown below, left).

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Freddie Carlos Gray, Jr. was a 25-year-old resident of Baltimore, Maryland who died from spinal injuries while in custody of the Baltimore Police Department shortly after his arrest on alleged possession of an illegal switchblade in April 2015. In the wake of the incident, as well as the larger string of police brutality controversies involving African Americans leading up to it, the public reaction quickly developed into a series of large-scale, and oftentimes violent, protests in Baltimore and the metropolitan area in the following months.

Background

On the morning of April 12th, 2015, Baltimore resident Freddie Gray was arrested for alleged possession of a switchblade knife and taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department. The scene of his arrest was captured on video footage by two bystanders, which shows Gray being carried into the van by multiple officers.

According to the police report, within 30 minutes the arrest, Gray suddenly fell into a coma while being transported, prompting the attention of paramedics and admission at the University of Maryland’s shock trauma center, where it was discovered that he had sustained severe injuries to his spinal cords and larynx. In the following week, Gray remained unconscious and underwent extensive surgery. On April 19th, a week after his arrest, Gray was pronounced dead.

Notable Developments

Community Reactions

In the days following Gray’s death, hundreds of local residents began assembling in downtown Baltimore to march down the streets adjacent to the scene of Gray’s arrest and stage a demonstration outside the city’s Western District police headquarters. According to Reuters and local news media outlets, the protest was peaceful.

Official Statements

On April 21st, 2015, Baltimore Police Department suspended six officers involved in the arrest due to an internal investigation of Gray’s death, in addition to the launch of a federal investigation by the United States Justice Department. The next day, Gene Ryan, the president of the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, released a statement expressing sympathy for the Gray family, while condemning the anti-police rhetorics of protests by likening the local reaction to a “lynch mob.” Ryan’s remark was met with heavy backlash from the family’s attorney, as well as the national news media outlets, most notably in a New York Times op-ed column titled “‘Lynch Mob’: Misuse of Language.”

Gray’s Criminal Records

On April 21st, 2015, The Baltimore Sun^[11] reported that Gray had a lengthy history of run-ins with the Baltimore Police Department in the years leading up to the incident, citing court records obtained from the Maryland Department of Justice. According to the documents, Gray had a criminal record of at least 18 arrests since as early as 2007, mainly on charges of drug possessions and possession with intent to distribute.

Protests

On April 25th, 2015, thousands of Baltimore residents participated in a massive rally by marching from the Baltimorean city hall to Inner Harbor, during which a small contingent of unruly protesters began throwing rocks at police officers and damaging vehicles. As a result, at least 34 people were arrested and 15 police officers were injured, while two photojournalists were forcefully subdued and briefly taken into custody while attempting to photograph the scenes of the escalating violence. Upon release, a video clip of J.M. Giordano, a photographer for Baltimore City Paper, getting swarmed and beaten by two police officers, was published on the online edition of the publication.

Memorial Service

On April 27th, the memorial service for Freddie Gray was held at the New Shiloh Baptist Church, which was joined by civil rights leaders, families of other people killed by police, and politicians including Congressman Elijah Cummings, Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson, White House adviser Heather Foster, and Elias Alcantara of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Escalation of Violence

However, by early afternoon that same day, the Baltimore Police Department had reportedly issued a warning of “potentially violent activities on the rise” across the city. Around 3 p.m., a confrontation erupted between the police in riot gear and a group of about 100 youthful protesters who began throwing bricks and bottles at the officers. In response to the unrest, a handful of schools, universities and major businesses closed early and several professional sporting events were postponed to a later date. Meanwhile, several police vehicles were destroyed and set on fire and a CVS pharmacy store in downtown Baltimore was looted and set ablaze.

Investigation

On May 1st, Maryland’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced 28 criminal charges against six Baltimore Police Department officers involved in Gray’s arrest, Officers Caesar R. Goodson Jr., William G. Porter, Edward M. Nero and Garrett F. Miller, Lieutenant Brian W. Rice and Sergeant Alicia D. White, for various crimes ranging from second-degree murder to manslaughter and misconduct, among others (listed below). During the press conference, Mosby delivered a speech condemning the police officers for arresting an innocent man without probable cause and lethally assaulting him.

All six officers were taken into custody and processed at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center; all of them were released on the same day after posting bail, which ranged from $250,000 to $350,000.

Trials

• On September 8th, 2015, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that the city had reached a $6.4 million settlement with Gray’s family, while adding that the settlement “should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial."

• On December 16th, Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial in the case of William G. Porter, the first of the six Baltimore Police officers implicated in Gray’s death to stand trial, after the jury failed to reach an agreement on any of the charges filed against Porter.

• On May 23rd, 2016, Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams rejected the state of Maryland’s case against Edward Nero, acquitting him on all charges, including two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. The verdict was announced after five days of deliberation. In his ruling, Williams explained that the decision was largely driven by the absence of “credible facts” directly linking Officer Nero’s role in Gray’s arrest and the detainment.

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“Oh Neptune” refers to a memorable line uttered by the character Mrs. Puff in the popular Nickelodeon animated series Spongebob SquarePants. Online, The scene became a popular reaction image for various situations with mostly negative implications.

Origin

The scene originated in an episode of the second season of Spongebob SquarePants titled No Free Rides which first aired on March 7th, 2001. In the episode, Spongebob fails his driver license test which results in him requiring to retake boating school for another year. Mrs. Puff, realizing she has to bear having Spongebob in her class for another year, utters “Oh Neptune”.

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Background

On March 25th, 2016, Blizzard forum user Fipps started a discussion thread in Overwatch’s beta feedback page^[9] asserting that the victory pose of Tracer, one of the more well-known playable characters, is irrelevant to her character traits and therefore unwarrantedly objectifies her into a female sex symbol:

Then out of seemingly no where we have this pose:

WHAT? What about this pose has anything to do with the character you’re building in tracer? It’s not fun, its not silly, it has nothing to do with being a fast elite killer. It just reduces tracer to another bland female sex symbol.
We aren’t looking at a widowmaker pose here, this isn’t a character who is in part defined by flaunting her sexuality. This pose says to the player base, oh we’ve got all these cool diverse characters, but at any moment we are willing to reduce them to sex symbols to help boost our investment game.

Notable Developments

Throughout the weekend, Fipps’ thread on Tracer’s victory pose devolved into a lengthy and messy debate with hundreds of other users debating on a wide range of tangential topics, from Blizzard’s art direction and marketing strategies to objectification of female videogame characters. On March 28th, Jeff Kaplan, the game director of Overwatch, replied^[10] to the thread by pledging to replace the character’s pose, which inadvertently led to the escalation of an already tense debate on the forum.

We’ll replace the pose. We want everyone to feel strong and heroic in our community. The last thing we want to do is make someone feel uncomfortable, under-appreciated or misrepresented. Apologies and we’ll continue to try to do better.

In response to Kaplan’s announcement, many users criticized the decision for what they perceived as a disproportionate response to an individual beta participant’s qualm, some raised their eyebrows at the studio’s seemingly arbitrary hypersensitivity to sexualization of cartoon characters, despite its gratuitous depiction of cartoon violence, while others complimented the studio for its receptiveness to community feedback and dedication to the details in portrayal of characters in line with their personalities. That same day, Kaplan’s response made its way over to Reddit’s /r/overwatch community^[11], where it further snowballed into a controversy by drawing nearly 2,000 comments within the first 24 hours of the post. In addition, a petition^[12] seeking to preserve the original pose of Tracer was launched by Redditor AetherPrismriv, which has garnered over 4,000 points and 2,400 comments over the same time period. During the following days, the controversy spawned several jokes and fan art related to the pose (shown below).

On April 5th, the game was updated to include a replacement for the original, which was consequently praised by the fans for being more fitting with Tracer’s personality. A post on the Overwatch subreddit regarding the pose change gained over 2,900 points (89% upvoted) and 950 comments in less than 16 hours.^[15]

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This meme was created by a user on the site momio called sødpige11 as an answer to the question “what does msg stand for?” asked by another user on the site. To this the famous user søpige11 said “minecraft secret guys”. Since then the meme has been used often when people ask what msg means. It has achieved 38 likes in the group msg and thereby is the most liked meme in MSG.

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Captain America is a fictional superhero created by Marvel Comics, who was designed as a patriotic supersoldier to fight for the United States during World War II. The character wields a large shield and wears a costume resembling the United States flag.

History

In 1940, Captain America was invented by writer Joe Simon. In March 1941, the first comic book featuring the character was released titled Captain America Comics #1, in which the character was depicted wearing an American flag-themed costume and shield (shown below).

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On July 19th, 2011, the film Captain America: The First Avenger was released, in which the character Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans) becomes the supersoldier Captain America after being injected with a powerful serum in order to fight against the Nazi-backed HYDRA organization during World War II (shown below, left). On March 13th, 2014, a sequel titled Captain America: Winter Soldier was released (shown below, right).

Captain America: Civil War

On April 12th, 2016, the film Captain America: Civil War was released, in which The Avengers engage in an internal feud based on differences between Captain America and Iron Man (shown below).

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In July 2010, a Facebook^[2] page titled “Captain America” was created, garnering upwards of 16 million likes over the next six years.
On February 3rd, 2011, /r/CaptainAmerica^[1] subreddit was launched for discussions about the superhero character. In July 2012, the @CaptainAmerica^[3] Twitter feed was created, gathering more than 1.18 million followers in four years.

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I Understood That Reference

“I Understood That Reference” is an expression typically used in online forums and comments as an affirmative acknowledgement of a pop culture reference or technical jargon said by another. The quote was originally uttered by Captain America in the 2012 Marvel superhero action film The Avengers.

Captain America: Civil War 4 Pane

Captain America: Civil War 4-Pane (also known as Captain America vs Iron Man) is a series of vertical multi-pane image macros based on an exploitable photo set from the 2012 Marvel superhero film The Avengers illustrating a deadlocked conversation between two people at odds, usuall over fandom rivalries.

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Johnny Quasar is the original pilot for Jimmy Neutron. Instead the main character’s name is Johnny Quasar than Jimmy Neutron.

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Lily Lu is two panel image macro series featuring photographs of a chihuahua named Lily Lu. In one panel she looks angry, in the other she is mild-mannered.

Origin

Lily Lu began as two separate images; one showing an angry chihuahua, the other showing the same chihuahua in a good mood.

On November 25, 2015, @WORIDSTARHIPH0P tweeted the two images together with the caption ‘when your family is all roasting you at thanksgiving dinner and then ur grandma steps in and says to leave u alone’.

Early uses of Lily Lu feature the two images arranged horizontally, with text above them on a white background.

On May 24th, 2016, the two images were arranged vertically with a black outline and uploaded to memegenerator.net.

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The name LILY LU can be seen on the dog’s ID tag in the angry picture.