memes

Angelina's Right Leg Poised to Supplant All Creative Arts Forever

Maureen O'Connor · 02/27/12 01:53PM

A study in speed meme-ing: In under 24 hours, Angelina Jolie's dramatic right leg has taken over the internet. As we speak, America's most powerful meme factories are pumping their pistons as fast as they can: What if Angelina's leg had a Twitter feed? What if it got peppersprayed? What if she showed both her legs? What should we call it? Jolie-ing? Angelegging? What if Al Roker did this pose?

Breading Has Jumped The Shark

Adrian Chen · 01/31/12 07:52PM

Since this morning, the whole internet has gone crazy for breading, the meme where you put your cat's (or dog's) face into a piece of cut-out bread, take a picture then post it on the internet. Unfortunately, a recent spate of media coverage makes it painfully clear that breading is over.

The Best Tweets About Breading, The Weird New Internet Meme

Adrian Chen · 01/31/12 12:55PM

Earlier, we introduced you to the new internet craze breading—putting a piece of bread around your cat's head and taking a picture of it. Now people can't stop talking about breading! Here are the best 11 tweets about the controversial viral craze that is sweeping the internet.

Hot New Internet Meme: 'Breading' Cats

Adrian Chen · 01/31/12 11:30AM

Forget planking. All the cool kids are putting their cats in bread and taking pictures of them looking like little yeasty lions. "Breading" is a throw-back to the old Japanese "putting-food-on-rabbits" meme of the early viral web, but with a modern twist.

We Do Not Want Your 'Shit People Say' Video

Brian Moylan · 01/17/12 04:30PM

Dear everyone in the damn universe with iMovie and a Gmail account: we do not want your "Shit People Say" video, no matter how good or clever you think it may be. Do not send them to us. Do not email them, do not Twitter them, do not IM or DM or PM or Facebook them.

The Best Instant Celebrities of 2011

Adrian Chen · 12/28/11 02:00PM

2011 was a great year for instafame. With cameras and Twitter users providing blanket coverage of each big news story, the whole world became a potential micro-celebrity. Let's take some time to remember 2011's best flash-in-the-pan celebrities, and then forget about them, forever.