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Increasingly Verbose Memes, also known as Deconstruction Comics, are a series of multi-pane images featuring a preexisting meme poorly redrawn in MS Paint several times – or, alternatively, successively degraded using JPEG compression – accompanied by a caption rewritten to become increasingly verbose with each successive illustration. The reciprocal relationship between the increasing verbosity and the decreasing graphic fidelity is a characteristic of some ironic memes.

Origin

On May 8th, 2016, Imgur^[2] user AFuckingWhiteMale posted a gallery of Breath-in, Boi examples, featuring several redrawn illustrations of the original image with verbose variations of the caption “breath in / boi” (shown below).

Naming

This type of meme has a number of names attached to it due, in part, to a lack of comprehensive structure when creating these types of memes. Some early, alternate names to ‘increasingly verbose’ include meme corruption, deconstructed memes, verbose memes, and meme decay .

In November 2016, YouTuber The Kase Reibe called the meme style a “progressively verbose” meme^[6], giving rise to the now common name “increasingly verbose” as it picked up in /r/coaxedintoasnafu in December 2016.

Precursors

The series Coaxed Into a Snafu features poorly redrawn variations of internet meme characters, along with reworded versions of their associated catchphrases (shown below, left). Additionally, the series bears many similarities to Verbose Memes, an image macro series featuring lengthy reworded variations of internet meme references (shown below, right). Similarly, the meme may be derived from Archaic Rap.

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One of the earliest spin-offs dates back to October 7th, whenYouTube user ‘The Kase Reibe’ uploaded Press X to Doubt (below), a video spin-off of an L.A.Noire Increasingly Verbose Meme of the same name. Kase Reibe (presumably) narrates the increasingly verbose meme with their own voice, with their audio quality degrading over time in tandem with the video resolution.

On December 11th, Redditor Stop_Drop_And_Roll submitted an increasingly verbose image based on a picture of the Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress 2 with the caption “put a dispenser here” (shown below, left). Within three weeks, the post garnered upwards of 3,700 votes (89% upvoted) and 70 comments on /r/tf2.^[5] On December 20th, Redditor ChronicVenom submitted a post asking about the series to /r/OutOfTheLoop,^[4] including an increasingly verbose version of Big Smoke’s Order (shown below, right).

On December 25th, Redditor Thomasvdw14 submitted a Bee Movie-themed increasingly verbose image to the /r/dankmemes^[3] subreddit, where it accumulated more than 1,200 votes (96% upvoted) and 30 comments (shown below, left). On December 27th, 2016, an increasingly verbose meme posted on /r/MemeEconomy^[1] reached the front page of Reddit, amassing over 17,000 votes (84% upvoted) in 24 hours (shown below, right).

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Oh No, It’s Retarded, also known as Aww Ain’t You the Cutest Lil Thing, is an exploitable web comic featuring a stick figure character discovering a small dog that says various statements deemed disturbing, inane or controversial.

Origin

On December 27th, 2014, Tumblr^[1] user aaaaa42c posted a comic in which a small dog informs a boy that he produces multiple cancerous cells every day, with each having the potential to be fatal (shown below). Within nine months, the comic gained over 17,100 notes.

Spread

On March 29th, 2015, Redditor zjin submitted a post about the comic to the /r/tipofmytongue^[2] subreddit, to which Redditor AAAAA42 replied that he was the original creator. On July 31st, 2015, FunnyJunk^[3] user Sewallman submitted a variation of the comic in which the dog says “Feminism is about equality” (shown below, left). On August 16th, FunnyJunk^[4] user joshlol submitted a comic in which the dog praises Donald Trump (shown below, right).

On August 23rd, a template image was submitted to 4chan inviting viewers to post edited versions of the comic (shown below). On August 22nd, Redditor alienware posted a collection of the responses to the /r/4chan^[5] subreddit, where it gained over 2,700 votes (92% upvoted) in two weeks.

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The FitnessGram Pacer Test refers to a series of Vine remix videos containing an audio clip from the FitnessGram Pacer Test instructions, a multi-stage fitness test which estimates an athlete’s maximum oxygen uptake.

Origin

According to The official Pacer Test handbook,^[1] the Pacer test was originally created in 1982 by Leger and Lambert, claiming it to be an effective and fun way to measure the cardio abilities of children.

In January 2016, iFunny^[3] user Trollvahkin posted a Vine clip featuring the character Doctor Terror playing a piano in the freemium mobile strategy game Boom Beach accompanied by the audio from the FitnessGram test. Over the next three months, the post gained over 2,200 likes and 150 comments.

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On January 24th, 2016, a Vine was uploaded featuring a clip of a bus crash dubbed with the audio from the “pushup section” of the FitnessGram Pacer Test, accumulating more than 40,000 loops, 1,000 likes and 100 comments in three months (shown below, left). Three days later, Redditor NickLent posted a transcript of the introduction audio to the /r/copypasta^[5] subreddit. On February 17th, Viner Bringmetheidek posted a clip of rapper Eminem competing in a rap battle from the 2002 drama film 8 Mile with the introduction audio from the Pacer Test (shown below, right). In two months, the Vine received over 26,000 loops, 1,100 likes and 700 revines.

On March 27th, Viner Austin Burke posted a clip from the animated television show Spongebob Squarepants with the Pacer Test audio (shown below, left). On April 1st, Viner mason chill out! posted a clip from the film “The Hunger Games”: with the FitnessGram Pacer Test audio (shown below, right). In two weeks, the video gathered upwards of 7.3 million loops, 155,000 likes and 77,000 revines.

On April 6th, Viner HowiEazy posted a short comedy sketch in which a baby’s first words are the introduction to the FitnessGram Pacer Test (shown below, left). On April 10th, Viner Brandon Bowen posted a skit in which a dying grandfather’s last words are the Pacer Test audio (shown below, right). Over the next two weeks, the videos gained more than two million and 1.6 million loops respectively.

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How Italians Do Things, also known as the Italian Hand, is an image macro series featuring pictures of people performing various actions while making a finger purse hand gesture, with captions containing custom versions of the phrasal template“How Italians X.”

Origin

According to the Italian culture site Becoming Italian Word by Word,^[1] the finger purse gesture is made by bunching one’s fingers together with the tips pointing upwards and typically means “what do you really want?” (shown below, left). On March 13th, 2017, Twitter user @donny_drama^[12] posted photographs of person holding a coffee mug while making the finger purse gesture along with the caption “How Italians drink coffee” (shown below, right).

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On March 14th, 2017, Twitter user @GeorgeResch^[10] posted a screen captured image of the character Walter White from Breaking Bad making the hand gesture captioned with the description “How Italians cook crystal meth” (shown below, left). That same day, Redditor CafieroandMalatesta submitted a photograph of a cat holding a curled paw titled “How Italian cats argue” to /r/funny,^[11] where it gained over 9,400 votes (90% upvoted) and 90 comments within 24 hours (shown below, right). Over the course of the day, several Weird Facebook meme pages posted various How Italians Do Things image macros, including The Meme Aesthetic,^[4] Spongegar^[5] and Supreme Zesty Memes for Teens.^[6]

From March 15th onwards, images of the hand puppet characters from Oobi began to spread with various renditions of “How Italians X” on /r/meirl. The characters are often ironically described as Italian citizens due to their strong resemblance to the gesture. The first image with Oobi was posted by Redditor TarkatanTapir and captioned a scene from the show as “Italian war propaganda.” It amassed over 4,100 points (95% upvoted) and 45 comments within 20 hours (shown below, left).^[13] Another Oobi meme, identifying the characters as “Italian devil worshippers 1965,” was posted to Imgur on the same day. Within 15 hours, it amassed over 1,000 points and 60,000 views.^[14]

On March 15th, Imgur user Metapodlvl100 uploaded a gallery of How Italians Do Things images.^[3] It has since gained about 110,000 views and 3,200 points. That same day, several posts about the series were submitted to /r/memeeconomy,^[7][8][9] where many noted that images were quickly rising in popularity. On March 17th, Meme of the Month calendars started to appear with the hand gesture as March’s meme. By this point, Redditors who had witnessed the meme’s early success began to label it as overused.^[15]

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Drunk Baby is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photograph of an infant sitting next to a pint of beer. The captions typically portray the baby as an intoxicated storyteller mimicking the behavior of older bar patrons.

Origin

The original baby photograph (shown below, left) was submitted to the /r/funny^[7] subreddit by user MaryjaneBrewington in a post titled “She tells the worst jokes” on June 25th, 2012. The same day, the first Drunk Baby image macro was submitted by Redditor snicklefritz618 to the /r/AdviceAnimals^[1] subreddit, which included the caption “This guy…. / I love this guy” (shown below, right). Within 10 days, the post received over 6,600 up votes and 100 comments.

Spread

On June 26th, 2012, the Internet culture blog Slacktory^[2] published an article titled “Drunk Baby: Another Damn Advice Meme”, which noted the series’ growing presence on Reddit despite Redditor’s tendency to get more easily jaded by child-based memes than Tumblr users. The same day, 9gag^[10] user heartstorm90 submitted an image macro with the caption “Hey you. Yeah, You. / I totally sucked your wife’s tits”, receiving over 3,000 Facebook shares within 10 days.

On June 27th, the Internet humor blog UpRoxx^[4] published a post titled “Meme Watch: Drunk Bank Is Holding Court At The Bar”, including a slideshow of notable examples from the series. The same day, The Huffington Post^[5] published an article titled “Drunk Baby Is Totally Going To Regret This Tomorrow” and the Internet humor site The FW^[6] listed Drunk Baby in their “Funniest Memes of the Week” post. On June 29th, a Facebook^[9] page for “Drunk Baby” was created, which received over 50 likes within one week. The meme has continued to spread on Tumblr^[8] under the tag “#drunk baby.” As of July 6th, 2012, the Drunk Baby Quickmeme^[3] page has accumulated over 1,550 submissions.

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Biggie Cheese is a rapping mouse character from the 2006 computer-animated comedy film Barnyard, who is named after the deceased rapper Biggie Smalls. Online, the character gained much notoriety after being featured in a series of screenshots depicting an erotic chat conversation.

Origin

On August 4th, 2006, Barnyard was released by Nickelodeon Movies. It centers around a farm of anthropomorphic animals who sing and dance while humans are not present. In the film, a rapping mouse named Biggie Cheese performs a cover of the 1995 dancehall song “Boombastic” by Shaggy. On May 7th, 2010, YouTuber sytg100 uploaded a clip of the scene, which gained over 360,000 views and 300 comments over the next seven years (shown below, left). On April 4th, 2011, YouTuber amir bayatra uploaded the Biggie Cheese scene with the 1996 rap song “Big Poppa” by Biggie Smalls playing in the background (shown below, right).

Spread

Over the next five years, the character received few mentions online. On November 6th, 2016, a parody YouTube channel for Biggie Cheese called “BiggieCheeseVEVO” uploaded its first video.^[4] On November 20th, the Unironically Exposing Furries Worldwide Facebook^[5] page posted screenshots of a chat conversation in which a person demands to role-play a sexual encounter with Biggie Cheese (shown below). The original post has since been deleted.

On November 21st, 2016, YouTuber Fudge uploaded a dramatic reading of the chat conversation (shown below, left). On November 23rd, YouTuber Gook Spook uploaded a remix of the song “Straight Outta Compton” over a spinning image of Biggie Cheese (shown below, center). Later in the month, a parody of the Watermelon Chicken video featuring a poorly-animated Biggie Cheese began circulating the internet. The parody (viewable here) gained thousands of smiles on iFunny after being posted by Hand_Eyes, an account specializing in videos based on Oobi hand puppets.^[7] Biggie Cheese memes would go on to become closely associated with Oobi, as described in the “On iFunny” section below.

Also on November 23rd, Urban Dictionary^[1] user Choose another name submitted an entry for “Biggie Cheese,” defining him as “one of the best rappers coming in 2017.” The following day, Redditor Hatewrecked submitted a post recommending viewers “buy all Biggie Cheese stocks ASAP” to the /r/MemeEconomy subreddit.^[2] A subreddit called “Biggie Cheese Sanctuary” was also created. Meanwhile, the original roleplay screenshots were reposted on Imgur^[3] by user Curiouspolice.

In December, Biggie Cheese developed a large ironic following on iFunny through images depicting him as a beloved icon of both furries and rappers. Over a thousand different posts on the site have been tagged with “biggiecheese” since the first Biggie image surfaced on November 28.^[6] The “Biggie Cheese Challenge,” in which users pretend to bring Biggie Cheese into their roleplay chats, has become fairly popular on Facebook.^[8]

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On iFunny

On sites such as iFunny, images of Biggie Cheese are commonly associated with Otis the cow from Barnyard and the hand-puppet characters from Oobi (partly due to an episode of the show where they dress up like rock stars). In a fashion similar to Drakeposting and Triggering, many of these images exploit Biggie’s facial expressions to make it appear as if he is expressing approval or disapproval of other characters (below, left).^[9]

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I Want to Cum inside Rainbow Dash is a satirical catchphrase aimed at mocking fans of the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, specifically cloppers (fans who masturbate to explicit art of the show). However, as time went on, people started to repeatedly post threads about ejaculating inside Rainbow Dash, usually in jest, giving the phrase a reputation similar to daily dose. The phrase is commonly accompied by an image of Rainbow Dash.

Origin

In an /mlp/ thread on 4chan in September 2012, an anonymous user created a thread saying that he would create a song out of posts that ended with dubs (e.g., XXXXX22, XXXXX99, etc.) One post with the phrase “I want to cum inside Rainbow Dash” got dubs and was listed as a verse in the song. Although the originally posting anon didn’t return to the thread, another user came, arranged, and produced the song known as “Graaaaavy Train (The /mlp/ Anthem).”^[1]

Spread

Various I Want to Cum Inside Rainbow Dash threads have appeared and currently appear on /mlp/ and have been seen in other boards on 4chan including /jp/ (Otaku Culture) and /m/ (Mecha), and the phrase tends to occur in comments and following posts whenever the most frequently used image of Rainbow Dash stretching appears in throughout the Brony fandom.

^[1]SoundCloud – Graaaaavy Train (The /mlp/ Anthem)

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“Lets go to bowling” is a quote from the NPC (non-playable character) “Roman Bellic” in the GTA series, calling his cousin and the main character “Niko Bellic” to play bowling.

Suggesting can be applied to nearly any situation, whether to reply to a genuine question as to what to do, or to cut into unrelated conversation or at inappropriate times, much like Roman does in the game. The bizarre nature of the question is one of the reasons to the jokes humour.

Spread

The meme became popular on the internet after the games release. Popular Web-show, “Unforgotten Realms” referenced it in episode 4, “Plan C”. Newgrounds user, Oney, featured the phrase in his Flash animation “Grand Theft Awesome”. Nearly every player of Grand Theft Auto IV who has taken part in a friendship activity has at least heard the insistent question.

College Humor mentioned Let’s Go Bowling in a recent article:

The phrase can be added to images, usually those that feature a person talking on a phone. The person featured in the image with the phrase, or their response to the question, is the punchline to the phrase.

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Epic Boobs Girl is the nickname of model Alix Bromley, who gained online notoriety after a photograph taken from her Bebo social networking profile was made into a demotivational image with the caption “Epic Boobs.”

Origin

According to Bromley, she originally uploaded a photograph of herself posing with a female friend staring at her chest to the social networking site Bebo in December 2006 (shown below).^[5]

Spread

The earliest known posting of the Epic Boobs girl demotivational image was in a YTMND page titled “Epic Boobs” submitted on June 18th, 2007 (shown below).

On July 3rd, 2007, Body Building Forums^[1] member ilikebeer submitted a thread asking for more photographs of the girl in the demotivational image. On September 11th, BodyBuilding Forums^[2] member axour posted a thread titled “Epic Boob Girl Revealed,” containing several additional photos of Bromley (shown below). On November 15th, 2008, Volkszone Forums^[3] member Calamity Al posted another thread containing photographs of Bromley.

On May 11th, 2010, The Guardian^[4] reported that the British Press Complaints Commission (PCC) had rejected a complaint by Bromley against Loaded magazine for posting an article with her pictures and offering readers a reward for encouraging her to pose for the magazine. The PCC ruled that Bromley’s photographs had been too widely circulated to be considered private. On July 7th, the entertainment blog Coed^[8] published an article titled “Alix Bromley: ‘Epic Boobs’ Demotivation Girl Revealed,” highlighting 37 photographs of Bromley. In January 2012, Bromley launched the @bustyalix^[6] Twitter feed and a Facebook^[7] page titled “Alix Bromley.” On February 18th, 2013, Coed^[9] published an article reporting that Bromley was pursuing a modeling career under the pseudonym Alx Boop (shown below).

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Mah Nigga is a reaction image used to express agreement with someone.

Origin

The phrase originates from the 2001 film, Training Day. The film is about two LAPD narcotics detectives who enforce the law in the ganglands of Los Angeles. At one point in the film, Denzel Washington’s character and Ethan Hawke’s character are in a car, and are having a conversation about something. During the conversation, Washington’s character says to Hawke’s character, “Mah Nigga,” and puts what appears to be a marijuana joint in his mouth.

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It is unknown where the meme first began to take off, however, according to Google Insights, the meme first surfaced around February 2012.

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/r9k/ is a forum dedicated to anonymous sharing of personal anecdotes on the image board site 4chan. The /r9k/ community is most well-known for its greentext stories that antagonize social norms and celebrate singledom.

History

In 2008, /r9k/ was first introduced as an experimental forum powered by Robot9000, a special script programmed by xkcd artist Randall Munroe that would filter reposts from showing up. The purpose of the experiment was to see if a board could develop its own subculture if memes and copypasta were heavily discouraged. However, as the community evolved, the board transformed into a sharehub for greentext stories, or original anecdotes of social awkwardness or mishaps as told by users who refer to themselves as “robots.” On January 17th, 2011, /r9k/ was then deleted as it no longer served its original purpose^[2], but on November 10th, the board^[3] was resurrected, followed by the removal of the Robot9000 script altogether on July 30th, 2014.

Highlights

The board is famous for its stories of social awkwardness and nostalgia of the simpler times, as well as discussion of abnormal social behaviour. It is heavily used by NEETs^[4] (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) who regret their life decisions and hold anger and disdain over males with active social and sexual lifes. it also containts Constant discussions about relationships with females and family. Dispite all of this, the board holds heavy pride in its own nature, with heavy hate over normies or “Normalfags” who do not understand their culture as well as constant calls for a “Beta Uprising”. this has spawned different memes.

Spaghetti Stories

Spaghetti Stories refers to a series of greentext copypastas that recall socially awkward moments, mostly with females, that always end up with the protagonists having spaghetti falling out of his pockets, r9k consists of a lot of these stories

Normies

Normies or Normalfags is a term used by Robots to refer to individuals who in their eyes are deemed as traditionalist or boring, normally the stereotype of a socially active and fitting person that easily blend with society, being the archetype of hipsters.

Tendies Stories

Tendies Stories are green text stories featuring a twenty-something man who lives at his mother’s home and constantly demands “tendies” (chicken tenders) in exchange for “good boy points” he has earned by doing chores and taking care of himself. The stories are often accompanied by images of Smug Pepe.

Angry Pepe

Angry Pepe is a reaction image commonly used on r9k that features a hostile-looking version of pepe the frog which is commonly accompanied by expressions of rage and frustation.

its commonly used in r9k to express hate against Normies, and its accompanied by the expression “REEEEEEEE” to signify hostility.

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Warhammer 40,000 (a.k.a. Warhammer 40K, WH40K or simply 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop^[1], set in a dystopian science fantasy universe of the 41st millennium.

History

The game was created by Rick Priestley and Andy Chambers in 1987 as the futuristic companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle, sharing many game mechanics. Expansions for Warhammer 40K are released from time to time which give rules for urban skirmishes, planetary siege, and large-scale combat. As of 2013, the game is at its sixth edition, which was published in 2012. The background and playing rules of the game’s factions are covered in the game’s rule books and supplemental army ‘Codexes’, along with articles in the Games Workshop magazines, White Dwarf^[2] and Imperial Armour^[3].

In Popular culture

The game has become widespread due to the fatalistic and bloody nature of the game, being the prime example of grimdark. It is common for such things as entire solar systems being eaten by evil gods, or daemons to consume the minds of psychic humans. The game is sometimes made fun of it’s nature, due to being so over the top.

The game has an expansive universe, prompting hundreds of books based on the universe, most notably by a company named Black Library^[4], and a fair share of video games, mostly made by Relic Entertainment^[5].

Presence Online

The franchise has a large presence on the Internet. There are many forums devoted to it including 40KForums^[8], DakkaDakka^[9], Warseer^[10], and 4chan’s /tg/ board. Over the years, tons of fanon have been created, from fan-created characters, to the entire chapters of Space Marines. There is a Wiki^[11] specifically dedicated to it. Much of the fanon can be found at 1d4chan^[12], which also details the lore behind the many factions of the series and discusses several strategies that players can employ. Fans of the franchise are traditionally very devoted, and huge amounts of fan fiction and fan art can be found in various sites, such as DeviantArt^[6].

Sub-memes

Metal Bawkses

“METALBAWKSES!” a catchphrase spawned from the video game “Dawn of War: Soulstorm”. It is said during an assault on the stronghold of the Blood Ravens chapter of Space Marines when playing the Chaos Space Marines. In a cutscene describing the Blood Raven’s use of “Rhino” Armored Transports, the Chaos Lord refers to them as “metal boxes”. However, due to the nature of Dawn of War voice acting, it is often spelled as it sounds: METALBAWKSES.

Spess Mehrens

Another voice acting joke from Dawn of War: Soulstorm, “SPESSMEHRENS” refers to the leader of the Blood Ravens chapter of Space Marines. When the stronghold of the team is attacked, a cutscene occurs in which the Force Commander, Indrick Boreale, delivers a “rousing” speech. However, because of the odd accent Boreale was given, his words come off oddly pronounced with unusual emphasis.

“Blood For The Blood God!”

“BLOODFORTHEBLOODGOD! SKULLSFORTHESKULLTHRONE!” is an extremely common battlecry amongst the Chaos Space Marines faction. The phrase roots itself at one of the Four Gods of Chaos, Khorne. Khorne is the God of War, Murder, Anger, Hate, and general Bloodshed, hence blood for the blood god. His private realm in the Warp is said to be filled with rivers of blood and that he sits upon a throne of skulls, made from all who die in battle, hence, Skulls For The Skull Throne.

Heresy

In the game, Humanity has come to worship The Emperor of Mankind, who led the Great Crusade to restore humanity to the stars, as a one true god. The violent nature of the universe, coupled with blind faith, has led to a church rule of mankind. As a result, Heresy and blasphemy are the worst crimes a person can commit. It is common for “Heretics” to be used as living fuel, burned alive, have their soul shredded, or as the case is on the battlefield, summarily executed.

Ursarkar E. Creed

Ursarkar E. Creed (more commonly known as Creed) is the leader of the Imperial forces of Cadia. He is known for having a unique rule called “Tactical Genius”. The rule allows him to infiltrate nearly any unit under the Scout-Special Rule. However, many of the things he can infiltrate make no logical sense, such as divisions of vehicles, Titans, and many other things. The cry “It must have taken some sort of tactical genius-CREEEEED!” comes from a combination of the name of the rule, along with a piece of fan fiction^[7].

Angry Marines

The Angry Marines are a popular custom army created by 4chan’s /tg/ (Traditional Games) board. The chapter members are known their red trimmed, bright yellow armor, unorthodox fighting style, and being constantly angry. Their battlecry is “ALWAYS ANGRY! ALLTHETIME!”. Lots of fanon have been created around this chapter^[13].

Other

• Just as Planned / Not as Planned– a phrase associated with everything being a plot by Tzeentch, which involves lots of dickery and nasty trolling.
• Drive Me Closer! I Want To Hit Them With My Sword!– originates from a picture of a Commissar in a Leman Russ Battle Tank holding his sword high, mocking the fact that in a setting with tanks and machine guns, people still try to charge the enemy to hit them with a sword
• The Emperor Protects– a popular quote, showing The Emperor’s godlike authority in the Imperium.
• More Dakka– “Dakka” is an Ork term for high rate of fire. Often used in pictures with gigantic rapid-fire weapons.
• WAAAGH!– the Ork word for war. Its a word that in order to say properly must be shouted. The word gains more power the more orks shout it.
• Red Ones Go Fasta!– Orks have a strong belief that a red vehicle moves faster than one that isn’t. This being Orks, this is true for them. It is considered comedic because it doesn’t make logical sense.
• Thin Your Paints– an advice to novice painters to avoid obscuring model details with globs of paint. A formulation of 60-66% paint 40-33% water is optimal.
• Extra Heretical– often aimed at an example of extreme heresy.
• “Ere we go, ’ere we go, ’ere we go!”– can often be heard at Warhammer 40,000 tournaments, particularly when an Ork player is doing well, but also as a sort of general rallying cry for the entire hobby.
• Matt Ward– One of the codex writers for 40K. His codexes are infamously known to be broken in the metagame due to ludicrously overpowered rulesets and bastardization of lore.
• Bloody Magpies– a fan nickname for Blood Ravens, who have a reputation of stealing (getting “gifted”) various wargear, relics and anything that isn’t bolted down.
• Abaddon the Armless Failure / Failbaddon– started from a picture of Abaddon’s miniature with its arm parts missing and the fact that he started 13 black crusades and still hasn’t managed to destroy the Imperium.
• Exterminatus– Similar to “HERESY!” or “Orbital bombardment: It’s the only way to be sure.”. It’s a reaction image/phrase to signify one’s extreme hate or dislike to something that you want it destroyed and obliterated from the face of the planet.

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The Nutshack is an American animated sitcom which aired on Myx TV in the United States and Myx in the Philippines. The first animated series geared towards a Filipino American audience, the show received negative reception and is known for its poor quality, juvenile humor, and repetitive theme song. The show gained a minor recognition after the end of GiIvasunnerARG,^[4] along with an ironic fandom after the ARG.

History

The Nutshack was created by Ramon Lopez & Jesse Hernandez. It was the first animated televsion series aimed at a Filipino-American audience. It first aired in 2007, with its second season airing in 2011. The show follows Filipino American San Francisco native Phil, whose cousin Jack flies in from the Philippines to live with him in the Tenderloin district of the city.^[1]

Reception

The show received negative reviews from critics and is widely considered the worst animated series ever produced, with a 1.4/10 rating on iMDB from 101 users. Many online reviewers such as Pan-Pizza and The Mysterious Mr. Enter have voiced their disapproval of the show, with the latter describing it as the worst cartoon of the 2000s.^[3]

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The Nutshack Theme

The Nutshack Theme refers to edits of and videos that use clips from the Nutshack’s opening theme. They often are word replacement remixes, videos where certain words or other aspects of a video are replaced with other things.

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Pokémon GO is an augmented reality game for mobile devices developed and published by Niantic in which the player can capture, train and battle digital avatars of Pokémon characters in real-world locations using a GPS-enabled and camera-equipped smartphone. Upon its release in July 2016, Pokémon GO quickly became one of the most downloaded mobile apps to be ever released.

History

The concept for the game was originally conceived by Satoru Iwata of Nintendo and Tsunekazu Ishihara of The Pokémon Company as an April Fools’ Day collaboration with Google Maps^[8], which released a Pokémon-themed easter egg update for its mobile app under the name “Pokemon Challenge” on April 1st, 2014. The limited time-only feature allowed Google Maps users to track and capture virtual Pokémon characters using the smartphone’s GPS technology.

Release

On July 6th, 2016, Pokémon GO was officially released for iPhone and Android device users in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, followed by its release across Canada and Europe between July 13th and July 17th (with the exception of France) and in Japan on July 22nd. The game was made available in France on July 24th, followed by Hong Kong on July 25th.

Official Teams

During the San Diego Comic-Con held on July 24th, 2016, Niantic Labs introduced the three leaders for the Pokémon GO teams: For Team Valor, the character Candela was revealed, who is depicted wearing a white jacket with red accents (shown below, left); for Team Mystic, a character named Blanche wearing a blue trenchcoat was announced (shown below, middle); for Team Instinct, the character Spark was unveiled, wearing a gold-colored hoodie and black jacket (shown below, right).

Immediately after they were announced, various fan illustrations of the characters began appearing on Twitter and Tumblr (shown below). In many of the depictions, Candela and Blanche are often shown as a mature pairing, while Spark is portrayed as an obnoxious meme enthusiast. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the online reaction to the team leaders, including Kotaku,^[31] Dorkly^[32] and The Verge.^[33]

Reception

Pre-release

On September 9th, 2015, the The Official Pokémon Channel YouTube channel released a trailer for Pokémon GO, featuring live-action footage of young people interacting with augmented reality Pokémon characters with their mobile devices (shown below). Within one week, the video gained over 13.6 million views.

It was revealed that the game was slated for release in 2016 along with the Pokémon Go Plus, a wearable device that connects to a smart phone using Bluetooth and sends notifications when a virtual Pokémon is nearby.

The same day, several posts about the announcement trailer reached the front page of Reddit, including submissions on the /r/pokemon,^[1] /r/android^[2] and /r/gaming^[3] subreddits. On September 10th, a 4chan user replied to a thread about the game joking about threatening kids with violence to obtain their rare Pokémon (shown below). That day, a screenshot of the reply was posted in the /r/pokemon^[6] subreddit, where it received upwards of 5,400 votes (96% upvoted) in the first six days.

On September 14th, Tumblr user delacroix911^[5] posted a web comic in which a Pokémon Go player battles Pope Francis at the Vatican in Italy for the Pokémon Arceus (shown below). That day, Redditor Doomherald3000 reposted the comic on the /r/pokemon^[4] subreddit. Within 48 hours, the Tumblr post gathered more than 42,600 notes and the Reddit post received over 5,100 votes (94% upvoted).

Release

Within the first 24 hours of its release, Pokémon GO topped the “top grossing” and “free” mobile app charts on Apple’s App Store, while Google estimated that the Android version of the game was downloaded between 50,000 and 100,000 times. Meanwhile, the mobile game itself has been largely met with lukewarm reviews from the fans of the Pokémon video game franchise, with the users of Nintendo Life giving it an average score of 6.6 out of 10 and a Metacritic rating of 5.7 out of 10 based on 26 user reviews. By July 11th, five days after its release, the Android version of the mobile game app had been downloaded more times than popular online dating app Tinder, while its daily active users had measured up to par with that of Twitter, according to web analytics firm SimilarWeb. Within one week of release, the game became the most downloaded app of all time on Apple’s App Store, with over 10 million downloads. By July 26th, the game had been downloaded an estimated 75 million times worldwide and generated upwards of $75 million, with approximately $1.6 million per day from iOS users.^[34]

Technical Issues

Due to the sudden and massive influx of people attempting to download and play the game at the same, the launch of the game was also marred by several technical issues, including login problems, server outages, in-game glitches, heavy battery usage and unexplained crashes, which led many users to take their grievances to the social media.

Commercial Impact

A day after the game’s release on July 7th, Nintendo’s share price rose 10%, and continued to 50% by the following week. By July 22nd, Nintendo had accumulated $17.6 billion in market capitalization. That day, Nintendo released a statement^[35] pointing out that they did not make or own Pokémon Go, and that the game was “developed and distributed by Niantic, Inc.” Following the release of the statement, Nintendo’s share prices dropped 17%.^[36]

Fandom

Professor Willow

That day, many internet users began posting about the in-game character Professor Willow, with many noting that they found him physically attractive (shown below). Additionally, the tech news blog The Verge^[13] published an article titled “Who is Pokémon Go’s Professor Willow and why is he such a daddy?”

In-Game Screenshots

Meanwhile, Redditor ReallyBadCafe posted an in-game screenshot of a Magikarp found on a frying pan in a kitchen in Pokémon GO to the /r/pokemon^[12] subreddit (shown below, left). On July 7th, Redditor kbzero submitted a screenshot of a Diglett Pokémon rising out of a toilet in the game’s augmented reality viewfinder to /r/pokemon^[10] (shown below, middle). Meanwhile, Redditor wastedjoel posted a picture of the Pokemon Gastly discovered in a hospital room in the game to /r/funny^[11] (shown below, right).

DABIRDINDANORF

DABIRDINDANORF, also known as The Bird in the North, is a catchphrase used by some members of the Pokémon GO Mystic team to identify each others. The slogan originated from a crossover ode to the Game of Thrones and Pokémon universes on Reddit’s /r/PokemonGo community in July 2016.

Controversies

Public Safety

The real-life exploratory nature of the game has also raised some safety concerns and incidents in various regions.

• On launch day, a Northern Territory police station in Australia issued a statement via its Facebook page advising the public that players do not need to enter the Darwin Police Station in order to capture the Pokemon stationed near the site.

Incidents

• On July 8th, Shayla Wiggins, a 19-year-old teenager and resident of Riverton, Wyoming, inadvertently discovered a dead body floating in a river while using the app to try to catch a Water-type Pokémon, prompting a local police investigation.

• On July 9th, Gabriel Loyola, a resident of Holland Township, Michigan, found a female driver unconscious behind the wheels at a cross section while playing Pokemon Go on his smartphone in the area. Upon arriving at the scene, the police investigators arrested the woman in the car after determining that she had passed out in the car under the influence of alcohol.

• On July 10th, four Missouri teenagers ranging from age 16 to 18 were arrested by police in St. Louis on charges of robbery for allegedly using the game’s “beacon” feature to lure in unsuspecting Pokemon Go players to a specific location

• On July 11th, a Virginia woman filed a police report after three male teenagers on bicycle stole her cell phone while she was playing Pokemon GO.

• On July 12th, several University of Maryland students were robbed by an unknown assailant while playing the game, prompting the University of Maryland Police Department to issue a public statement with a list of safety tips for the campus residents.

• On July 13th, two men in their early 20s were rescued by firefighters after falling from a sandstone bluff while playing the game in Encinitas, California. According to San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, they had crossed over a fence in order to capture a Pokemon near the edge of the cliff, unaware of the signs that said “No Trespassing” and “Do Not Cross.”

• On July 13th, David Wallace and his friend were robbed and carjacked at gunpoint while driving around after work to play the game near Lone Oak Park in Antelope, California. According to the local news reports, the gunman took their cellphones, cash and fled the scene in Wallace’s SUV.

• On July 16th, two teenagers were shot at by a 37-year old man after being mistaken for burglars while driving around a residential neighborhood to play the game after midnight in Palm Coast, Florida. According to the police, the man decided to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked right outside of his home at around 1:30 a.m., and upon confronting them with a gun, the teenagers fled the scene, at which point he fired several rounds at the vehicle.

Terms of Service

On July 14th, The Consumerist^[18] reported on the app’s terms of service (ToS), which includes a clause stating that the user gives up any right to sue Niantic Labs or to take part in a class action lawsuit for any reason. As the article writes, in cases like a large data breach where many people would have reason to mount a lawsuit “rather than have to answer for the totality of the error, the company would only have to face those few users who take the time -- and have the resources -- to bring a case before an arbitrator.” Users may opt out of the arbitration clause, but must do so by direct email within 30 days of creating their account.^[19]

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About

9gag is a meme-sharing website set in Hong Kong but hosted in the United States. It was launched in 2008. The site’s content is mainly a common repetition of many popular memes; most commonly rage comics. The site uses the same style of image sharing that sites such as 4chan, reddit, and Funnyjunk do, but allows people to post with their Facebook accounts, and has a “like” system (similar to those found on reddit and Funnyjunk) on individual posts. 9gag is infamous on the Internet due to allegations of stealing content from other sites. It is also known as being a scapegoat for the various escapades of /b/ and Anonymous, similar to Ebaumsworld.

The 9 Rules of 9GAG

There are certain rules 9GAG strictly enforces which resemble both “The Rules of the Internet” and forum rules.
1. 9GAG is just for FUN.
2. 9GAG is JUST for fun.
3. Get Involved.
4. If you’re funny, you get Likes.
5. Play Nice.
6. Respect originality and creativity.
7. Moderate your content.
8. No repost.
9. Report Abuse.

Traffic

9gag “Memes”

9gaggers, in response to allegations that their site only steals existing memes, have begun an effort to bring their own memes to light. The main three are: Sad Frogman / Sad Bear Guy,The name is: Tadá! and If you know what I mean, Mr. Bean. These are for the most part only used on 9gag, although they have seen some spread beyond it via Facebook.

Feud with 4chan

In late 2011, 9gag came into conflict with users of 4chan. The conflict was provoked by 9gag users claiming to be the creators of memes originating on 4chan. 9gaggers also began referring to themselves as a “legion”, which was a blatant copy of Anonymous. The noticeable watermark at the bottom of every image taken from 9gag was also a factor, as it implied that 9gag had created the image.

Operation: 9gag

On December 21st, 2011 4chan members, furious over 9gag’s antics, planned a raid on the website. The planned raid included the posting of gore, porn and other such materials to the newest uploads section of the website, while another team was to perform DDoS attacks on the web server. 9gag, hearing of the attack, was quick to retaliate, forming what they called “The 9gag army”. They responded to 4chan’s threat with the following message: “The 9gag army is coming for you 4chan.” This only further angered the 4chan members. Many threads appeared on /b/ to spur on the operation. On 9gag, multiple posts went up in defense of themselves.

Operation Deepthroat

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On December 20th, 2011, one day before the raid, 4chan members launched another op, known as Operation Deepthroat. The operation was to be a three part take down plan, involving some of the largest memetic sites on the internet: reddit, tumblr, and funnyjunk. Within hours, the message had been spread all across the 4 participating websites.

The Raid

On December 20th, the raid officially started. Hundreds of fake accounts took to the newest uploads section, uploading gore and pornography, some of it involving children. Each entry was quickly downvoted, and then removed by the moderators. However, for as fast as the moderators could work, posts continued to fill up the newest uploads page, until they ultimately had to shut down all site services, including voting, new account creation, commenting, submitting content, and viewing the newest uploads. This period of high alert lasted for over 40 hours, well into the specified raid day.
Meanwhile, as the spam raid continued, the clock had struck midnight on the 20th, signaling the beginning of the DDoS attacks. The attacks had already begun earlier on the 20th, but not to full effect. Within hours, 9gag was knocked offline in some areas, for unknown amounts of time. For several locations, 9gag was unreachable, and in other places, unusably slow. However, many servers continued to function, preventing the massive black-out the op had intended.

9gag’s Retaliation

Nearly a day before the 4chan raid, 9gag had discovered their intentions through several posts that had surfaced on the website’s “Hot page”. The posts were in fact, set up by 4chan users, in an attempt to confuse 9gaggers. One such post was apparently written by a 4chan member acting as a 9gag member, inciting a DDoS attack on 4chan. However, the coordinates given to them were actually 9gag’s. Unaware of this, 9gag members fired upon the given coordinates, and DDoS’d themselves. Due to the servers’ massive capacity, little effect was had. 9gag, having discovered their mistake, launched a DDoS attack on 4chan’s main page, shutting it down for a small amount of time.

While the homepage was down, all the boards continued to function, allowing for continued raid coordination.

Cyber-Bully Attack

In early January 2012, users of 4chan attacked memorial pages dedicated to a 15 year old suicide victim, and promptly blamed 9gag. The trolls posted offensive and mocking materials to the page, bringing 9gag under fire from the family. This was the first instance of 4chan blaming 9gag for doing insensitive things, and was not the last.

The German Burger Contest

On January 16th, 9gag user schierer posted a picture to try to gain votes for a “9gag burger” that he had created for the McDonald’s burger contest. The 9gag burger quickly gained around 32,000 votes, putting it in first place by nearly 29,000 votes. Not to be out done, 4chan users concocted their own burger, named after moot, 4chan’s creator. The McMoot fell far behind the Mc9gag in its early stages. However, a Twitter user by the name of Matheusavs28 created a votescript for 4chan to use. Within days, the McMoot had surpassed the Mc9gag by well over 100,000 votes. The contest clearly stated that the top 20 burgers would be chosen and then tested, so for 4chan to insure dominance, they created 20 new burgers. Each burger surpassed the 9gag burger by about 20-30 thousand votes.

Batman Shooting Hoax

On July 19, 2012, during a premier of the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Night trilogy, a gunman burst into a theater, firing into the crowd and killing 14 people. Soon after the attack, reports surfaced that the man had posted about the attack some weeks prior on 9gag, and that 9gag users had egged the poster on. The image that circulated has been confirmed as a fake, and the rumor was spread by /b/tards and other anti-9gaggers.

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About

Everybody Walk The Dinosaur is a copypasta meme originating from 4chan. The point of it is to be telling a really raunchy or interesting story and then abruptly end it with “OPENTHEDOOR / GET ON THEFLOOR /EVERYBODYWALKTHEDINOSAUR.” Thus, the expectant reader is trolled by the lack of a climax to what could have been full of win. The preceding lines are the (incredibly catchy)[citation needed] chorus of the song “Walk the Dinosaur” by the band Was (Not Was). A number of other artists have done covers of the song, the most notable of which are by George Clinton for the Super Mario Bros movie and Queen Latifah for Ice Age 3. It is possible that this is one of the reasons that this phrase became so popular. It is not used as much nowadays but was once feared as much as the dreaded Bel Air.

Origin

“Walk the Dinosaur” is a hit single recorded and released by the band Was (Not Was) in 1987, later featured on What Up, Dog?, their hit 1988 album. The song peaked at the position of #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In 2009, the animated movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs featured a cover version sung by Queen Latifah^[1], who was the voice actor of the mammoth Ellie. However, Queen Latifah’s cover for the movie never made it onto the official soundtrack.^[2]

Search Interest

Google Trends show a rise in popularity starting shortly before 2010, which after Ice Age 3, let the song’s popularity grow, eventually reaching 4chan and turning into a

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External References

^[1]Wikipedia – Ice Age

^[2]Wikipedia – Ice Age Soundtracks

About

Blue Whale Challenge, also known as the Blue Whale suicide game, is an online game in which participants are purportedly assigned a curator who provides various acts of self harm to be committed over the course of 50 days. On the final day, participants are urged to win the game by committing suicide. While over 100 teen suicides have reportedly been linked to the game, no direct evidence has been found.

Origin

On May 17th, 2016, the Russian news site RT^[7] reported that groups on the Russian social network VK were linked to “130 teen suicides in Russia” (shown below).

Spread

On November 16th, 2016, the Russian news site RBTH^[8] reported that a VK group administrator had been detained by police for urging children to commit suicide. On February 20th, 2017, YouTuber Sasho Panchuk uploaded a video titled “The guy plays Blue Whale jump from roof,” in which a Russian teenager pretends to jump off a roof (shown below).

On February 21st, the news site RadioFreeEurope^[9] published an article, reporting that the “Blue Whale” suicide game had become a “shadowy online phenomenon” across Russia and Central Asian countries. On February 27th, The Sun reported that police were investigating the deaths of Russian teenagers Yulia Konstantinova and Veronika Volkova (shown below, right), who were suspected of committing suicide after communicating with a “sinister social media group.” That day, Snopes^[10] published an article, labeling the claim that the “Blue Whale” game was “responsible for more than 130 in Russia” as “unproven.”

On March 3rd, The Sun^[4] reported that the Blue Whale “suicide game” was linked to 130 teen deaths in Russia. That day, YouTuber Fame Magazine released a video about the Blue Whale game (shown below). On March 6th, The Sun^[2] published a follow-up article about the challenge, On March 6th, Redditor -WATAFAK- submitted a post asking “What are the exact 50 challenges in the ‘blue whale challenge’?” to /r/morbidquestions,^[1] to which Redditor jeanclauder replied with a translated list from a game.

That day, Redditor Normalguy112 submitted a post asking “What is the blue whale game?” to /r/OutOfTheLoop,^[5] where it gathered upwards of 1,600 points (89% upvoted) and 300 comments within 24 hours. In the comments section, many Redditors expressed skepticism, speculating that the game may be a viral hoax. The following day, the Australian news site News.com.au^[6] published an article reporting that the Russian police investigation of the suicide game.

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“Eyebrows on Fleek” is a memorable quote uttered by Viner Peaches Monroe in a selfie video to show off her stylishly groomed eyebrows.

Origin

On June 21st, 2014, Viner Peaches Monroee uploaded a video in which she speaks to the camera while sitting in a car and announces that her eyebrows are “on fleek” (shown below). In the first five months, the video gained over 20 million plays, 492,000 likes and 411,000 revines.

“We in this bitch. Finna get crunk. Eyebrows on fleek. Da fuq.”

Etymology

The earliest known definition of the term “fleek” was submitted by Urban Dictionary user Dan Blue on October 2nd, 2003, defining the term as “smooth, nice, sweet.” On December 1st, 2009, Urban Dictionary^[7] user Alycyn submitted another entry for “fleek,” defining it as a synonym for “awesome.”

Spread

The following day, Peaches Monroee uploaded a new Vine in which she yells “My eyebrows on fleek bitch!” (shown below).

On July 29th, YouTuber^[1] Kevin Gadsden Jr. reuploaded the original “eyebrows on fleek” video, which received upwards of 1.1 million views and 1,000 comments in the next four months. On August 17th, 2014, Viner Ariana Slays uploaded a clip of singer Ariana Grande with a musical rendition of Peaches Monroee’s video dubbed over the original audio (shown below). In one month, the video gathered more than 83,000 likes and 49,000 revines.

On September 9th, the Ariana Slays Vine was listed as one of the “25 Best Vines of Summer 2014” by Complex.^[2] On October 21st, the International House of Pancakes Twitter^[4] feed tweeted the phrase “Pancakes on fleek,” which accumulated over 27,300 retweets and 18,500 favorites in the next three weeks (shown below).

On November 4th, model Kim Kardashian posted a photograph of herself with bleached eyebrows on Instagram^[5] with the hashtag “#EyebrowsOnFleek” (shown below). On November 5th, the shopping blog Racked^[3] published an article about the spread of the “eyebrows on fleek” meme.

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Shooting Stars is a song by Australian electronic duo Bag Raiders first released in 2008, then again in 2009 as a single. Several years after its release, the song began appearing in remix videos employing a synthwave aesthetic, particularly of people falling.

Origin

“Shooting Stars” was originally released as the B-side to Bag Raiders’ “Turbo Love” EP in 2008,^[2] and made its first appearance on YouTube on October 1st, 2008 when an instrumental version was played in a game of Audiosurf (shown below).

Bag Raiders released “Shooting Stars” in as a single in 2009, which would later be put on their self-titled album in 2010. The song peaked at number 62 on the ARIA singles chart. On July 22nd, 2009, Modular People uploaded the song’s video to YouTube. The video, shown below, is heavily influenced by retro synthwave aesthetics. It has over 13 million views.

After the song was used by Australia’s Got Talent in 2013, the song shot into the Top 40.^[1]

Spread

The first known use of the track in a meme context was of a crude animation uploaded to YouTube by Glaceygirl on December 29th, 2015 (shown below).

The track appeared in some less popular YouTube mixes until July of 2016, when it began gaining more traction. On July 30th, 2016, the track was paired with a video of CGI gorillas dancing as a parody tribute to Harambe and uploaded to YouTube by TheN00bNinja. It has gained over 150,000 views as of February 2017 (shown below).

After that, the song grew more established as a meme, appearing in several popular remixes before spiking in popularity in late January 2017 following an upload by All Ski Casino on the 23rd that paired the song with a video of a fat man diving (shown below). That video gained over 530,000 views and gained over 1,600 upvoted on /r/videos^[3] the same day.

This started a trend of videos where the song is paired with footage of people falling edited to look as though they are falling through space.

Bag Raiders’ Response

On February 14th, 2017, Pedestrian.tv^[4] interviewed Bag Raiders on the spread of the meme. The duo said they found the meme amusing, though are unsure what caused the sudden meme-spread of their song. They also described being “chuffed” that the meme exposed the song to so many people who would have otherwise never heard it. Some of the favorites they mentioned include a video that pairs the song with Lady Gaga’s Halftime Show.

Various Examples

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The Super S Stussy or simply “Super S” or “Stussy” is a symbol consisting of 14 lines that forms a stylized “S”. The symbol is typically drawn by children, usually on notebook paper during school hours.

Origin

It is unclear when or where the symbol originated, but many believe it is based off a logo for Stussy^[1], a clothing company based in Irvine, California. However, others question that claim since there’s no irrefutable evidence that the symbol ever appeared on any of Stussy’s clothing lines and the symbol itself is believed to date back as far as the late 1950’s. Some believe the symbol was created by unknown graffiti artists in the past.

Spread

The Super S symbol became very popular in the 1980’s and 1990’s, and is considered a staple of the latter decade among those who grew up in that time period. However, many schools didn’t like students drawing the symbol and some schools would later ban it all together, usually in the belief that it was associated with gangs and was an distraction in class. To this day, the “Super S” can be seen drawn on notebook paper by children.

Notable Examples

Internet Spread

• Reddit post on January 7th, 2011
• Reddit post on February 16th, 2011

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