Posts tagged: meme
NPR’s All Things Considered spoke with Richard Dawkins today about internet memes and apparently showed him an episode of Know Your Meme to which he replied:
But if you listen to the audio post, they edited it down to “Interesting.” You know how the media is. Click here to listen to the audio post.
They also spoke with Ben Huh of I Can Haz Cheezburger who talks to them about Standing Cat, Double Rainbow, and Rickroll. Oh btw, according to NPR’s article, Ben invented ‘LolCats’ …which is probably like LOLcats but celebrated on Punday.
This is a great recap of the Antoine Dodson meme. Through media savvy, Antoine was able to turn a really awful event into a positive opportunity. He gets my vote for Internet personality of the year, hands down. Huge props to the Gregory Brothers for tracking him down and sharing their iTunes revenue with him. Also, if you haven’t seen it, check out the marching band version of the Bed Intruder song— a cover of a remix of a local newscast. Goddamn I love the Internet!
Internet scientist Elspethjane investigates the tale of Antoine Dodson, a college student from Huntsville, Alabama who became an overnight celebrity after giving a passionate TV interview in defense of his sister after she was assaulted in her bedroom.
