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The year 2011 saw the web become the great democratic tool it's always had the potential to be. That does not, however, mean it stopped doing what it's best at: providing us hours of meaningless entertainment with meme, after meme, after meme.And while nothing in 2011 was able to unseat the cat as the king of the internet, more than a few put up a spirited fight for that top position. So here you go: some of the ...
Early this month, a bunch of kids in Queensland, Australia, created a Facebook fan page called "Sneaky Hat". The original page has since been taken down, but it has quickly been replaced with alternatives such as this one. If you thought Planking or HorseManing were weird, I have to warn you that clicking on a Sneaky Hat link while at work may be somewhat risky.The new photo fad started with young men taking photographs of themselves naked except for ...
Almost better than any film adaption of a comic book, is the anticipation built up from the viral campaigns which leak out from the silver tap of Hollywood.The internet has become a bridge which connects the public to their childhood memories and marketing agencies are quick to pounce on our nostalgia in the form of videos, online games and interactive websites which slowly reveal the next major blockbuster. In the past decade, the internet has assisted in marketing the ...
Remember when that "Friday" music video by Rebecca Black hit YouTube? It somehow seemed to plague the Suggestions list for any video you decided to watch. Personally, I have never been a huge fan of popular music, so it really used to annoy me. Certainly it annoyed lots of other people as well, and the parodies came in their hundreds. Somewhere in that video was an awkward girl with braces, dressed in pink, who seemed to catch everyone's attention. Yep, ...
The internet has been called many things, from "democracy's greatest tool" to the "greatest place for free speech". However, when you Google "internet's greatest" and it auto-completes to "invention of all time", netizens know what the internet is truly great at -- it's also a great waster of time.While social networks, celebrity gossip sites or -- if you feel yourself to be a little more cerebrally gifted -- news parody sites are arguably the greatest sources of countless man-hours ...
Ahh, it's love day. The traditional way of saying I love you is highly overrated. Roses are overdone, chocolates don't actually seem special anymore. Geeks out there need better ways of expressing their unique geek loves and today, when you need it the most, we have five new ways to do Valentine's.The Twitter way: Get your geek trending What better way to let your geek know that she or he is the center of your geekverse and the only person more ...
Who is the biggest internet star of 2011 so far? Lady Gaga? Eminem? Wrong. It's a fat, cross-eyed opossum from the Leipzig Zoo called Heidi. Check back through your forecasts by leading pundits about trends in 2011. I bet none of them saw that coming.But with over 180 000 Facebook fans and a hit song on YouTube, Heidi is a veritable internet sensation. Her quirky, delightful appearance makes her instantly endearing and unforgettable. And the fact that she is ...
Culture defines an era and the internet is our time’s Rosetta Blog. While the cultural touchstones might be ephemeral and fleeting, we have to realise and appreciate the journey that brought us here. An insignificant event or idea can gradually evolve into a complicated and awesome product that needs to be recognised. We need to embrace the year for what it has given us and Memeburn is proud to bring you (in no particular order) the Best Memes ...
A video clip has surfaced on YouTube showing former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan being recorded for a television interview.Vaughan represented England and Yorkshire, and was known for his shrewd captaincy and man-management skills. He captained England in 51 Tests between 2003 and 2008, winning 26 (a national record) and losing 11.The clip which has surfaced begins midway through a question where the interviewer says to Vaughan: "You must be a man split in two by this principle?"Vaughan takes ...
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