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isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=61540</guid> <description><![CDATA[You could sense a nervous tingle as North Korea announced plans to send a rocket into space. Was it real, or just a front for deploying intercontinental nuclear missiles? Then one of the world’s most isolated nations invited foreign press in for the launch. It was hoping to show off in a big way. It [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/04/north-koreas-rocket-fails-the-memes-roll-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kony 2012: Cause célèbre to internet meme</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/kony-2012-cause-celebre-to-internet-meme/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/kony-2012-cause-celebre-to-internet-meme/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:35:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stuart Thomas: Staff reporter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kony 2012]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=57897</guid> <description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing the internet does really well, it’s compressing a serious issue into a captioned picture. The Stop Kony 2012 campaign is a case in point. The campaign gave new meaning to the word viral, with Jason Russell’s documentary getting over 30-million views across Vimeo and YouTube in just two days. Then came [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2012/03/kony-2012-cause-celebre-to-internet-meme/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Memorable memes of 2011</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/some-of-the-most-memorable-memes-of-2011/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/some-of-the-most-memorable-memes-of-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:15:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mvelase Peppetta</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=51307</guid> <description><![CDATA[The year 2011 saw the web become the great democratic tool it&#8217;s always had the potential to be. That does not, however, mean it stopped doing what it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/some-of-the-most-memorable-memes-of-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is the Sneaky Hat meme something we need to worry about?</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/is-the-sneaky-hat-meme-something-we-need-to-worry-about/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/is-the-sneaky-hat-meme-something-we-need-to-worry-about/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:30:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rowan Puttergill: Columnist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social networking]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=47900</guid> <description><![CDATA[Early this month, a bunch of kids in Queensland, Australia, created a Facebook fan page called &#8220;Sneaky Hat&#8221;. 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/is-the-sneaky-hat-meme-something-we-need-to-worry-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>8 comic book movie viral campaigns that rocked</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/08/8-comic-book-movie-virals/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/08/8-comic-book-movie-virals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:30:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Batman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[captain america]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Comic book films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cowboys and Aliens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green lantern]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hellboy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iron man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kick ass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[viral marketing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=36043</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/08/8-comic-book-movie-virals/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What to do if you become an internet meme</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/what-to-do-if-you-become-an-internet-meme-2/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/what-to-do-if-you-become-an-internet-meme-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:45:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rowan Puttergill: Columnist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Friday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rebecca Black]]></category> <category><![CDATA[That Girl in Pink]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=34092</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember when that &#8220;Friday&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/07/what-to-do-if-you-become-an-internet-meme-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Seven iconic internet memes of all time: Dancing baby to Chuck Norris</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/05/seven-iconic-internet-memes-of-all-time-dancing-baby-to-chuck-norris/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/05/seven-iconic-internet-memes-of-all-time-dancing-baby-to-chuck-norris/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 04:45:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mvelase Peppetta</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[4chan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[All Your base Are Belong To Us]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ally McBeal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chuck Norris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conan O'Brien]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dancing baby]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flash mobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flashmob]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LOLcat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rick Astley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RickRoll]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=29057</guid> <description><![CDATA[The internet has been called many things, from &#8220;democracy&#8217;s greatest tool&#8221; to the &#8220;greatest place for free speech&#8221;. However, when you Google &#8220;internet&#8217;s greatest&#8221; and it auto-completes to &#8220;invention of all time&#8221;, netizens know what the internet is truly great at &#8212; it&#8217;s also a great waster of time. While social networks, celebrity gossip sites [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/05/seven-iconic-internet-memes-of-all-time-dancing-baby-to-chuck-norris/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meme list: From Rebecca Black to Casey Heynes parodies</title><link>http://memeburn.com/2011/03/meme-list-from-rebecca-black-to-casey-haynes-parodies/</link> <comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/03/meme-list-from-rebecca-black-to-casey-haynes-parodies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:46:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Uzair Parker: Staff reporter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Memes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Casey Heynes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlie Sheen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Friday song]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jennifer Aniston]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rebecca Black]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smart water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viral videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://memeburn.com/?p=24574</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a fun week for memes with budding pop stars sensationalising the inner workings of the teenage mind on a Friday, to a bullied schoolkid unleashing a motherload of fury against his assailant with some signature Streetfighter moves, to blocking Charlie Sheen &#8211; because frankly, we&#8217;ve had enough of Charlie Sheen, tiger blood or not. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://memeburn.com/2011/03/meme-list-from-rebecca-black-to-casey-haynes-parodies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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