Frustrating for gamers, traumatizing for the characters.
The Glitch
RandomMan Recommends: Slam Remixes
Presenting the Know Your Meme mods’ favorite memes!
RandomMan says: “From video game BGMs to opening themes for TV shows, the Quad City DJs have challenged them all. Often accompanied by a smiling picture of retired NBA player Charles Barkley, this theme song from the 1996 family film Space Jam has the power to turn almost any song into something better.”
Watch the World Burn: Paint Edition
What kind of sick mind could think of such a thing?
Stubborn Football Fan Pigeon
During the Chiefs/Raiders game on Sunday, a pigeon walked on to the field and hung out for most of the quarter, sneaking into huddles and plays. He was escorted off the field during halftime to the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird.”
Gmask
This image scrambling software developed in 1996 for Windows95 has been used in online forums and imageboards to censor NSFW pictures and to create puzzle games for other members to solve.
2012: What Brought Us Together
YouTuber Jean-Louis Nguyen uploaded this montage of notable events that brought the world together in 2012.
Mona Recommends: Mikudayo
Presenting the Know Your Meme mods’ favorite memes!
Mona_JPN says: “This whacky ‘Nendoroid-style’ caricature of Hatsune Miku has come a long way from being the laughing stock of the Vocaloid community to now an officially licensed character in the franchise, thanks to the playful imagination of Japanese internet users.”
Sophisticated Pedobear
Looks like Pedobear will be upgrading from an unmarked white van.
Assumptions in Forced Perspective
British psychologist and YouTube illusionist Richard Wiseman bends our depth perception with this short video shot in forced perspective.
Ola K Ase
This Spanish catchphrase is a play on the Spanish expression “Hola Que Hace,” which literally means “Hi, What are you doing?" It has been adopted as an image macro series similar to Whatcha Thinkin’ Bout?
Tragedy and Video Game Violence
YouTuber TotalBiscuit provides a critique on the way mainstream media frames school shootings, which tend to focus on glorifying the attacker and blaming video games for the violence.
Best Memes of 2012: Editorial Choices
Your shipment of the year in review is finally here, available in editorial and community editions!
The Walking Dumb (Ways to Die)
Poor zombies. They’re just trying to get by like the rest of us. This parody mashup of The Walking Dead and Dumb Ways to Die was created by Eddie King and Tyler Marshall (Teddie Films).
Best Memes of 2012: Community Choices
Check out the results from our “Best Meme of 2012” community poll!
December 21st: 'Murica Edition
How ’Murica responds to being told it is already December 21st in Australia.
This Is The End
Just in time for the Mayan doomsday prophecy, here’s the first look at the upcoming comedy action film The End of the World starring an ensemble cast of James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Craig Robinson and Emma Watson.
December 21st is Almost Here
In preparation for tomorrow’s apocalypse, people have been taking Mayan-themed vacations, frantically emailing NASA, closing down schools and building steel and fiberglass escape pods.
GVSU Graduation Surprise
Grand Valley State University graduates were asked to write phonetic pronunciations of hard to pronounce names on cards for the ceremony’s announcers. A student named Kelsey Elise had a better plan.
Google Search Interest in "Gun Control"
The Demand a Plan campaign released a graph showing the change in Google search query volume for the phrase “gun control” over the past six years, which shows a rather drastic spike following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Daym Drops Reviews the McRib
Fast food critic Daym Drops, best known for his songified Five Guys Review, feasts on this year’s McRib for your viewing pleasure.