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Memes in 2010: Double Rainbow
Nature Can Be Overwhelming In early January, Paul Vasquez stepped out of his home near Yosemite National Park and saw two well-formed rainbows clearly visible across the sky. The majestic sight of...
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Memes in 2010: Downfall
The Downfall Meme Hitler’s Downfall is a series of subtitled parodies based on a pinnacle scene from Der Untergang (2004), a German drama revisiting the last ten days of Adolf Hitler’s life and...
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Memes in 2010: Antoine Dodson
From Local News to Viral Video: Antoine Dodson Antoine Dodson is a Huntsville, Alabama resident who became an overnight internet sensation in late July after briefly appearing in a local news report...
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KYM Sculpture Contest: Results!
Honorable Mentions Before we introduce the honorable mentions of top-quality submissions, we’d like to add a note that the judging process for this contest was quite a challenge, due to the overall...
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Wired Mag: Patton Oswalt Talks about Etewaf
cover image by Ryan Russell (Wired) Nerd Alert! Otaku-zation of Popular Culture If you have a few minutes for a quality read on the current state of geek culture, check out American stand-up comic...
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Close Eyes, Draw a Batman
Heyoooooo, It’s the end of another week and things are winding down here over at KYM HQ, so we took a minute out of meme research to jump on KYM forum’s favorite thread, Close Eyes & Draw a Batman:...
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Internet God: Nic Cage
About the Actor From Top Left: Moonstruck, Family Man, Lieutenant Bad, Adaptation, National Treasure, Face/Off Nicolas Cage is one of the most recognizable Hollywood actors in the world today. Over the...
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Spring 2011 Internship Program in NYC
Hello Everyone I bring you some exciting bulletin news today: throughout this week, we’ll be looking for a full-time editorial intern and a part-time community manager to join our staff in Spring 2011!...
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Molly’s List of Memes A is for Advice Dog; Bis for Boxxy; C is for C-C-C-Combo Breaker; D is for Dog Fort; E is for I made you a cookie but I EATED it; F is for Forever Alone; G is for Giga PUDDI; H is...
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Q&A with David Horvitz
David Horvitz is the NYC artist who one day decided to take a picture for a blog accompanied with simple instructions. Now, thousands of people in several countries still to this day continue to post...
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Friendraiser for Orivia Gurin
Meet Olivia Gulin, Know Your Meme’s Chief Administrator of Exteriors Design. Even though she’s been working with the Institute for over a year now, it came to our attention only recently that she still...
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Q&A with Matt Furie
Back in August of 2010, we had the opportunity to talk with artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic Boy’s Club which also happens to be the original source material of Feels Good Man catchphrase. Now...
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KYM Gift Shop Sale
Yo dawgs, I heard you like merch… so KYM is having a clearance sale! Button sets have gone from $6.99 to $4.99. Longcat, ORLY and Rageguy shirts have gone from $19.99 to $7.99. Rocketboom shirts have...
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Monthly Review: January 2011
Monthly Review: Dec 2010 – Jan 2011 For this month’s issue of round-up review, we have some serious catching up to do with memes that have emerged and re-surged since December 2010. As you can see in...
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Meme Prop Overload
We just welcomed the newest addition to our Institute meme family: the LOLWUT Pear from Patch Together! Got any meme paraphenalia sitting around? Post some pics in the comments below!
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YouTube Poop videos have been thoroughly confusing and inspiring YouTube users for the past few years as well as unearthing hilarious found footage such as the Zelda CD-i games, obscure anime English...
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Caption Contest: What Happened to This Forever Alone M&M?
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Q&A with Blake Boston (Scumbag Steve)
Disclaimer: This article contains explicit language! In the past week, we’ve been talking over e-mails with Blake Boston, also known as Scumbag Steve on the Internets. Based on a Myspace picture of...
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Q&A with Approval Guy
Approval Guy has been quite the mover and shaker since revealing his origins and journey to internet fame on Reddit not too long ago. He was also kind enough to contribute a super concise story of...
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European Scientists Embark on Project RoboEarth
RoboEarth: Wikipedia for Our A.I. Friends A group of European scientists are embarking on a milestone project known as RoboEarth, which will serve as the database and communications network for all...
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