Category: Memes
A popular meme this past week takes a look at different careers and activities. Each activity is presented as an image with several photos.
Each photo shows the activity as viewed by a different person or group with a caption that includes the words “What my — think I do.” Fill in the blank with just about anyone, mother, friends, society, etc.
This is best describe by example, so here are a few “What I do” images. I tend to focus on Theatre, as that is what I am into, but I’ve seen this meme represent other jobs like teacher or lobbyist.
This meme has gotten so much attention that someone posted one on Beating a Dead Horse.
One of the biggest memes plowing through the social networks are “Shit (place a specific group here) Say” quotations. Many of these presentations take the form of videos.
Google search results for “Shit say” will bring up results like:
Funny Shit Girls Say
Shit New Age Girls Say
Shit Asian Dads Say
Shit Democrats Say
Shit Christians Say to Atheists
Shit Vegans Say
Shit Gay Men Say to Women
Shit Kids Say
As you can see, any group can be represented. From many of the comments given on each forum or video’s page, it seems that a large number of people agree that the quotes given for a particular group are spot on.
It can be argued that many of the quotations are generic and could be associated with many different groups. Does this matter to those who find entertainment in the meme? It seems not.
The big game on FB this week was to post a video from YouTube about the number one song during the week you were born.
The game:
1. Look up the #1 song from the week you were born.
2. Find the song on YouTube.
3. Post without shame.
My song was “My Heart Has a Mind of It’s Own” sung by Connie Francis.
This past week, a popular meme has come back to Facebook. Users can add an app that will tell them what Hogwarts house they would be placed in (should they ever go to the magic school).
This isn’t the first time this meme has been featured on the social network, but I suppose Harry Potter will be popular for some years to come.
Anyway, when I saw that one of my FB friends had been placed in Hufflepuff, I had to post a favorite Second City video of mine. Wasn’t a Hufflepuff a Pokemon?
The geeks at Google are at it again.
To show what new browsers, smart phones, and other bits of Internet technology can do, Google has added a new Easter Egg to its search engine. Just type in “do a barrel roll,” and the page will do a spin. You’ll need a browser that supports HTML 5.0 for it to work.
